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Vehicle access control for a data centre has to authenticate every contractor, delivery and visitor to the operator's policy without adding friction at the gate. Nedap Transit Ultimate identifies contractor and supplier vehicles from up to 15 metres, uPASS Go lets staff into the car park on a windscreen tag, and ANPR Lumo checks visitors by number plate.
We distribute and support all three as Nedap's certified UK partner. Nortech and Nedap technology is in use at Heathrow, Airbus, ExxonMobil, Rolls-Royce and Dyson, sites where uptime and access integrity carry the weight a data centre demands.
Data centre operators face a security paradox. Every contractor, delivery and visitor has to be authenticated to the operator's exact policy, yet friction at the gate is as unacceptable as a security failure.
Manual gatehouse checks don't scale. Contractors, deliveries and visitors arrive on top of the site's own staff, and each needs a different level of checking.
Proprietary access systems rarely talk to the visitor management platform an operator has standardised on, so whatever identifies the vehicles has to pass its events to the systems that are already there.
The challenge
Every contractor and delivery stops to be checked by hand, and the queue grows with the site.
The answer
Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres. AES-encrypted communication between reader and tag is available for higher-security sites.
The challenge
Employees use the same entrance every day and should not need a card reader or a guard to get to the car park.
The answer
uPASS Go reads a battery-free UHF tag at up to 10 metres, so staff drive in without presenting a card.
The challenge
A visitor may come once. Issuing a tag and collecting it again adds friction.
The answer
ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres, and it is checked against the visitors the site is expecting.
The challenge
At some gates the driver has to be confirmed as well as the vehicle.
The answer
With Booster tags, the driver's own credential is read with the vehicle's ID in a single transaction. A plate read can also be combined with a second check. The operator sets the policy.
A data centre gate sees three kinds of vehicle: contractors and suppliers, the site's own staff, and visitors. Each is identified in the way that suits it, and every reader reports to the same access control system.
Contractor and delivery vehicles carry a tag in the windscreen, and Transit Ultimate reads it at long range as the vehicle approaches. It is the reader to choose where higher security and longer range are needed, with AES-encrypted communication between reader and tag available.
One tag in the windscreen and a passive UHF read. Staff drive in without presenting a card.
Nedap Transit Ultimate + Transit Booster
Where policy asks for two factors, a Booster tag sends the driver's own credential with the vehicle's ID.
Transit Ultimate reads the windscreen tag from up to 15 metres while the van is moving.
Norpass3, or the system already on site, checks it against the authorised vehicles.
Only for a vehicle the operator's policy allows.
Vehicle and time, for audit trails and incident reviews.
Data centre security is layered, so the main gate is rarely the only line. The same readers identify vehicles at each one.
A second reader at the inner line identifies the vehicle again before it reaches the data halls.
uPASS Go and a windscreen tag let staff in and out without a card.
Transit Ultimate identifies an expected delivery as it approaches, so goods-in knows which vehicle has arrived before the door opens.
ANPR Lumo checks visitors by number plate in a lane of their own, apart from contractor and staff traffic.
Data Centres 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. Data Centres is on page 6.
Open the applications catalogueNone of the readers needs its own software. Each one hands the tag or plate number to an access control system as a standard reader, so there is no proprietary front-end to learn and no licence to be tied to later. If the site has no system, Norpass3 is our licence-free access control software.
Identification events are timestamped and recorded in the platform the operator has chosen, whether that is access control or visitor management. 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 |
| uPASS Go | Outputs and interfaces Wiegand and magstripe (clock and data) outputs | Protection IP66 | uPASS Go 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 data centre identifies each contractor, delivery, staff and visitor vehicle at the perimeter and decides whether the barrier or gate should open. Regular vehicles are usually identified by a long-range RFID tag, visitors by number plate, and every movement is logged.
Not to be identified. Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres, so the vehicle is identified on approach and the driver doesn't present a card. Whether it then drives straight through depends on the other checks the operator's policy asks for at that gate.
By number plate. ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres and the plate is checked against the visitors you are expecting, so a visitor needs no physical credential. A vehicle that isn't on the list stays at the barrier and is dealt with by the gatehouse.
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. A plate read can also be combined with a second check where policy asks for one.
It can be. An optional Security Key Pack enables AES128-encrypted, bidirectional communication between Transit Ultimate readers and their tags, which prevents cloning and replay attacks. Ask our engineers about it when the hardware is specified.
In most cases, yes. Transit Ultimate, uPASS Go and ANPR Lumo all have a Wiegand output, so the access control system sees each one as a card reader, and ANPR Lumo can send plate reads to other software over its REST interface. None of them needs software of its own. If the site has no system, Norpass3 is licence-free.
It depends on the number of gates and lanes, how many vehicles need tags, whether visitors are read by ANPR, and the barrier or gate 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.
Robust long-range reader, based on semi active RFID technology, which enables automatic vehicle identification at…
› View DetailsBased on battery-free passive UHF technology, the uPASS Go reader provides a cost-effective solution for convenient vehi…
› View DetailsThe ANPR Lumo is an all-in-one number plate camera, including embedded software, analyser and IR illuminator.
› View DetailsTogether with Nortech’s modular access control panels, Norpass3 access control software provides a high degree of…
› View DetailsEvery data centre is different, and every operator's policy has its own requirements. Before the hardware is specified, talk to someone who has done it before.
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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