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Overview

The majority of cards and biometric readers in access control systems use a Wiegand interface to transmit data read from a card to a control panel. The control panel will then validate the date received and grant/deny access. Often people in the Access Control Industry accept the Wiegand interface as a standard. Wiegand is not a standard as there is no formal definition, ratified by ISO or the IEEE, of the Wiegand Interface against which manufacturers can measure the performance of their equipment. Wiegand is more of an informal working convention, which has allowed the manufacturers of card and biometric readers using a variety of reading technologies to connect their products to control panels produced by system integrators.