Projects / Southlake, TX
Maximum Controls Swing Gate Operator Installation
A pedestal-mounted Maximum Controls swing operator installed on an ornamental iron estate gate, wired and tested by our own crew.
- Location Southlake, TX
- Scope Swing gate operator installation
- Operator Maximum Controls
- Control Matrix board
- Installed $5,500 - $7,500
Industrial hardware on a residential entrance
Maximum Controls sits at the top of the commercial range, and it earns its place on an estate gate like this one. Heavy ornamental iron leaves carry real weight, and an operator chosen on price alone spends its life at the edge of what it can move. This one is specified to hold the panel comfortably rather than just shift it.
Inside the housing is the Matrix control board, which manages the travel limits, the closing timer and the safety devices, and logs operational events so a fault can be read rather than guessed at. The full range and the limits we work to are on our Maximum Controls page.
Pedestal set, conduit run, board wired
The operator sits on its own pedestal at the gate post, with the control cabinet alongside it and the conduit run into the base. Mounting geometry decides how long the hardware lasts: an arm fighting a panel that is fractionally out of line wears its gears far faster than the duty cycle alone would suggest.
North Texas clay makes that worse, because a pad that lifts takes the operator out of level with it. Our crews set structural posts and pads to the one-third depth rule for exactly this reason, as explained in our guide to clay soil and footing depth.
Power, safety devices and entry hardware
Every connection here was made by direct Star Gate & Fence employees: the power feed, the photoelectric safety eyes, and the entry hardware at the gate. UL 325 requires the board to monitor those safety devices continuously, and to refuse to move the gate if one of them fails.
We set the travel limits and triggered the sensors deliberately to confirm the gate reverses on an obstruction before leaving. The wider specification is on our automatic gate systems page, and entry options are compared in our access control guide.
One team, start to finish
The pedestal work, the electrical and the commissioning were handled by our own employees on the same visit, which is the whole argument for keeping the scope in-house: one crew answers for the gate, the wiring and the safety testing together.
If the gate later throws a fault, the same team reads the Matrix log rather than starting from scratch. Diagnostics and repair on any brand are on our electric gate repair page.
Operator fittedMaximum Controls
- Type Swinging
- Control Matrix board
- Power Battery backup
- Installed $5,500 - $7,500
A commercial-grade swing operator specified for heavy ornamental iron leaves, mounted on its own pedestal and commissioned by our own crew.
All Maximum Controls operators we install →Project photos
The operator at the gate, the Matrix board, the wiring stage and the finished entrance.
Services and guides behind this build
Planning an automated estate gate?
Tell us your gate weight, opening width and how often it cycles. We size the operator to the panel, install it with our own crew, and quote in writing.