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• AUGUST 2013 • WORLD FENCE NEWS DoorKing kicks off new series of travelling access control seminars INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Gate operator and access control systems manufacturer DoorKing®, Inc. has introduced a new series of on-the-road technical training seminars. The first of these new two-day seminars was recently held in Pearl, Miss., where 59 dealers attended. Instead of the usual seminar format where attendees view power points on a screen and listen to instructor lectures, the new seminars provide attendees with intense, handson training with actual products, noted Ron Miller, DoorKing's training manager, who designed the new seminar format. With 59 attendees, the class was split into eight smaller working groups and each group had their own gate operator, loops, telephone entry system, card readers, expansion boards and RF controls. Each group was charged with building a complete working vehicular gate operator system, including the connection of loops and loop detectors and entrapment protection devices. The next step was to create a complete access control system to operate the gate. The access control system exercise included the wiring of several card readers and RF controls and system expansion boards. Once the system was completed, each group had to program the system parameters (permission levels, time zones, hold open times, holiday schedules, etc.) via personal computers and DoorKing programming software. Miller commented that he was extremely pleased with the way the attendees responded. "Everyone had to look at the wiring diagrams and make actual wire connections and adjustments, the same connections and adjustments that they will be making in the field," he said. "This is one of the key features of this seminar program." Miller explained that the student to instructor ratio is purposely kept low so students have a better learning experience. "We had four instructors and 59 students at this seminar, split into eight groups. Each instructor worked with two groups. That's about 15 students for each instructor, which is about the continued on page 14 Learning to connect and program an RF receiver. Programming access control system parameters with a laptop computer. DOORKING, INC. PHOTOS 12 Seminar attendees wire a wiegand RF receiver to the access control system. DoorKing's Chuck Fink explains programming steps to students. Fifty-nine dealers attended the two-day training seminar in Pearl, Miss.