Case study:
Access control for Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong
The requirement
In a mammoth project, the mass transit Railway in Hong Kong by the operator MTR Corporation limited is expanded it‘s railway network.
Due to the transport of persons, the highest safety requirements also apply within all buildings of the MTR. Not only is a strict separation of passengers and workers required but also an access limitation within the scope of the individual safety access. Furthermore, synchronization and redundancy concepts need to ensure operational readiness throughout several component levels.
The solution
At the end of a more than one year‘s selection process, Grant & Guard, with the authoritative participation of Drakos GmbH (supplier of access management systems) was selected as a solution for the internal „Security Access Management System“, briefly SAMS. Afterwards, the compulsory multi-day audit to the software development process was passed also.
For access control, devices of the German company Datafox were selected that excelled with regard to the implementation of the necessary hardware requirements. In cooperation with the general contractor Cambaum, China ‚s leading provider of access systems and billing systems in person transport, the project was successfully implemented over the continental borders.
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8 new stations upto 9 cars
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Construction time 7 Years
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Up to 50,000 users
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About 200 Datafox ZK-Box V4 Controller and well over
400 MTR specific EVO ZK readers -
RS485 converter due to long-distance wiring
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Strict test catalogs for software development
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Multi - day audit by MTR in
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Documentation with SIAM Codebase
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Parallel development of access hardware and thus constant adaptation of access software
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Primary remote development with tuning via web meetings
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Partial control via third-party systems
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Connection of the existing access system for older
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Connection via the Modbus protocol to operational
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Synchronization of data between different station servers
Angus Leung
Construction Engineer I - AFC, verantwortlich für die Einführung des SAMS Systems
MTR
Not only was the Grant & Guard product convincing.
The professionalism in the implementation has shown us that we chose the right implementation partner with 3Txpert. Now, we can offer our olleagues a modern system for processing this sensitive safety topic. And we are confident that future security requirements will also be met with Grant & Guard.
Andreas Dietrich
CEO, Contractor for Cambaum and specialist for access control management.
Drakos GmbH
I‘m happy to select a partner, that could serve the sophisticated requirements of our Hong Kong Customer. But even more, I‘m now looking positive into the future, having set the fundamentals for a long term cooperation, which allows us to go into the new world of cloud based access management environments.
Tai Wat
Projektleiter u.a. für die Einführung des SAMS Systems
CAMBAUM
We had a customer with justifiably high requirements. We are glad to be able to fulfill them today with Grant & Guard. Not only is the access management solution technologically advanced. The displayed processes are well thought through.
Through the flexibility of the software and the 3Txpert, we were able to implement even the short term additional requirements. We are looking forward to future joint projects.