Flexibility and Efficiency Meet Seamless Connectivity in OmniPoint’s Total Property Wireless Access

Say goodbye to the limitations of wired access control systems and welcome the wireless revolution with CellGate’s OmniPoint, an innovative wireless, multi-point access control solution.

OmniPoint is vastly different than most access control systems available, in that it does not require data wires or control panels. This means there is less hardware to purchase, install and connect via data wires on a property, lowering both the overall system hardware and installation cost when compared to a wired access control solution. Because of the ease of installation, this system allows for access control at entry points that can not normally be included in a traditional wired system.

OmniPoint’s system design is very different than traditional wired systems. Because it is a wireless multi-point access control system, it utilizes a hub and spoke methodology.

CellGate is the only technology company with a complete suite of cellular-based security products—encompassing integrated streaming video, access control and camera solutions. CellGate Founder & CEO, Noel Gouldin, conceived the idea for OmniPoint, and then developed it with the CellGate engineering team over two years before its introduction in late 2022. Gouldin believes OmniPoint could be the most revolutionary, groundbreaking product that CellGate has released in its over 15-year history.

“I am proud of the many innovative products CellGate has released throughout its history, from the GC1010 which was the first cellular access control device on the market, to our Watchman line of video telephone entry products that are still the only cellular, multi-family products that can provide streaming video of visitors at the gate,” says Gouldin. “But I believe OmniPoint will have the biggest and most immediate market impact of anything we have ever introduced. This system is truly unique in a couple of key ways, including how the various technologies necessary for it to work were blended seamlessly into a single solution, and that it can be controlled by the same TrueCloud web portal we developed a decade ago, that administrates all of our products. OmniPoint is truly a reliable and costeffective solution that can keep properties – and people – safe.”

An OmniPoint Gateway is the communications hub that transmits data to CellGate’s TrueCloud portal via Ethernet, or on AT&T or Verizon’s cellular LTE networks. The Gateway also communicates locally with up to 100 entry points via LoRa technology. No long distance data wires are required – the only wiring is for power, and local wires to the card reader and lock. With an installed OmniPoint solution, EPMs (Entry Point Modules) are installed at entry points that require access control; while OPSs (OmniPoint Sensors) can be utilized for entry points that don’t require access control, but instead just need status monitoring. Notifications can be sent in real time via text or email to property managers if an entry point has been accessed, a door has been propped open or if a door is unlocked, amongst other scenarios.

OmniPoint’s unique system design, capabilities and use of LoRa technology means it is an ideal solution for schools, warehouses, shipping yards, multi-family communities, loading docks, regional airports, parking lots, and many other similar properties that have factors that make a wired access control solution cost prohibitive or simply impossible to install. It can also be expanded as needed, if a new entry point is added to a property. While OmniPoint can work almost anywhere, it can be the most cost-effective and reliable choice when:

• A property has entry points spread out up to a mile

• Line of site is not always available

• Fenced outdoor areas need to be secured

• There are a minimum of 5 to 100 entrances

To learn more about OmniPoint, visit www.cell-gate.com/omnipoint.

Security and Access Control Challenges at an Apartment Community with Attached Parking Garage Access & Outdoor Pool

This property’s previous system had no historical logs, and residents were all set up with the same code so there was no visibility if problems arose. The security issues presented included:

• Class A rated apartments with 250290 residents on a 400 meter by 300 meter property

• Two primary resident buildings, four stories each, with a four-story connected parking garage in between the two buildings

• Line of sight not possible

• Pool in the center of the complex had two entrances that needed access control

• Concrete parking garages made a wired solution difficult to install

The goal was a centralized point of administrative control in order to customize user credentials, and to view historical logs of system use by user. An OmniPoint system solved all of these challenges that other systems could not address effectively.