The door itself is only half the system. What actually opens it — the push plate on the wall, the sensor over the header, the key switch behind the counter, the board inside the operator — is where most entrance problems actually start. We install, repair, adjust and test every part of it.
Activation controls we install and repair
- Push plates and ADA actuators — wall-mounted, bollard-mounted and jamb-mounted
- Touchless activation switches — wave-to-open, no contact required
- Motion sensors — header-mounted units that detect approach
- Presence sensors — hold the door open while somebody is still in the threshold
- Safety sensors and photo beams — stop a door closing on a person or a cart
- Safety mats — pressure-sensing floor activation on older systems
- Key switches and keypads — staff-only or after-hours control
- Card readers and access-control interfaces — tying the door into your existing system
- Wireless transmitters and remotes
- Door controllers and control boards — the brain of the operator
- Timers and hold-open settings
Signs your controls are the problem, not the door
- The door opens on its own, or opens when nobody is there
- You have to wave at the plate two or three times before it responds
- The door starts closing while somebody is still walking through
- It stays open far too long and you are heating or cooling the parking lot
- One leaf of a pair responds and the other does not
- The door works in the morning and gets unreliable as the day warms up
Touchless upgrades
A lot of central Arkansas businesses have swapped push plates for wave-to-open switches since 2020 — clinics, pharmacies, restaurants and anywhere with a hand-washing or contamination concern. If you still have a contact plate, it is usually a straight swap onto the existing wiring. Ask us and we will tell you honestly whether yours can be converted or needs a new run.
Accessibility and safety on the control side
Activation and safety sensing are where most doors fall out of tolerance, and it is usually the part nobody checks until something goes wrong:
- Actuator height and placement — can everyone reach it, from a chair as well as standing
- How much force it takes to press the plate, and whether it has stiffened up over time
- Activation zone coverage — does the door see someone approaching, every time
- Safety sensing — does it hold the door for someone slow or stationary in the opening
- Hold-open time and closing speed — still set the way they were commissioned
- The daily walk-through check your staff should be doing
Our AAADM inspections test all of that and document the result, so if a control has drifted out of tolerance you have it in writing.
Control brands
We work on the activation and control hardware fitted to every major operator we service. Don't see yours? Call us — we almost certainly work on it.
- BEA
- Bircher
- MS Sedco
- Optex
- LCN
- Norton
- SDC
- Alarm Controls
- Horton
- Stanley Access
- Besam
- Nabco
- Record
- Dorma
Something not responding the way it should? Call 501-548-2374 and we will get a technician out.