Access Control 101
IPVM's unique educational AI agent guides you from onboarding, teaching, answering questions, taking quizzes, the final exam, and certification. Watch the video below to learn how this novel technology, internally developed by IPVM, works and helps you learn far better: You can take it whenever you want, as quickly or as long as you want. Learn far more as you can ask questions,...
About This Course
IPVM's unique educational AI agent guides you from onboarding, teaching, answering questions, taking quizzes, the final exam, and certification.
Watch the video below to learn how this novel technology, internally developed by IPVM, works and helps you learn far better:
You can take it whenever you want, as quickly or as long as you want.
Learn far more as you can ask questions, and it will explain what you want help with.
Customize the tone and depth to your liking. It can be an encouraging coach, a comedian, a strict professor, or whatever you choose.
Plus, you can take as many quiz questions as you want to really ensure you understand the material.
Course Content
Understand the most important terms, technologies, and trends in access control. Aimed at those with limited technical exposure, the IPVM Access Control 101 course is uniquely designed to provide an introduction for those new or wanting to understand the fundamentals of access control.
1. Life Safety
We start with an overview of the code requirements behind access control systems, familiarizing you with the various levels of codes and regulations governing system design.
2. Credentials
This section introduces the form factors and tradeoffs for credentials in access control, from radio frequency cards and fobs to mobile and biometrics.
3. Readers
In the readers section, we cover physical form factors, including mullion mounts, wall mounts, and more. We also introduce critical considerations in choosing readers, including credential compatibility, location, range, and required infrastructure.
4. Doors
The doors section covers an often-overlooked parts of access control, teaching components, materials, swing, operators, closers, special listings, and the basics of installing access control to pre-existing doors.
5. Locks
This section examines both mechanical and electric locks, their use, pros and cons, and how to select a suitable lock for a door.
6. Controllers
We then cover the functions and purpose of controllers in access control, as well as the various designations, including open vs closed, edge vs central, and the form factors of controllers.
7. Management Software
Our management software section covers the software that controls how the system behaves, including monitoring, configuration, and rules.
8. Architecture
In architecture, we combine all of the physical components covered individually, explaining how they interact and the key considerations in planning and installing an access control system.
9. Business
We provide an overview of how the access control market works, from the giant incumbent companies to new entrants and from A&E firms to access installers.
10. History
In our penultimate section, we explore the history of access control to provide key context in understanding the state of the market and technology today, as well as prepare for our next section on the future of access control.
11. Trends
Our last section, Access Control trends, examines some emerging trends in access control, leveraging IPVM research and reporting into class material to help students understand what to look out for as you enter the access control field.
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