Limit Switches & Force Adjustment; Door Limits - Genie 1022 User Manual

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DOOR LIMITS

WARNING
• Severe injury or death can result if the door
closing force is set too high.
• Never increase the door closing force above the
minimum required to move the door.
• Never adjust force to compensate for a sticking
or binding door.
• Once per month perform CONTACT REVERSE
TEST as described on the next page and in
Section 10.
SETTING & TESTING OPEN/CLOSE LIMITS
The OPEN (UP) and CLOSE (DOWN) door positions
are controlled by making the adjustments on the
panel located on the bottom of the power head. The
adjustments that can be made are:
Close Travel Limit,
Open Travel Limit,
Maximum Closing Force,
Maximum Opening Force, and
Transmitter Programming.
ENGAGE CHAIN TO CARRIAGE
1. Press and hold the "Close Travel Limit"
until the chain advances and engages carriage
(Fig. 6-2).
CLOSE TRAVEL LIMIT
1. Press and hold the "Close Travel Limit"
until the door is fully closed.
2. You can quickly press and release the "Close
Travel Limit" button to move the door in small
increments. You can also use the "Open Travel
Limit" button to move the door slightly in the
UP direction.
3. Door is fully closed when the bottom edge of door
presses firmly onto the ground.
4. Once the door is in the desired position, press and
release the "Down SET Limit"
LED indicator light light will blink green once. This
stores the closed position in memory.
OPEN TRAVEL LIMIT
1. Press and hold the "Open Travel Limit"
to move the door to its fully opened position. This
starts the opener moving in the UP direction.
2. Hold the "Open Travel Limit"
door is in the fully opened position that you desire,
then release this button.
3. You can quickly press and release the "Open
Travel Limit" button to move the door in small
increments. You can also use the "Close Travel
Limit" button to move the door slightly in the
DOWN direction.
4. Once the door is in the desired position, press
and release the "Open SET Limit"
The LED indicator light will blink green twice.
This stores the opened position in memory.
button
FIG. 6-1
button
FIG. 6-2
button. The
SET
button
button until the
button.
SET
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Limit Controls location
on power head.
LED
Open
Indicator Light
Travel Limit
To
Garage Door
LEARN MANUAL
Learn
Code
CODE
Close
Button
Travel Limit
Limit controls.
Chain - Master Link (engages to carriage)
Engage Chain to Carriage.
Open
Set Limit
Up Force
Button
Control
OPEN
Adjustment
SET
LIMIT FORCE
SET
CLOSE
Close
Down Force
Set Limit
Control
Button
Adjustment
Carriage
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