AutoGate VPG-24 (LM), Installation & Operation Manual

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JULY 2016
3 General Requirements from these standards (continued)
5. Gates shall be designed, constructed and installed such that their movement shall not be initiated by
gravity when an automatic operator is disconnected from it’s supporting or drive system hardware. A
vehicular vertical pivot gate shall be restrained from movement along the arc of its path of travel.
6. The following provisions shall apply to Class I, Class II, and Class III vehicular vertical pivot gates:
All areas of the moving gate panel from the bottom of the gate to the top of the gate or a minimum of 72 in.
(1.83 m) above grade, whichever is less, that pass by a fixed stationary object, and in the area of the
adjacent fence that the gate covers during the travel of the gate, shall be designed, guarded or screened to
prevent a 2 1⁄4 in. (57 mm) diameter sphere from passing through such areas. A gap, measured in the
horizontal plane parallel to the roadway, between a fixed stationary object nearest the roadway (such as a
gate support post) and the gate frame when the gate is in either the fully open position or the fully closed
position on vertical pivot installations, shall not exceed four (4) inches (102 mm). Exception: All other fixed
stationary objects greater than 16 inches (406 mm) from the gate frame shall not be required to comply with
this section. Horizontal and vertical framing members of a gate shall be smooth, and shall not include
protrusions other than gate hardware to a maximum of 1/2”
(0.50 in. /12.7 mm) . All gates shall be designed
with sufficient lateral stability to assure that the gate will enter a receiver guide.
7. Class IV vehicular vertical pivot gates shall be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with
security related parameters specific to the application in question.
8. Controls intended for user activation must be located at least six feet (6’) away from any moving part of
the gate and where the user is prevented from reaching over, under, around or through the gate to operate
the controls. Exception: Emergency access controls only accessible by authorized personnel (e.g. fire, police,
EMS) may be placed at any location in the line-of-sight of the gate.
9. A minimum of four (4) WARNING SIGNS shall be installed, two on each side of the gate where easily
visible when the gate is open or closed.
10. A vehicular gate operator or vehicular drop arm operator shall have provisions for, or be supplied with, at
least two (2) independent monitored entrapment protection means as specified in UL 325 Table 31.1 for
each entrapment zone. At installation, both entrapment protection devices must be installed.
Vertical Pivot Gate Systems
Operator Entrapment Protection Types
Type A Inherent entrapment protection system (built into the control board)
Type B1 Non-contact sensors such as photoelectric sensor (Photo Beam)
Type B2 Contact sensors such as edge sensors
Note – The same type of device shall not be utilized for both entrapment protection means. Use of a
single device to cover both the opening and closing directions is in accordance with the requirement;
however, a single device is not required to cover both directions. A combination of one Type B1 for one
direction and one Type B2 for the other direction is the equivalent of one device for the purpose of
complying with the requirements of either entrapment protection means. This operator is provided with
Type A built into the control board. The installer is required to install additional entrapment protection
devices in each entrapment zone.