Genie GS-1530 Operator's Manual page 20

Operator's Manual
FUNCTION TESTS
32 Press the drive function select switch.
33 Press and hold the function enable switch.
Slowly move the control handle to the full drive
position.
Result: The maximum achievable drive speed
with the platform raised should not exceed
20 cm/s.
If the drive speed with the platform raised exceeds
20 cm/s, immediately tag and remove the machine
from service.
Test the Tilt Sensor Operation
Note: Perform this test from the ground with the
platform controller. Do not stand in the platform.
34 Fully lower the platform.
35 Place a 2x4 or similar piece of wood under both
wheels on one side and drive the machine up
onto them.
36 Raise the platform approximately 2.1 m from the
ground.
Result: The platform should stop and the tilt
alarm will sound at 600 beeps per minute.
37 Move the drive control handle in the direction
indicated by the blue arrow, then move the drive
control handle in the direction indicated by the
yellow arrow.
Result: The drive function should not work in
either direction.
38 Lower the platform and remove both pieces of
wood.
18 Genie GS-1530 and GS-1930 and GS-1532 and GS-1932
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Test the Pothole Guards
Note: The pothole guards should automatically
deploy when the platform is raised. The pothole
guards activate another limit switch which allows
the machine to continue to function. If the pothole
guards do not deploy, an alarm sounds and the
machine will not drive.
39 Raise the platform.
Result: When the platform is raised 1.2 m from
the ground, the pothole guards should deploy.
40 Press on the pothole guards on one side, and
then the other.
Result: The pothole guards should not move.
41 Lower the platform.
Result: The pothole guards should return to the
stowed position.
42 Place a 2x4 or similar piece of wood under a
pothole guard. Raise the platform.
Result: Before the platform is raised 2.1 m from
the ground, an alarm should sound and the drive
function should not work.
43 Lower the platform and remove the 2x4.
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