Pinnacle Systems MG - Manual (Page 19)

Alignment Procedure
1) Both pylons should be placed so that they are
mechanically aligned to one another. Make sure
that both ends of each pylon line up with each
other.
2) Slightly loosen the mounting bracket screws to
allow for slight rotational movement of Receiver
pylon.
3) Move the Receiver pylon to find its midpoint (or
sweet spot) where the unit goes from RED to
GREEN to RED.
4) Tighten the screws once you find the midpoint
and repeat the operation for the Emitter pylon.
If you still cannot get the unit to go GREEN
5) Recheck mechanical alignment.
6) The diagnostics display will indicate the distance
(in inches) of the first missing beam from the
connector end of the guard and the total number
of missing beams (i.e., 12 4 = first missing beam
is 12” from connector and a total of 4 beams are
missing or 015A = first missing beam is 1.5” from
connector and 10 beams are missing)
7) Loosen the mounting bracket corresponding to
the end of the pylon closest to the missing beam
and adjust it to get the unit to go GREEN.
If you are using mirrors, refer to Figure 3
8) Every mirror you use will increase the difficulty of
alignment and will reduce the overall maximum
optical distance you can achieve. A loss of 5%
per mirror should be used to determine the total
optical distance (i.e., 15’ through two mirrors =
16.5’ with losses).
9) You may have to rotate all mirrors in turn (starting
from the Emitter end) to find the true optical path
of infrared light. Also, you may have to toe in one
end of the mirror due to irregularities in the mirror
brackets.
NOTE: Make sure you do not exceed the total
optical path distance of 20’ or the curtain distance
that was specified.
Installation Procedures
Metal Box Controller Module
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Figure 3: 4 Sided Guarding with Dual Stud Guard Brackets, TRM Mirrors and Model #8000 Pedestals