Contactless smart cards ensure the fastest possible throughput for employees

The chairman of the Devon and Cornwall Business Council and the Heart of the West Local Enterprise Partnership reacted with horror at news that the Treasury plans to declare the South West a low-pay zone for public sector workers. Tim Jones called the figures “unsustainable and devastating”. He added: “The deduction from spending power and ability to service mortgages would be horrendous.” The potential effects are widespread as there are an estimated 200,000 public sector workers in Devon and Cornwall.

Contactless smart cards used to operate Time and Attendance South West clocking or time and attendance systems provide peak efficiency for local businesses. The smart cards ensure the fastest possible throughput for employees. Each card reader transmits a 125 KHz frequency field (the electromagnetic field), which is picked up by an aerial in the smart card. The reader has two read bands within this field; an inner and outer band, and these are controlled and rapidly oscillated by the reader’s on-board microprocessor.