Genie 4560 - Maintenance and Adjustments; Adjusting Limit Switches and Force Controls

° Keepthe path clear.
Positionthe ladderto the sideofthe PowerHead
soit isclearof all moving parts of the Opener
andthe door.
Setthe door Openerto usethe minimum force
neededto open the door.
A Pre-setForceControlsto midpointbetweenHiandLO
(FigureA-l),
B AdjusttheCloseLimitSwitch:(FigureA-2),
• PressWallConsobto dose garagedoor,
If doordoesnot dosecompletely,measuredistance
frombottomof doorto floor, MoveLimitSwitch
sameamounttowarddoorandtry again,
If doorreversesaftercontactingfloor,moveLimit
SwitchtowardPowerHeadandtry again,
If doorreversesbeforecontactingfloor,increase
Closeforceandtry again,
If doorfailsto move,checkSafe-T-Beam®System,See
Safe-T-Beam®TroubieshootingGuideonpg,13,and
OpenerSystemSelf-diagnosticTroubleshooting
onpg,11,
• TightenLimitSwitchSetScrew,Do net over-tighten
(strip) Limit SwitchSetScrew,
C AdjustOpenLimitSwitch:(FigureA-2),
• PressWallConsobto opengaragedoor,
If doordoesnot opencompbtety,moveLimitSwitch
towardPowerHead,
If dooropenscompbtety,but motorcontinuesto
run,moveLimitSwitchtowarddoor,
• TightenLimitSwitchSetScrew,Do net over-tighten
(strip) Limit SwitchSetScrew.
o Toprotec.tyour new investment,your opener is
equ!pped with aTimerand Cyc!eCounterwhich
.worktogethe,r to preventany chanceof heat
damageto electricalcircuits causedby too many,
cyclesin too snort atime. if your upener suddenly
slops respondin!gto the _airConsoi,e
= uo l_ot Unp!ug theunit= simply wait
10 minutes ror the diner/Cycle bounter to
reset itselfand try again.
a. Every10minutesyou waitrestores5cycles
up to themaximumof 25.
. the unit will prevent the Timer/Cycle
TestDoorOpener:
Rundoorup anddownafewtimesusingWailConsoband
observedoortravel,
, Repeatstepsaboveasneededto setLimitSwitchpositions,
. Little effort is required to turn the Force
Adjusting Knobs.
. if !he dgorstops moving while opening or closing,
adjust the upen Porceor ClosePorcecontrom
shqhtl}€clockwise(to slightly increasethe force)
an(] retry the step.
o The OpenForceand CloseForceControlsare to be
setto _heminimum force nec,es,saryto ensuret,he
(loot smoothly opens rully an(l qosescompletely.
o The garagedoor will move slo.wlythe first time it
runs,until the upener marns the type of door.
. Ensurethe MagneticCarriageAssembly.is engaged
and is betweenthe two Limit Switches before
operating the Opener.
E AdjustOpenForcetominimumneeded:
Macedoor inclosedpositionusingWallConsob,
, GentlyadjustOpenForcefullycounterclockwise
(minimumforce),
, RunOpenerusingWailConsole,
, Observethat doorrunsto OpenLimitSwitch,
- Ifnot,adjustOpenForceControlslightlyclockwise,
closegaragedoor,andopenit again,
. Repeatstepsaboveuntil garagedoorrunssmoothly
fromCloseLimitSwitchto OpenLimitSwitch,
F AdjustCloseForcetominimumneeded:
o Placedoor inopenpositionusingWailConsole,
, GentlyadjustCloseForcefullycounterclockwise
(minimumforce),
o RunOpenerusingWallConsole,
Observethat doorrunstoCloseLimitSwitch,
Ifnot,adjustCloseForceControlslightlyclockwise,
opengaragedoor,andcloseit again,
Repeatstepsaboveuntilgaragedoorrunssmoothly
fromOpenLimitSwitchto CloseLimitSwitch,
Close
J
Force Controls
Hi LO
OPEN CLOSE
FORCE FORCE
Figure A-I Making ForceAdjustments
Limit Switch (door fully closed)
Carriage
,gnet
Open Limit Switch (door fully open)
Figure A-2 Setting Limit Switches
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