FAAC 578D User Manual

CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Manufacturer : FAAC S.p.A.

Address: Via Benini, 1 - 40069 Zola Predosa BOLOGNA - ITALY

Declares that: 578D control board,

• conforms to the essential safety requirements of the following directives:

73/23/EEC and subsequent amendment 93/68/EEC.
89/336/EEC and subsequent amendment 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC

Additional note:

This product underwent tests in a typical uniform configuration
(all products manufactured by FAAC S.p.A.).

Bologna, 01 January 2004

The Managing Director

A. Bassi

WARNINGS FOR THE INSTALLER

GENERAL SAFETY OBLIGATIONS

1) ATTENTION! To ensure the safety of people, it is important that you read
all the following instructions. Incorrect installation or incorrect use of the
product could cause serious harm to people.

2)

Carefully read the instructions before beginning to install the product.

3) Do not leave packing materials (plastic, polystyrene, etc.) within reach of
children as such materials are potential sources of danger.

4) Store these instructions for future reference.

5) This product was designed and built strictly for the use indicated in this
documentation. Any other use, not expressly indicated here, could
compromise the good condition/operation of the product and/or be a
source of danger.

6) FAAC declines all liability caused by improper use or use other than that for
which the automated system was intended.

7) Do not install the equipment in an explosive atmosphere: the presence of
inflammable gas or fumes is a serious danger to safety.

8) The mechanical parts must conform to the provisions of Standards EN 12604
and EN 12605.
For non-EU countries, to obtain an adequate level of safety, the Standards
mentioned above must be observed, in addition to national legal regulations.

9) FAAC is not responsible for failure to observe Good Technique in the
construction of the closing elements to be motorised, or for any deformation
that may occur during use.

10) The installation must conform to Standards EN 12453 and EN 12445.
For non-EU countries, to obtain an adequate level of safety, the Standards
mentioned above must be observed, in addition to national legal regulations.

11) Before attempting any job on the system, cut out electrical power .

12) The mains power supply of the automated system must be fitted with an all­pole switch with contact opening distance of 3mm or greater. Use of a 6A
thermal breaker with all-pole circuit break is recommended.

13) Make sure that a differential switch with threshold of 0.03 A is fitted upstream
of the system.

14) Make sure that the earthing system is perfectly constructed, and connect
metal parts of the means of the closure to it.

15) The safety devices (EN 12978 standard) protect any danger areas against
mechanical movement Risks, such as crushing, dragging, and shearing.

16) Use of at least one indicator-light (e.g. FAACLIGHT ) is recommended for
every system, as well as a warning sign adequately secured to the frame
structure, in addition to the devices mentioned at point “15”.

17) FAAC declines all liability as concerns safety and efficient operation of
the automated system, if system components not produced by FAAC are
used.

18) For maintenance, strictly use original parts by FAAC.

19) Do not in any way modify the components of the automated system.

20) The installer shall supply all information concerning manual operation of
the system in case of an emergency, and shall hand over to the user the
warnings handbook supplied with the product.

21) Do not allow children or adults to stay near the product while it is operating.

22) Keep remote controls or other pulse generators away from children, to
prevent the automated system from being activated involuntarily.

23)

Transit is permitted only when the automated system is idle.

24) The user must not attempt any kind of repair or direct action whatever
and contact qualified personnel only.

25)

Maintenance: check at least every 6 months the efficiency of the system,
particularly the efficiency of the safety devices (including, where foreseen,
the operator thrust force) and of the release devices.

26) Anything not expressly specified in these instructions is not permitted.

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CONTROL BOARD 578D

1. WARNINGS

3. LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS

Important: Before attempting any work on the control board
(connections, maintenance), always turn off power.

- Install, upstream of the system, a differential thermal breaker with
adequate tripping threshold.

- Connect the earth cable to the appropriate terminal on the J7
connector of the equipment (see fig.2).

- Always separate power cables from control and safety cables

+

(push-button, receiver, photocells, etc.). To avoid any electric
noise, use separate sheaths or a shielded cable (with earthed
shield).

J2

2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Power supply V~ (+6% -10%) 230
Absorbed power (W) 10
Motor max. load (W) 1000
Accessories max. load (A) 0,5
Operating ambient temperature -20 °C +55 °C
Protection fuses 2 (see fig. 1)
Function logics: Automatic / “Stepped” automatic / Semi-automatic /

Safety devices / Semi-automatic B / Dead-man C / “Stepped” semi­automatic / Mixed B/C logic

Work time Programmable (from 0 to 4 min.)
Pause time Programmable (from 0 to 4 min.)
Thrust force Adjustable over 50 levels
Terminal board inputs: Open - Partial Open - Opening safety devices - Closing

safety devices - Stop - Edge - Power supply+Earth - Opening and closing limit­switches - Encoder
Terminal board outputs: Flashing lamp - Motor - 24 Vdc accessories power
supply- 24 Vdc indicator-light / Timed output / Electric lock command ­'traffic lights' - Failsafe

Rapid connector 5-pin card connection for Minidec, Decoder or RP receivers
Programming 3 keys (+, -, F) and display, "basic" or "advanced" mode
Basic mode programmable functions: Function logic - Pause time - Thrust Force

- Opening-closing direction

Advanced mode programmable functions: Torque at initial thrust - Braking - Fail
safe- Pre-flashing - Indicator-light/Timed output/Electric lock or 'traffic lights'
command -Opening and closing safety devices logic - Encoder/ Anti-crushing
sensitivity -Decelerations - Partial opening time - Work time - Assistance request

- Cycle counter

DL SIGNALLING AND PROGRAMMING DISPLAY
Led INPUTS STATUS CONTROL LED
J1 LOW VOLTAGE TERMINAL BOARD
J2 CONNECTOR FOR DECODER/MINIDEC/RP RECEIVER
J6 MOTORS AND FLASHING LAMP CONNECTION TERMINAL BOARD
J7 230 Vac POWER SUPPLY TERMINAL BOARD
F1 MOTORS AND TRANSFORMER PRIMARY WINDING FUSE (F 5A)
F2 LOW VOLTAGE AND ACCESSORIES FUSE (T 800mA)
F "F" PROGRAMMING PUSH-BUTTON
– "–" PROGRAMMING PUSH-BUTTON
+ "+" PROGRAMMING PUSH-BUTTON

DL

F

–

Led

F2

J1

J6

F1

J7

Fig. 1

TOTAL
OPEN

PARTIAL

OPEN

STOP

LIMIT-SWITCH

ENCODER

24 Vdc

max 3 W

For connection of the
photocells and safety

devices, see paragraph

4.1.

4. ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS

230 Vac

(max. 60W)

230Vac
50-60Hz

NB.: The capacitor is supplied with the operator.

Fig. 2

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NOTE: The 578D equipment is able to command electro-

mechanical operators for sliding gates and industrial sectional
doors. Anything referring to gates in these instructions also
applies to doors. Any differences are shown in the specific
paragraphs.

4.1. Connection of photocells and safety devices

Before connecting the safety devices and photocells we advise
you to select the type of operation according to the movement
area they have to protect (see fig.3 for example):

Opening safety devices:

detected only during gate opening movement. They
cause immediate closure and resumption of opening
motion on release (see programming in par.5.2).

Closing safety devices:

detected only during gate closing movement. They
cause re-opening, either immediate or on release (see
programming in par.5.2).

Opening/closing safety devices:

gate opening and closing movements. They cause
stopping and restart motion on release.

"Edge" safety devices:

and closing movements. They cause immediate reversal
of motion and stopping after two seconds.

Encoder:

it is tripped if there is an obstacle during gate opening
and closing movements. It causes immediate reversal of
motion and stopping after two seconds.

Note: in operators for industrial sectional doors, the anti­crushing function is not tripped during closing, because
the operator acts on the rope shaft and not directly on
the door.

they are tripped when an obstacle is

they are tripped when an obstacle is

they are tripped during the

they are tripped during the gate opening

N.B. If two or more safety devices have the same function
(opening, closing, opening and closing, edge), the contacts
must be connected to each other in series (fig. 4).
N.C. contacts must be used.
N.B: If safety devices are not used, jumper connect the terminals
as shown in fig. 5.

The most common photocell and safety device lay-outs are
shown below (from fig. 6 to fig. 13).

Connection of no safety device

Fig. 5

Connection of a closing safety device and an opening

safety device

Fig. 6

Connection of an "edge" safety device

Fig. 7

Connection of a pair of opening photocells

Closing

photocells

Closing photocells

Connection of two N.C. contacts in series

(e.g. Photocells, Stop, Edge, etc.)

"Edge" safety

devices

Opening or

opening/closing

photocells

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

Fig. 8

Connection of a pair of closing photocells

Fig. 9

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Connection of a pair of opening photocells, a pair of

closing photocell and an edge safety device

Fig. 10

Connection of a pair of closing photocells, a pair of

opening photocells and a pair of opening/closing

photocells

Connection of two pairs of closing photocells and two

edge safety devices

Fig. 11

Fig. 12

Connection of a pair of closing photocells and a pair of

opening/closing photocells

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Fig. 13

Connection of two N.O. contacts in parallel

(e.g. Open A, Open B)

Fig. 14