Or even having the bead seated on one side.
If a sensor battery is changed, using the 'on the bike' method of sensor R&R, it has always been tough to test the front sensor without completely buttoning up the front wheel and tire and taking the bike for a ride. The rear sensor is easy 'cause the engine makes that one go around, even in a garage (on the center stand).
But a cordless drill with a paint stripper chucked in it does a wonderful job of spinning up the front tire, easily fast enough to trip the sensor ON circuit and verify that it is working. And this can be done with the one bead un- seated but also with the wooden blocks still in place so it is really easy if it needs to be removed again. No damage to the front tire and no rubber particles on the floor afterward either so the paint remover does not damage the tire. All in all, it works very well.
We did a bunch of them last weekend at a Tech Day. After a couple of people took their bikes out with new batteries in the TPS sensors, I happened to spot a cordless drill and gave it a try. I first tried it just by using the plastic drill chuck body to drive the tire but it does not turn fast enough and requires something with a larger diameter, hence the paint remover.
Brian