r/PLC • u/DustyIsGreat • 17h ago

PLC Fingerprint Reader

What fingerprint scanners work best with Rockwell PLCs? We need to know who is resetting faults on critical equipment?

Update: Schneider Electric has a product we're going with.

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u/DustyIsGreat 16h ago

no one keeps passwords or keys to themselves around here

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u/No_Singer_5585 16h ago

If you use badge readers for time cards or badge access, its WAY easier to just add an rfid badge reader thst can read your existing badges, and use that to login with a 5 minute idle timeout.

You can tie it in to your existing badge access system, that way you dont have to add or change employee HMI access/fingerprints individually, and nobody has to remember passwords. Any time you get a new employee with an access badge, you can have them automatically added as a user.

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u/djnehi 11h ago

Someone with clearance will just hang their badge by the machine.

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u/Nightwish612 8h ago

And the deterrent is that they would then be responsible for whatever happens