Hanwha CA-3Y-ENTRY ONCAFE 3-Year Entry License

We've deployed ONCAFE across office parks, retail chains, and mixed-use facilities where access control and video forensics need to live in the same system. The per-entry licensing model is genuinely useful — it forces your TCO calculation to map software spend directly to physical infrastructure, which keeps scope creep honest. A client with a 20-door facility doesn't license 50 channels they'll never use; they license 20, and if they add an elevator or service entrance later, they add licenses incrementally. The three-year term locks in pricing predictability, which matters when you're budgeting across 24-36 month facility contracts. On the operational side, having access badge swipe data, door position, and synchronized video in one timeline eliminates the painful reconciliation work — "did the person really enter or did they tailgate?" — that happens when access logs and video live in separate silos. The 1 MP resolution is the honest constraint here: it's perfectly adequate for doorway-distance facial recognition and badge verification, but if you're trying to read license plates or identify individuals at 30+ meters, you'll need a separate, higher-MP surveillance camera. Microphone support is underrated — ambient sound at an entry point catches conversation tone, verbal altercations, and intrusion attempts that silent video alone misses.

Technical Highlights:

• Synchronized Access + Video Timeline: Every badge swipe, biometric scan, and door sensor state is timestamped and correlated with video in a unified query. No more exporting access logs to Excel and manually matching to video — the platform does the correlation. Real operational win for incident investigation and compliance audits.
• PoE 802.3af Integration: Standard PoE power means you can deploy access readers and microphones without running separate 24V circuits. Reduces cabling cost and installation labor — reader hardware and NVR/gateway power consolidate on commodity PoE switches.
• Microphone + Video Event Logging: Audio capture is event-triggered (tied to badge swipe or door open), not continuous 24/7 recording — keeps storage modest and audio data defensible under workplace privacy rules. Context without legal friction.
• ONVIF Profile S Compatibility: If you later want to migrate video streams to a third-party NVR (Milestone, Genetec, Axis Camera Station), the access control state still flows into ONCAFE, and video can be archived independently. Not locked to a proprietary ecosystem.
• 36-Month Patch and Feature Coverage: Includes all platform security updates and minor feature releases for three years. No "you're on unsupported firmware" gotcha when a vulnerability drops in year two.

Deployment Considerations:

• License is per entry point — count your doors, turnstiles, elevators, and gate readers. A single license covers one monitored access point only. Multi-door scenarios require corresponding license count.
• Three-year term is binding. Plan renewal 60-90 days before expiration if you want uninterrupted service. Early renewal is often possible; check with your reseller.
• 1 MP resolution is the ceiling for this license tier. If you need 2MP+ at the entry, you'll need a separate video or higher-tier access license — don't try to force a 4MP camera into a 1 MP entry license.
• Microphone support requires local audio hardware (reader with integrated mic or separate PoE microphone). Verify your reader model supports audio before relying on ambient sound logging.
• ONCAFE runs on a local or cloud-hosted controller. Confirm your deployment topology (on-premise gateway vs. cloud platform) before licensing — support pathways differ.

The CA-3Y-ENTRY license is right for organizations consolidating access control and entry-point video, especially those with 5-100 monitored doors where licensing flexibility matters more than enterprise-scale mega-site features. For small retail, office building, or facility management teams that need honest correlation between who accessed what and what the camera saw, this is a straightforward buy. Start with high-traffic entries (main lobby, service doors) and scale systematically. See the Hanwha catalog for compatible readers, controllers, and higher-capacity license options.