Army’s high-tech gates hung up on software glitches

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Army’s high-tech gates hung up on software glitches
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, June 12, 2007

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — The Army has installed new high-tech entry gates at posts in Seoul and Daegu, but a software coding problem is delaying their use.

Officials hope to have the coding problem fixed within two weeks.

The booth-like structures are called PODs and help reduce the need for guards.

One was set up at Gate 19 near the 121st Combat Support Hospital on Yongsan Garrison and another in Daegu at Camp George’s Gate 10.

The coding problem hinders linking some of the PODs’ security gadgetry with a U.S. Forces Korea computer database, said Victor M. Lowe, director of emergency services with the U.S. Army Garrison-Daegu.


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