HID Global expands FlexSmart Series

HID Global announced the addition of several products to its FlexSmart Series of MIFARE  and DESFire contactless smart card readers and credentials. Expanding on the existing family, the new offerings include heavy duty keypad readers for high traffic use, and diverse, application-enabling credentials in various multi-technology form factors.

The interoperable, ISO 14443A-compliant family of contactless smart card products provides customers a totally flexible platform?from the simplicity and security of HID Format MIFARE readers to completely customizable (keys and format) secure MIFARE and DESFire reader solutions. The addition to this new, open architecture reader line augments HID’s market-leading, flexible, open iCLASS® product line, clearly asserting the company’s commitment to support 13.56 MHz technologies. Taken together, the company’s offerings comprise the industry’s broadest range of open standard contactless smart card products, available from over 40,000 resellers worldwide.

The flexible, highly secure and stylish contactless smart card keypad reader models now available include the FlexSmart MIFARE HID Format Secure Keypad Reader (Model Number: 6071), FlexSmart MIFARE Custom Keypad Reader (Model Number: 6072) and FlexSmart DESFire Custom Keypad Reader (Model Number: 6073).

FlexSmart Keypad Readers:

– Two-Factor, Highly Secure Access Control Readers – Ideal for access control system users with MIFARE or DESFire contactless smart card credentials.
– Multiple Models for Custom Configurations – Feature open architecture format control and key management support for HID MIFARE, standard and custom MIFARE, and custom DESFire credentials.
– Lifetime Warranty – Unlike typical membrane keypads, HID’s heavy duty keypad design ensures reliable operation over millions of PIN entries.