IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES:
1. When installing the inside mounting screws, make sure they are
only moderately tight. Over tightening will cause your Power Pet
door housing to conform to any irregularities in the flatness of
your door or wall and will cause the door panel to slow, stick or
malfunction. Do not use a power screwdriver. Use a manual screw
driver to tighten the screws until they stop. That is enough to ensure
that the installation is secure. Should your door panel malfunction
during the initial power up, loosen each mounting screw and re-test.
2.
Note that screw covers (not pictured) are provided to finish the
screw holes. Once installed, the screw covers on the inside unit
may be removed by twisting CLOCKWISE using a coin or flat head
screwdriver. Twisting counter-clockwise will cause the screw covers
to break. Screw covers on the outside bezel may be removed by
prying off with a knife blade or thin flat object.
3. POWER PET DOOR OPERATION:
INTRINSICALLY SAFE OPERATION
The POWER PET electronic pet door is intrinsically safe. It uses an electric
motor and cable drive to lift the door panel. The panel remains open until
the pet collar signal is gone, indicating that your pet is clear of the opening.
When the pet collar signal is gone, power to the motor is turned off and the
panel is returned by the force of gravity only. Downward speed is reduced
by an electronic brake applied to the reverse motion of the motor. This brake
operates with or without electrical power. Because the panel is returned by
simple gravity, the maximum force that can be applied by the panel when it is
closing is limited to its own weight. The door panel weighs only about 2 lbs.
AUTO RETRACT FEATURE
As and added safety feature, the POWER PET also has a sensing system
that automatically raises the panel should it encounter an obstruction on the
way down. This feature can be defeated in the unusual case that binding
or other restriction slows the door closure to the point that it unnecessarily
retracts. See the
AUTOMATIC SAFETY RETRACT
Section below for more
information.
AUTO DEAD BOLT LOCKING FEATURE
As shown in Figure 7, the POWER PET door uses a spring loaded locking
pin which automatically snaps into its retaining hole when the movable panel
comes to rest in the closed position. The pin can only be released when the
motor applies tension to the cable. This makes it impossible for even the most
clever animals (and people) to raise the panel mechanically.
