Ten Practical Tips For Designing A Reliable Access Control System Part 1

So as I said, I got a, a request from a direct message, I think it was on TikTok feed, somebody asking about tips for access control.

While Chuck can wax poetic about pulling category rated cabling and terminating it and designing it and project managing it, Chuck can't wax poetic about access control systems.

So I had to think about this.

Who could I in- who could I invite to come talk about this? Now, there's one person that our paths crossed, I don't know, I wanna say four years ago or so, give or take, on a TKW event, and he is the access control guru.

So I asked him, "Hey, would you come on and, and help let me do a show on access control?" And he said, "Well, Chuck, sure I'll help you do that." Gotta love having good friends, right? Mick, welcome to the show.

How you doing, my friend?

I'm doing good, Chuck.

I'm, I'm happy to be here.

I get to check this one off my bucket list of things to do.

[laughs]

Um, uh, but I'm happy to help and, uh, bring some light to the access control world where I, I kind of live, and sometimes it needs a little bit of shining on it.

So you're checking off the bucket list because you're getting to educate people about access control? Or are you checking the bucket list because you're on the podcast?

No, it's the Let's Talk Cabling show line item.

Well, well that's not, that's not a big honor as you, as you think it is.

Just, it's just me in my spare bedroom with, with s- s- sound-deadening stuff around me.

It's not, it's not, it's not as big of a, as a thing as you think it is, but I appreciate the, I appreciate the compliment.

So as I said, I got a, a request from a direct message, I think it was on TikTok feed, somebody asking about tips for access control.

While Chuck can wax poetic about pulling category rated cabling and terminating it and designing it and project managing it, Chuck can't wax poetic about access control systems.

So I had to think about this.

Who could I in- who could I invite to come talk about this? Now, there's one person that our paths crossed, I don't know, I wanna say four years ago or so, give or take, on a TKW event, and he is the access control guru.

So I asked him, "Hey, would you come on and, and help let me do a show on access control?" And he said, "Well, Chuck, sure I'll help you do that." Gotta love having good friends, right? Mick, welcome to the show.

How you doing, my friend?

I'm doing good, Chuck.

I'm, I'm happy to be here.

I get to check this one off my bucket list of things to do.

[laughs]

Um, uh, but I'm happy to help and, uh, bring some light to the access control world where I, I kind of live, and sometimes it needs a little bit of shining on it.

So you're checking off the bucket list because you're getting to educate people about access control? Or are you checking the bucket list because you're on the podcast?

No, it's the Let's Talk Cabling show line item.

Well, well that's not, that's not a big honor as you, as you think it is.

Just, it's just me in my spare bedroom with, with s- s- sound-deadening stuff around me.

It's not, it's not, it's not as big of a, as a thing as you think it is, but I appreciate the, I appreciate the compliment.