Installation/Owner’s Manual Series 6550 Heavy-Duty Vehicular Swing Gate Operator 6550-065-A-4-12 Use this manual for circuit board 4405-010 Revision E or higher. Date Installed: Installer/Company Name: Circuit Board Serial Number and Revision Letter: Phone Number: Leave Manual with Owner Copyright 2012 DoorKing, Inc. All rights reserved. TM UL 325 Compliant Copyright 2009 DoorKing, Inc. All rights reserved.
SPECIFICATIONS Use this manual for the Model 6550 operators with circuit board 4405-010 Rev E or higher ONLY.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SPECIFICATIONS ASTM F2200 Standard for Gate Construction 4 Important Safety Instructions 4 Instructions regarding intended installation: 4 Important Notices 5 UL 325 Entrapment Protection 6 Glossary 7 Swing Gate Requirements 8 Swing Gate Protection 9 SECTION 1 - INSTALLATION 10 1.1 Underground Conduit Requirements 10 1.2 Concrete Pad 10 1.3 Type of Installations 11-12 1.4 Securing Operator to Pad 12 1.5 Attach Gate Bracket 13 1.6 Determining Arm Lengths 14 1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 4 - ENTRAPMENT AND SAFETY PROTECTION 23 4.1 UL 325 Terminal Description 23 4.2 Entrapment and Safety Protection Device Locations 24 4.3 Loop Detector Wiring 25 SECTION 5 - MAIN TERMINAL WIRING 26 5.1 Terminal Description 26 5.2 Control Wiring 27 SECTION 6 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 28 6.1 AC Power Switch and Reset Button 28 6.2 Shutdown Conditions 29-30 Soft Shutdown Hard Shutdown 6.
ASTM F2200 Standard for Gate Construction Vehicular gates should be constructed and installed in accordance with ASTM F2200; Standard Specification for Automated Vehicular Gate Construction. For a copy of this standard, contact ASTM directly at 610-832-9585; service@astm.org; or www.astm.org. Important Safety Instructions WARNING - To reduce the risk of injury or death: 1. READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 2. Never let children operate or play with gate controls. Keep the remote control away from children.
• For gate operators utilizing contact sensors: 1. One or more contact sensors shall be located where the risk of entrapment or obstruction exist, such as at the leading edge, trailing edge, and post mounted both inside and outside of a vehicular horizontal slide gate. 2. One or more contact sensors shall be located at the bottom edge of a vehicular vertical lift gate. 3. One or more contact sensors shall be located at the pinch point of a vehicular vertical pivot gate. 4.
UL 325 Entrapment Protection Class I Class II A vehicular gate operator (or system) intended for use in a home of one-to four single family dwelling, or a garage or parking area associated therewith. A vehicular gate operator (or system) intended for use in a commercial location or building such as a multi-family housing unit (five or more single family units) hotel, garages, retail store or other building servicing the general public.
Glossary GATE - A moving barrier such as a swinging, sliding, raising, lowering, or the like, barrier, that is a stand-alone passage barrier or is that portion of a wall or fence system that controls entrance and/or egress by persons or vehicles and completes the perimeter of a defined area. RESIDENTIAL VEHICULAR GATE OPERATOR – CLASS I - A vehicular gate operator (or system) intended for use in a home of one-to four single family dwelling, or garage or parking area associated therewith.
Swing Gate Requirements The operator is intended for installation only on gates used for vehicles. Pedestrians must be supplied with a separate access opening. The pedestrian access opening shall be designed to promote pedestrian usage. Locate the gate such that persons will not come in contact with the vehicular gate during the entire path of travel of the vehicular gate. (ref. UL325 56.8.4.
Swing Gate Protection C Non-contact Sensor Minimizes the potential of the gate closing on vehicular or other traffic that loops cannot sense. See pages 23-24 for typical layout locations. Reverse Loop Minimizes the potential of the gate closing when a vehicle is present. Number and placement of loops is dependent on the application. D C D Shadow Loop Provides a hold open command to the operator(s) only if the gate(s) are at the full open position.
SECTION 1 - INSTALLATION Prior to beginning the installation of the swing gate operator, we suggest that you become familiar with the instructions, illustrations, and wiring guide-lines in this manual. This will help insure that your installation is performed in an efficient and professional manner compliant with UL 325 safety and ASTM F2200 construction standards. The proper installation of the vehicular swing gate operator is an extremely important and integral part of the overall access control system.
1.3 Type of Installations 1 Standard Installation Recommended for gates up to 25 feet opening 90°. 46” 14” 12” 17” 90° 38.5” 35” 2” 30” 36” 24” Concrete Pad 2 Alternate Installation Recommended for gates up to 18 feet opening 90°.
3 Compact Installation Recommended for gates up to 14 feet opening 90°. 34” 12” 14” 12” 90° 30” 29.5” 2” 26” 36” 24” Concrete Pad Concrete Pad Location 26” Operator Installation 1.4 Securing Operator to Pad Permanently attach the operator to the concrete pad using six (6) 3/8” x 3” sleeve anchors (not supplied).
1.5 Attach Gate Bracket D A Release hub with release tool. DO NOT REMOVE HUB! B Bolt crank arm to operator. Gate Bracket C Slide elbow assembly on crank arm. D Bolt control arm to gate bracket. Control Arm E Slide control arm into elbow assembly. KEEP ARM ASSEMBLY LEVEL. F Bolt gate bracket to gate. CAUTION Arm assembly and gate bracket MUST be level for gate to function correctly.
1.6 Determining Arm Lengths Slide elbow assembly back and fourth, manually opening and closing gate until satisfied with the gate’s 90° open and fully closed positions. Mark and cut off excess arms. Secure arms to elbow assembly with 6 allen screws. Tighten hub and replace release tool. Install safety covers. excess excess 1.7 Installation of Warning Signs This DoorKing Swing Gate Operator is shipped with two warning signs.
2.1 High Voltage Wire Runs The distance shown in the chart is measured in Feet from the operator to the power source. If power wiring is greater than the maximum distance shown, it is recommended that a service feeder be installed. When large gauge wire is used, a separate junction box must be installed for the operator connection. The wire table is based on stranded copper wire.
2.3 Bi-Parting Gates Wiring - Dual Gate Operators Connect the Primary/Secondary operators together with DoorKing’s interconnection cable as shown (Different lengths sold separately). High voltage power and low voltage communications are supplied to the secondary operator by DoorKing’s UL approved cable that is run in a single conduit. Two conduits (High voltage and low voltage) will need to be provided to the secondary operator when NOT using DoorKing’s UL listed, wet environment interconnection cable.
SECTION 3 - ADJUSTMENTS The switch settings and adjustments in this chapter should be made after your installation and wiring to the operator(s) is complete. Whenever any of the programming switches on the circuit board are changed, power must be shut-off, and then turned back on for the new setting to take effect. 3.1 4405 Circuit Board Descriptions and Adjustments Auto-Close Timer ON Auto-close timer (when turned on) SW 1, switch 4.
3.2 DIP-Switch Settings for 4405 Circuit Board The two DIP-switches located on the circuit board are used to program the operator to operate in various modes and to turn on or off various operating features. Whenever a switch setting is changed, power to the operator must be turned OFF and then turned back on for the new setting to take affect. Check and review ALL switch settings prior to applying power to the operator. Switch Function OFF Opens Counter-Clockwise using OFF setting.
3.2 Continued Switch Definitions ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SW 1 (Top 8 Switches) Typical Settings Switch 1 Must OPEN the primary operator’s gate upon initial AC power up and open command. If the FIRST open command begins to close the gate, turn AC power off and reverse this switch. Switch 2 Must OPEN the secondary operator’s gate upon initial AC power up and open command. If the FIRST open command begins to close the gate, turn AC power off and reverse this switch.
3.3 Limit Sensors Important Limit Sensor Adjustment Note: CAUTION The hub must not slip during operation. Tighten bolt to stop any slipping. It is very important NOT to cycle the gate operator before the limit sensors are in the correct position or it could cause damage to the gate and operator. DO NOT REMOVE HUB! HUB Loosen set screw to adjust the limit sensor. Release Tool E OS CL Magnetic Sensor Activator Magnetic Close Limit Sensor ONLY turn ON AC power.
3.4 Inherent Reverse Sensors Adjustment This vehicular gate operator is equipped with an inherent adjustable reversing sensor (Type A) used as the primary entrapment protection system according to UL 325 standards. The gate will reverse direction after “physically” encountering an obstruction in either the opening or closing gate cycle.
3.5 Secondary Current Sensor Adjustment (Dual Gates ONLY) The PRIMARY gate operator’s “secondary reversing sensor” uses a secondary current sensing device (Located only in the primary operator) to detect any obstructions “physically” encountered in the SECONDARY gate path when using dual gates. The secondary current sensor uses a sensing coil with a given number of turns through it to monitor the current flow into the secondary operator. Each time the wire passes through the coil, it is considered a turn.
SECTION 4 - ENTRAPMENT AND SAFETY PROTECTION Secondary Entrapment Protection Device: In addition to the inherent reversing sensor system, the Model 6550 has a 6-pin UL 325 terminal for the connection of photo sensors-Type B1 secondary entrapment protection device required by UL 325 standards. Entrapment protection devices must be installed to reduce the risk of injury. Install these devices where the risk of entrapment or a hazard exists while the gate is moving. Specific installations will vary. 4.
4.2 Entrapment and Safety Protection Device Locations Typical UL Photo Sensor mounting height and distance away from gate. Opening-Direction Photo Sensors Closing-Direction Photo Sensors Gate Frame (Closed) 5” or less Gate Frame (Closed) UL sensor mounted just above top of operator Wall 21” Typical If this space is less than 16 inches, secondary entrapment protection is required in this area.
• Loop detector wiring is shown for DoorKing plug-in loop detectors. If other loop detectors are used, refer to the installation instructions supplied with those detectors for wiring instructions. • If other detectors are used, use a separate power supply to power these detectors. • Loop layout shown is for a typical swing gate application with two-way traffic, or one-way exit only traffic.
SECTION 5 - MAIN TERMINAL WIRING 5.1 Terminal Description • lf SW 1, switch 3 is OFF, input to terminal #4 becomes the output from the EXIT loop detector plugged into the EXIT loop port. (Used for specialized functions). 4405 Main Terminal 3 4 SELF TEST • When gate is closed, input will open gate. 2 3 4 5 Full Open • When gate is open and auto close timer SW 1, switch 4 is turned ON, input will re-set and hold timer. 24 VAC - 250 ma max.
5.2 Control Wiring 3 3-Pin Remote Terminal PU SH te TO ch ni O ci PE an R us AT e E on ly Relay Power is limited to 250 mamps. Orange 2 Brown 1 White a minimum of 10-feet from the gate or installed in such a way that the person using the control cannot come in contact with the gate or gate operator.
SECTION 6 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING - To reduce the risk of injury or death: 1. READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 2. Never let children operate or play with gate controls. Keep the remote control away from children. 3. Always keep people and objects away from gate. NO ONE SHOULD CROSS THE PATH OF THE MOVING GATE. 4. Test the operator monthly. The gate MUST reverse on contact with a rigid object or stop or reverse when an object activates the non-contact sensors.
6.2 Shutdown Conditions Under various entrapment conditions the operator will assume either a soft or hard (alarm) shutdown. To determine what type of reset action is required, you will need to understand how the different entrapment conditions affect the gate operator. Soft Shutdown This occurs in various situations where the inherent or secondary entrapment protection devices have been activated.
Resetting a Hard Shutdown When the operator is in a hard shutdown condition (audio alarm activated or audio alarm “chirps” every 5 seconds), the only way to reset the gate operator and return it to normal operation is to activate the alarm reset input (auxiliary terminals 2 and 3). An alarm-reset switch can be mounted external of the gate operator provided that it is installed in the line of sight of the gate and gate operator. • Before resetting a hard shutdown, determine why the shutdown occurred.
Manual Release • Be sure that power is removed or shut-off prior to placing the gate operator in manual operation. A Unlock the cover and rotate sliding door. Never attempt to manually push open any gate with an operator attached to it until you have verified that power to the operator has been shut-off. B Remove release tool and place where shown. C Release hub. Gate can now be manually operated.
SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Inspection and service of this gate operator by a qualified technician should be performed anytime a malfunction is observed or suspected. High cycle usage may require more frequent service checks. 7.1 Maintenance When servicing the gate operator, always check any secondary (external) reversing devices (loops, photo eyes, etc.) for proper operation.
7.2 Troubleshooting Have a good VOM meter to check voltages and continuity. A Meg-Ohm meter capable of checking up to 500 meg-ohms of resistance is necessary to properly check the integrity of the ground loops. When a malfunction occurs, isolate the problem to one of three areas: 1) the operator, 2) the loop system, 3) the keying devices. Use caution when checking high voltage areas: terminals 17 through 20, the motor capacitor and the motor. 1. Check the input indicator LEDs.
Symptom Possible Solution(s) Gate will not reverse • Check ERD setting. when an obstruction • Make sure operator hub does not slip when gate encounters an obstruction. is encountered. Gate opens a short distance, then stops and reverses. • Check the reversing sensitivity. • Disconnect the gate from the gate operator and check that the gate swings freely without any binding. • Replace the circuit board. Gate opens but will not close. • Check the input LEDs.
7.3 Built-in Diagnostics This gate operator is designed with built-in diagnostics that will alert you to potential or existing problems that the microprocessor has detected. Specific fault conditions are checked and the operator will signal that a fault exist through the built-in alarm. Constant tone is heard when power is applied: This indicates that the limit switch wire harness is not connected to the circuit board.
7.5 Gearbox Shaft Extension Replacement 2 Crank Arm Hub Assembly Remove the TWO allen screws on bottom of hub to remove the complete hub assembly. 1 Limit Sensors Collar Brass Bushing Key Key Gearbox Shaft Extension with 4 Keys Key Key 1 2 Set Screws Stainless Steel Washer Snap Ring 3 4 Gearbox Collar Remove the FOUR allen screws to remove the gearbox collar. 36 Gearbox OPEN Loosen set screws on plastic limit assemblies to remove them.
Model 6550 1 HP 115 VAC Magnetic Close Sensor Magnetic Open Sensor Remote Terminal White 1 HP Single-Phase Brown Yellow Orange Red Orange Blue White Orange Yellow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EXIT LOOP ON P2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 ON SELF TEST 4 5 6 7 TIME DELAY 8 9 REV SENSE SECONDARY 10 REV SENSE PRIMARY NC NO 11 12 REVERSE LOOP 13 14 1 Loop 15 16 Current Sensor 17 18 19 20 4405 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Red Black Power PUSH TO OPERATE technician use only Neutral Pow
Model 6550 1 HP 208 / 230 / 460 VAC Magnetic Close Sensor Magnetic Open Sensor Remote Terminal White 1 HP Single-Phase Brown Yellow Orange Red Orange Blue White Orange 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON P2 EXIT LOOP 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 ON SELF TEST 4 5 6 7 TIME DELAY 8 9 REV SENSE SECONDARY 10 REV SENSE PRIMARY NC NO 11 12 REVERSE LOOP 13 14 Current Sensor 1 Loop 15 16 17 18 19 20 4405 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Red Black Power Brown Yellow PUSH TO OPERATE technician
Model 6550 1 HP Secondary Operator Yellow 1 HP Single-Phase Magnetic Open Sensor Orange Magnetic Close Sensor Red Blue 6550-065-A-4-12 Orange Gray Yellow White Blue Red White 39
Installation/Owner’s Manual Series 6550 Heavy-Duty Vehicular Swing Gate Operator Use this manual for circuit board 4405-010 Revision E or higher. 6550-065-A-4-12 www.doorking.com DoorKing, Inc. 120 Glasgow Avenue Inglewood, California 90301 U.S.A. Phone: 310-645-0023 Fax: 310-641-1586 Copyright 2009 DoorKing, Inc. All rights reserved.
