CARD ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

SECTION 13851 CARD ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM PART 1 GENERAL 1.01 SUMMARY A. Section Includes: A complete, operable, tested, integrated proximity access control system, to operate on a proximity principle where card insertion into a reading device is not required and will also be capable to function as an alarm and contact monitoring system. B. Related Sections: 1. 2. 08710 - Finish Hardware. 13827 - Closed Circuit television System. 3. 13845 - Intrusion Detection System. 4. 16112 - Raceways and Conduits. 5. 16120 - Wire and Cable. 6. 16131 - Outlet, Pull, and Junction Boxes. 7. 16450 - Grounding. 8. 16721 - Fire Alarm and Detection System. 1.02 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION A. One designated door at each of the following locations shall be controlled by a card reader: 1. Entrance to administration. 2. Entrance to physical education office and storage. 3. Entrance from kitchen exterior at receiving (Truck loading area). 4. Entrance to media center. 5. Additional doors as indicated on Drawings. 1.03 SUBMITTALS A. Shop Drawings: 1. Submit riser and connection diagrams, schedules showing location and function of each device, and specification data sheets. 2. Supply a proposed acceptance test procedure. 3. Submittals showing typical riser diagrams and specification data sheets are not acceptable. 4. Submit 10 copies each. 5. Indicate card access locations on plans. Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-1

1.04 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. The system supplier shall have a minimum of 5 years system design, engineering supervision, and installation experience in the alarm or access control industry. B. Any equipment, device, system component, or part provided or installed by contractor containing or using date processing shall be Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant. Before substantial completion, contractor shall provide a manufacturers statement of Year 2000 compliance and manufacturers and contractors warranty against daterelated failures. C. The Contractor shall provide a factory-trained technician to assist and advise installing personnel. Final connections shall be the sole responsibility of the Contractor. 1.05 WARRANTY A. The entire installation, except access cards, shall carry a 2-year guarantee after acceptance of the system by the Board. B. Access Card: 5 year warranty, all inclusive, for deterioration with age or damage due to reasonable flexing. C. Contractor shall guarantee all devices against defects in material or quality of construction. D. Electrical Contractor shall guarantee conduit, wire, and electrical installation labor for 2 years. E. Allied trades shall guarantee installation, material, and labor provided under this section of work. PART 2 PRODUCTS 2.01 MANUFACTURERS A. Card Access Control Systems: 1. Checkpoint. 2. Simplex. 3. Westinghouse Security Electronics. 2.02 MATERIALS A. Provide electrical transient protection according to Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-2

manufacturer's requirements. B. Include all necessary tools, equipment, material, and labor to furnish, install, and verify correct operation. C. The system shall consist of a central command center, UPS system, microprocessor based terminal controllers, input/output boards as required, proximity card readers, magnetic door position monitor contacts, and door strikes as required. D. Provide a modem according to manufacturers requirements and compatible with M-DCPS District Communications Management (DCOM). E. Provide a dedicated UPS system of 800 va or larger to provide backup power for the card access control headend. F. Remote power supplies for terminal controllers, magnetic locks, and door strikes connected to the card access system shall be provided with battery backup capacity to maintain complete system operation for 24 hours and be supervised for power failure. 2.03 EQUIPMENT A. Human Interface: 1. The system shall be capable of supporting a local or remote command center (terminal and printer). The interface is enabled by a menu-driven full text character set. This device shall be any industry standard ASCII terminal with a serial output. The human interface must accept as a minimum, a user-defined auto-logoff routine selectable from 0 to 240 minutes. This function shall be provided by the system controller. B. Network Components: 1. The distributed architecture requires the interface of various intelligent controllers. These controllers shall have operating environments to allow complete functionality at a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees C and a relative humidity of 90 percent (noncondensing). C. System Controller: 1. The System Controller shall be microprocessor-based Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-3

with onboard time and data generation and battery to allow a minimum of 48 hours data integrity. This device shall be responsible for maintaining the data communications between the terminal controllers attached and the ASCII terminal. 2. This device shall maintain the operating system parameters to include the definitions of, but not limited to, the following: a. Doors. b. Inputs. c. Outputs. d. Access Levels. e. Time Zones. f. Users. g. Operators. h. Dial-up communications. i. Auto Log-Off. j. Classify Events. 3. The definitions of these parameters shall be in full English text. Abbreviated text or code shall not be acceptable. 4. There shall be a maximum capability of 8 terminal controllers attached to any one system controller. The system shall be capable of accepting one system controller. This controller shall be modem compatible for communications over standard 3002 voice grade telephone lines. D. Terminal Controller: 1. The terminal controller shall be microprocessor based with onboard time date generation and battery to allow a minimum of 48 hours of data integrity. This device shall be responsible for all access control decision and alarm monitoring detection in the system. 2. It shall also be responsible for all output responses to alarm detection and create the appropriate response through its processor logic. This controller shall be capable of maintaining a buffer of a minimum of 2800 event transactions when communication is lost with the system controller. 3. System shall work with fail-safe and fail-secure locking hardware. 4. The terminal controller shall have all necessary provisions to implement access control for 2 doors. The capacity shall be present for 2 door contacts, to request to exit devices and 2 door strike outputs. These strike outputs shall control locking power and Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-4

are to be rated at a minimum of 1 amp at 24 VDC or 0.5 amps at 120 VAC. Strike outputs that only supply voltage are unacceptable. These devices shall be connected to the terminal controllers through snap-in Buchanan type plugs. These controllers shall be labeled to insure the correct wire coding is followed and the appropriate devices are wired in the correct locations. 5. The terminal controllers shall provide additional alarm points and outputs. The contacts shall be voltage-free Form "C" while the monitor points shall provide 4 conditions of status, normal, abnormal, cut, and short. There shall be 2 of each type of point available per controller and expanded to a capacity of 16 alarm points and 16 outputs total through use of an alarm interface module. E. I/O Expansion Board: 1. The system shall provide the interface of the I/O Board to be directly interfaced to any terminal controllers for a total of eight (128 inputs/128 outputs) in the system. Equipment supplied that requires alarm monitoring devices having their own address and take away from the systems total reader or address capacity is not acceptable. 2. The I/O board shall be logic driven by the connected terminal controller and allow the alarm points and output control specified above. These abilities shall exist whether the terminal controller is on-line or off line to the system controller. 3. Each of the 14 alarm points shall have supervision capabilities and shall allow a 500 foot, 22 gage wire run to each alarm device. 4. Each of the 14 control outputs shall be single pole, double throw (SPDT) Form C relays. These devices shall be rated for 1 amp at 24VDC or 0.5 amps at 120VAC. All outputs shall be made to allow for any of the following states to be programmed. Outputs shall be configured to close momentarily or set to follow the state of the corresponding inputs. These states shall also work with outputs being managed under time zones. F. Network Wiring: 1. The communications network shall be made up of a primary and secondary bus. The communications protocol used shall be RS485. Networks using 20 mil current loop or RS232 will not be acceptable. The secondary bus shall use a dual twisted pair, Beldon #8723 (22 AWG) cable and be capable of a distance of 4000 feet, total Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-5

wire. This network shall be wired in any configuration needed. 2. Reader cabling shall use a 5-conductor West Penn #3280 (18 AWG) overall shield. Readers requiring coaxial cable will not be acceptable. A reader shall be wired a minimum of 500 feet without wire size change. Readers requiring a wire size change or special adapters to drive signal this distance are not acceptable. G. The system communications shall be supervised for integrity. If communications are detected as failed, the system shall report the loss and automatically enable the buffer of the non-communicating terminal controller(s) in the network. A system that does not buffer event information upon lost communications is not acceptable. H. Proximity Card Readers: 1. The proximity card reading sensor shall be a sealed unit with no moving parts that connects to the terminal controller via a 5-conductor cable. a. It shall detect the coded information in the access cards and send the information to the terminal controller for processing. b. As a minimum, it shall detect access card codes when a card is within 2 inches of its surface. 2. The reader design shall allow operation behind nonmetallic surfaces and to be surface mounted on virtually any surface (including glass) without requiring cutouts or mounting bolts. 3. Any reader may be used in a normal mode or antipassback mode without changes to the reader. 4. The readers shall be designed to operate properly within the temperature range of -50 degrees F. to +180 degrees F. (-45 degrees C. to 82 degrees C.) and within a relative humidity range of 0 to 100 percent. 5. No special housing nor treatment shall be required for outdoor use. 6. Unit shall be water and vandal resistant. 7. Physical damage including breaking open of the reader housing shall not allow a perpetrator access to any circuitry that would allow the system to be compromised. Transmission of any frequency or set of frequencies into the sensor at any power level shall not compromise the system. 8. Presentation of an invalid set of frequencies (such as would occur if a perpetrator were attempting to "pick" the system) shall temporarily disable the reader, thus Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-6

eliminating the possibility of "sweeping" the system and finding a valid combination. I. Access Cards: 1. The access card shall be credit card size, not deteriorate with age, and shall be capable of reasonable flexing without damage. 2. Twenty access cards shall be supplied with the system. Each card shall be encoded with a code that is different from all other system codes. Supply the Board a list of all access codes for programming into memory. J. Related Door Hardware Requirements: 1. Electro-magnetic lock: Von Duprin Series 4000, 24VDC conductors to jamb header. Belden 8461, 18 gage, stranded. 2. Medeco Lock No.10-04005-10 installed at secondary means of egresses. 3. Electro-magnetic locks, power supplies, and Medeco locks shall be provided by door hardware supplier and wired under this section. 4. Emergency manual release device: See Life Safety Code S-21.62-C K. The system and terminal controller and local modem will be enclosed in a metal cabinet with a door hinged on the side with key lock. L. Provide and install manufacturer specified and compatible modem to interface with M-DCPS District Communications Management (DCOM). Contact DCOM at 995-4059 for assistance and testing. PART 3 EXECUTION 3.01 INSPECTION A. Do not proceed with the work of this section until conditions detrimental to the proper and timely completion of the work have been corrected in an acceptable manner. 3.02 PREPARATION A. Coordinate and inform other trades of locations of all pieces of equipment to be installed under this section for proper functional interface with other equipment or hardware to avoid any interference or delay in the progress Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-7

of the work. B. Conduit and wiring installation shall be according to Sections 01043, 16112, and other parts of this Section. C. In case of discrepancies, consult with A/E before proceeding with the work. Failure to comply will make the Contractor responsible for any cost involved in the proper execution of the work. 3.03 INSTALLATION A. System equipment and wiring installation shall be by the properly licensed company, either the original equipment manufacturer or the factory distributor for the brand of equipment used. Furnish wiring diagrams and wire runs for the raceway system installed by the licensed electrical contractor, under Division 16. 3.04 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL A. After installation, the system shall be under complete control of DCOM and perform system controls as specified without the services of the manufacturer. B. The following is a list of minimum acceptable DCOM initiated management functions: 1. Add cards to memory with ability to define where and when the cardholder may use the card. On a door-by-door basis, valid access times shall be definable. 2. Group load cards with the same access control privileges using any reader. 3. Delete access cards from memory. 4. Modify access control privileges of individual cards. 5. Define certain cards as "night" (privileged) cards allowing access to "night" readers when the alarm system is in the "night" mode. 6. Define primary and alternate facility code for cards. 7. Define the system configuration data (i.e., which doors are active IN and OUT doors, relationship of doors and contact points, etc.). 8. Define which doors will have request-to-exit (alarm shunt) implemented. 9. Define which monitored doors will alarm when "forced" open and during what time such alarms will take place. 10. Select card controlled areas that are to operate in an anti-passback mode and whether contact closure is required to change anti-passback status. 11. Manually unlock locks from the terminal. Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-8

12. Define up to 15 access codes (groups of doors with up to 4 time codes associated with each door). 13. Define up to 32 holidays. 14. Automatically unlock and relock selected locks by time code. 15. Define which readers are "night" mode (Building Closed) sensors. 16. Define which readers are "switch" sensors that can enable or disable the "night" mode of operation (i.e. enable and disable the alarm system). 17. Select sensors that will generate an alert message when cardcodes selected for traces are used. 18. Obtain hard copy listings of cardcodes by any combination of access code, time period, location (IN or OUT), privileged (night mode), and trace status. 19. Obtain hard copy listings of the definitions of any door sensor or monitor point. 20. Obtain hard copy listings of each report type. Define pass-codes and up to 6 levels of access for operator entry into system command mode. 21. Obtain hard copy report of current system status. 22. Select access and monitor point activity messages that are output to the system printer. 23. Determine if valid access reporting is required only at certain hours of the day and week for selected sensors. 24. Acknowledge alarm conditions. 25. Select which monitor points are to be monitored at all times and which are monitored only during selected time periods. 26. Select which doors and monitor points will actuate output contacts. 27. Select which monitor points are to generate a latched alarm and which are to report for information purposes only. 28. Define under what circumstances the system will "dial up" and report to DCOM. 29. Define up to 4 telephone numbers for dial-up use. 30. Define how many attempts (up to 10) will be made to communicate via dial-up. 31. Define when the system will report that building closure is overdue. 32. Define a 24-character name for each monitor point. 33. Define a 12-character name for each sensor. 34. Define a 12-character name for each employee. 35. Define a 12-character name for each operator. 36. Select card controlled areas that are to be monitored for "Forced" and "Door Held Open" alarms, and whether such alarms will be generated at all times or only when system is in "night" mode. Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-9

C. All system activity messages to the operator shall be printed in plain language, English text. Mnemonic type, or transaction-code type operator messages are not acceptable. D. A complete operator's manual shall also be supplied. 1. The system shall use passwords. A password must be used by an operator to gain access to system commands. Each password shall be assigned to one of 6 command levels. A command level is a set or subset, of all system commands. It shall be possible to define up to 8 passwords. E. Central console equipment necessary for full system operation shall be furnished as part of the initial installation. F. A final test before substantial completion shall be performed by the Contractor. G. After substantial completion, Contractor shall provide complete detailed Record Drawings (6 sets), written operation instructions and manuals. H. Wiring Requirements: All wiring incidental to the protection system shall be provided by the low voltage electrical contractor. Detailed wiring diagrams and necessary job site supervision shall be provided by the low voltage electrical contractor. The term "wiring" shall include furnishing of wire, conduits, miscellaneous materials and labor as required for connecting the system equipment. 3.05 DEMONSTRATION A. Training: Conduct a minimum one day course for system operators and users. END OF SECTION Project No. SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES 13851-10