Access control and time attendance systems with PC assistance

ABSTRACTACCESS CONTROL AND TIME ATTENDANCE SYSTEMSWITH PC ASSISTANCEAmira Tandirovic GurselMS in Electrical and Electronics EngineeringSupervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Sadettin OzyaziciDecember 2005, 108 PagesIn this thesis, an access control and time attendance system is presented for a better entranceprotection of doors , control of visitors and enter / exit limitation of personnel for the certaintime and date. The system uses a personnel computer and control unit. Recorded entrance andexit times of each employee provides forming of detailed reports.It is possible to record allneeded entrance - exit events by sweeping the personnel cards, containing the identificationcodes of each employee. The PC generates personal based retorts that consist daily entranceand exit events and can be used by the personnel department. In this way, personnel control isspeeded up and company becomes more efficient.The program, which controls the operation of the door for the entrance/exit, is written in C++and it provides better data storage as well as faster data transmission into the program. Theprogram works under Windows operating system whereas the commercially availableprograms work under dos operating system.Key-Words: Access control ,time attendance system, control unit , card reader, magstrip card.