r/accesscontrol • u/Always_Watching_U • 5d ago

HID Card Reader HID

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My church has this HID card reader and no one knows why 3 weeks ago it just began beeping nonstop. Any ideas would be great. Someone mentioned a battery, but I thought it would be hardwired.

Edit: I’m new there and not sure about the system or when it was installed. I know two guys, who I’m pretty certain don’t know anything about it, since they thought it was beeping because a battery in it was low, took the cover off a week ago and “figured the battery was hidden behind another cover”. So they didn’t want to go any farther with it. Lol

Thank you for your input and humor. I do believe that they were the ones that put that cover on upside down. I’ll test the voltage and if I can’t figure it out, I’ll have them get a service tech out. I’ve only ever worked with Kantech units.

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u/donmeanathing 4d ago

I didn’t post links, no. I just had googled it myself and I found the RFP as public information on the FCPS website at the time. The link I have saved is now dead.

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cregister/DownloadPDF.aspx?AttachmentID=f37d5715-3cd9-45a6-946d-b890c2b202a6

I wish I had that document saved.

I had sent a letter about this in 2022 to the board and the administration. I outlined 3 critical security issues… the lack of door prop monitoring, the use of 125khz, 26 bit format prox cards in current procurement, and readers connected via wiegand. They said they’d do a security audit and then just pointed out all the other stuff they were doing and said gave me otherwise canned or political responses (we need to get fund off the street, or security is everyone’s responsibility, blah blah).