Page 3 - Estate Swing Summery of Functions; A vehicular gate opener (or system) intended for use in a home of; Have this information on hand while handling all
Estate Swing Summery of Functions The Estate Swing is only to be used for vehicular swing gates in a Class I setting. Class I: A vehicular gate opener (or system) intended for use in a home of one-to-four single family dwelling, or a garage or parking area associated therewith. The FAAC Estate Swing...
Page 4 - tempting installation.; Finding Location and Mounting 4.1
The table of contents are listed to assist you locating a desired section. We do how- ever strongly suggest studying every page of the instruction manual before at- tempting installation. SECTION: • Review of specifications, warnings, parts, and tools 1 Specifications of the Estate Swing and Compone...
Page 5 - SECTION:; please read the entire manual; is important to the correct instal-
The table of contents are listed to assist you locating a desired section. We do how- ever strongly suggest studying every page of the instruction manual before at- tempting installation. SECTION: • Diagnostics & Troubleshooting 7 Simple Diagnostics 7.1 Trouble Shooting 7.2-.4 Logic Summaries an...
Page 9 - Other items that may be needed prior to commencing installation.; Bolded items are necessary; power to your operator.
• Power Drill • Crescent Wrench • 5/16” Drill Bit • Drill bit appropriate to the anchoring hardware used • Flat Head Mini Screw- driver Other items that may be needed prior to commencing installation. Bolded items are necessary to all applications. • Start and stop post, bracket or door stop. Althou...
Page 10 - off electrical power and unplug the support battery.
ATTENTION: Study the control board and read this section thoroughly before attempting to operate your gate opener. & % Warnings: • Before attempting any job on the control board (connections, maintenance), turn off electrical power and unplug the support battery. • Install a surge protector upst...
Page 12 - NEVER CONNECT POWER FROM ANY SOURCE DIRECTLY TO; battery. You can now proceed with the installation process.; Slave Charging
! 3. Charge the slave board by wiring it to the master board terminal strip. [terminal 6 of the master must connect with the right side of J2 on the slave and terminal 15 of the master must connect with the left side of the slave] (fig 3) NEVER CONNECT POWER FROM ANY SOURCE DIRECTLY TO THE SLAVE BOA...
Page 16 - If you have trouble locating a water-
" 1. The control box must be mounted near your actuator arm. The wire on the back of the actuator arm cannot be shortened or lengthened. Keep you control box in a location at least 3 feet off the ground to avoid water buildup. 2. Level your box and mark your mounting holes. The holes are located...
Page 18 - the learning process. Accessories should; NOT; be installed until after the learn-
* $ - For your opener to function properly a few connections must be made prior to the learning process. Accessories should NOT be installed until after the learn- ing process is comple
Page 19 - Slave Board Power—; On the slave board it is used as communication with the master; Connect the slave board to the master; Actuator Connections—; This terminal is used to connect the operator arm to the; IMPORTANT: Follow the above
( Slave Board Power— On the slave board it is used as communication with the master board and powering from the master board. Connect the slave board to the master board using 16 gauge low voltage wire. This wire must be run across the drive- way and can be up to 100 feet in length. Terminal 6 MUST ...
Page 21 - Reversing the wires will blow the; transformer; Plug covers are available from
* * 1. The Estate Swing (Master Unit if Dual Operator) comes with 1) AC transformer. The AC transformer supplied has 4 screw terminals, use the center 2 terminals to attach your low voltage wire (polarity is not relevant). You may locate the transformer up to 1000’ away from the control board with 1...
Page 22 - See the following page for Gate Movement Variables LED Chart .
$ $. / Using the following procedures you can change factory settings such as auto close, speed, force, delays and more. Begin the programming process by pressing P1. Pressing P1 se- lects A,B,C,D or E . A, B, C, D and E correspond with the vari- ables in the chart on the following page. When you ar...
Page 23 - automatically closes the gate; Variable LED Definitions
% . / %#( Function LED Function A Function Logic — Logic flow chart found on page 18,19 1= A (Automatic - automatically closes the gate depending on the set pause time. It is the most common setting ) 2= S (Safety - designed for higher control and accelerated levels of safety, also automatically clo...
Page 24 - OR if not using open stops; Press for; Second; Without open stops, press P2; don’t; press P2
2) Let the leaf make contact with the full open stop point. The opener will then stop and leaf 2 will begin to open. OR if not using open stops 2 alt.) Press P2 to stop the openers opening motion and leaf 2 will begin to open. Begin by pressing P1 6 times to light A-E simultaneously. While the 5 LED...
Page 26 - Press; You may now test your gate opener with
6) Let the leaf 2 make contact with the full closed stop point or full closing point of arm. Leaf 1 will begin closing. 7) Press P2 to teach leaf 1 closing decelera- tion starting point. 8) Let the leaf 1 make contact with the full closed stop point or full closing point of arm. Press P1 to exit the...
Page 27 - Status of accessory inputs.
( $ Diagnostics using the Power light on your Master Control Board. The P light has a diagnostic function. There are 4 statuses. 1. Steady light indicating main power is ON and the battery is charged 2. Flashing slowly (lights every second) indicates no main power but the battery is charged. 3. Flas...
Page 29 - the battery is charged for 12 hours.; A charged battery should read over 13V at idle without; If the gate stops after only a few inches of movement.; speed setting down to 1.
) ! If the power LED (P) is flashing slowly. • This means your main power is not on, the battery is low and absorbing too much of the main power, or the main power was plugged in for less than 5 minutes. Be sure before installation the battery is charged for 12 hours. A charged battery should read o...
Page 30 - For any technical assistance Estate Swing can be reached 9 AM to
) " • Try removing the opener arm from the gate mounting bracket. Run the cycle with the arm off the gate. If the opener no longer stops during cycle, check your gate for levelness, greased hinges, and weight/length ratios. Note: moving your gate from the end by hand may seem very easy. A true t...
Page 32 - amount of safety. It has an increased amount of motion stop points.
) % % $ + 1 2 Logic AP - Logic AP (stepped automatic) is very similar to automatic (A) but has a higher amount of safety. It has an increased amount of motion stop points. Gate Status Result of Terminal 1 activation Result of Terminal 2 activation Result of Terminal 4 interruption Result of Terminal...
Page 33 - J1—Terminal Board for Master Card; ing pulse for; both; ing and/or closing pulse for; only the gate leaf controlled by the master control; protect during opening, reverses gate direction to closing.
Normally Closed connections must be made for proper gate opener function. The full accessory board is only found on the master control board. J1—Terminal Board for Master Card Terminals 1 - “Open/Close Function” This is a normally open terminal where by any device (i.e. push button, keypad, receiver...
Page 34 - If a connection is not made from this terminal to one of the -; Use this in conjunction; must; right side
J1—Terminal Board for Master Card (cont.) Terminals (cont.) 5 - “Closing Safety Device” This is a normally closed terminal where by any device (i.e. photocells, sensitive edge, magnetic loops) which, if there is an obstacle in the area they protect during closing, reverses gate direction to opening....
Page 35 - Examples of common wiring layouts
3 ( . Before connecting the photocells (or other devices) we advise you to select the type of operation according to the movement zone to be protected. Opening Safety Devices: They operate only during the gate opening movement and, therefore, they are suitable for protecting the zone between the ope...
Page 37 - some common terms and abbreviations found in manuals:; Normally Open; have a wire that ends in a Common terminal.; Ground; is being used in association with positive voltage.
Accessory manuals for most make and model accessories can be found on the web at: www.EstateSwing.com/accessories The accessory manuals you have or find at the above address may be written to coincide with that manufacturers model of gate opener. To determine correct terminals on your Estate Swing o...