The relationship between Checkpoint Systems of Thorofare, N.J., and the Internal Services/Facilities Operations Division of Orange County dates back to 1986. That’s when the County chose Checkpoint Systems to implement card-activated access control on a single door with 400 users. Over the past 18 years, the number of municipal facilities has continued to grow along with the number of employees and visitors frequenting these locations. Today, Orange County is in the process of upgrading from a ThresholdEnterprise Access Control System, which handled more than 1,800 readers spread across all facilities, to a Pinnacle Plus. The county’s buildings are all networked to the division’s main office in Santa Ana for centralized programming, control and monitoring via LAN/WAN. Over 30,000 users are currently enrolled in the system.
ThresholdEnterprise was the choice. The system has run great since day one for the division – even with all the system upgrades and expansions over the years. Now the county is in the process of changing all of their magnetic strip readers to proximity readers in order to eliminate the need to replace worn strip readers.