David Bolton Anti-Passback Rules: What Access Control Specifiers and Facility Teams Get Wrong at the Door What This Article Covers -- and Who It Helps Anti-passback is one of the most misunderstood rules in access control system design. Facility managers, security integrators, and commercial contractors o... access control door position switches electric strikes electrified hardware security hardware Aug 16, 2026
David Bolton Aluminum Storefront Door Hardware: What Actually Goes on That Opening and Why Each Piece Matters What This Guide Covers and Who It Is For Aluminum storefront doors are the most common commercial entrance type in retail, office, and mixed-use buildings -- and they account for a significant share o... aluminum door hardware commercial entrance electric strikes exit devices storefront hardware Aug 15, 2026
David Bolton HES 1006 vs. Folger Adam vs. Adams Rite Electric Strikes: Picking the Right Strike for the Opening Three Strike Families, Three Different Jobs When an access control project calls for an electric strike, the choice between the HES 1006 series, Folger Adam heavy-duty strikes, and Adams Rite frame-mo... Adams Rite HES 1006 access control hardware commercial door hardware electric strikes Aug 7, 2026
David Bolton Electric Strike Monitor Switches: Latch-Bolt Sensor vs. Cam Switch and Why the Difference Matters for Your Access Control System What This Article Covers and Who It Helps When an electric strike is part of an access control circuit, the question of how the system knows the door is secured comes up on nearly every project. Two p... access control hardware door security electric strikes electrified hardware monitor switches Jul 30, 2026
David Bolton Why the Monitoring Option on a Fire-Rated Electric Strike Gets Dropped From the Spec Before the Access Control Contractor Ever Sees the Schedule Why Monitoring Gets Written Out Before the Right People Read In This article is for commercial electrical contractors, access control integrators, and facility managers who oversee fire-rated door ope... access control electric strikes fire-rated hardware latchbolt monitoring life safety compliance Jun 23, 2026
David Bolton Latchbolt Monitoring on Fire-Rated Electric Strikes: Why the Auxiliary Switch Gets Ignored Until the Access Control Report Flags an Unlatched Door What This Article Covers and Who It Helps This guide explains the monitoring outputs built into fire-rated electric strikes—specifically the latchbolt monitor and locking cam monitor found on heavy-du... access control door monitoring electric strikes fire-rated hardware life safety Jun 14, 2026
David Bolton Fire-Rated Electric Strikes: Why the Monitoring Outputs Get Wired After the Fail-Secure Decision Is Already Made What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Fire-rated electric strikes with dual monitoring outputs -- latchbolt status and locking cam position -- are common on access-controlled openings in schools, ... access control door monitoring electric strikes fire-rated hardware life safety Jun 8, 2026
David Bolton Latchbolt and Cam Monitoring on Fire-Rated Electric Strikes: When Two Separate Signals Are Spec'd and Only One Gets Wired The Monitoring Gap Nobody Catches Until the Access Control Contractor Is Gone This article is for commercial electrical contractors, access control integrators, and facility managers responsible for e... access control electric strikes fail-secure fire-rated hardware latchbolt monitoring Jun 1, 2026
David Bolton Latchbolt and Cam Monitoring on Fail-Secure Electric Strikes: What the Two Signals Actually Mean and Why Both Matter on a Fire-Rated Opening What This Article Covers When a fail-secure electric strike is specified on a fire-rated opening, the hardware selection conversation usually stops at two questions: Is it fail-secure? Does it carry a... access control electric strikes fail-secure hardware fire-rated openings latchbolt monitoring May 25, 2026
David Bolton Fail-Secure Electric Strikes on Fire-Rated Doors: What the Monitoring Outputs Actually Tell You What This Article Covers This guide is for contractors, security integrators, and facility managers who specify or install fail-secure electric strikes on fire-rated openings. Specifically, it address... NFPA 80 access control electric strikes fire-rated openings latchbolt monitoring May 24, 2026
David Bolton Fail-Secure Electric Strikes on Fire-Rated Doors: Why the Monitoring Spec Gets Dropped Before the Opening Is Complete What This Article Covers This guide explains how auxiliary monitoring works on fail-secure electric strikes installed on fire-rated door openings, why the monitoring portion of the spec is routinely o... access control electric strikes fail-secure hardware fire-rated openings life safety compliance May 20, 2026
David Bolton Latchbolt Monitoring on Fire-Rated Electric Strikes: The Feedback Signal That Gets Dropped From the Access Control Spec What This Article Covers This guide explains latchbolt and cam monitoring on fail-secure, fire-rated electric strikes — what those feedback signals mean, why they are dropped from access control speci... access control code compliance electric strikes electrified hardware fire-rated hardware May 17, 2026
