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22 • JUNE 2013 • WORLD FENCE NEWS Wholesale distributor Encon Electronics continued their string of technical seminars with an intense workshop featuring Nice/Apollo USA. On April 3, tech support manager Frank Pooley conducted a full day presentation to a large group of in- Encon Electronics continues educational series with "intense" workshop featuring Nice/Apollo USA stalling dealers at Encon's training facility in Hayward, Calif. During the first portion of the Your Complete Source for VIKING ACCESS SYSTEMS™, the Most Innovative Access Control Products on the Market! Proudly Providing These Quality Brands American Access Systems, Inc. • Apollo™ Gate Operators Click2Enter® • Diablo Controls, Inc. • DoorKing® • Elite™ HySecurity® • Linear® • SecuraKey Gatekeepers, Inc. is a full service distributor centrally located near Chattanooga, Tenn., with 1 to 2 days shipping to most of the Eastern United States. Orders ship within 24 hours. 800-378-Gate (4283) • 423-332-5808 • www.gatekeepers.net seminar, Pooley outlined the new Nice/Apollo products, including receivers, transmitters, photo eyes and an extensive list of new gate operators. He detailed each product and highlighted their modern 1050 circuit board. "The 1050 board can be added to any existing Apollo operator in the field, and it offers many exciting features. The new board includes a 10-35 VDC range, single or dual functionality, a built-in receiver and a 7-day timer," said Pooley. The board can also be used for solar applications. He reminded the group, "You will need to add a regulator to solar jobs requiring a 30 watt panel or greater." According to attendee Kerry Patterson of Design Technologies in Madera, Calif. "The new products information Mr. Pooley presented was very concise and relevant to the products that I use every day. I learned a lot and benefited from this training." Next, Pooley provided installation instructions for their new gate operators and supplied helpful tech tips along the way. "When running a primary and sec- ondary system, you must hook up all the accessories to the primary operator. All keypad accessories require two wires to prevent polarity. You must be sure to set up the primary and secondary units individually." He then summarized each of the circuit board settings and explained how to diagnose problems by properly interpreting each setting. "The new 1050 board will tell you whether the static or dynamic setting was triggered. The dynamic setting indicates whether the gate was hit by something or someone. Increasing your static level can help maintain gate operation through strong winds and/or hill applications. The learn mode is used for direction and limits," he said. Pooley continued with an overview of the board's speed indicators. "The max speed is the speed the gate moves after it has been hit by an The 1050 circuit board contains many modern features. object. The standard speed is the speed the gate maintains when in standard motion. The slow down feature is the speed the gate will slow down to when Tymetal has been providing the highest quality gate systems to fence contractors for over 25 years Fortress Cantilever Slide Gates Fortress Heavy Duty Overhead Slide Gates Fortress Heavy Duty Swing Gates Crash Rated Cantilever Slide Gates Crash Rated Beams Crash Rated Bollards "We Close Openings"