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801 Avenida Acaso, Camarillo, Ca. 93012 • (805) 494-0622 • www.sdcsecurity.com E-mail: service@sdcsecurity.com S6800 SERIES PANIC/FIRE EXIT CONCEALED VERTICAL ROD DEVICES INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS These instructions are presented in a step by step sequence. Please read it through before installation. P:\INSTALLATION INST\Mechanical Hardware\INST-S6800.vsd...
DESIGNATION OF PARTS Rod Length Top Strike Fixing Plate Locator Top Strike (Back View) Top Strike Top Strike (Panic Label) (Fire Label) Latch Mounting End Cap Plate End Cap Bracket Mechanism Housing Top Latch Assembly Top Rod Dogging Device Fire Exit Hardware is not equipped Shaft Connector with this device...
of Device A. PREPARE DOOR 1. Mark centerline of device by 2-7/16" drawing a line across the door. Figure 1-1 Mark backset 2. Mark a backset line and 4 thru from edge of door holes for device chassis shown on the template provided. INSIDE FACE OF DOOR 3.
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B. ASSEMBLE RODS AND LATCHES 1. Screw bottom rod into bottom latch assembly (figure 2-1). 2. Assemble top rod: 2-1 Connect short top rod to long top rod using rod connector (figure 2-2). 2-2 Measure and cut the length of the top rod if it is too long. Bottom rod Bottom latch Connector...
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C. MOUNT LATCH ASSEMBLIES 1. Attach latch mounting brackets to top and bottom latch assemblies 2. Insert top latch assembly into top of the door and fasten to the mounting plates with the screws provided (figure 3-1). 3. Insert bottom latch assembly into bottom of the door and fasten to the mounting plates with the screws provided (figure 3-2).
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3. Adjustment procedure: Adjust the length of the two vertical rods by hand through the cut-outs (figure 4-2). Shorten or lengthen the rods by turning into or out of the latch assemblies (figure 4-3) until the holes of the shaft connectors are in the proper position as determined by the latch length locator (pg.
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3. Cut the length if required: a. The device length is pre-cut for use on 36", 42" or 48" wide doors, no additional cutting is necessary. If narrow door installation is required, cut device at section “A” to door width minus 2"...
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2. Release push bar, Make sure both top and bottom latch bolts are FULLY extended 3. Check top latch bolt for deadlocking function. Deadlock Depress the deadlock plate by hand. Top Latch Plate When the deadlock plate is depressed, Bolt the latch bolts should be locked in the Figure 7-3 extended position and unable to be pressed...
I. INSTALL BOTTOM STRIKE 1. Bore the hole into the finished floor or threshold (figure 9-1). 2. Install bottom strike into the hole (figure 9-2). C L of Bottom Latch 2.437" DOOR 1.126" (Top View) C L of Bottom Latch .748"...
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Outside of Door Door Handing Use this diagram to determine the hand of door. Inside of Door NOTE: To extend the life of this device, it is recommended to activate Dogging Wrench the dogging feature during high traffic periods of the day. Dogging: Release Dogging: Insert dogging wrench and...
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