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AutoGateisintroducingthe“GENESIS”controlboard.
Genesisisa24VoltDCboardcapableofcontrollingmo-
torsratedupto20Amps.Theboardhasa4line,20
charactersperlinedisplayforinformaonandprogram-
ming.
TheGenesisboardoperatesonDCpower.Ourstandard
systemwillbesuppliedwitha24to28-voltDC/18.8-
amppowersupplyandthePowerSupplysengwillbe
“NORMAL”.Thiswillpowerallfunconsofthegate.
Thereisaninternalbaerycharger/maintainercircuit
ontheGenesisboard.Thesystemwillrequiretwo(2)
12-voltbaerieswiredinseriesorasingle24-volt
baeryconnectedtothebaeryterminalsforback-up
capabilies(HighlyRecommended).Baeriesneedto
bethesamephysicalsize,andthesamecapacityrang.
Thepowersupplyhas(2)voltageinputsengswhichis
controlledbyaswitchonthesideofthecase.Thesengsare115and230.The115-voltsengisfor90
–132voltsACat10Amps.The230-voltsengisfor180-264-voltACat6Amps.
Thereare2morepowerinputsengsontheGenesisboard.Bothsengswillrequire(2)12-volt
baeriesor(1)24-voltbaeryforgateoperaon.OneistheSOLARseng.WhensetforSOLAR,anysolar
arraythatisdesignedfor24-voltchargingcanbedirectlyconnectedtotheGenesisboardinplaceofthepow-
ersupply.Theboardwillsllcontrolthegateasnormal,butthemotorwill
runfromthebaery/baeries.Theon-boardchargingsystemwillnowcharge
thebaeriesfromthesolarpanelswheneverthereisenoughlighttoacvate
thepanels.
NOTE:(2)12-voltsolarpanelswiredinseries,or(1)24-voltpanel,(2
24-voltpanelswiredinparalleltomaximizeoutputcurrent),willproducebe-
tween31VDCand45VDC.Whenthevoltagefallsbelow31volts,thecircuit
willstopchargingandpreventcurrentfrombackfeedingtothepanels.Make
surethatthepropersengischosen.Ifusingthenormalpowersupplyand
theboardissetfor“SOLAR”,thebaerieswillnevergetchargedbecausethe
powersupplyissetto26.5VDC,andthereforewillneverreachthelev-
elrequiredforchargingperthe“SOLAR”program.
Theothernon-standardsengiscalled“CHARGE”.Thiswill
mostlybeusedforbackwardscompabilityonsystemsthatcurrently
useatransformerwhenupgradingtotheGenesis.SincetheGenesis
boardonlyusesDCvoltage,theACtransformerwillnotwork.Byusing
a36-volt4-amppowersupply,the“CHARGE”sengwillworksimilar
tothe“SOLAR”seng.Thepowersupplywilloutput36voltsand
chargethebaeriesandthebaerieswillrunthegate.Butunlikesolar
panels,becausethepowersupplywillalwaysbeon,thechargingcircuit
willalwayswork.Thissetupiseasytoconvertonouroldersystems
usingthetransformerasapowersource.
Genesis Controller