Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Biometric identification compares a biometric “signature” to all the records stored in a database to determine if there is a match.

Biometric verification compares a newly-scanned biometric characteristic to a measurement previously collected from that same person to verify that individual’s identity.

For instance, when an employee is hired, that employee’s fingerprint will be enrolled into the company’s biometric time and attendance system. When that employee attempts to get in the next day, his newly-scanned fingerprint will be compared to the fingerprint scan collected when he was enrolled into the system. If there is a match, the employee’s punch will be recorded.

Because of this one-to-one comparison, biometric verification systems are generally much faster than biometric identification systems. Most commercial applications of biometrics for time and attendance or access control use biometric verification.

With a typical home security monitoring setup, when the alarm goes off, a signal is sent to the Central Monitoring Station. Then the monitoring technicians will call your house in order to verify that there is an actual emergency. If appropriate verification is not received, emergency personnel are then dispatched to your home. If your system comes with a panic button and the panic button has been activated, emergency personnel will be dispatched first and then contacts will be attempted secondly.

In general, yes. However, most burglars don’t want to deal with the noise that is caused by breaking glass. They also don’t want to risk being injured by the shards.
We also provide home security systems with glass breaking detectors. Generally systems come with motion detectors so that it doesn’t really matter how the burglar got into the house. As soon as the burglar will get into house it will detect his motion and inform you of intrusion. Burglars usually enter through doors.

Biometrics is the practice of automatically identifying people by one or more physical characteristics. The use of biometrics in time and attendance systems makes it much more difficult for one employee to mark attendance on behalf of another (i.e. “buddy punching”).

Hand geometry, fingerprint, voice, signature, face geometry and iris or retinal scans are all in use today. Each different type has its advantages and disadvantages, making each suitable for different types of applications. We at Maccvie automation are dealing in Fingerprint and hand geometry are the most commonly used types for time and attendance applications.