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Access control for businesses in Switzerland

Badge readers, facial recognition terminals and wireless locks for offices, warehouses and production. Site survey, design, installation and support are done by our own team, from Stabio in Ticino.

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Face recognized in under 0.2 sBadges that can't be copied: DESFire EV3 and SeosOne door in half a dayOld locks stay in service until the new ones are tested
A courier is recognized by a Suprema BioStation 3 terminal at the entrance of a building
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Official distributor of Suprema and HID Global. We also install and support Uhlmann & Zacher locks and Splan visitor management.

Suprema HID Global Uhlmann & Zacher Splan
What we install

From the front door to the document cabinet

One system for every door, managed from a single console: for each entrance you choose the credential it needs. The detailed pages are in Italian.

Suprema badge and fingerprint readers

Badge and phone readers

Badge, key fob or phone: readers for internal and external doors, with a keypad for a PIN where needed.

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 A person enters using facial recognition on a BioEntry W3 mounted on a glass door frame

Facial recognition

People get in with their face in under 0.2 seconds, even with their hands full. When it makes sense and what Swiss law requires.

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 Uhlmann & Zacher electronic cylinder opened with a badge

Wireless locks

Electronic handles and cylinders for doors where a wired reader doesn't pay off: archives, offices, fire doors.

The locks →
 HID RFID cards, key fobs and wristbands

Badges, tags and key fobs

Cards, key fobs and wristbands, printed with your own design if you like. With chips that can't be copied.

Cards and tags →
 Suprema management console with doors, events and devices

Software and attendance

BioStar X on premises or BioStar Air in the cloud: doors, schedules, attendance and visitors from a single console.

The software →
 Welcoming visitors at reception

Visitors

Pre-registration, reception and temporary badges with Splan, connected to access control.

Visitor management →
Across Switzerland

From site survey to support, we do it ourselves

We are based in Stabio, in Ticino, and take on projects throughout Switzerland.

  1. Site survey

    We look at doors, gates and offices, and work out who needs to get in, where and at what times. The quote is built from this, tailored to you.

  2. Design

    The right reader and credential for every door. 125 kHz and MIFARE Classic badges can be copied: we recommend DESFire EV3 or HID Seos.

  3. Installation

    We mount the terminals and set up groups, schedules, attendance and visitors. One door takes half a day, and the old locks stay in service until the new ones have been tested.

  4. Support

    We handle call-outs ourselves, with response times agreed in the support contract; for emergencies there is a direct number, not a call centre abroad.

The products

What we install today

Terminals and readers from the current Suprema catalogue, the controller that connects them and the wireless locks. The figures come from the manufacturers' official data sheets.

BioStation 3

BioStation 3

Main entrance and reception

  • Face, badge, phone and QR code on the same terminal
  • Recognition in under 0.2 seconds
  • Up to 50,000 faces, 5.5-inch screen
  • IP65 and IK06, a single network cable (PoE+)
BioEntry W3

BioEntry W3

Internal doors and exposed spots

  • Face recognition without a screen: shows nothing about who passes
  • Same engine as BioStation 3, under 0.2 seconds
  • Up to 30,000 faces
  • IP67 and IK08, slim enough for door frames
X-Station 2

X-Station 2

Reception, time clocking and visitors

  • 4-inch touchscreen
  • Badge, phone (NFC and BLE), QR codes and barcodes
  • Fingerprint on the models with a sensor
  • IP65, powered over the network cable (PoE)
XPass 2

XPass 2

Outside doors, gates and entrances

  • 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz badges (MIFARE, DESFire) and phones
  • IP67 and IK08: rain, dust and knocks
  • Mullion or wall-box mounting, keypad version too
  • Powered over the network cable (PoE)
Fingerprint readers

Fingerprint readers

Where you need to know who went through

  • BioEntry W2 for outdoors, IP67
  • BioEntry P2 and R2, compact, for indoors
  • BioLite N2 with fingerprint and badge, for tough environments
CoreStation

CoreStation

The controller of the system

  • 4 doors, up to 132 with expansion modules
  • Readers connected over OSDP or Wiegand
  • Up to 500,000 users
  • Also connects the wireless locks
Uhlmann & Zacher

Uhlmann & Zacher

Doors without cables

  • Electronic handles and cylinders, no building work
  • The same RFID badges as the readers
  • Bluetooth to a module on the CoreStation: up to six locks per module
  • Status and battery visible in the console
Badges and tags

Badges and tags

The credentials

  • MIFARE DESFire EV3 and HID Seos: cannot be copied
  • Cards, key fobs, wristbands and tags
  • Printed with your own design
  • Or the credential on the phone

We keep supporting existing systems with earlier-generation devices. Data sheets and the full catalogue are on the Datasheet page (in Italian).

For every business

What you need depends on where you work

Offices

Badge or phone at the entrance, internal doors with the same credentials, visitors registered in advance and welcomed at reception.

Production and warehouses

IP67 and IK08 readers where it rains and forklifts bump into things; facial recognition where hands are full; attendance on the same terminal.

Restricted areas

Two credentials together, for example badge and PIN or face and badge, and a log of who went through, door by door.

Doors without power

Archives, cabinets, fire doors and glass doors: Uhlmann & Zacher handles and cylinders, without running cables to the door.

Site survey

Tell us about your doors, we'll come and look

We will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange the visit: we look at doors, gates and offices, and the quote is built from there.

  • Phone+41 91 230 10 05
  • HoursMon–Fri 8:30–17:30
  • OfficeVia Gaggiolo 27, 6855 Stabio (Ticino)

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Frequently asked questions

What we are asked most often

Badge, PIN or fingerprint: which is best?
It depends on who goes through and how often. A badge is convenient and can be replaced in a minute if it is lost; a PIN costs nothing, but people lend it to each other; a fingerprint cannot be left at home and is the only one that really tells you who went through, but it is sensitive personal data and has to be introduced with due care. In the companies we work with, the most common combination is a badge for everyone and fingerprints on the sensitive doors.
Does it integrate with alarm systems and cameras?
Yes: the terminals have contacts and protocols to communicate with alarm panels and video surveillance systems, so a denied access or a door left open also becomes a visible event there.
How long does installation take?
One door takes half a day, installation and configuration included. With several doors we work in groups, as a rule without stopping your business: the old locks stay in service until the new ones have been tested.
Do you work throughout Switzerland?
Yes. We are based in Stabio, in Ticino, and take on projects throughout Switzerland. We carry out the site survey, installation and support ourselves.
Can our badges be copied?
It depends on the technology. 125 kHz badges (EM4100, HID Prox and similar) send an unencrypted number and can be duplicated with a copier bought online; with MIFARE Classic the Crypto-1 algorithm has been publicly broken since 2008. Today MIFARE DESFire EV3 and HID Seos, with AES, are secure, provided the reader checks the card cryptographically and does not just read its serial number. During a site survey we can see in a few minutes what you have in circulation.
Do we have to replace all readers and badges at once?
No. Some readers read the old and the new card technology at the same time: you replace the readers first, hand out the new badges gradually and switch off the old technology at the end. Work carries on and the cost is spread over two budget years.
What about doors with no power?
For those there are battery-powered electronic cylinders and handles, such as Uhlmann & Zacher: the reader sits in the cylinder or the handle, with no cables and no building work. Cellars, archives, outbuildings and cabinets join the same permission management as the wired doors.
Does the system keep working if the network goes down?
Yes, if it is designed properly: readers and controllers keep the permissions locally and go on deciding on their own; events are reported as soon as the connection is back. It is a criterion to check before buying, not at the first outage.
Can the phone replace the badge?
Yes. With mobile access the credential sits in the phone and reaches the reader over Bluetooth or NFC. The practical gain is in administration: permissions are granted and revoked remotely, nothing has to be printed and nothing collected when someone leaves.
Wiegand or OSDP?
OSDP with Secure Channel wherever possible. Wiegand transmits the badge number in clear text over two wires: anyone who reaches the cable behind the reader can read it, or inject a valid number. OSDP is encrypted and bidirectional, and the controller notices if a reader is disconnected.

Learn more

Other SecurData pages related to this one (in Italian).

Facial recognitionHow to choose the terminal and what Swiss law requires.Read → Wireless locksUhlmann & Zacher electronic handles and cylinders.Discover → RFID cards and tagsCustomizable smart cards, tags, wristbands and key fobs.Discover → BioStar X softwareAccess, attendance and visitors from a single console.Discover →

We design your company's access control, anywhere in Switzerland

Site survey and a tailored quote: we help you choose readers, credentials and software around the way your organization works.

Request a site survey Call +41 91 230 10 05