Category: Mobile Access Control

In every workplace, someone is responsible for the people inside. It could be a school where teachers are accountable for their classrooms, a manufacturing plant spread across thousands of square feet, or an admin building where people come and go throughout the day. Someone needs to know who’s where, so that if an earthquake, gas […]

A critical part of workplace emergency preparedness is ensuring every employee is accounted for during a crisis. Many organizations assume that a simple clipboard and headcount suffice, but real-world scenarios often reveal significant gaps in this manual process. Even a routine drill can cause a company to rethink how to account for employees in an […]

At Telaeris, our handheld readers validate credentials or badges stored in a physical access control system. In the past few years, we have seen many customers deploy mobile credentials at the entrances to their facilities. The next logical step for them is to ensure that the handheld badge readers they already purchased can support these […]

Use a Passport or Country ID like a Badge! This episode of XPressEntry Fast Features covers XPressEntry’s latest function: the MRZ Scan. With this feature, users can enroll and scan their passport or international identity card as easily as a badge or barcode. This can be incredibly helpful as a method to quickly enroll visitors […]

In today’s uncertain world, where natural disasters, industrial accidents, and other emergencies can strike at any moment, having a well-thought-out evacuation action plan (EAP) is critical. An effective building evacuation plan not only ensures the safety of employees and visitors, but also minimizes panic and confusion. No evacuation story is more compelling than that of […]

Many employees tend to overlook physical security measures in their workplace and lack awareness of the facility’s access control system. Upon starting a new job, most workers receive a badge, accompanied by instructions from the security staff to keep it visible during work hours. From there, they are shown to expect that secure doors and […]

My sales team approached me with a great question from a potential client today: Why should I choose your handheld device over a fixed reader in our parking lot for emergency mustering? My answer was, “That is too easy!  Let me list out the top reasons.” After I had quickly come up with a dozen […]

Can You Specify a Handheld’s Virtual Door Based on GPS Location? This episode of XPressEntry Fast Features covers XPressEntry’s new GPS Location Tracker functionality. For Entry / Exit tracking, this feature automatically switches doors / gates based on GPS location making it easy for security guards to manage workplace entrances and minimize mistakes. In addition, […]

We asked our customers a simple question to try and understand why they purchased and deployed our XPressEntry System for emergency mustering. What was the main driver that moved you to implement an emergency mustering system? We expected many of the answers they gave, but some answers surprised us. One in particular was a sad […]