DESCRIPTION The COBALT is a motor driven low voltage electric lock designed to secure commercial and residential swing through doors. It is supplied with a matching strike plate and can be surface mounted with the aid of available accessories, or installed into a mortise for a concealed solution. The lock has been designed to address the two biggest issues in concealed electric locking today;...
4. PRE - INSTALLATION ASSESMENT 4.1 Mechanical The first decision regarding installation is whether the COBALT will be mortised or surface mounted to the door / door frame. Mortise installation ensures a discrete solution as the lock and strike plate can be embedded into the door and frame, however in some instances this is not possible.
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5.1.1 Cutting the mortises Cut-out in a Referring to the dimension drawings in Section wooden door frame 3; mortises are cut into the door and door frame to accommodate suitable to fit the strike plate and lock. Wooden the lock. doors and frames require full mortises where metal doors and frames, being hollow, often only require a single rectangle cut-out to...
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5.1.4 Checking the operation With the lock and strike installed and wiring complete the door is closed to check the alignment and operation. The key area for alignment is the bolt pins; the pins are designed to touch the leading edge of the strike plate Clearance hole to pull the door in, but they can not be allowed to touch the sides of the hole as this...
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5.2.3 Fitting the lock into the housing Once wired, the lock is slid into the housing and secured in place with the supplied M5 machine screws. Make sure that the wiring integrity is maintained as the lock is screwed in place. 5.2.4 Fitting the strike plate housing to glass For simple application to glass the YD30...
6. WIRING The COBALT is supplied with a 7-way wire loom that plugs directly into the lock. The wires are colour coded with three being essential connections and four optional. Control of the lock is achieved by using the three power wires, whilst door and bolt position monitoring are available when desired.
6.3 Jumper position The fail mode of the COBALT is factory set as Fail Safe, i.e. in the event of a power cut the COBALT will unlock. Before the lock is installed this can be changed to Fail Secure by repositioning the jumper located next to the 7-way plug on the end of the lock.