DoorKing keypads, card/RF readers, controllers and electric locking products for gates, garages and pedestrian doors.
What this product family does
The DoorKing access portfolio includes digital keypads, standalone card readers, proximity and higher-security credential options, MICROCLIK/MICROPLUS RF controls, electric strikes/deadbolts, magnetic door locks and gate locks. Readers and locks must be matched to the controller, credential population and opening hardware.
Products and decisions
| Product area | What it includes | Selection guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Keypads | 1500-series and applicable standalone keypad products | Define PIN capacity, auditability, anti-passback needs and code-management policy |
| Card/RF readers | Standalone readers, proximity, ProxPlus and RF transmitter families | Choose security level, range, vehicle/pedestrian use and enrollment workflow |
| Locks | Strikes, deadbolts, magnetic door/gate locks | Verify door/gate preparation, holding force, release, fire/egress and power |
| Controllers | DoorKing access and multi-door controller options | Confirm users, doors, schedules, networking and entry-system dependence |
Questions to answer before quoting
- Pedestrian door, vehicle gate or garage?
- Credential security and desired read range
- Fail-safe/fail-secure and free-egress sequence
- Controller capacity, power and monitoring inputs
- Who owns administration, backups, updates and recurring services?
- What must continue working during network, internet or power failure?
- Which opening, egress, accessibility and life-safety requirements apply?
- What training, documentation and preventive maintenance are required?
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Official manufacturer references
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How to compare and specify this product family
For DoorKing Access Control, Readers and Electric Locks, the right model and architecture depend on the site, existing infrastructure and operating policy. A proposal should clearly document the following electronic lock and door-hardware system decisions before equipment is ordered:
- Opening type, handing, frame and door condition
- Fire rating, egress, accessibility and code constraints
- Fail-safe or fail-secure operation and emergency release
- Credential, reader and controller compatibility
- Battery, wireless gateway and offline behavior
- Mechanical key override, maintenance and lifecycle support
Installation, testing and handoff
Each opening is surveyed as a complete assembly. We verify the door, frame, handing, existing prep, latching, closer, egress hardware, power path and the required emergency behavior before specifying a lock. Installation includes alignment and mechanical correction within scope, cable and power testing, credential enrollment, door-state and request-to-exit tests, and failure-mode verification. The owner receives opening schedules, administrator guidance and maintenance requirements; private credential data and certificate details are not published.
Frequently asked questions
Questions that come up when matching DoorKing keypads, readers, controllers and electric locking products to gates, garages and pedestrian doors.
Should entry at the gate be a keypad or a card and RF reader?
The difference is what the user presents. Keypads such as the 1500-series and applicable standalone keypad products take a PIN, so PIN capacity, auditability, anti-passback needs and code-management policy drive that choice. Card and RF readers take a credential instead, and are chosen by security level, read range, vehicle or pedestrian use and enrollment workflow.
Strike, deadbolt or magnetic lock: which one belongs on this opening?
It depends on the opening and the free-egress sequence required. Strikes, deadbolts and magnetic door locks and gate locks are selected together as one lock group per opening rather than ranked against each other in the abstract. Door or gate preparation, handing and frame condition, holding force, release behavior, fire and egress requirements, and power are all verified before the lock is ordered.
There is already a lock on our gate. What gets checked before a replacement is quoted?
The opening is surveyed as a complete assembly: door or gate, frame, handing, existing prep, latching, closer, egress hardware, power path and the emergency behavior required. Whether that opening takes electric strikes/deadbolts or a surface-mounted holding device follows from the survey, along with holding force, release and the power supply feeding the device.
Once the system is in, who issues and revokes codes?
Whoever the owner names as administrator. Administration, backups, updates and recurring services are an ownership decision settled in the proposal, not something the keypads determine. Record the code-management policy for the keypads there together with PIN capacity, auditability and anti-passback needs, and state what training, documentation and preventive maintenance that administrator role receives at handover.
Will these readers and locks work with a controller we already own?
Only where they match it. Readers and locks must be matched to the controller, credential population and opening hardware, so the existing panel’s reader interface and lock outputs are checked first. On the controller side, confirm users, doors, schedules, networking and entry-system dependence before deciding whether to reuse the panel or replace it.
If the internet or the network goes down, does the gate still open for staff?
That depends on where the access decision is made. Standalone keypad and reader products carry the decision at the opening, while a design built on DoorKing access and multi-door controller options depends on the controller and how it is networked. Answer what must continue working during network, internet or power failure before the architecture is fixed.
DoorKing owner, administrator and buyer resources
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Official DoorKing software, firmware and support
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Before updating: confirm model, hardware revision, current version, entitlement and rollback plan, and schedule monitored or life-safety-adjacent systems with the administrator.