Our local riding club may be asked to manage the use of a public arena for riding by individuals when there are no scheduled events. Has anyone ever heard of the use of an automatic gate operated by card readers to admit riders who have paid for a pass? There would have to be security cameras to monitor the system. Just looking for any experience with this.
How would the card reader limit the number of people the person with the pass can let in?
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I mean, it wouldn’t. But I’ve been a member of a dog park and a gym that both used fobs for entry. They had cameras to enforce.
Yes, you have to have a mechanism to limit the horses that are let in. Before being issued a card, the person would be given a list of rules to obey. One of those would be that, if you admit anyone else on your card, you lose your right to use the arena without refund. There is a security camera to enforce this.
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simple deal, the lights could be even controlled/billed to the one that had access
this being a " public arena " … is it owned by a governmental agency?
The arena is owned by the county. Not sure what you mean about lights being billed to those with access. Can you explain more?
Just a forewarning a public private venture rarely goes well
If a system is set up to control access the total system can be expanded to control the entire site.
My company did a private arena where the owner wanted to charge their clients for the use of the arena lights which was not a problem since all of the clients had RFID tags for access to the site.
Primary need for this client was to track the clients in/out of the property as several of the horses that were under their control were very expensive
Our club does not have and doesn’t want any ownership of the site. We will probably have a long term lease that gives us rights.
I would like to find out more about how your company managed site access. Is there a way for us to discuss this outside of this website? I am new to this forum.
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