TO ALL GATE CARD HOLDERS:  

  This is a refresher for all to reiterate the operation of the security gate at the Club.  This is a security gate and as such responds to a code being input by keypad or as with our gate, a gate card.  The code is received by the gate controller, which checks to see that the card is authorized and if so sends a code to the gate operator, which opens the gate.  Now this can take place immediately or it can take several seconds for the process.  When the card is passed over the reader, the light on the reader will turn green and it will beep to indicate it has received a signal.  WAIT!!  Now this is where we have trouble.  Patience is a virtue.  People have a tendency to pass the card over the reader again because the gate didn't start to move as soon as they passed their card the first time.  If the light turns green, it got the message so wait for the gate to open. Because this is a security gate and they are normally operated with a key-pad, the computer doesn't know that the code sent was from a card. It only knows that it received another code before it processed the prior code which to the computer means that someone is punching in numbers trying to break the security code and it just shuts down as a safety measure.  Now we are in trouble and the computer and controller have to be reset.  This is what happened last week.  If you have any questions or need further clarifications on any of the above, give me a call.