A Significant Leap Forward.

What started as a personal quest in 2019 to break free from proprietary hardware has finally culminated in a major success: the successful integration of wide-range access control antennas with Legic Advant technology.

This breakthrough eliminates our reliance on costly, third-party solutions from Company 1 for connecting to our standard access control devices from Company 2.

The core challenge has always been to seamlessly connect Company 3's wide-range antennas with Company 2's access control units.

A pivotal development was the introduction of the OSDP standard, a crucial communication protocol between card readers and control units, which paved the way for this integration.

After extensive testing and development, momentum truly picked up in October of last year.

A dedicated project secured funding for new antennas and their implementation, allowing us to accelerate development. By then, I had successfully created a prototype, though it was limited to the older, less secure Legic Prime reading method.

The recent shift to Legic Advant presented an additional hurdle, temporarily delaying our progress.

However, I'm thrilled to report that this challenge has also been overcome.

As a result, only an estimated 20-30 legacy wide-range antennas remain to be upgraded to the new standard.

This achievement renders Company 1's hardware completely obsolete. More importantly, it means that future tenders for new software to connect Company 2's access control devices can proceed without any involvement from Company 1.

This technical feasibility is a tremendous benefit, not only for our organization but also for any other companies seeking to utilize this product combination.

When you think about it,

this journey began with a dismissive encounter in 2017.

When I inquired about integrating with an intruder alarm system, Company 1's sales director arrogantly stated, "You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."

Two years later, the same individual defrauded our company of tens of thousands of Euros. The crucial difference now is that I've transitioned from the contractor side to the client side.

So if now our IT department declares Company 1's legacy software obsolete, due to these new technical advancements, it could be a definitive blow to Company 1. 

I never truly believed I could manage establish all this technical achievements, due to the time passing and delays, but afterall, I once more have proofen to myself, that nothing is impossible.

Me and my magical fingers...

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