Doors, Hardware & Access Control Manufacturing worked example

Access Control Test Workload at 7.2% programming, wiring, and retest allowance: a worked example

Suppose programming, wiring, and retest allowance falls to 7.2%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate test labor for electrified locks, card readers, strikes, request-to-exit devices, door contacts, operators, credentials, and access-control panels.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Access points or devices to test: 120 access points or devices (held at the documented default)
  • Access-control test pace: 12 devices / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Programming, wiring, and retest allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base access-control test hours = access points or devices to test รท access-control test pace.
  • Required access-control test hours works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base access-control test hours works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • Programming, wiring, and retest allowance works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • Access-control test pace works out to 12 devices / hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where programming, wiring, and retest allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • It computes the labor hours required to test a given number of access points at a stated pace, inflated by a programming, wiring, and retest allowance. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Required access-control test hours: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base access-control test hours: 10 hr
  • Programming, wiring, and retest allowance: 7.2 %
  • Access-control test pace: 12 devices / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Access Control Test Workload calculator, set programming, wiring, and retest allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.