Z-bit

Help every organization get the most from its access control technology

The ideal system is transparent to the people who use it while keeping spaces safe and secure. Z-bit Systems works toward that by making access control integration painless, so readers, controllers, and platforms work together the way they should.

Jonathan Horvath, founder of Z-bit Systems

Jonathan Horvath

Decades in physical access control, from the support desk to the OSDP working group. Along the way, my knowledge of, and passion for, securing buildings and property has kept growing.

  1. Where it started Supporting OnGuard® at Lenel Systems Supporting OnGuard customers taught me access control from the field up: real installations, real users, real problems to solve.
  2. Growing with the company Heading Lenel's IT department As Lenel Systems grew rapidly, I headed its IT department, building it out to keep pace with the company.
  3. Solving for customers Custom software for large OnGuard customers Working directly with large OnGuard customers, I developed custom software solutions around the way they ran their systems.
  4. Into the hardware Integrating hardware into PACS From there my focus expanded to integrating hardware into physical access control systems, including integrations on every OAAP-certified OnGuard API and a complete Mercury driver in .NET.
  5. Shaping the standard OSDP As readers and controllers moved to OSDP, I developed an open source implementation of the protocol. Today I work with SIA to officially verify OSDP hardware and take an active part in the OSDP working group.
  6. Today Z-bit Systems Everything comes together at Z-bit Systems: helping organizations connect readers, controllers, and platforms, and making access control integration painless.

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