Long Range Vehicle Access using ThingMagic RFID readers

1. Case Study
RFID in Vehicle Access Control

2. Case Study- Centrum House
• Corporate headquarter of one of the leading Financial
Company in India
• Situated at CST Road, near Mumbai business hub BKC
• Multiple entries and exits
• Multiple parking areas
• Motorized Gate at the main entrance and boom barriers for
basement

3. Operational Characteristics
• The parking in the building is divided in
two parts
a) Upper Deck- Entry and exit through
same gate, reserved exclusively for top
management.
b) Main Entry/Basement – Separate
sliding gates for entry and exit
• Additionally basement entry has barriers
installed to prevent the parking of
visitors vehicles in the basement
• The sliding gates were earlier operated
manually by the guards after visible
authentication of vehicles.

4. Goals
• To allow automated vehicle access to premises
• Reading from long distance 5+ meters
• Off line authentication of vehicles
• Complete control on system from PC
• User Reports

5. Products Used
• ThingMagic Mercury 4 UHF Readers – 2 Nos.
• M/ACOM Bi-static Antennas – 6 Nos.
• SM Electronics - Opto Isolated GPIO board – 2Nos.
• FAAC Boom Barriers – 2 Nos.
• FAAC motorized gates – 3 Nos.
• Vicinity RFID – Agile Middleware for Vehicle Access.

6. The Solution
• Both the main entrances were controlled using 1
no. Mercury 4 Reader and 3 Bi-static antennas.

7. RFID Site Layout

8. • The boom barriers and exit gate are controlled using 2nd
Mercury 4 Reader.
• Tags are affixed inside the windshield of the authorized
vehicles.
• System Authenticates the authorized vehicle and signals the
gate /barrier to open.

9. Software : Introducing Agile
• Agile middleware is ported in the Mercury 4
readers enabling it to work even if the PC is switched
off.
• The entire tag data is ported in the readers.
• Agile Synchronization module is installed in the PC.
• The PC is used to upload and download the data and
transactions.
• The entry and exit reports are generated form the
Agile module in the PC.

10. Contacts
Vicinity RFID Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
# 312, Building 2, Sector 3,
Millennium Business Park,
Mahape, Navi Mumbai – 400 710. INDIA
Tel: +91 93200 68035/22 2778 0343
email.: vikas@vicinityrfid.com
Web: www.vicinityrfid.com