{"id":1501,"date":"2019-07-25T07:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T07:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:19:26","slug":"unsafe-biometrics-lets-prohibit-an-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/unsafe-biometrics-lets-prohibit-an-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsafe Biometrics: Lets Prohibit An Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Examining the fact how choosing an appropriate battery-backed biometric attendance machine and access control system can make you go one step ahead with safety and protection<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Time and demand indicate us to go mobile in various situations and preferred are the things which come with more portability. To be in a leap of one of the most successful and contented solution providers and problem solvers for any company, one needs to closely understand the problems which are being faced by the organizations. Along with the time &amp; trends, technologies to get updated to add value to this world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For corporates and administration departments in the offices who wish for energy-efficient and round-the-clock performance from biometric attendance equipment and access control systems, inbuilt battery backup is a suggested and trusted valuable feature to consider. Unlike other devices, it contains an inbuilt battery which helps a machine to function continuously till the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/Accessories\/power-supply-with-battery-backup\/\"><b>external power supply<\/b><\/a> becomes operational. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>In-Built Battery<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">During a survey, many of the business owners shared their experiences of problems with their <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/products\/\">biometric devices<\/a> and attendance machines<\/b> because of power failure or voltage fluctuations. Some also shared distressing reviews of in-built batteries exploding because of improper power supply with poor chargers and poor quality batteries just to add a feature of power back up which turned into a major failure. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">All of these problems affected the consumers in some of the most threat full ways which were:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Permanent damage to <b>biometri<\/b><b>c <\/b><b>attendance <\/b><b>machines<\/b> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/access-control-system\/\"><b>access control systems<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Complete loss of attendance and In\/Out access data from the machines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Loss of Installation cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Total damage of complete wiring arrangement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Improper charging resulted in half functioning or partial damages to the equipment which turned out into time-consuming maintenance further affecting the routine attendance and access control data giving half manual and half automated information on employees&#8217; clock In\/Out timings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Companies faced salary mismanagement because of improper data.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some of the short circuits turned out into serious fire accidents. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It also affected other forms of data like Overtime, visitors, leaves, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/Softwares\/payroll-software-system\/\"><strong>payroll<\/strong><\/a>, and time office data.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Performance of equipments with Battery without <b>BIS<\/b> certification can be hazardous.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Poor batteries consume more time in charging which in turn causes the machine and battery both to remain overheated all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A battery or equipment explosion can cause casualties to nearby employees and workers. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The most famous and reliable battery to solve this purpose is the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/Accessories\/power-supply-with-battery-backup\/\">Lithium-ion battery<\/a> <\/b>which is a type of rechargeable battery and is considered one of the most trusted and safe batteries for portable devices. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What makes Lithium-ion batteries distinguished from other batteries is their largest energy density which can be accommodated in a small size. Apart from it, a lithium-ion battery gives a voltage of 3.6 volts per cell which is the highest among all kinds of cells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/\">biometric attendance machine<\/a><\/strong> with an in-built battery becomes the head-most choice for workplaces is mentioned here:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Even when the device is shut down, the process of charging continues.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The system allows you to monitor the temperature while charging.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>An <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Analog-to-digital_converter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Analog to Digital converter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><b> <\/b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">is there inside the device which monitors battery current and voltage and communicates this to the machine\u2019s processor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A battery icon on the screen shows the status of the battery. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If the capacity of a Battery is 2200 MAh, standby Backup can be for 4.15 hours and battery charging time would be 75 minutes (approx.).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The power Adapter voltage provided can be 12V to 14V. If voltage increases above this limit, the machine switches to the battery, and notifications reflect on the screen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\">A <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\">Li-ion battery charger <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\">inside the machine<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\">should be <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\">certified by <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><b>BIS <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\">(Bureau of Indian Standards) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Getting yourself a machine with an inbuilt Li-ion battery is unavoidable as it concludes in giving values like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Installing a Li-ion battery doesn&#8217;t add much weight to a biometric machine making it a lightweight machine even after the installation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A Primed Li-ion battery makes your biometric equipment ready to work at any place.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In other words, a Li-ion battery acts as a voltage stabilizer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Quick Charging makes the equipment to be readily available for longer backup within a small duration of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The battery remains in an automated charging process without any urgency of monitoring it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Analog to digital converter makes sure the machine&#8217;s processor should not get damaged or face a short circuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">An icon on the screen to remind the remaining battery in the machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">BIS standard ensures safety and performance assurance. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Switching to an attendance device that comes with a built-in battery is unavoidable for round-the-clock performance and safeguarding correct data delivery in a power failure. Battery backup is not a future in <strong>biometric access control<\/strong> but now<br \/>\nCorporations are preferring to go one step beyond all-time workplace shielding. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/contactless-attendance-systems-the-new-normal-after-covid-19\/\">Contactless attendance system<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>You May Also Like: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/biometric-attendance-machine-the-key-to-password-less-authentication\/\">Biometric Attendance Machine \u2013 The Key to Password Less Authentication<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/face-recognition-security-over-controversies\/\">Face Recognition Systems: A New Trend in Biometric Security &amp; Surveillance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Examining the fact on how choosing an appropriate battery backed biometric attendance machine and access control system can make you go one step ahead with safety and protection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[458,8],"tags":[508,507,94,371,511,510,428,509],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biometric-attendance-machine","category-biometric-devices","tag-battery-backed-access-control-system","tag-battery-backed-biometric-attendance-machine","tag-biometric-attendance-machine","tag-biometric-attendance-machines","tag-bis-certification","tag-lets-prohibit-an-accident","tag-star-link","tag-unsafe-biometrics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3232,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions\/3232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starlinkindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}