Guard control system
The term guard control systems refers to recording and documentation systems for mobile services . In contrast to the conventional time clock , one time recording device does not manage and document several employees locally. Rather, guard control systems read and document services provided and special incidents of several customers by a mobile employee. Guard control systems usually consist of the following components:
- Mobile data readers ( scanners )
- Puncture points or control points
- Devices for reading or programming the devices, as well as for transferring the data to the PC
- Software for managing and documenting the recorded data
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As a rule, reading points are attached to the control object or to the customer. The mobile service provider collects all necessary data with its data collector during the inspection. Data collected in this way can then be printed out as a report and sent to customers at any time. In this way, a temporal, local and event-related documentation of controls is guaranteed.
Guard control systems enable performance-based accounting for the documentation of mobile services.
In addition to classic systems with special hardware, there are also guard control systems based on NFC tags and smartphones (mainly Android- based, since only the iPhone 6 models have NFC and the use of the NFC function on Apple's own applications is limited). The data is temporarily stored on a server and is available for download for computer applications.
Guard control systems are used for:
- Guard and security service
- Facility management
- Property and plant security
- Nursing service
A guard control system is also known as a time clock and the control points are also called time points. This is based on the first guard control systems that were recorded with a roll of paper and a key stamp. The guard carried a watch that held the various keys. These were rotated once in the device, whereby the key number and the time were recorded on the paper roll. This enabled the security guard to prove that he was at a certain place at a certain time.
Today there are guard control systems that work online and offline. Today, the data can be sent and evaluated from the device anywhere in the world via SMS or cellular data. A second security guard can e.g. For example, you can immediately see where your colleague is. The head office also has up-to-date information about the last recorded locations. It is also technically possible to determine this continuously via GPS and then transfer it, but this is problematic due to the heavy load on the battery.