Maximum Controls MAX 1500 PRO - Default Chapter; Intended Use of Slide Gate Operator

Safety Loop
Entrapment Area
Entrapment Area
Moving Gate Can
Cause
Serious Injury or Death
KEEP CLEAR! Gat
e may
move at any time
without
prior
warning.
Do
not let children operate the gat
e or
play
in the gate area.
This entrance is for veh
icles only.
Pedestrians
must use separate entrance.
Automatic Exit
Loop
Safety Loop
The operator is intended for use on a VEHICULAR slide gate ONLY. It is intended to be used WITH appropriate entrapment
protection safety devices and in-ground vehicle loop detection system. Pedestrians MUST use a separate entrance.
Pedestrians MUST use a separate entrance.
Gate operator IS NOT intended to be used on a PEDESTRIAN gate.
In-Ground Loops: Help
protect the gate operator
from accidentally opening
and/or closing on vehicles
in the gate’s path
OPENING Direction Photocell:
Helps guard against the opening
gate from entrapment between
wall and gate.
Entrapment sensors must be installed where entrapment or pinch point exist.
A minimum of TWO entrapment protection sensors MUST be installed, ONE in EACH
direction of gate travel or operator will NOT function.
Physical Stops:
Install on BOTH ends of
gate rail to limit the travel
of gate to the fully open
and fully closed positions.
OPENING Direction Reverse Edge: Helps guard against the opening gate from entrapment.
OPENING Direction Reverse Edge: Helps guard against the
opening gate from entrapment between wall and gate.
CLOSING Direction Photocell: Helps
guard against the closing gate from
entrapment.
CLOSING Direction Reverse Edge: Helps guard
against the closing gate from entrapment.
Wire Mesh: 2” x 2” at least 6 ft high. Installed on gate when the space between the gate pickets is MORE than 2 1/4”.
Gate Pickets: The space between the gate pickets should be LESS than 2 1/4” or wire mesh should be installed.
Guide Rollers: Must be installed for safety.
Warning Signs: Should be installed on BOTH sides of gate area and easily visible.
Physical Stop
intended use of
slide gate operator
UL 325 2018 Standard - MAX 1500 PRO/2200 PRO/F18 PRO Matrix III Install Version 7d
Safety-5a