How to Design an Access Control Wiring Plan
Plan readers, controllers, locks, REX devices, contacts, fire release and door schedules.
Design sequence
- 1Door schedule
- 2Reader protocol
- 3Lock type
- 4REX/contact inputs
- 5Fire release
- 6Software naming
Documentation to produce
- Concept wiring diagram
- Cable schedule
- Device schedule
- Port/input/output schedule
- Commissioning checklist
- As-built drawing
Useful resources
Product planning note
Product selection should happen after the design logic is clear. Where relevant, SecurityWholesalers can be used as a product reference for cameras, NVRs, PoE devices, intercoms, alarms and access control hardware.