Abstract: An access system includes an access terminal and a control panel. The access terminal is accessible to a user and capable of reading an authentication and/or identification information provided by the user. The control panel is located in a secure area remote from the input device and capable of initiating a security relevant operation. The access system further comprises an interface unit between the control panel and the access terminal. The control panel and the access terminal are physically connected with each other through the interface unit. The physical connection includes a given cabling. The interface unit has the functionality of automatically establishing one of a plurality of predefined data transfer modes depending on determined characteristics regarding the given cabling.

Abstract: An access system is disclosed that provides secured access to a security area. In some embodiments of the present invention, the access system includes an input device that is accessible to a user and capable of reading an authentication and/or identification information provided by the user; a standard signal control panel coupled to the input device for evaluation of the information provided by the user, the control panel being located in a secure area remote from the input device; and a signal processor coupled between the input device and the standard signal control panel, the signal processor being located in the secure area, wherein the input device provides data in a secured communication channel to the signal processor and the signal processor, in response to the data provided by the input device, provides the data to the standard signal control panel utilizing a standard signal. In some embodiments, the standard signal control panel may be a Wiegand or Magnetic-strip control panel.

Abstract: An access system includes an input device which is accessible to a user and capable of reading an authentication and/or identification information provided by the user. The access system further includes a Wiegand control panel (12) connected to the input device for evaluation of the information provided by the user. The control panel (12) is located in a secure area (14) remote from the input device. The access system further includes a converter (18) connected to the input device and to the control panel (12). The input device includes encryption means to encrypt the information provided by the user. The converter (18) is capable of converting the encrypted information into a standard Wiegand signal.