Sentry Swing Residential Electro-mechanical Vehicular Swing Gate Operator The Sentry Swing Opener and electronic control unit for automation of residential swing gates. Upswung LLC declines all responsibility for any inaccuracies contained in this manual and reserves the right to make modifications – without prior notice. Any gate automated operator should be installed by qualified personnel and inspected by the local Building Department authorities.
CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY OF MACHINES (Directive 89/392/EEC, Annex II, Part B) Manufacturer: FAAC S.p.A. Address: Via Benini, 1 – 40069 Zola Predosa Bologna – Italy Declares that: Domoswing A.K.A. Estate Swing (USA) mod operator Is built to be integrated into a machine or to be assembled with other machinery to create a machine under the provisions of Directive 89/392/EEC, and subsequent amendments 91/368/EEC, 93/44/EEC.
Sentry Swing Summary The Sentry 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 Sentry Swing automated system was designed and built for controlling vehicle access. Do not use for any other purpose. The Sentry Swing automated system automates residential swing-leaf gates with leaves of up to 12’ in length.
Read all Instructions first BEFORE attempting any Installation! SECTION: 1. Review of specifications, warnings, parts, and tools Specifications of the Sentry Swing and Components System Overview & Preliminary Checks 1.1 Sentry Swing Parts List Tools Needed for Installation 1.3 1.4 1.2 2. Pre-installation charging Control Board Layout IMPORTANT: Charging Battery Prior to Use 2.1 2.2-.3 3. Basic Installation IMPORTANT: 5” x 5” Setback Installation of Mounting Hardware and Arm 3.1 3.2-.6 4.
We strongly suggest studying every page of the instruction manual before at-tempting installation. SECTION: 7. Diagnostics & Troubleshooting Simple Diagnostics Trouble Shooting Logic Summaries and Flow Charts 7.1 7.2-.5 7.6-.7 8. Alternate Mounting and Programming Push-to-Open Installation Complete Learning Process 9. Accessories 8.1-.5 8.6-.10 9 Accessory Terminals 9.1-.2 Photocell& Safety Device Guide Installing Accessories 9.3-.4 9.5 Marks pages with opener or usage warnings.
MODEL Power Supply Rated Absorbed Power (W) Sentry Swing 115V AC/ 12V DC 48 Max Static Force (N) 1700 Load-free linear speed (in./sec.) 1.25 Rod effective stroke (in.) Use frequency (cycles/hour) Consecutive cycles on charged battery Battery recharge time Operating ambient temperature 11 5 Max. 15 10 min. for each full cycle -4 to 131 Deg F Operator weight (lbs) 4.85 Protection class IP 44 Gate leaf max length (ft.) Gate leaf max weight (lbs.) Operator overall dimensions LxHxD(in.
. The system display to the below is a recommended standard system. Other approved accessories can be installed. Photo sensors and a flashing light indicating gate movement is recommended for safety purposes Notes: 1) Do not extend operator connection cables 2) When laying electrical cables, use appropriate rigid and/or flexible tube Do not run any wires in the same conduit as 110 AC power that may be in the area.
Basic Tools Needed Power Drill Crescent Wrench 3/8”, 1/4”, 5/16” Drill Bits Hacksaw Flat Head Screwdriver Master Kit Slave (additional Parts) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. A. Control Box B. Operator Arm C. Gate Mount Bracket D. Post Mount Brackets G. Post Mounting nut, Manual Release Key & Bracket Bushing Control Box Operator Arm Gate Mount Bracket Post Mount Brackets Transmitter Receiver Post Mounting nut, Manual Release Key & Bracket Bushing H.
Phillips Head Screwdriver Tape Measure Level Wire Strippers C-clamps Start and stop post, bracket or door stop. Although the FAAC features soft start/stop it is still necessary to have a closed stop post for 3 reasons: 1) During the learn mode the gate will need to make contact with a closed stop point to learn its limits (open as well if doing 1 touch programming, unnecessary if doing manual programming.
Control Board Wiring Warning !!: 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 upstream of your opener, the opener is not power surge proof nor will power surge damage be covered under warrantee.
Charge Battery Prior to Use. Before beginning any electrical stages of installation we highly recommend charging the battery on the control board for 12 hours. This can be done anywhere there is an outlet available. 1. Plug the battery into the control board (fig 1). For charging purposes it is not necessary to hook the receiver to the battery or control board. 2.
3. For a Dual gate opener unit, 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 BOARD. The slave board may ONLY be connected to the Master control board. Let the unit charge for 12 hours, after remove both the transformer power and the battery.
Rear Mount 5” by 5”offset Setup The 5” x 5” is a very important requirement to be aware of during installation of the post mounting bracket. The 5” x 5” setback allows the operator arm to achieve appropriate and equal leverage during opening and closing cycles. Brackets may be welded or bolted. Make sure if you weld the brackets to “tack” them on first to check travel before permanently welding them. This page illustrates the installation and shows examples of the 5”x 5” setback.
Mounting Sentry Arm and Hardware 1. Set up closed stop points for your gate. The closed stop points can be a plate on the end of the gate that comes in contact with an adjacent post or an industrial door stop. (Many gates need an extension piece added to make contact with the doorstop. Examples of industrial door stops 2. First clamp the “L” shaped post mounting bracket to the post. The side with two holes, rectangular in shaped, should be against the post. 3.
4. Measure the 5”x5” setback that was elaborated on in the beginning of this section. 5. Using the rear hole on the “tear” shaped bracket, drill a 5/16” diameter hole in the “L” shaped bracket. 6. Inset the 5/16” bolt in the drilled rear hole. Tighten the nuts on both bolts and leave the combined brackets clamped to the post. 7. Check your operator arm. The pin should be stopped on the front part of the operator arm.
8. Insert the bracket bushing into the gate mounting bracket. Inside the black bushing you will see a small bump, this bump must be facing away from the post to prevent binding. Five Counter Clockwise turns from end. 9. Insert the manual re-lease key and turn it 5 counter clockwise turns. This will position the front fitting on the operator arm in the correct position to fit into the bracket bushing. Turn Clockwise to end as a common point of reference. 10.
8. Insert the threaded rear fitting into the already clamped post mounting bracket. 9. Position the gate mounting bracket on a cross member of the gate suitable for supporting the arm and bracket with the gate in the FULL CLOSED POSITION pressed firmly against the closed stop. Use a second C-clamp to hold it in place. 10. Check the levelness of your operator on the Bottom of the arm. Do not use the top to check levelness as it is a sloped surface.
12. Remove the operator arm from the brackets. Leaving the brackets clamped in place mark your holes. If you are bolting your brackets in place, remove the mounting brackets and drill the marked holes using a power drill with a 3/8” drill bit for the post and 1/4” drill bit for the gate. Tip: Using a level on top of the drill as a guide helps you to keep your holes level. 13.
CONTROL PANEL INSTALLATION 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 in four corners of the control box (fig 1). 3. After marking your holes drill them and attach the control box to the post. 4.
Removal of Contact Strip The green numbered terminal strip at the bottom of the control board is easily removed for wiring. Simply pull straight down on the terminal strip to remove it from the board. It will slide right off. Slide it back on when you are finished with your wiring connections.
Installation of Temporary Safety Jumpers 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 learning process is completed. Using the provided jumper wire, connect the normally closed safety terminals (terminals 3, 4, and 5) to one of the negative terminals (terminals 12, 13, 14, or 15). We recommend that these jumpers are later replaced with safety devices after learning is complete.
Operator Arm and Dual Power Connections C a u t i o n ! Do not reverse polarity of the wires connecting the Master and Slave board. This will cause permanent damage to both boards and void your warrantee. C a u t i o n ! 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.
Installation and Programming of Receiver and Transmitters Installing the Receiver 1) Locate the 5 Silver Pins on your MASTER Estate Swing board, located above the battery. 2) Locate the white connector on the receiver. 3) Push the white connector from the receiver on the 5 pins on your FAAC board with the dip switches of the receiver board facing away from the center of the Estate Swing board. Setting the Dip Switches 1) Set the dip switches 1-9 on the receiver by switching them in the up or down position.
POWER Connections 1. The Sentry 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 16 gauge or larger direct burial low volt-age wire. 2. Insert the two wires into the power in section on the control board (J2) on the master board.
Programming The Gate Control Panel 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 selects A,B,C,D or E. A, B, C, D and E correspond with the variables in the chart on the following page. When you are on the desired variable you would like to change the setting of press P2 to change the setting of that variable.
Variable LED Definitions LED Function LED A B 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 closes the gate) 3= 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.
NOTE: Before beginning the one touch learning procedure be sure to have full open and full closed stop points* set up. These will let your gate know where to stop during the learning process. Make sure that the leaf or leaves are in the full closed position against the stop points. Check your arm to be sure the gate mount pin is 3 turns from the physical end point of the arm If using a Sentry dual operator, both the master and slave arc distance must be the same to use 1 touch programming.
Wait for the operator or operators to reach the opening stops. The learning procedure has finished. Press P1 once more to exit the learning mode before attempting to operate the opener.
Diagnostics 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. Flashing quickly (lights every 1/4 of a second) indicates main power on but discharged battery 4. Light OFF indicates no main power and discharged battery. Status of accessory inputs.
Trouble Shooting If your gate operator arm will not move. Be sure that all safety devices are connected. Safety device terminals work on normally closed connections so if terminals 3, 4, and 5 are not connected to negative terminals the gate opener will not function.
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 over 13V at idle without power connected. If your battery is reading under 13V it needs to continue to charge.
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 test would be moving the gate from the gate mounting bracket just as the operator would. Check the power lights, the flashing may only last a short time when the gate stops.
If the Front Mount Bolt breaks. • This piece is designed to break under stress to prevent costly damage to your operator arm. This piece is easy and cheap to replace thus saving you the time, money and frustration of examining the entire arm for damage and possibly replacing an entire arm. Because this piece is designed to break it is not a manufacturing flaw when it does and will not be covered by warranty. • To replace this piece, first remove the six screws on the bottom of the arm.
Programming Summaries & Flow Charts Logic A - Logic A (automatic) is the most common setting. It automatically closes the gate de-pending on the set pause time. This logic must be used in conjunction with the accessories: Free Exit Sensor and Gate Timer.
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.
Push to Open Operation Push-to-Open operation is a gate opener design with the arm on the inside of the gate and the arm pushes the gate open away from the property, rather than pulling it in towards the property as in standard operation. Pushto-Open is useful for properties with inclining driveways, a lack of space for opener arm placement or opening (i.e. a wall parallel with the driveway close to the post), or many other reasons. The Push-to-Open setback is the standard setback flipped horizontally.
2. First clamp the “L” shaped post mounting bracket to the post. The two rectangle shaped holes should be against the post. 3. Line up the center hole on the “tear” shaped post mounting bracket with the hole on the on the “L” shaped bracket. Insert the 3/8”x 1” bolt and loosely affix the nut and washer. 4. Measure the 5”x5” setback that was elaborated on in the beginning of this section. 5. Using the rear hole on the “tear” shaped bracket, drill a 5/16” diameter hole in the “L” shaped bracket. 6.
7. Move the pin to the far inside position on the operator arm. Do this by turning the manual re-lease key in the front lock hole counter-clockwise until it reaches the rear stop position. Extend the operator pin in this manner ONLY. Any other method may damage the arm. NOTE: The front stop position I S N O T T H E F U L L C L O S E D P O S I T I O N , it is the common point of reference for counting manual turns. 8. Insert the bracket bushing into the gate mounting bracket. 9.
10. Insert the threaded rear fitting into the already clamped post mounting bracket. 11. Position the gate mounting bracket on a cross member of the gate suitable for supporting the arm and bracket with the gate in the FULL CLOSED POSITION pressed firmly against the closed stop. Use a second C-clamp to hold it in place. 12. Check the levelness of your operator on the Bottom of the arm. Do not use the top to check levelness as it is a sloped surface.
14. After properly affixing the mounting brackets insert the arm fittings into the mounting brackets. Using the provided nut and washer on the bottom of the threaded rear fitting attach the arm to the post mounting bracket. Wiring for Push to Open Arms Reverse the polarity of the wiring to the control board for the operator arm(s) from the standard wiring. For Push-To-Open connect the Brown wire on the Left and Blue wire on the Right.
Complete Start / Stop Learning Process If the learning process was completed using the simple one touch process this process can be by-passed. This procedure is used to define the deceleration and stop points of the operator or operators. The procedure differs depending whether it is single leaf or double leaf. Make sure the leaves are closed. Enter Learning Mode Enter the programming mode by pressing P1 6 times until all 5 LEDs (A,B,C,D,E) are lit. This is the learning mode.
With open stop, let the gate make contact, don’t press P2 2) Let the leaf make contact with the full open stop point. The opener will then stop and reverse directions. OR if not using open stops 2 alt.) Press P2 to stop the openers opening motion and reverse the motion of the gate. Without open stop, press P2 3) Press P2 to teach leaf deceleration starting point for closing. 4) Let the leaf make contact with the full closed stop point. Press P1 to exit the learning mode.
Procedure for dual leaf gates While the 5 LEDs are lit steadily, hold down P2 for about 3 seconds. The operator will start the maneuver process. Press P2 to teach leaf 1 opening deceleration starting point. 1) Using P2, Briefly press the button once for each of the following motion transitions: 2) Let the leaf make contact with the full open stop point. The opener will then stop and leaf 2 will begin to open. With open stops, let the gate make contact, don’t press P2 OR if not using open stops 2 alt.
3) Press P2 to teach leaf 2 opening deceleration starting point. 4) Let the leaf make contact with the full open stop point. The opener will then stop and reverse directions. With open stops, let the gate make contact, don’t press P2 OR if not using open stops 4 alt.) Press P2 to stop the openers opening motion and reverse the motion of the gate. 5) Press P2 to teach leaf 2 closing deceleration starting point.
6) Let the leaf 2 make contact with the full closed stop point. Leaf 1 will begin closing. 7) Press P2 to teach leaf 1 closing deceleration starting point. 8) Let the leaf 1 make contact with the full closed stop point. Press P1 to exit the learning mode. You may now test your gate opener with your transmitter.
Accessory Terminals 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) which, by closing a contact, provides an opening and/or closing pulse for both gate leaves (if there is only one leaf, it will control the one leaf).
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. If the closing safety devices are tripped when the gate is open, they prevent the leaf movement. IMPORTANT: If a connection is not made from this terminal to one of the - (negative) terminals (i.e.
Photocell & Safety Device Guide 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 opening leaves and fixed obstacles (walls, etc.) against the risk of impact and crushing.
Accessories Accessory manuals for most make and model accessories can be found on the web at: www.upswung.com 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 Sentry Swing operator, use the accessory terminal section of your Sentry Swing manual. The following are some common terms and abbreviations found in manuals: Normally Open – abbr.
