Panoptes India Pvt. Ltd

Traka – Intelligent Key Management Solution

If you’ve been searching for a way to protect your organisation’s assets

and resources, Traka’s intelligent access management systems could

prove to be that elusive silver bullet - by turning your conventional key

into a 'clever key'

Overcoming most of the difficulties associated with key management, Traka

intelligent key management provides the perfect solution. At its heart is the

Traka iFob™. These bullet-shaped devices contain a chip which provides a

unique electronic ID. Once attached to an iFob, individual keys or keysets are

effectively, electronically tagged. Individual keys or keysets are permanently

attached to an iFob with a robust security seal. Each iFob is then allocated a

specific port within a Traka key cabinet – and locked in place until released by

an authorised user.

Once the appropriate user profiles and key details have been entered into the

system, Traka ensures that only authorised employees are allowed access to

the key cabinet – and then only to designated keys. The system automatically

records when a key is used and by whom on a central database. And this

information is available via the cabinet’s data display or a central PC.

Employees request access to a key cabinet using a PIN code, swipe card or

fingerprint recognition. If a request is valid, the cabinet door will open and the

appropriate key will be released. To return the key, the holder must again

obtain admission to the cabinet, and then replace the iFob in its designated

port. If this is not done, the system will prompt the user to insert the iFob in its

correct position.

Individual keys can be set with a curfew, raising an alarm if not returned on

time, or restricted time access can be set so as to manage usage, perhaps for

cleaners or service staff.

• Systems configurable giving multi-user access to one or more keys,

each with their own parameters

• Unique time access controls for different user groups; for shift patterns,

curfew limits or restrictions

• User license or qualification expiry dates configured to prevent users

gaining unauthorised key access

• Key booking options for scheduling of equipment, access to rooms or

the servicing of vehicles

• Central control for managing key usage, reporting on key usage,

mileage and utilisation statistics.

Traka enables you to control, monitor and record the use of almost any physical asset, including:

premises, facilities, secure areas, equipment, machinery and vehicles. Traka provides intelligent

key management and equipment management access control to better protect your important

assets - resulting in improved efficiency, reduced downtime, less damage, fewer losses, lower

operating costs and significantly less administration.

Traka has a range of Electronic Key Management solutions that will control who can gain access

to keys, restrict individual key usage to authorised users, provide a full audit of key activity and

generate numerous easy to use reports based on user information logged at the time of taking or

returning keys.

• Cabinets managing between 10 and 540 keys, in 3 modular sizes

• Multiple cabinets can be networked, locally or remotely, for large sites with more keys

• User profiles and key details configured in a centrally located database on a standard PC

Traka allows long-term records to be held and continuously

updated, the system’s Traka32 software will ensure you’re able

to monitor and record key usage, and compile a comprehensive

range of management information, enabling you, for example:

• To check when a key is taken and returned,

• and by whom

• To identify keys that have not been returned

• once an allocated period of time has elapsed

• To determine how often particular keys are

• used, and for exactly how long.

• To analyse usage and identify faulty equipment

Providing enhanced control and security, the times at which

keys are available to specific personnel can be defined

using Traka’s management software. Entry to particular rooms –

and the use of certain facilities – by cleaners or service staff,

for example, can be restricted to certain times of the day, to fit with shift patterns. Alternatively, a

‘key curfew’ can be applied, setting the time by which a key must be returned to its cabinet.

The Traka Solution

• Make Users Accountable

• Give them a method that is easy to use

• Control who has access

• Monitor the access

• Audit how often it was accessed and by whom

• Ensure items are only accessed by authorized staff

• Ensure procedures are followed as you designed them

Traka32 software

The power behind all Traka solutions lies in their Traka32 Software. Running on either a single

PC or in a networked server environment, it offers multi-language use, provides extensive real

time data capture, interfaces with most 3rd party access control

applications, and uses an SQL database to provide extensive access level controls and key

transaction history. Using Crystal Reports a comprehensive range of Management Information

reports can be generated quickly and easily. Where managed keys and assets are subject to

security classification, Traka work with SSG to provide additional protection to meet SEAP

ratings.