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4. Wire up the Actuators as shown. Remove the green blocks from the control box and wire a
block to each actuator. Actuators may have different wire colors for the same connection. For
example, the motor wires on some actuators are red/black, but on others blue/brown.
The green blocks with 6 holes on them are for the actuators. The left 2 holes are for the
motor on the actuators. The wiring diagram on the actuator will have a label to show +/-
or maybe written as M+/M- both basically mean + (positive) and - (negative) to the
motor.
Feedback wires – The control box requires at least 3 wires for the control box to see a
positional signal. Each actuator will have the labels for each wire. 5V can also be called
VCC. GND is the Ground. H1 is the sensor output. Some actuators have 2 output wires
which would be called Hall 1 and Hall 2 or Opt 1 and Opt 2.
5. Power to the controller is via the small green block to the left of the first actuator M1. The
controller takes 12-24vdc input, remember if you use a 24vdc input then the actuator(s) will also
end up been powered by the same 24vdc power.
Remove the green block and wire in power + to the left side and -ve to the right side of
the green block. If you are going to use a rocker switch in your system then you will also
want to connect a second wire in this green block where the +ve wire goes. This extra
+ve 12-24vdc power is going to get wired up to the rocker switch.
Note: You do not have to wire up a rocker switch. You can control the actuator from the
LCD screen, but for some applications you may want a manual switch option. Follow the
wiring diagram above for this.
6. Once the actuator(s) are wired up and the power is connected, the control box will turn on and
you will see the FIRGELLI Logo on the loading screen.
Note: If you have trouble pressing the buttons on the LCD screen you can use the end of a pen, the
eraser end of a pencil, or similar sized item to accurately tap the buttons.
7. Press the SYSTEM SET button to set the time and date. Here you can also turn off the buzzer if
you find that annoying and also adjust the backlight of the screen.
Note: Time must be set in 24-hr format.
8. Press the ACTUATOR SET button and then then hit the CAL (calibration) button. The
actuator(s) will all run an entire cycle out then back again to calibrate and, if you are using 2 or
more, synchronize them.
If the actuator(s) are not wired up correctly this is the part where you will find out. If the
calibration is successful the controller will click a few times at the end of the cycle and
the green light will flash.
Note: If you did not set the DIP switches correctly the calibration process can still be
performed and will still give you a green light, but when you go to run the actuators, they
will not run. If that occurs, simply adjust DIP switches to the correct setting for the
number of actuators you are running and then run the calibration process again.