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Vehicle access control for a critical national infrastructure site has to keep the perimeter secure when there is often nobody at the gate. Nedap Transit Ultimate identifies pre-authorised contractor vehicles from up to 15 metres, Booster tags add the driver's own credential where policy asks for both, and ANPR Lumo reads the number plates of occasional visitors.
We distribute and support them as Nedap's certified UK partner. Nortech customers include BP, ExxonMobil and Rolls-Royce, organisations with security and continuity requirements comparable to critical national infrastructure.
Water treatment works, power substations, gas processing plants and telecoms sites share a difficult set of requirements. The perimeter has to be secure, but the site is often unattended.
Contractors come and go on planned and emergency work. Many sites are remote and exposed to the weather, and a permanent gatehouse is rarely practical.
Every access also has to leave a record, because a regulated site has to be able to show who was on it and when.
The challenge
A remote site has no gatehouse, and sending someone to let a contractor in costs time on every visit.
The answer
Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres and the vehicle is checked against a centrally managed permit list, so the gate opens for a contractor who is expected.
The challenge
Some sites need to know who is driving as well as which vehicle has arrived.
The answer
With Booster tags, the driver's own credential is read with the vehicle's ID in a single transaction.
The challenge
Auditors, emergency-response vehicles and sub-tier contractors may come once. Issuing each of them a tag is impractical.
The answer
ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres, and it is checked against the vehicles the site is expecting.
The challenge
A regulated site has to show who came on site and when, and nobody keeps a paper log at an unattended gate.
The answer
Each tag or plate read is recorded with its time in the connected security management system, Norpass3 or the one already in place.
A utility site sees regular contractors, the occasional visitor and, at some gates, a need to verify the driver as well. Each is identified in the way that suits it, and every reader reports to the same system.
Contractor vehicles carry a tag in the windscreen, and Transit Ultimate reads it at long range as the vehicle approaches. The vehicle is checked against a centrally managed permit list, so an expected contractor is let in at a gate with nobody in attendance.
Nedap Transit Ultimate + Transit Booster
Where the security policy asks for both vehicle and driver, a Booster tag sends the driver's own credential with the vehicle's ID.
Auditors, emergency-response vehicles and sub-tier contractors are identified by number plate, where issuing a tag is impractical.
Transit Ultimate reads the windscreen tag from up to 15 metres as the van approaches.
Norpass3, or the system already in place, checks it against the permit list.
Only for a vehicle with a current permit. Nobody has to attend.
Vehicle and time, for the site's audit trail.
The perimeter gate is usually where a project starts. The same readers cover the other points where a vehicle has to be identified.
A second reader at the compound gate identifies the vehicle again before it reaches the plant.
The same tag works at an unattended pumping station or substation, checked against the same central permit list.
Booster tags add the driver's own credential at the gates where the vehicle alone is not enough.
ANPR Lumo identifies auditors and emergency-response vehicles by number plate, with no tag to issue.
CNI & Utility Sites is one of 11 applications in Vehicle Access, Solved, the Nedap vehicle identification catalogue we publish for the UK and Ireland. Each page shows which reader does the main job, where a second reader picks up untagged or visitor vehicles, and a site where it is in use.
15 pages, PDF. CNI & Utility Sites is on page 8.
Open the applications catalogueNeither reader needs its own software. Each one hands the tag or plate number to an access control system as a standard reader, so it can be added to the security management system a site already runs or to Norpass3, our licence-free access control software.
From there the events can be passed on to a central security operations centre, a building management system or a contractor permit platform, and out-of-hours or exceptional access can be handled through the same system. ANPR Lumo also has an Ethernet connection and a REST interface, so plate reads can be sent straight to other software.
Our engineers work through the integration with you or your installer before the hardware is specified, and stay involved through commissioning.
| Reader | Outputs and interfaces | Protection | Datasheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transit Ultimate | Outputs and interfaces Wiegand, magstripe and barcode outputs. RS232 as standard, with RS422, RS485, TCP/IP and Profibus DP interface boards | Protection IP66 | Transit Ultimate datasheet |
| ANPR Lumo | Outputs and interfaces Wiegand, RS485 and Ethernet, with a REST interface for other software | Protection IP65 | ANPR Lumo datasheet |
Vehicle access control for a critical national infrastructure site identifies each vehicle at the perimeter gate and decides whether it should open, usually with nobody in attendance. Pre-authorised vehicles are identified by a long-range RFID tag, occasional visitors by number plate, and every access is recorded.
Yes. The reader, the access control system and the gate or barrier work without an attendant: a tagged vehicle on the permit list is let in and the event is recorded. What happens when a vehicle isn't recognised out of hours is set by the site's security procedures and the system the readers report to.
Yes. Booster tags combine the vehicle's long-range ID with the driver's own credential (HID Prox, MIFARE, iClass or LEGIC), so both identities are verified in a single transaction.
By number plate. ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres and the plate is checked against the vehicles the site is expecting, so an occasional visitor needs no physical credential.
Both readers are outdoor units: Transit Ultimate is rated IP66 and ANPR Lumo IP65. The operating temperature range for each is on its datasheet, and our engineers can advise on mounting at an exposed site before the hardware is specified.
In most cases, yes. Transit Ultimate and ANPR Lumo both have a Wiegand output, so the system sees each one as a card reader, and both can also connect over RS485 or a network. How events reach a security operations centre or a permit platform depends on what that software accepts, which our engineers can work through with you.
It depends on the number of sites and gates, how many vehicles need tags, whether occasional visitors are read by ANPR, and the gate or barrier work your installer carries out. Our ANPR system cost guide covers typical camera and installation costs, or ask us for a quote for your site.
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Our engineers in Cwmbran will help you scope the application, recommend the reader mix, work through the integration with the systems already in place, and stay with you through commissioning. When you call, it's an engineer who answers.
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