Keys get copied. Fobs get lent. A networked access control system knows exactly who opened which door and when, and revokes a leaver in seconds rather than a locksmith visit. Gemini AMPM builds access control on Genetec Security Center Synergis and HID Global hardware, engineered to BS EN 60839-11.
Access control grows in patches — a keypad here, a standalone reader there — until nobody can say who can open what. We replace the patchwork with one networked platform: Genetec Security Center Synergis managing every door, gate, lift and barrier, with HID Global readers at the edge. One database of people, one set of rules, one audit trail. A leaver is revoked everywhere in seconds; a new starter is live before their induction ends.
The engineering underneath is BS EN 60839-11, the standard for electronic access control systems — graded resistance, tamper detection, event logging and defined behaviour when power or networks fail. It is the difference between a lock with software and a security system, and it is what data centres, hospitals and schools ask us for by name.
The credential is escaping the lanyard. We issue employee badges in Apple Wallet through HID, so a phone or watch opens the door and lost cards stop being a Monday ritual. Visitors get QR passes emailed before they arrive — time-limited, door-specific, logged like any other credential — and walk straight through speed gates instead of queueing at a desk. In multi-tenant buildings, access folds neatly into the tenant app your occupiers already use, alongside room bookings and deliveries.
None of this is theory. At Peterborough Court & Daniel House we delivered Genetec and HID access control alongside CCTV and intruder detection as one integrated system. Design once, integrate properly, and the front of house feels effortless because the back of house is not.
Yes. Genetec Security Center Synergis and HID’s mobile credential platform both expose APIs, so access can sit inside the building app your occupiers already open — door release, visitor invites and QR passes alongside room bookings and deliveries. We scope the integration with your app developer early, agree who owns the credential lifecycle, and test the failure modes properly. Occupiers get one app; your team keeps one audit trail.
The system is designed so that escape never depends on a credential. Doors on escape routes are configured to fail safe and release on a fire alarm interface, while the perimeter can stay secured against opportunists walking in during an evacuation. BS EN 60839-11 requires that behaviour to be engineered and tested, not assumed. We document the cause-and-effect against your fire strategy and prove it during commissioning — witnessed, recorded, repeatable.
Yes. HID credentials in Apple Wallet turn iPhone and Apple Watch into the badge, presented at the reader like a contactless payment — and on recent iPhones the credential keeps working for hours after the battery runs flat. Provisioning and revocation are managed centrally, so a lost phone is disabled in seconds and there is no plastic to reissue. Most clients run wallet credentials alongside cards during transition, then let the plastic retire itself.
A named engineer, not a call centre, comes back within 24 hours. Tell us the building and what you’re dealing with, and we’ll scope it properly.