how do you unlock the two side doors to get to the suit? i cant find a terminal or anything that lets me open them

eh, hit the buttons?

edit~assuming you've dealt with the security that comes out automatically.

I'm talking about opening the two side doors to begin with. I know you need to push the buttons inside them, I just cant get the side doors to open

They should pop open the second you approach the PA.

You'll also want to hide ASAP.

If not, seems like you've got a bug. Try reverting to an earlier save, or come back later.

crap. ive been there several times and they havent opened. dont have an old save anywhere close to my first visit. guess i just go without

Are you on PC? If so you should be able to just use the TCL command to turn off collision and go right through the door to grab the suit. You'd probably have to turn collision back on to get in the suit, and then back off again to leave the cage.

PS4. not that big of a deal to me really, I rarely use PA but I wanted to add it to my collection.

worst part is I used my last two levels perks to raise my hacking, thinking I needed to hack the terminal in the lobby. hope hacking comes in handy in one of the DLC's lol

Hacking in general is a pretty useful skill to have leveled up in this game, so it's definitely not really wasted.

When you reach the roof an alarm should sound and the protection enabled.

i have read though, that if you have visited the location previously without getting the PA then the alarm doesn't sound.

I checked the wiki and it looks like, at least on the PS4, that you need to get the suit the first time you get to the location because the alarms won't sound on subsequent visits. Maybe a patch will fix this?