Diebold designs and implements a wide range of physical security solutions, which complement integrated security systems. These include external barriers, speed gates, internal pedestrian management systems and external perimeter detection.
From stand-alone parking barrier gates, to fully integrated computerized revenue control systems, Diebold Enterprise Security Systems offers a complete spectrum of automated parking controls. Some of the more common products used in Automated Parking Control systems include the barrier gate, ticket dispenser, key-card reader, electronic fee computer and Windows or DOS-based software control modules.
Parking Gates
When used in a parking control application, a high-speed barrier gate is equipped with an automatic control logic and vehicle loop detectors. A number of other features are also added such as anti-tailgating, vehicle counting for monthly (contract) parking and transient (hourly) parking, and sensitive reversing logic to cause the gate arm to reopen should it strike an object during descent.
A variety of access controls for monthly parking including card readers, keypads, and radio controls can be used. These controls can be used at the entrances and the exits or the exit could open automatically.
Barrier Gates
A barrier gate is a motorized unit that raises a wooden gate arm from a horizontal position to a vertical position to allow the passage of a motor vehicle. These gates can have automatic controls such as card readers and vehicle detectors or they can be controlled by a switch in the security office. High speed barrier gates using 10 foot or 12 foot arms open in less than two seconds. Heavy-duty gates with arms up to 38 feet are also available.
Electronic Fee Computer
Automatic Pay Stations, sometimes called "Pay on Foot" stations, allow for the parking fee to be calculated at a centrally located machine that then returns the re-encoded parking ticket to the customer to be used as an exit pass at an unattended exit gate. Parking fees can be satisfied by bills, coins, credit cards, vouchers (payment by another party), or debit cards. Debit cards are plastic cards that have been encoded with a monetary value that is reduced when the parking fee is subtracted.
Vehicle Detection System
Vehicle loop detectors use a coil of wire buried in the driveway that is connected to an inductive loop detector. The coil of wire (detector loop) is usually installed in a rectangular slot cut into the driveway surface at the time of installation. Preformed loops are sometimes pre-cast into the driveway. The type of the vehicle being detected determines the size of the detector loop. A 2.5 foot by 6 foot loop is typical for the detection of passenger cars and pickups.
AVI (Automatic Vehicle Identification) Systems
An Automatic Vehicle Identification system requires an individually encoded ID "tag" to be placed on each vehicle. This tag could be a bar code label or an RFID transponder. The tag is read by a reader or transmitting/receiving antenna as the vehicle passes by. The identification number of the vehicle is then sent to a controller, which makes the decision to open the gate
