Electronic remote and proximity identification equipment and electronic access control equipment, comprising controllers, microprocessors, motherboards, magnetically encoded cards, electronically encoded cards, magnetically encoded tags, electronically encoded tags, electronically encoded badges and magnetically encoded badges, and electronic readers therefor; memory expansion modules and associated computer software for use in configuring and managing card access control systems and for providing a user interface with a card access control system, and manuals sold therewith as a unit; access control systems and components thereof, namely, electric locks, electric keys, electronic locks, electronic keys, lock actuators, magnetic and electronically coded cards, electronic card readers, electronic card programmers, keypads, access control panels, access control software, time and attendance panels and stations, time and attendance computer software, electronic gate controllers, vehicle access electronic controllers, remote access electronic controllers, remote access computer software, alarm system interfaces, biometric identification electronic controllers, stand-alone electronic time and attendance panels, stations and operating system computer software, photographic electronic identification equipment and badge printing computer software