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Delayed Egress Alarm Modules on Exit Devices: What Specifiers and Contractors Need to Know Before the Door Ships

What This Article Covers -- and Who It Helps Delayed egress alarm modules are one of the more misunderstood features in commercial door hardware. If you are a facility manager trying to control unauth...

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Sep 28, 2026 Our Blog

How a Maglock Talks to Your Fire Alarm: Wiring the Release Circuit the Right Way

What This Guide Covers and Who It Helps This article explains how electromagnetic locks (maglocks) must be wired to connect with a building fire alarm system. It is written for commercial electrical c...

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Aug 22, 2026

Mantrap Installations: How to Specify the Right Hardware for a Two-Door Security Vestibule

What This Guide Covers and Who It Is For A mantrap, also called a security vestibule or airlock entry, is a controlled access passage that uses two doors in sequence to prevent tailgating and unauthor...

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Aug 20, 2026

Delayed Egress Alarm Modules: What Specifiers and Facility Teams Get Wrong Before the Door Goes Live

What This Article Covers -- And Who It Helps Delayed egress alarm modules are one of the most misunderstood options in the exit device world. Specifiers order the wrong configuration. Facilities teams...

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Aug 17, 2026

From Signal to Secured: How Emergency Lockdown Systems Actually Talk to Door Hardware

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps When a building triggers a lockdown -- whether at a K-12 school, a hospital campus, or a corporate facility -- the door hardware has to respond correctly, imm...

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Aug 16, 2026

Electric Latch Retraction on Exit Devices: How Access Control Unlocks the Door Without Touching the Bar

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps If you are specifying or installing an access-controlled opening that also requires panic hardware, electric latch retraction (ELR) is the mechanism that ties...

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Jul 28, 2026 Our Blog

Electrified Exit Device Trim: How the Outside Lever Controls Ingress Without Blocking Egress

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Electrified exit device trim is the outside lever, handle, or pull mounted on the secure side of a panic bar that is controlled by an access system rather tha...

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Jul 24, 2026 Our Blog

Electric Strike Monitoring: What the Auxiliary Switch Actually Does on an Access-Controlled Opening

What This Article Covers This guide explains how auxiliary switch monitoring works on electric strikes used in commercial access control openings. If you are a security integrator, commercial contract...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

8-Wire vs. 4-Wire Electric Hinges: Matching Circuit Count to Your Electrified Opening Before You Order

Why Circuit Count Is the Decision That Happens Too Late Contractors and facility managers often select an electric hinge by size and finish, then discover at rough-in that the circuit count is wrong. ...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog