Exit device dogging using a combination lock

A method for operating an exit device for a door, comprising:

• providing
• an elongate housing configured to be mounted to an inside surface of the door;
• a latch;
• a touch bar assembly attached to the elongate housing, the touch bar assembly including a touch bar that is movable relative to the elongate housing, and having a linkage that operably connects the touch bar to the latch;
• a panel connected to the elongate housing;
• and
• a dogging assembly having a lock dogging operator and a dogging mechanism, the dogging mechanism being rotatably coupled to the elongate housing, and the lock dogging operator being mounted to the panel, the lock dogging operator being drivably engaged with the dogging mechanism, the lock dogging operator including a lock hub having a combination lock;
• operating the combination lock to achieve an unlocked state;
• and
• operating the lock hub to selectively change the operating state of the dogging mechanism from an un-dogged state to a dogged state or from the dogged state to the un-dogged state.