Genie chainmax 1200 garage door opener User Manual

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W
ARNING
Mak
e sure door
wa
y is in view and clear of obstacles 
and people to a
v
oid injur
y or damage to proper
ty
.
DO NO
T oper
a
te this unit from wall c
onsole bef
ore 
LIMIT
S and FORCE are set.
  S
e
v
ere damage to the 
opener can occur
.
T
he bullet MUST be engaged to carriage BEFORE  
setting limits
.  S
ee Installa
tion P
oster (if pro
vided) or 
ref
er to  pages 11 and 19.
NO
TE:
 If bullet has NO
T been engaged to 
the carriage
, do so no
w
.
©2011 
The 
Genie 
Company 
    3/2011
6
PR
OG
RA
M
SE
T
+
SET
TING & 
TESTING LIMITS AND FORCE
T
he OPEN (UP) and CL
OSE (DOWN) 
D
o
or Limit positions
 are contr
olled b
y mak
in
adjustments using the panel located on the bott
om of the po
w
erhead
.  Begin with 
St
ep 1 and continue thr
ou
gh S
tep 10.
  Doo
r 
Fo
rc
e
 is set during the final Open/Close 
c
y
cle of these steps
.  
The po
w
erhead will automatically set door speed at slow if the 
distanc
e betw
een limits is less than 6 f
eet.
  Once Limits and F
or
ce ar
e set 
DO NO
T
 use 
the 
 or 
 buttons to open or close door
.
A) CL
OSE DOOR 
TR
A
VEL LIMIT
NO
TE:
 Y
ou can star
t and stop door 
mo
v
ement using either 
 
 butt
ons until 
door is in c
orr
ec
open
 or closed
 position.
 W
a
tch door mo
v
e
PR
OGR
AMMING LIMITS & FORCE 
(Continuing from Installation P
oster if pro
vided)
1
GR
AM
SE
+
5
PR
OG
RA
M
SE
T
+
PRESS and HOLD
SEE BO
TH 
Blue LEDs 
come ON
S
E
E
 r
o
u
n
d
 
Blue LED 
come ON
SEE round Blue 
LED flashing
RELEASE
1
2
3
4
NO
TE:
 If one or both LEDs come ON 
RED 
at this time
, Limits programming menu 
was not ent
ered pr
operly
.  
Y
ou must exit 
pr
ogr
amming and restar
t.
 
To exit the programming func
tion wait 
30 
sec
onds
 f
or the programming to time out.
PRESS and RELEASE
Please note that there is a 30 second timeout 
betw
een each
 programming step
A pr
ogramming timeout during these st
eps has 
occur
ed when 
two
 RED 
flashing LEDs
 appear
.  
In the ev
ent of a timeout please restar
t at St
ep 1.
OT
CE
 
O
R
 
C
O
S
 
S
R
T
D
P
 
O
W
 O
 
D
E
PR
OG
RA
M
SE
T
PRESS and 
RELEASE
SEE long Blue 
LED c
ome ON
If 
RED
 LED comes ON - ST
OP and 
exit programming
.
PRESS and HOLD until door is FULL
Y CL
OSED then RELEASE