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Doors and access control
- Test every door: card grant, REX, DPS, strike, and latch
- Inspect door alignment and gap (frames settle, doors sag)
- Verify all electrified hardware operates cleanly
- Test power transfer hinges and electric power transfers
- Confirm fail behavior on each door (fail-safe vs. fail-secure)
- Review audit logs for unusual events
- Audit user credentials and remove terminated staff
Cameras and video
- Walk every camera view and verify framing
- Confirm image quality day and night
- Verify recording, retention, and storage health
- Check lens cleanliness and weather seals
- Test remote viewing from mobile and desktop
- Review storage capacity vs. retention requirements
- Coordinate any required firmware updates
Alarms and intrusion
- Walk every zone and test sensors
- Test communication paths (IP, cellular, monitoring center)
- Review user codes and remove terminated staff
- Test backup battery condition and runtime
- Verify arming and disarming schedules
- Review false-alarm trends and address root causes
- Confirm panic and hold-up devices function
Gates and garage access
- Inspect gate operator condition and lubrication
- Test safety loops, photo eyes, and edge sensors
- Verify reader, keypad, and intercom function
- Confirm backup battery runtime
- Review credential and remote inventory
- Test free-exit and emergency-access functions
Intercoms
- Test call from every door station
- Verify call routing to desk, phone, and mobile destinations
- Test remote release at each integrated door
- Confirm video quality day and night
- Verify after-hours call routing
Cabling and network
- Inspect head-end and IDF condition
- Verify cable labeling matches as-built documentation
- Test PoE switch capacity and uptime
- Confirm backup power and UPS condition
- Review network for anomalies affecting cameras or access
Documentation and user access
- Update as-built drawings after any change
- Maintain panel programming and configuration records
- Review administrative user accounts
- Document any temporary or unusual configurations
- Maintain a service log of every visit and change