Trackit Rollup Door Switch Installation Instructions
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Doorstop Mounted Switch Installation
TOOLS and HARDWARE: 3/16” aluminum pop rivets, 3/16” stubby drillbit (supplied by Trackit), Nylon zip ties, Vice, Wrench, Hand-pulled pop rivet gun, Drill (supplied by installer)
- Step 1: Remove doorstop from track and place in vice.
- Step 2: Using the supplied 3/16” stubby drill bit with a handheld power drill, align the mounting holes in the Trackit switch with the intended switch location on doorstop supplied by the manufacturer. Drill out first switch mounting hole. Cable needs to be at least 1/8” back from end edge of doorstop.
- Step 3: Using one of the supplied 3/16” pop rivets with hand-pulled pop rivet gun fix the Trackit Switch to the doorstop through first drilled out hole. Insert pop rivet through the frontside if doorstop into switch. (Front of doorstop faces curtain). Rivet switch to doorstop.
- Step 4: Make sure the Trackit Switch is centered and level with the doorstop, and drill out the second mounting hole. Secure in place using the last pop rivet.
- Step 5: Bolt the doorstop bracket with the attached Trackit Switch to the door track using the bolt supplied by the door manufacturer per the manufacturer’s instructions and connect the lead wires. The switch is installed. Zip-tie the cable in a safe location, out of the way. Proceed to step 6.**
- GO TO STEP 6; Rare Earth Magnet Installation
“OR” Track Mounted Switch Installation
TOOLS and HARDWARE: 3/16” aluminum pop rivets, 3/16” stubby drill bit (supplied by Trackit), Nylon zip ties, Hand-pulled pop rivet gun, Drill (supplied by installer)
- Step 1: With one hand position the switch in the intended location on the track above the doorstop.
- Step 2: In the free hand, use drill with the supplied 3/16” stubby drill bit to drill the first mounting hole through the track.
- Step 3: Using the one of the supplied aluminum pop rivets with hand-pulled pop rivet gun, rivet the back of the switch to the track. Back of switch faces interior of storage unit.
- Step 4: Level the switch and drill the second mounting hole through the track.
- Step 5: Insert second pop-rivet into second mounting hole and rivet to track. Connect lead wires. The switch is installed. Zip tie cable in safe location out of the way.
The switch should be attached to the track and look like the figure below. To test install: Pull switch hard away from door curtain and release, track will flex, but switch falls back into place.
- GO TO STEP 6; Rare Earth Magnet Installation
Rare Earth Magnet Installation on Rollup Door
TOOLS and HARDWARE: Permanent metal tape, Putty knife – supplied by Trackit
- Step 6: With the door closed, locate the area on the door curtain where the magnet will be placed when door is completely closed. *Note: The rare earth magnet has a 360 working radius around the switch in a range of a 1”-2” gap. The rare earth magnet can be placed above, below, or parallel to the switch as long as the magnet does not hit the switch when the door is opened and closed. The magnet can be placed within the valley or on the peak of the corrugations of the rollup door.
- Step 7: Raise the door enough to clean the surface where the magnet will be placed and clean it using any cleaner that will not harm the paint or leave any residue on the door curtain.
- Step 8: Close the door curtain completely and hold down with foot, making sure nothing is under the door curtain to keep it from closing all the way down. The door must be completely closed.
- Step 9: Align the end of the rate Earth magnet with the magnet scribe mark located on the top and bottom of the switch. Place the magnet as close as possible to the switch without hitting the switch when the door curtain in open and closed.**
- GO TO STEP 10: Rare Earth Magnet Installation.
Rare Earth Magnet Installation on Rollup Door
- Step 10: Raise the door-curtain enough to cover the magnet with the permanent metal tape. Stick the tape end approx. 2 inches above the magnet leaving the metal tape on the roll. Starting at the end of the tape above the magnet use the putty knife to firmly press the permanent metal tape (this releases the adhesive on the tape) to the door-curtain working it towards the magnet.
When the tape touches the magnet use the putty knife and firmly press the permanent metal tape into the top edge of the magnet and the door curtain. Roll the permanent metal tape over the magnet and use the putty knife to firmly press the permanent metal tape into the bottom edge of the magnet and the door curtain. Continue rolling the permanent metal tape approx. 2 inches below the magnet and firmly press it into the door curtain. To cut the tape press the putty knife firmly against the tape and pull the tape. Overall permanent metal tape length required per door is approximately 5 inches.
*Note: The special 3M permanent metal tape roll is 2,160 inches long and should do approx. 430 roll-up doors. Permanent tape specifications —- 2 in. x 60 yards, pressure sensitive adhesive, performance temperature range – 100°F to 300°F.
*Note: Permanent metal tape is a pressure released acrylic adhesive that needs firm pressure from putty knife for strongest adhesion possible.
- Close door to check final installation of magnet and switch.
- Secure wire with wire ties and splice wire connections.
Press firm with putty knife to adhere tape to door-curtain.
Properly applied tape will conform to all door-curtain contours.