Schneider Electric launched the world"s first industrial switch to use biometric fingerprint-recognition technology in order to grant employee access to sensitive areas and machine functions. This biometric technology, designed for plant conditions, provides companies with more effective protection, while saving time and money and increasing productivity.
●Similar to a key operated selector switch the Harmony™ Biometric Switch has two operating modes: on-off mode or pulse mode for momentary action. Authentication takes less than one second, and the false acceptance rate is less than 0.1 percent. The switches can remember up to 200 fingerprints, including several fingers from the same operator, for additional flexibility and precision. This new switch fits in a standard 22 mm push button mounting hole, resists mechanical shock and vibration, protects against EMC noise and UV light, meets IP65 and NEMA 12 standards, and offers an optional protective cover and guard.
●The new switch is designed for areas of a plant with strict access restrictions, such as:
● Dangerous processes, including extreme motion, or when servicing or setting-up processes need to be limited to authorized personnel.
● When there is a need to switch machines to maintenance mode or reset emergency stops.
● Access to certain interior rooms and equipment, such as garage doors, or to control changes to parameters in PLC programs or limit who can download data.
● Wherever it becomes necessary to replace key-operated selector switches, badges, codes and passwords.
●The Harmony Biometric Switch is fully stand-alone — there"s no need for a supplementary interface, USB cable or port, CD or DVD for operating instructions — and it"s compact and easy to install. It can be mounted in a standard 22 mm push button cut-out and connected quickly using bared wires or an M12 connector.
●Biometric switch is designed for us in industry to restrict access to systems or machines.
● Compact and easy to install
● User-friendly as fingerprint is your key
● Quick and easy set-up using stand-alone programming
● Fingerprint processing assures operator anonymity
● RoHS compliant
