Power Pet Door
Learn about Power Pet Door's Advanced Features
Power Pet Door Operation
INSTRINSICALLY SAFE OPERATION
The POWER PET electronic pet door is intrinsically safe. It uses an electric motor and cable drive to lift the door panel. The panel remains open until the pet collar signal is gone, indicating that your pet is clear of the opening. When the pet collar signal is gone, power to the motor is turned off and the panel is returned by the force of gravity only. Downward speed is reduced by an electronic brake applied to the reverse motion of the motor. This brake operates with or without electrical power. Because the panel is returned by simple gravity, the maximum force that can be applied by the panel when it is closing is limited to its own weight. The door panel weighs only about 2 lbs.
AUTO RETRACT FEATURE
As and added safety feature, the POWER PET also has a sensing system that automatically raises the panel should it encounter an obstruction on the way down. This feature can be defeated in the unusual case that binding or other restriction slows the door closure to the point that it unnecessarily retracts. See the AUTOMATIC SAFETY RETRACT Section below for more information.
AUTO DEAD BOLT LOCKING FEATURE
As shown in Figure 7, the POWER PET door uses a spring loaded locking pin which automatically snaps into its retaining hole when the movable panel comes to rest in the closed position. The pin can only be released when the motor applies tension to the cable. This makes it impossible for even the most clever animals (and people) to raise the panel mechanically.
THREE DIFFERENCE POWER CHOICES: Your new POWER PET® Door may be operated in three different power modes.
110 volt AC Wall Outlet: Your POWER PET™ Door comes standard with a U.L. approved AC adapter. Plug the adapter into a nearby wall outlet for continuous operation.
AC with Battery Back-up: You may purchase an optional rechargeable battery for use along with your AC adapter. If your household electricity should ever fail, your POWER PET™ Door will automatically switch over to battery operation. When power is restored, the AC adapter will automatically recharge your battery.
Full Battery Operation: You may also operate your POWER PET™ Door with the battery only. This eliminates the need for the AC adapter or any electrical power connection. However, you will need to recharge the battery periodically. (Recharge interval varies depending upon use.) In this case, we recommend that you purchase the optional battery and a battery charger kit. With the charger kit you get a battery charger and an extra battery. Use one battery in your POWER PET™ Door and keep the other in the charger. When your door battery runs low, just swap.
CONTROL PANEL
| 4 Way Access Control | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sensors | Status | |
| Inside | Outside | |
| On | On | Dog may go outside and come inside |
| On | Off | Dog may go outside but not come inside |
| Off | On | Dog may not go outside but may come inside |
| Off | Off | Door is closed and locked from inside and outside |
4 WAY ACCESS CONTROL: Individual activation buttons for the inside and outside sensors give you a 4-way access control system. You can allow your pet to come in but not go out, go out but not come in, come in and out or close and lock the door altogether
DUAL RANGE CONTROLS: Individual range control to allow you to adjust different activation distances for inside and outside of your home. (Usually, it’s a good idea to use a short inside distance of a foot or two, and a longer 4 to 5 foot distance outside.) Your new Power Pet door gives you full control.
Normal setting of the range knob is between the markings 2nd and 4th dot. When you first install the Power Pet door set both range control knobs at about “3” and then while loosely holding the strap of the collar, move the hanging collar back and forth toward the door to determine the range at which it opens. Increase the knob position slightly to get longer range. Decrease the knob slightly to get shorter range. Just as your hearing of a conversation can be overpowered by loud noises such as a lawn mower, the door sensors can also be overpowered by loud ultrasonic noises. Specifically, some sprinklers, lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners can put out enough noise to temporarily mask the collar signal. The Power Pet door door has a unique feature which indicates when the background noise level is too high. Whenever the INSIDE noise is too loud, the INSIDE light will flicker or flash on. This means you may want to decrease the INSIDE knob setting slightly. Whenever the OUTSIDE noise is too high, the OUTSIDE light will flicker or flash on. This means you may want to decrease slightly the OUTSIDE knob setting. A little flickering once in a while is normal. A lot of flickering or continuous flashing means the knobs is set too high.
AUTOMATIC CLOSE CONTROL: Your Power Pet door Features a smart sensing circuit that keeps the door panel open as long as it is receiving the signal from your pet’s collar. Once your pet has moved completely through the opening, the panel immediately closes.
HOLD OPEN FEATURE: If you wish to leave the door open for an extended time period, use the Hold Open Feature. This allows the doo remain open as long as power is available.
To enable the feature, press and hold the ON button. Then press the OPEN button. Note that this feature requires motor is energized the entire time the door is open. So, if using only a battery to power the door, and you do not have an AC Power Adaptor plugged into the door, use this feature sparingly to keep from discharging the battery in just a few hours
AUTOMATIC SAFETY RETRACT: Your Power Pet door is intrinsically safe for all pets and people, including small children. The door panel weighs less than 2 lbs. and is closed smoothly by gravity (not the motor) and is too light to cause any physical injury. However, just to be doubly safe around infants, we’ve included an automatic safety retract feature. This feature causes the panel to instantly retract if it encounters an obstruction during closure.
Disabling the Auto Retract Feature: Under unusual conditions, such as a warped wall mounting, the door sometimes may close so slowly that the auto-retract feature triggers the door to re-open unnecessarily. In these cases it may be desirable to defeat the Automatic Safety Retract feature. Do this by first pressing the OFF button to turn off the door controls and all the lights. Leave the door powered by the AC adapter or battery when you do this. Then while holding down the MANUAL OPEN button, press and release the OUTSIDE SENSOR button. The OUTSIDE light will blink to indicate the feature has been disabled.
Enabling the Auto Retract Feature: You may enable the Automatic Safety Retract feature at any time. Do this by first pressing the OFF button to turn off the door controls and all the lights. Leave the door powered by the AC adapter or battery when you do this. Then while holding down the MANUAL OPEN button, press and release the INSIDE SENSOR button. The INSIDE light will blink to indicate the feature has been enabled. Press the POWER ON button to resume normal door operation.