Allstar Products Group Twist'R Plus Class I Vehicular Swing Gate Operator manual

1 106502 INST ALLA TION AND OWNER’S MANUAL Tw i s t ’ R P l u s Class I V ehicular Swing Gate Operator Model RS4000 READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLAT ION OR USE SAVE THESE INSTRU CTIONS Serial #: Date Installed: Your Dealer: As of date of manu factur e, meets all ANSI/UL 325 Safety R equ irem ents for Ve hic ul ar gat e ope rat or s N[...]

2 Pre-In sta llatio n N otes.............................. ............ 3 Operator Class Info r mation ... ......................... 3 Sectio n A : Gate Sy stem Desig n/In stallat io n ..... 4 Sect ion B : Pre parin g th e Sit e ............................ 6 The C on crete Op erat or Pa d ............................ 6 A lterna te Po st Mo unt ...[...]

3 The Twi st’R Plus ( Model R S4000) V ehicula r Gate Operator will provide convenienc e and as surance to the ultimate users for many year s. It is ruggedly built of the fines t materials and has bee n thoroughly inspected and tes ted at the factory . It has many features t hat will ai d in the insta llation a nd testing of the c omp lete ga te [...]

4 T O REDUCE THE RI SK OF SEVERE INJUR Y OR D E A TH: REA D AND FOLLO W A LL INST A L L A TION INSTRUCTIONS A ND G A TE SYSTEM DESIGN P A R AMETERS! WARNING! GATE SYSTEM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION SA FETY CHEC K LI ST: • The RS4000 o perator may b e installe d on a Class I Vehicul ar Swing Gate. See page 3 for an ex planatio n of the dif fere nt Cla[...]

5 • SWING GATES HAVE THE POTEN TIAL HAZARD OF HAND S AND FINGE RS BEING PINC HED betw een the gate edge and t he po st to w hic h the g ate is m ounte d. It is recommended that the hinges be mounted so th at this opening increases as the gate swing s open. PROTECT THIS "PINCH POINT" SO THIS HAZ ARD IS MINIMIZED. See Figu re 3. • CONSI[...]

6 THE CONCR ET E P AD The sta ndard RS4000 is design ed to ope rate a sing le lea f gate . Bi- parti ng gat e s ystems are p os sibl e wi th th e ad dition of a sec ond RS4000 o perator . (Con sult th e factor y .) Each RS400 0 has its own dedicate d control board containe d within the oper ator cover . Car e must be tak en to provide separa te hig[...]

7 above g rade. Two 13/32 dia meter holes wil l need to be drilled o n each side of the 4 x 4 tub e. Center ea ch pair of holes on the face of the post 2- 5/8” apar t and 7/8” down from the top. Each pair of holes is to align w ith the pre- drilled holes in the c hassi s mount ing angles of the RS4000. See Figure 6 for loca ting the post re lat[...]

8 VEHICLE DETECTOR LOOP BLA N KING FOR SWING G A TES The ins ide loop f or a sw ing g ate insta llation m ust be loca ted at lea st 4 feet outs ide of the arc of t he gate. If it is not, the veh icle detect or may detect the g ate as it move s over the loop a nd cause t he g ate to reope n. If the ga te is large and a single lea f, the arc usually [...]

9 106504 Figure 8A: Service Conduits TOOLS a nd MA TERI AL S R EQUI RED The foll owing t ools and mater ials are r equire d for a proper i nstal latio n of the Tw ist' R P lus M odel RS4000. 1. W ire cutter, stripper and c rimping tools for attachi ng accessory equi pment to the co ntrol box. 2. #2 Phillips He ad screw dr iver for genera l use[...]

10 PLACING THE RS4000 PEDEST A L UNIT Remove the cover from the RS40 00 operator by removing the four 1/4-20 diameter b olts that secure it to the chassis. Set the cover a side for the time being. The recomme nded procedure for secur ing the RS4000 pe desta l to concrete, or fresh concrete pad (for those installations where the anchor bolts w ere n[...]

11 INST A LLING THE G ATE ARM KIT The gate arm kit can be ins talled on t he RS4000 on l y after the operat or has bee n properly and securely installed , and the corre ct gate/o perator g eometry relation ship has bee n establ ished and verified. (See Figures 6 and 10.) Locate the cra nk arm in the gate a rm kit and i nstall it on the output shaft[...]

12 CONN ECTIN G THE OPE RA TO R TO THE ELECTRIC A L SERVICE It will be necessary to run two conduits to the RS4 0 00. One will be used for the A- C power lines and an other for the low vol tage, class 2 wiring. Se e Figure 8. There are cutou ts on the bottom of the Operator Chass i s to accept thes e two conduits. The high voltage RS 4000 electrica[...]

13 LIGHTNING PROT ECTI ON For area s where a h igh proba bility of ground lig htning strik es exists (Flori da, Ge orgia, e tc.,) a ddition al light n ing protec tion should be installed in the RS4000. Althou gh it may not be possible to protect agains t all strikes, additiona l protec tion will s ubsta ntially reduce the occurre nce of lightning d[...]

14 A CCE SSORY EQUIPM ENT HOOK-UP All acces sor y equipmen t is co nnect ed to t he termin al st rips located on the control pa nel of the RS4000. There are 11 command inputs available to the installer on the RS4000 in addition to 2 comm ons. To trig ger a ny of these inputs, a switch or relay closure to the common terminal for a duration lon ger t[...]

15 labe led as C OMMO N, then co nnect t his to Term inal #1 or # 0 of the RS400 0 contro l panel. Connec t the other con tact to one of the followi ng terminals depe nding on func tion desire d: Term inal #2 (ALTERNATE), Terminal #4 (RADIO OPEN), Terminal #5 (FREE EXIT), Terminal #6 (OPEN) or Termi nal #7 (CLOSE). If no ident ificati on of the co [...]

16 TERMINA L STRIP REFERENCE CHART D: ST A RTING THE OPERA TOR # NA M E DESCRIPTION 13 CLOSE EDGE Momentar y or continuous signal. This inp ut i s acti ve only w hen referen ced to the closin g d irection, it has no effect on the gate when opening or about to open. If activated when the gate is closing the gate will stop, pause and reverse in the o[...]

17 mounting hole is posi tioned directly above the clear anc e notc h provi ded in the shaf t suppor t towe r (see F igure 18). This notch provides the appr opriate c learance t o install the l imit trigg er pi n with the bol t and washe rs pr ovi ded. Instal l the trig ger pin firm ly in place . Flip the tog gle open so i t is pos itione d to rec [...]

18 TIMER TO CLOS E SETTIN G The Time r to Close is cont roll ed by the setting of the “A UTO CLO SE TIME R” potent iomete r on the cont rol b oard, se e Figure 19. When the pot i s adjusted f u lly counter-clockwise the Timer- To-Close is di sabled. Tur ning the pot a pproximate l y 1/4 turn clock wise wil l enable t he Timer To Close f unction[...]

19 M AXIMUM RUN T IM ER SMART™ Self adju stin g MAxi mum Run Timer ( Pate nt Pending ) The RS40 00 has a S elf adjusting MA ximum R un T imer, SMART™ (pat ent pend ing). T h e amount o f tim e fo r the firs t fe w cycl es of operation are registered and a veraged withi n the motor co ntroller circ uitry . Afte r the fir st few i niti al cy cles[...]

20 To the O w ner/End User of A llstar’s Twist'R: Thank you f or choos ing an A l lstar pr oduct. We are c onfident yo u will have many years of use a nd satisfac tion wi th yo ur gate op erator. Our Tw ist'R operator is part o f your unique g ate operating system , which may consist of a variety of components, includi ng the g ate, the[...]

21 AV O I D E N T R AP ME N T : St ay a way fro m th e path of the gate and all mov ing part s (gate arms, etc.) at all times. Kee p clear of the pinch poi nts identif ied below. . Instal l guar ds or other safety enhancemen t features to preve nt access to pinc h point areas. Ins tall guard s on open PREVENT PERSONA L INJURY OR DEATH: Do n ot sta [...]

22 TWIST’R EXPLODED VIEW Figure 24: Twist’R Operator Exploded View 110508[...]

23 ITEM # PART # DESC RIP TI ON 5 104 475 TWI ST'R ARM FIT T IN G 6 104 875 TWIST'R CRANK ARM 7 104 473 TWI ST'R CRA NK A RM EX TENS IO N 8 SPACE R SPACER FOR PADLOCK (OPT IONAL) ITEM QTY. PAR T # DESC RIP TI ON 1 1 EA 103918 REDUCER, SPEED, 60:1 1a 1 EA 110674 BRACKET, REDUCER SUPPORT, LEFT 1b 1 EA 110673 BRACKET, REDUCER SUPPORT , [...]

24 c.p. A l lst ar Corporat ion Downingtow n, PA 19335 This Gate Operator is built in the USA in accordance w ith requirements of Underwriters' Laboratories Standard UL-325, Fourth Edition as amended March 1, 2000. P/N 1 101 38 Rev . E D ecembe r 2 003 PHYSICA L PAD: 16” x 24” x 3” Elevation or 4 x 4 Post OVERHEAD CLEARANCE: Mini mum 12 [...]