Introduction

Student, faculty, and staff gain entry to buildings and rooms across all electronically controlled Miami campus doors using their Miami ID card or a mobile app.

Capabilities, Benefits, and Key Features

General campus

• Access to some locations granted automatically based on major, campus, housing assignment, office location, or classification
• Tap access
• MobileID access from a smartphone using Miami credentials

Authorized visitors

• Granted access by the department contracting their services
• Tap access 
• MobileID access from a smartphone using Miami credentials

Building Point of Contacts (My Door Managers)

• Add and remove individuals to locations under their purview
• Request changes to the access schedule
• Request addition or removal of doors to the access group
• Request new access groups

What can I expect?

• Electronic door opened within 10 seconds of tap or mobile ID
• Adheres to schedule as determined by patron group
• Door stays unlocked for under 20 seconds
• Unauthorized access denied with audible beep and red indicator
• Exterior doors propped open for longer than 40 seconds, may trigger an audible alarm
• Double tapping a reader with your ID card behaves as unauthorized access
• All residence halls are equipped with electronic doors to individual student rooms and specified exterior building doors
• Other buildings and rooms, such as offices, classrooms, etc, are equipped as approved

Limitations / Technology Requirements

• Chip embedded in Miami ID cards must be undamaged:
  • Punching a hole in the ID card needs to be done by the Campus Services Center
• Wireless phone charging with card between phone and charger may damage the chip
• MobileID requires IOS or Android smartphone compatible version from Apple Store or Google Play

Who may use it?

• Students, faculty, and staff
• Authorized visitors

Is there a charge to me or my department?

• No separate charge exists for current students, faculty, staff, and authorized visitors to obtain initial card to operate the electronic doors
• Replacement ID cards available from Campus Services Center for a replacement fee
• Ongoing operation of approved readers paid for as part of operational budget for Finance and Business Services
• Physical repairs and initial installation of readers on doors are typically funded using departmental funds