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Commercial Access Control · Minnesota & Western Wisconsin
Commercial Access Control Installation & Keyless Entry Systems
Magnuson Low Voltage Wiring installs commercial access control systems that secure every entry point of your property — front doors and suite entries, gates, server rooms, and restricted areas. We design, wire, and program reliable keyless entry for businesses across the north metro, the I‑35 corridor, and East Central Minnesota.
- Keycard, fob & mobile credentials
- Keypad & PIN entry
- Biometric & touchless readers
- Telephone entry & video intercom
As a licensed Minnesota low voltage contractor, we handle the readers, controllers, door hardware, and cabling in-house — one accountable partner for the entire access control scope of your commercial property.
Need to tie door events to live video? We integrate access control with on-site security cameras for verified entry logs and faster incident review.
Credentials & Door Hardware
How People Get Through the Door Without a Key
Every building is a mix of openings — a public front door, a staff entrance, an IT room, a gate. We match the right reader and lock to each one, then wire and program them onto a single system you manage from one dashboard.
Mobile Credentials
Staff unlock doors with the phone already in their pocket over Bluetooth or NFC. Nothing to print, nothing to lose, and new hires can be credentialed remotely.
Keypads & PIN Entry
Simple, low-cost entry for back doors, storage rooms, and shops. Give each person their own code so entry logs still tell you exactly who came through.
Biometric & Touchless Readers
Fingerprint and facial readers for server rooms, cash areas, and pharmacies where a shared card is not good enough and credentials cannot be passed around.
Telephone Entry & Video Intercom
Visitors call a tenant or the front desk, get seen on video, and are buzzed in from a phone app. Ideal for apartments, offices, and vestibules — see our guide to commercial intercom systems.
Wireless Smart Locks
Bring interior doors, closets, and IT rooms onto the same system without running a new cable to every opening — a practical fit for retrofits in older buildings.
What Access Control Actually Solves
- Stop re-keying after turnover
- When a key walks off the property, you replace a credential in software instead of paying a locksmith to re-key every lock in the building.
- Per-door, per-schedule permissions
- Cleaners get the lobby at night, techs get the shop, managers get everything. Doors unlock for business hours and lock themselves at close.
- A real record of who entered when
- Every valid and denied entry is timestamped, so investigating a loss, a damaged door, or an after-hours question takes minutes instead of guesswork.
- Remote unlock and lockdown
- Let a delivery in from your phone, or lock every exterior door at once from one screen when something is wrong on site.
Properties We Secure
- Offices & professional suites
- Apartment & multi-tenant buildings
- Warehouses & distribution
- Medical & dental clinics
- Schools, daycares & churches
- Manufacturing & shops
- Self-storage & gated lots
- Retail & restaurants
Door events are far more useful with video beside them — we tie access control into commercial security cameras and, where after-hours coverage matters, into live video monitoring.
WHY USE ACCESS CONTROL
A Safer & More Secure Environment with Access Control
57%
Of businesses use an access control system
74%
Of multi-family properties use a telelphone entry or call box system
82%
Of existing access control systems or telephone entry systems need to be upgraded or replaced
What We Install
Modern Access Control & Entry Systems
- Cloud software to manage your system from anywhere
- Biometric and facial readers in place of cards and fobs
- Mobile credentials that turn a phone into a badge
- Integration with existing alarm and camera systems
- Multilingual audio and on-screen text for entry panels
- Multi-door control for double-entry vestibules
- Retrofit of existing intercom panels with video
- Scalable designs from one door to an entire campus
Featured System
Allegion Pure Access Control
A cloud-managed platform we install and program regularly. Simple enough that an office manager can add a user in a minute, capable enough for multi-building rollouts.
- Web-based management for users, doors, and rules
- Works from any phone, tablet, or desktop browser
- Real-time monitoring, dashboards, and live alerts
- Mobile phone credentials over Bluetooth low energy
- Next-generation IP reader controllers that scale
- Wireless lock integration for retrofit openings
Featured Entry Solution
AlphaTouch Touchscreen Entry
A modern replacement for the scratched directory panel out front — clear video, keyless entry, and a screen tenants and visitors actually understand.
- Touchscreen directory that is easy to navigate
- High-resolution camera for clear visitor identification
- Keyless entry with personal codes or virtual keys
- On-screen branding matched to the property
- Video and audio calls answered from a phone app
- Browser-based management from anywhere
System Integration
Access Control and Telephone Entry, Working as One System
One flow for visitors and staff
When entry and intercom live on the same platform, a visitor calls the tenant or front desk, is verified on video, and is released through the same controller that manages staff credentials. Nobody hands out a spare key, and nobody walks down to the lobby to let a delivery in.
One audit trail, not three
Card swipes, PIN entries, intercom releases, and remote unlocks all land in the same event history with date, time, door, and credential. That single record is what makes a loss investigation, a tenant dispute, or a compliance review straightforward instead of painful.
Alarms and cameras in the loop
A valid credential can disarm the intrusion panel for that area, and a forced or propped door can trigger both an alarm and a camera bookmark. You stop reviewing hours of footage looking for the moment something happened.
Remote management that scales
Add a user, pull a credential, change a schedule, or lock the building down from a browser or phone — whether you manage one site or a dozen. As you add doors, gates, or buildings, the same platform grows with you instead of being replaced.
Let's Walk Your Doors and Scope It Properly
We look at every opening, the door hardware you already have, and how your team actually moves through the building — then quote the readers, controllers, locks, and cabling in one clear scope. No guesswork, no surprise sub-contractors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commercial access control, keyless entry, and telephone entry systems in Minnesota.
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