Installation Guide

9
Determine Proper Brackets and Opening Method
Mounting Brackets
Determining which of the brackets will be needed for your installation.
TheSentrygateopenerissuppliedwithuniversalbracketstomountonround
orsquarehingepostranginginsizefrom23/8”to6”.Somepiecesmaynotbe
needed for your installation.
Thehingepostisthepostyourgatehingesareattachedto.Followthe
stepsbelowtoidentifywhichoftheincludedbracketswillbeneededforyour
installation.
Is the hinge post round or square?
Squarepostwillusethe“squarepostushmountbracket”
Roundpostwillusethe“roundpostushmountbracket”
NOTE:Ifaroundpostistobeuseditmightbenecessarytobracethepostso
thatitdoesnotrotate.Aroundpostsimplyinstalledinconcretewillrotate,if
possibledrillholesthroughthepostandinsertrebarthroughthepostpriorto
concretetopreventrotation.
Is the gate a light weight farm gate?
Ifso,usethe“gatesupportbrackets”toattachthegatebracketsothatthe
boltscanbesecurelytightened.
Universal Actuator Bracket
Theuniversalactuatorbracketcanbeinstalledinmanydifferentwaysto
accommodateyourgateopenerinstallation.Usetheimagesbelowtohelp
understandthemountingoptionsforthisbracketanddeterminetheinstallation
methodyouaregoingtouse.Theimagesareforreferenceonlyandyourinstallationmightdiffer.
Universalactuatorbracketmustbesecurelyinstalled.Drillingthroughthepostisthestrongest
method.Itisalsorecommendedthatthesquarepostushmountbracketortheroundpostush
mountbracketbeinstalledforstrengthonoppositesideofpostfromtheuniversalbracket(see
guresbelow).
Whendeterminingwheretheuniversalactuatorbracketwillmountonthehingepostyoumustalso
considerwherethegatebracketisgoingtoconnecttothegate.Thegatebracketisgoingtoattach
approximately34”outonthegatemeasuredfromthegatehingecenter.
Onceuniversalactuatorbracketlocationisdetermined,verifythatthegatebracketcanbeinstalledto
thegatesothatlinearactuatorislevel.
Square
Post
Bracket
Round
Post
Bracket
Universal
Actuator
Bracket
Gate
Support
Bracket
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