Hired-Hand PowerTrak - Manual (Page 7)

Part No. 4801-0154 Rev 8-07 PowerTrak Page 7 of 22
5. Install corner brackets, hand winches, thru-wall brackets, etc. as shown on the charts in the
“Cabling Options” section of this manual. Care should be taken when installing brackets,
pulleys, etc. to ensure that cabling will not interfere with normal operation of doors, windows,
etc. It is important to use only needle bearing pulleys on any "live" pulley (one that turns every
time the curtain moves) as this will extend the life of the machine, and cables.
6. Run cabling through pulleys and brackets as shown on chart selected.
7. When hooking up the cables, leave the load nut near the closed position (The PowerTrak should
have been shipped in this position). This guarantees that the manual winches will have enough
cable to allow manual operation of the curtains.
8. Run ends of cables through the pulley assembly to the load block. On the load block you will
find 4 holes on the top surface. Run the cables down the holes toward the center of the block,
loop around and come up through the holes toward the outside of the block. Tighten the set
screws on the face of the load block to lock down cables. Pull the cable through the pulleys as
shown below.
Set Screws Set Screws
This figure shows a 1:1 ratio.
Thus one inch of machine
movement gives one inch of
curtain movement.
This figure shows a
1:2 ratio, thus one
inch of machine
movement gives two
inches of curtain
movement.