AUTOMATIC GATE OPENER
• Installation Manual
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Push-to-Open Open Limit Setting
Step 1
Turn the power ON to energize the system.
Step 2
Make sure both gates are in the fully closed position.
Press the transmitter button and the gates will begin to
open. Be prepared to stop the gates when the desired
limit has been reached by the first gate opener
(actuator) that opens first.
Step 3
If Opener 2 was the first gate to open, set Dual Mode
DIP switch 4 to the ON position. If Opener 1 was the
first gate to open, set Dual Mode DIP switch 4 to the
OFF position. Then press and hold the SET LIMIT button
for two seconds (
fig. 42
). The STATUS light will turn on
momentarilly, then turn off.
Step 4
Press the button of the transmitter and the gates should
move to the fully closed position. The open position is
now set for the opener that opened first.
Step 5
Now press the transmitter button again. Your gates
should begin to open. The opener that opens first will
stop at the open limit position you programmed in the
previous steps. The other gate will continue to open
until you press the transmitter button again.
Step 6
If Opener 2 was the second gate to open, set Dual
Mode DIP switch 4 to the ON position. If Opener 1 was
the second gate to open, set Dual Mode DIP switch 4 to
the OFF position. Then press and hold the SET LIMIT
button for two seconds. The STATUS light will turn on
momentarilly, then turn off.
Step 7
Using the handheld transmitter return the gates to the
fully closed position. Both gates’ opened position stops
are now set.
Figure 42
Step 8
Again, using the handheld transmitter open the gates to
verify they meet the desired location. Note: If the gates
did NOT reach the desired limit proceed to
Step 9
.
Step 9
Clearing the open limit setting for Opener 1:
a) Return the gate to the fully closed position.
b) Set Dual Mode DIP switch 4 to the OFF position.
c) Press and hold the SET LIMIT button for five sec-
onds. When the green STATUS light comes on, the
open limit setting has been reset to factory
defaults.
Clearing the open limit setting for Opener 2:
a) Return the gate to the fully closed position.
b) Set Dual Mode DIP switch 4 to the ON position.
c) Press and hold the SET LIMIT button for five sec-
onds. When the green STATUS light comes on, the
open limit setting has been reset to factory
defaults.
Automatic Close Time Adjustment
Step 1
There are five different automatic close time adjust-
ments available (
refer to fig. 37, on page 25, for details
).
To turn the automatic close time adjustment off, place
auto-close DIP switch in OFF position.
Step 2
To set the timer to close automatically after the gate has
been opened, set the DIP switches according to the
table on
page 25
.
Obstruction Sensitivity Set Up
IMPORTANT:
For safety reasons the obstruction setting
or stall force on the Zareba Automatic Gate Opener
control board comes from the factory set at minimum,
turned all the way counter-clockwise. In many gate
installations, this setting will need to be adjusted to
overcome the weight and size of the gates.
The stall force potentiometer on the circuit board con-
trols the obstruction sensitivity (or the amount of force
the opener will apply to an obstruction) before it auto-
matically stops and reverses direction of the gate after
approximately two seconds. Adjust the sensitivity
beginning at the factory default counter-clockwise posi-
tion (
fig. 43
). Continue to incrementally increase the
force until the gate can open and close without
obstructing under its own weight.
