The controller is both flexible and scalable. New clients will usually opt to connect the Actpro 1520e sequentially as a daisy chain but ACT’s legacy clients can use it seamlessly with the company’s two and four-door controllers.

The Actpro 1520e offers the benefits of distributed intelligence, anti passback, interlock and status LEDs. The controller is designed to work from ACT’s latest management software, ACTenterprise. It can be used with all of ACT’s readers including the RFID 125KHz, Mifare Classic and Desfire EV1.

It has been designed with backwards compatible with the entire Actpro Range and it is able to scales from 1 door to thousands of doors.  Great flexibility allows for IP at every door or to expand using ethernet cable. In terms of specification it is simple - 1 Actpro 1520e per door.

The R&D team at ACT has created the Actpro 1520e controller with user convenience and total cost of ownership (TCO) in mind. The extensive diagnostic aids include voltage monitoring, break glass monitoring, reader short circuit protection, tamper alert and mains present monitoring.

The controller can be used on major sites and a single unit will operate with multiple entry and exit readers. Scalability is virtually unlimited. A network of up to 4,000 doors can be created and a client site could have 60,000 users with each user having four credentials.

There is ample space in the enclosure for cable management and the controller has a 2 Amp power supply through a non-PSU variant, the Actpro1500e.