A Revolutionary Reader? Nedap uPass Access

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Sep 18, 2012

Is a revolution in access control readers upon us? That's the claim of one manufacturer, who has introduced a line of readers that can read standard credentials up to 6 feet or more. While that itself is not new, they are emphasizing the reader's small size. In this note, we examine Nedap's uPass reader to see if a revolution is truly at hand.

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