Control who can access your buildings, entrances and site without relying on traditional keys. West Country Tech designs and installs access control systems for businesses and farms across Exeter, Devon and the wider South West. From controlled doors and restricted areas to gates, barriers and vehicle access, we’ll design the system around how people and vehicles actually move around your property. Access control can also work alongside your CCTV, intercom and wider security system, giving you greater control over who comes in and out.
Take Control of Who Goes Where
Keys work – until they get lost, copied or end up with somebody who should no longer have them. Access control gives you a more manageable way to control entry to buildings and restricted areas. Staff or authorised users can be given configured key fobs or cards, allowing you to control who has access without handing out sets of physical keys. For larger sites, access control can extend beyond the building itself. Gates, barriers, intercoms and number plate recognition can all play a part in controlling who and what enters your property. We’ll look at your site, how it’s used and where access needs to be controlled before recommending a system that makes sense for the way you operate.
Door Access Control
Electronic door access can be used to control entry to offices, workshops, storage areas and other parts of your premises. Configured key fobs or access cards give authorised people access to the areas they need while helping you maintain greater control over restricted spaces. It can be particularly useful where you have multiple members of staff, different areas of a building or places containing valuable equipment, stock or information. And if somebody no longer needs access, you’re not left wondering where another copy of the key has ended up.
Gates, Barriers & Vehicle Access
Access control isn’t just about doors. For sites with vehicle entrances, West Country Tech can install barriers and ANPR-based access control to help manage which vehicles can enter. Approved number plates can be recognised as vehicles approach, allowing the system to control access through the barrier. This can work particularly well for commercial sites with regular vehicle movements, as well as holiday parks, campsites and touring sites, where authorised vehicles need convenient access without leaving an entrance permanently open. For example, a guest’s vehicle registration could be configured for access during their stay, allowing the barrier system to recognise the vehicle when it arrives.
Intercoms & Entry Systems
Sometimes you need to know who’s at the entrance before deciding whether to let them in. Intercom systems can form part of the wider access control setup, allowing visitors to make contact from a gate, barrier or building entrance before access is provided. We can look at where visitors, deliveries, staff and vehicles arrive and help design an entry system that works around the day-to-day running of your site.
Access Control for Businesses in Exeter & Devon
Different businesses need different levels of control. You might need to restrict access to a stock room, manage staff entry to a building, control vehicles entering a yard or protect several areas across a larger commercial site. West Country Tech installs access control systems for businesses in Exeter, across Devon and throughout the South West, with each system designed around the premises and how they’re actually used.
Rather than starting with the technology, we’ll start with the practical questions: Who needs access? Where do they need to go? And what needs to be kept secure? From there, we can design the right access control system for your site. Access control can be suitable for:
- Offices and commercial premises
- Warehouses and storage facilities
- Workshops and yards
- Industrial premises
- Multi-building sites
- Holiday parks, campsites and touring sites
Access Control for Farms Across Devon
Farms have their own access challenges. There can be workshops, machinery stores, yards, outbuildings and entrances spread across a much larger site, often with staff, contractors, deliveries and other vehicles coming and going. West Country Tech can design access control for farms and agricultural sites across Devon and the wider South West, helping manage entry to important buildings and areas while keeping day-to-day access practical for the people who actually need it. Access control can also form part of a wider farm security system alongside CCTV, intruder alarms and site networking.
CCTV and Access Control Working Together
For many sites, knowing who has access is only part of the picture. You may also want visibility of what’s happening at entrances and around important areas. West Country Tech can design CCTV and access control as part of the same wider security setup. Depending on your requirements, this could bring together:
- Door access using configured cards or key fobs
- CCTV at entrances and restricted areas
- ANPR cameras
- Vehicle barriers
- Intercom systems
- Intruder alarms
Because we also understand the networking behind these systems, we can look at how everything needs to communicate across your site rather than treating each piece of equipment as a separate installation.
Access Control Across Larger Sites
Controlling access becomes more complicated when your property covers several buildings, entrances or a large outdoor site. This is where West Country Tech’s networking experience becomes particularly useful. We already design infrastructure to connect security technology across larger commercial and agricultural sites. We’ll consider both the security equipment and the connectivity it needs when designing your system. Where access control needs to work alongside CCTV, barriers, ANPR or other connected technology across different areas, we’ll look at the infrastructure behind it as part of the overall design. That means we’re looking at the site as a whole rather than simply installing a reader on a door and walking away.
Designed, Installed and Supported by West Country Tech
We’ll start by understanding how your property operates and where access needs to be controlled. From there, we’ll design and install a system that works for the people using it every day. And the support doesn’t disappear once the installation is finished. West Country Tech has full-time service engineers backed by office-based staff, so there’s someone to speak to if you need help with your system. Whether you’re based in Exeter, elsewhere in Devon or across the wider South West, talk to us about what you need to control and we’ll help you work out the right approach.
Access Control FAQ
What is an access control system?
Access control provides a way to manage who can enter particular buildings or areas. Depending on the site, this could include key fobs or cards for doors, vehicle barriers, ANPR and intercom systems.
Can I use key fobs or cards instead of keys?
Yes. West Country Tech can configure key fobs and cards to provide authorised access to controlled doors and areas.
Can access control be used for gates and barriers?
Yes. Access control can be used to manage vehicle entrances, including barriers and ANPR systems that recognise approved number plates.
Can access control be used at a farm?
Yes. Access control can form part of a wider farm security system, helping manage access to buildings, yards, entrances and other important areas around the farm.
Can access control work with CCTV?
Yes. CCTV, access control, ANPR, barriers, intercoms and intruder alarms can be incorporated into a wider site security system.
Can you install access control across several buildings?
West Country Tech has experience designing network infrastructure for security technology across larger and multi-building sites. We’ll assess the site and the connectivity required as part of designing the overall system.
Can access control be used at campsites and holiday parks?
Access control can be particularly useful for sites where authorised vehicles need to come and go. ANPR and barrier systems can recognise configured number plates and control vehicle access without requiring an entrance to remain permanently open.
Where do you install access control systems?
West Country Tech provides access control systems for businesses and farms in Exeter, across Devon and throughout the wider South West.