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Vehicle access control for a logistics yard has to identify every HGV, van and car at the gate without making any of them queue. Nedap Transit Ultimate reads your fleet's windscreen tags from up to 15 metres, ANPR Lumo reads the number plates of hauliers who have no tag, and every movement is logged against the vehicle.
We distribute and support both as Nedap's certified UK partner, and work with your installer from specification to commissioning.
A single hold-up at the gate turns into late departures, missed delivery slots and drivers idling in the yard. Manual check-ins, paper passes and short-range card readers were never designed for a site turning over hundreds of vehicles a day.
Security and traffic flow pull against each other. Tighten the checks and the queue builds back onto the public road at shift change; wave vehicles through and nobody knows who is on site.
Most sites are not starting from nothing either. There is already a barrier or a gate, an access control system and a gatehouse routine, so whatever identifies the vehicles has to work with what is there.
The challenge
Every arrival stops at the gatehouse to be checked by hand. At peak times the queue reaches the public road.
The answer
Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres, so the barrier is opening as the vehicle reaches it. The driver does not stop or present a card.
The challenge
Third-party vehicles and one-off deliveries cannot be issued a tag in advance, so they fall back on the gatehouse.
The answer
ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres and checks it against the list of expected vehicles. Nothing is handed to the driver.
The challenge
Paper logs and gatehouse notebooks cannot support SLA reporting, dwell-time analysis or an incident investigation.
The answer
Each read is recorded with its time in the access control system, Norpass3 or the one already on site, and can be passed on to yard management or reporting software.
A logistics gate sees three kinds of vehicle: the site's own fleet, staff cars, and hauliers who may only visit once. Each is identified in the way that suits it, and all three readers report to the same access control system.
Each fleet vehicle carries a tag in the windscreen. Transit Ultimate reads it at long range as the vehicle approaches, so authorised HGVs drive in without stopping. Where the driver has to be identified as well, a Transit Booster associates the driver's credential with the vehicle.
The lower-cost choice for staff car parks, and for fleet gates where a read range of 10 metres is enough.
Hauliers, agency drivers and one-off deliveries are identified by number plate, so there is no tag to issue or collect.
Transit Ultimate reads the windscreen tag from up to 15 metres while the HGV is moving.
Norpass3, or the system already on site, checks it against the authorised vehicles.
No stopping, no card to present.
Vehicle and time, for arrival reports, dwell times and incident reviews.
The main gate is usually where a project starts. The same readers identify vehicles at other points on a logistics site.
uPASS Go and a windscreen tag let staff in and out without a card or a ticket.
Transit Ultimate identifies the vehicle as it approaches the bridge, so the weighbridge software knows which vehicle it is before the weight is recorded.
A tagged forklift opens the door as it approaches. The operator stays on the truck instead of getting down to use a reader or an intercom.
A reader at an inner gate limits each vehicle to the parts of the yard it is authorised for.
Logistics & Distribution 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. Logistics & Distribution is on page 4.
Open the applications catalogue
Case study
Express Parcel Services is a family-owned distribution business with a fleet of more than 100 vehicles and trailers. Its Middleton site was secured by a sliding gate manned by guards, which was slow to open and let vehicles tailgate.
Card readers on posts were not practical with the way HGVs enter the site. On the advice of our technical team, Expert Security UK fitted Transit Ultimate readers linked to Norpass3, with a heavy-duty barrier in place of the gate.
Installed by Expert Security UK.
Read the full case study ›‘We were very pleased to work with Nortech on this project in providing a solution that was exactly what the customer wanted.’
Dan Schofield, Sales Director, Expert Security UK
None of the three readers 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 system a site already runs or to Norpass3, our licence-free access control software.
From there the events can go wherever the operation needs them: yard management, ERP, dwell-time reporting or the security control room. 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 logistics site identifies each HGV, van and car arriving at a depot or distribution centre and decides whether the barrier or gate should open. Known fleet vehicles are usually identified by a long-range RFID tag, third-party vehicles by number plate, and every movement is logged.
Not if the vehicle is tagged. Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres, so the barrier can be opening as the vehicle reaches it, and the driver doesn't wind down a window or present a card. How quickly vehicles get through then depends on the barrier or gate as much as the reader.
By number plate. ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres and the access control system checks it against the vehicles you are expecting. A vehicle that isn't on the list stays at the barrier and is dealt with by the gatehouse in the usual way.
Transit Ultimate has the longer range, up to 15 metres, and with a Transit Booster it can identify the driver as well as the vehicle. uPASS Go uses battery-free UHF tags, reads at up to 10 metres and costs less, which suits staff car parks and gates where 10 metres is enough.
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. Transit Ultimate and ANPR Lumo can also connect over RS485 or a network. If the site has no system, Norpass3 is licence-free.
Yes. The readers use open protocols, and ANPR Lumo can send plate reads to other software over its REST interface, so gate events can go to yard management, ERP or reporting systems. How it is connected depends on what that software accepts, which our engineers can work through with you.
It depends on the number of lanes, how many vehicles need tags, whether third-party vehicles 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.
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› View DetailsEvery site is different, and every access control system has its quirks. 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 on site, and stay with you through commissioning. When you call, it's an engineer who answers.
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