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Biometric Readers in High-Security Door Applications: What to Know Before You Specify

Biometric readers are showing up on more hardware schedules across government facilities, data centers, healthcare wings, and school secure-access zones. But specifying one correctly means understandi...

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Jul 8, 2026

Door Held Open Alarms: How to Stop Propped Doors Before They Become a Security or Safety Problem

What This Article Covers Door held open alarms detect when a door stays open past a set time limit and trigger an audible alert before a propped door becomes a security breach, fire hazard, or code vi...

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Jul 6, 2026

Managing Access Across Every Door in a Multi-Family Building: What the Hardware Schedule Has to Get Right

Why Multi-Family Door Hardware Is a Different Problem Than a Single Commercial Opening This article is for property managers, multifamily contractors, and architects specifying or maintaining door har...

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Jun 27, 2026

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...

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Jun 23, 2026

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...

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Jun 14, 2026

Mag Lock Kits With Keypads: Why the Egress Sequence Gets Wired Wrong Before the AHJ Ever Shows Up

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps A magnetic lock kit that includes a keypad, power supply, and push button looks straightforward on the shelf. But the moment it goes on an egress door, a spec...

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Jun 13, 2026

Choosing the Right Circuit Count on an Electric Hinge Before the Access Control Scope Is Written

Why Circuit Count Is a Decision That Happens Too Late This article is for contractors, facility managers, and architects managing electrified openings where power transfer runs through the hinge. Spec...

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May 21, 2026 Our Blog

Specifying a QC12 Electric Hinge on a Heavy Door: Why Circuit Count Drives the Whole Hardware Set Decision

Why Circuit Count Is the Starting Point, Not an Afterthought This article is for architects writing hardware sets, commercial subs coordinating with an access control installer, and facility engineers...

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Apr 23, 2026

Quick-Connect Electric Hinges: How the Concealed-Circuit System Actually Works

What This Guide Covers and Who It Is For If you are specifying or installing electrified door hardware -- an electric latch retraction exit device, an electrified mortise lock, or an electromagnetic l...

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Apr 23, 2026

6-Circuit Electric Hinges: When Your Electrified Opening Outgrows a Standard Wire Count

What This Guide Covers This article helps contractors, facility managers, and architects understand when a standard 2- or 4-circuit electric hinge is no longer enough for a given door opening, and whe...

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Apr 23, 2026

How Many Circuits Does Your Electric Hinge Actually Need? A Wiring Guide for Electrified Door Openings

Why Circuit Count Is the Decision Most Specifiers Get Wrong This guide is for contractors, hardware specifiers, and facility managers who are wiring electrified door openings and need to match the rig...

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Apr 23, 2026

How Electric Hinges Route Power to Electrified Door Hardware — A Specifier's Guide

What Is an Electric Hinge and Why Does It Matter? An electric hinge — sometimes called a power transfer hinge or electrified hinge — is a full mortise butt hinge that contains concealed internal wirin...

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Apr 22, 2026

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