DOOR LIMITS
Carriage Assembly
Chain Connector
Latch
Movement
Latch
Movement
Move in this direction
Carriage Assembly
Belt Connector
Latch
Movement
Latch
Movement
Move in this direc tion
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WARNING
• Severe injury or death can result if the door
closing force is set too high.
• Never increase the door closing force above the
minimum required to move the door.
• Never adjust force to compensate for a sticking
or binding door.
• Perform monthly CONTACT REVERSE TEST as
described on page 22 and in Section 10.
SETTING & TESTING OPEN/CLOSE LIMITS
The OPEN (UP) and CLOSE (DOWN) door positions
are controlled by making the adjustments on the
panel located on the bottom of the power head. The
adjustments that can be made are:
• Close Travel Limit,
• Open Travel Limit,
Adjust Closing Force
Adjust Opening Force
Transmitter Programming
A) ENGAGE CHAIN/BELT CONNECTOR
TO CARRIAGE
1. Press and hold the "Close Travel Limit" button
until the chain or belt connector advances and
engages to the Carriage Assembly (Fig. 6-2).
B) CLOSE TRAVEL LIMIT
1. Press and hold the "Close Travel Limit" button
until the door is fully closed.
2. You can quickly press and release the "Close
Travel Limit" button to move the door in small
increments. You can also use the "Open Travel
Limit" button to move the door slightly in the
UP direction.
3. Door is fully closed when the bottom edge of door
presses firmly onto the ground.
4. Once the door is in the desired position, press and
hold the "Close SET Limit" button for 5 seconds.
The LED indicator light will blink green once. This
stores the closed position in memory.
Limit Controls location
on power head.
NOTE: Set Close Travel Limit
before setting Open Travel
Limit for unit to operate
normally.
Unless limits are being reset
do not press set limit buttons.
Open
Set Limit
Button
SET
SET
Close
Set Limit
Button
OPEN
FORCE
CLOSECODE
Up Force
Control
Adjustment
Down Force
Control
Adjustment
To
Garage Door
LED
Indicator Light
LEARN LIMITMANUAL
Learn
Code
Button
Open
Travel Limit
Close
Travel Limit
FIG. 6-1 Limit controls.
CAUTION
Failure to verify the engagement of the belt/chain
connector will result in damage to rail components.
C) OPEN TRAVEL LIMIT
1. Press and hold the "Open Travel Limit" button
to move the door to its fully opened position. This
starts the opener moving in the UP direction.
2. Hold the "Open Travel Limit" button until the
door is in the fully opened position that you desire,
then release this button.
3. You can quickly press and release the "Open
Travel Limit" button to move the door in small
increments. You can also use the "Close Travel
Limit" button to move the door slightly in the
DOWN direction.
4. Once the door is in the desired position, press and
hold the "Open SET Limit" button for 5 seconds.
The LED indicator light will blink green twice. This
stores the opened position in memory.
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FIG. 6-2 Engage Chain/Belt Connector to Carriage.
CAUTION
Operation of the opener without the Chain or Belt
Connector engaged to the Carriage Assembly will
result in damage to rail components including the
rail pulley.
CARRIAGE LOCK
The Carriage Lock can be manually engaged or
disengaged.
• To disengage Carriage Lock
– Pull handle downward opener power head.
• To engage Carriage Lock
– Pull handle towards door.
DOOR
KEYED EMERGENCY RELEASE
(PURCHASED SEPARATELY)
Obtain standard emergency release kit and remove
S-hook from the cable end that attaches to the
opener carriage.
1. Attach the emergency release cable loop end to
the opener carriage as shown (FIG 6-4).
Properly connecting the release cable to the
carriage fitting will enable the correct carriage
release action for the opener.
UNLOCK
TO RELEASE
PULL TOWARD
THE OPENER
FIG. 6-3 Engage/Disengage Carriage Lock.
LOCK
TO RECONNECT
PULL TOWARD
DOOR
WARNING
Improper connection of the emergency release cable
to the opener carriage will result in a failure of the
emergency release.
2. Follow the remaining installation instructions for
the standard emergency release kit.
3. Test for correct operation of emergency release kit.
Keyed Emergency Release Operation Instructions
• Place key in slot.
• Rotate and hold key while lifting garage door 1 to
2 inches.
• Release key and continue opening garage door.
NOTE: The next normal operation of the opener or
fully closing garage door manually will re-engage
the emergency release mechanism.
FIG. 6-4 Emergency release cable to carriage.
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