In business today, there are several things which are out of our control including economy, escalating operating costs and competition as well. But this may sound interesting that security in all sized organizations is now can be controlled.

Before the emergence of professional facility management facility providers, the security was the major concern. But, now with the application of advanced key management products, it has become easier to control access of keys by any unauthorized person.

Considering high performance and role of quality key control systems, it would not be wrong to say that business can stay in control by protecting intellectual, human and physical assets in almost all sized firms in the corporate world.

Through this article, we’ll come to know more about the components, benefits and other aspects of key control systems.

Components

The overall design of the system is dependent a lot on the interdependence of the components. When such components support each other the interdependence becomes the source of strength. And major components include a metal box, smart keys and software.

The metal box is known to come with an anti-sabotage security door that comes with a lock. And that door is designed either be transparent or metal. With a mechanical lock, the box has slots and the keypad has a display to support access of keys. More about key box, it comes with built-in battery and a power unit. The keypad enables the users to manage the box and use the keys stored in it.

The software permits its use through PC and it facilitates assignment of keys. Characteristics of software includes access is code protected, enables data transfer and administration, reports printing and much more.

Benefits

The first benefit is the access of keys can be brought into control. It is so simple to use as one is only required to enter the number or code of key using the key pad. The system records events automatically including the access time, the key number and the user name.

The system comes with multi-level security feature to guarantee secured access of the keys. The access patterns that can be used include password only, RFID card or password, RFID card only, RFID card and password both.

Another benefit of key control systems is it eliminates cost related to key theft or lost.

Thus, with quality components and a number of benefits, the key security systems can be used to secure essential keys and physical assets in any organization successfully.

Here is the latest launch from the reputed and trusted French company Renault! Renault has merged with Romanian manufacturer Dacia and come up with this new vehicle they have christened the Renault Dacia Dokker.

The Renault Dokker is a leisure activity vehicle which was initially rolled out in Morocco and Romania in the year 2012. The car may come to India in the multipurpose vehicle segment though there has been no official notice by Renault yet.

Renault Dokker is a flexible five seater with one or two sliding side doors with windows. The name Dokker is a short form of the word dock worker which conveys the high carrying capacity of the model. The passenger seats can be folded to make room for extra bags. This vehicle can easily carry a luggage of 800 kilograms which is commendable. There is a passenger version and a panel van version, as well, of this car.

Renault Dokker presents a unique design with a well built framework, twin door at the rear, side sliding doors, plastic body panels, roof bars, fog lamps, wide headlights and curved edges. The spacious and luxurious interiors add to the charisma of the vehicle.

Coming to the engine, it has four different options, all of which are supported by a five speed transmission gear box. The four options are 1.2 TCe 115 and 1.6 MPI 85 petrol engines and the 75 bhp and 90 bhp 1.5 dCi diesel engines. The petrol units have the capability to churn out a maximum power of 115 bhp at 4500 rpm and a peak torque of 190 Nm at 2000 rpm and 85 bhp at 5000 rpm and torque of 134 Nm at 2800 rpm respectively. Both the diesel engines generate 75 bhp at 4000 rpm and 90 bhp at 3750 rpm respectively followed by a maximum torque of 180 Nm at 1750 rpm and 200 Nm at 1750 rpm. Renault Dokker, with strong gear acceleration, will certainly be a pleasant car to drive.

Renault Dokker has ample safety and comfort features. It has the Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) along with Electronic Brake-Force Distribution (EBD), Electronic Stability control (ESC), dual front airbags, side curtain airbags, knee airbags, cruise control and rear parking sensors, media system which comprises of both video and audio units, including an auxiliary USB and Bluetooth hands-free connectivity.

It is expected that the price of Renault Dokker will not exceed Rs. 8 lakhs which seems reasonable for a vehicle with such innovative design and features. Whether Renault Dokker would successfully stay on in the market along with other big cars from the houses of Ford, Toyota, Maruti and Chevrolet is something to wait and see.

We always have this constant question on all guitar oriented forums -“what order do I put my guitar effects in? While there are some simple guiding principle, there is no “right” way to do it. It’s all a matter of taste and your personal tone. Let your ears be the final Judge.

Guitar Effects are electronic device that connects a guitar and an amplifier or mixing board. Their main purpose is to modify and enhance the tone, pitch of the guitar and create special sounds using a guitar pedal or a combination of several pedals. These effects transform sounds in many ways and bring “life” to sound. It is usually used in in-recording studio accompanied with vocals and live performances. A Guitar Effects device consists of analog or digital circuitry which processes audio signals. Effects processing circuitry are similar to that found in music synthesizers; it may include active and passive filters, envelope followers or envelope modifiers, wave-shaping circuits, voltage-controlled oscillators, or digital delays.

Effects device come in several formats, the most common are the “stomp-box” and the rack-mount unit. A stomp box or “pedal steel” is a small metal or plastic box containing the circuitry which is placed on the floor in front of the musician and connected in line with the patch cord connected to the instrument. The box is typically controlled by one or more foot-pedal on-off switches and usually contains only one or two effects. Rack-mount effects unit contains identical electronic circuit, but is mounted in a standard 19″ equipment rack. Usually, rack-mount effects units contain several different types of effects. These are typically controlled by knobs or switches on the front panel, and often by a MIDI digital control interface. “Guitar pedal boards” are used by musicians who use multiple stomp-boxes; these may be a DIY project made with plywood or a commercial pedalboards.

Nowadays, modern desktop and notebook computers have sound processing capabilities that rival commercially available effects boxes. Some can process sound through VST or similar plugins, such as LADSPA, RTAS or Direct X. Musicians in the modern world can play any instrument through a computer’s sound card, emulating effects units or amplifiers. These VST-plugins can be downloaded for a little or no cost.

Guitar Effects are divided according to effects description; Amplitude based effects which composed of volume control, tremolo, auto tremolo, panning/ping-pong, gating/repeat percussion, compression, expansion, asymmetric compression, noise gating, attack delay, ADSR (Attack Decay Sustain Release), and limiting, auto swell. There is also Waveform distortion effects which can be done by Symmetrical clipping, asymmetrical clipping, infinite limiting, Half wave rectification, Full wave rectification and Arbitrary waveform generation. FILTER/FREQUENCY RESPONSE EFFECTS can be achieved through EQ/tone controls, treble/mid/bass boost, cabinet simulation, resonator, wah, envelope follower also called as Auto wah, tremolo wah, “vibrato”, and phase shifting. For time delay effects; echo, reverb, true vibrato, flanging, chorus/ADT, slapback, and reverse echo/reverb. We can also add other miscellaneous effects such as octave division, harmony generation, phase lock tracking, Noise addition, talk box, and voice tracking. Leslie, aphex and enhancers are examples of common combinations effects.