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Ghost Controls Access Control Installation: The Inglewood Owner’s Guide

We stock and install Ghost Controls access control parts across Inglewood, and most keypad or receiver replacements run between $225 and $495 installed, depending on which module failed and whether the existing wiring is salvageable. We keep the most common Ghost Controls boards, keypads, and receivers on the truck, so in many Inglewood neighborhoods we can complete the swap the same day we diagnose it.

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Most owners find out their Ghost Controls access control has failed the hard way: the keypad beeps but the gate doesn’t move, or the remote works from the driveway but not from the street, or the gate starts opening on its own at 3 a.m. because a receiver is drifting. The part that fails is rarely the motor. It’s almost always the control layer sitting between the button and the arm.

Which Ghost Controls Models This Applies To

Ghost Controls runs four main residential lines: the TSS1 (single swing), TDS2 (dual swing), SLD (slide), and the newer R-series updates. The access control stack across these is largely shared, which is good news: a keypad that works on a TSS1 generally talks to a TDS2 or an R-series board, because Ghost kept the same two-wire bus and the same XPWIR receiver protocol across generations.

Here’s the gotcha owners need to know in Inglewood. If you have an early TSS1 or TDS2 board from before roughly 2018, the accessory port is keyed one way. If you buy a current Ghost keypad and wire it in without checking the board revision, you can power the keypad but not the trigger circuit. We match the part to the board revision, not just to the model name. That’s the difference between a forty-minute install and a callback two weeks later.

On parts themselves: Ghost Controls OEM boards are well made, but we also carry quality aftermarket equivalents for the keypad and receiver when the OEM module is backordered or when a failure is repeating and a different supplier makes sense. We’ll show you both prices and explain why we recommend what we recommend.

Signs Your Ghost Controls Access Control Installation Is Failing

• The keypad lights up but nothing happens. The keypad is getting power, but the trigger relay on the control board isn’t closing. Usually the board input, not the keypad itself.
• The remote only works at close range. The XPWIR receiver’s antenna or its power regulation is degrading. In Inglewood’s warm afternoons, heat-saturated receiver boards drift off-frequency over time and range collapses first.
• The gate opens by itself, usually at night. A failing receiver can false-trigger from stray RF. This is a safety issue and worth eliminating as the cause before assuming a sensor problem.
• You have to press the keypad two or three times. Corrosion on the keypad contacts or a weak relay on the board. Coastal air that pushes inland through Inglewood accelerates this on exterior keypads.
• The intercom or phone app won’t release the gate. If you have an add-on module tied into the Ghost accessory port, the trigger wire may be pulling the bus low. We test the port voltage before replacing anything.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here’s what we actually see in Inglewood. A standard Ghost Controls keypad replacement runs $225 to $310 installed. A receiver module replacement runs $180 to $265. If the control board itself has failed, you’re looking at $340 to $495 installed, depending on board revision and whether we need to re-terminate the accessory wiring. We write the price down before we start and you approve it in writing. Not verbally. Written.

Every access control job includes the part, the labor to swap it, re-termination of the wiring, testing at both the motor and the keypad, and a photographed record of what was found and what was installed. The work is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not right, we make it right, no fee, no argument, within the year.

DIY or Call Us?

The Ghost Controls access control stack is low-voltage, so it won’t hurt you the way a garage spring or a power feed will. If you want to check something yourself, start with the keypad battery or the solder joints behind the keypad face. That’s safe and quick.

Where DIY goes sideways is the board and receiver work. You’re dealing with a two-wire bus, termination, and sometimes a board revision mismatch that will leave you with a dead gate and a part you can’t return once it’s been powered. If you’ve already bought a part and you’re not sure it matches, call us at (424) 380-7998 before you open the housing. We’ll tell you over the phone whether it’s the right fit, and if it isn’t, we’ll quote the correct one in writing.

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