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Old 10-13-2022, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Altavia View Post
Doubtful the motivation is to disable cloned cards. Don't think that is possible without disabling all cards.

I read the intent is to upgrade and prepare the systems for a more state of the art system that no longer requires rolling a window down to activate the gate.

One result of this upgrade would be to use a different; device, barcode, ... to activate the gate. This existing cards would be phased out at some point.
The stated intent, as provided in the presentation linked somewhere above, is to overcome a limitation with the current controller and software. The choice was between adding up to three new readers for every gate or replacing the controller board and database.

Perhaps the new controller board will be compatible with a future upgrade to the reader and cards such that the gate could be activated without rolling down a window but that was not the reason cited for this initial work.
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