Installation of Smart Arm™
Touch Pad
1. At the top of the drive side mount arm, locate the red power
wire and the black ground wire from the controller� Place
the red wire on battery power and the black wire on battery
ground� Wait 5 seconds and then place the red "EXT IN" wire
from the controller on the battery power�
2. Touch the loose end of the red wires in step 1 to the positive
post on the battery� Touch the loose end of the black wires in
step 1 to the negative post on the battery�
NOTE: It is also possible to use the manual override to extend
the awing�
3. Fully extend the awning�
4. Wires can be separated at this time�
5. Finish the task of securing the mount arms� Make sure the
awning assembly is square on the unit prior to completion�
1/4
Use two #14 x 1
" screws in one of the provided locations
in the middle of the arm (Fig.7), and two #14 x 1
(Fig. 8) in the bottom of the arm�
3/16
NOTE: Four rivets with
the two middle and two lower screws on laminated walls�
all wires must
remain on the
outside of the pin
Fig.7
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locations
Solera
Smart Arm
Installation and Owner's Manual
(For Aftermarket Applications)
mount arm
access hole
Fig.8
6. At this point, determine whether this is a top or bottom
wire installation� Remove the wire covers from the wall mount
on the drive side, including the small wire cover at the lower
portion of the wall mount if installing a bottom wire connection�
7. If it is a bottom wire installation, pull the power wire [red
(POWER)/black (GROUND)] and the switch wire [red (EXT
IN)/black (RET IN)/green (LGT IN)] down from the top of the
arm to the bottom�
8. Remove the Smart Arm Touch Pad from the wall mount
by removing the snap clip on the right side of the touch pad
(Fig.9)� This will allow the touch pad to be removed from
the arm (Fig.9)�
9. Run the wires from the unit through the provided access
hole in the mount arm (Fig.8)�
NOTE: If top install, make sure all wires are always on the outside
of the pin that secures the pitch arm to the mount arm� (Fig.7)�
of arm - touch pad
possible
fastener
Fig.9
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Awning
®
™
side view
CCD-0001253
wire cover
snap clip
Rev: 11�15�18
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