Tutorials & FAQs · 5:14
GRIT Gate Calibration
Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.
What this video covers
Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.
Published 2023-11-15. Runtime: 5:14.
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Use the related Solution page for product options, retrofit details, and the next step for your shop.
Video guide
Key points and full transcript
Scan the main points and chapter list, or open the complete transcript below.
Key takeaways
- Confirm the Gate Control is bound to the GRIT Hub before beginning calibration.
- Adjust open and closed positions in small increments while watching the arm and the power graph for signs of stress.
- Back the setting off if the arm bends, power remains elevated, or a gate stop begins to bind.
Chapters
- Confirm the Gate Control is bound
- Find the correct gate in the device list
- Open the calibration controls
- Set the open position
- Back off an overstressed position
- Set the closed position
- Check gate stops and binding
- Run a final open-close test
Read the full transcript9 timecoded passages
This machine-generated transcript was reviewed and lightly edited for product names, technical terms, and readability.
So here you can see that the light is solid green on the device and This means that it is bound to the hub and now we have control over this gate Which means it's time to calibrate the gate What you'll do is go into your devices and in this case we're going to go under the gate devices and look for our gate that we want and one thing to note is that on your list of Gates when you first bind them, you might have a half dozen a dozen or so gates But you'll have all these random numbers and letters
Describing each gate and you don't really know which one is which to find the gate you want to calibrate There's a little magnifying glass Next to each one and if you keep pressing them eventually It will flicker and that way you know what gate you're working with so now that I know which gate I'm on I'm going to go into that gate and I'm going to calibrate it and I'm going to go into the calibration menu What it brings up is an open and close button So if I hit open it's in the open position I hit close
It's in the closed position and you can see that it's not throwing very far and we do that on purpose So we don't damage the servo because gates of different sizes have different throws and this way we control What's happening? so I'm going to simply go to the more open button and That's going to take it to its most extreme more open that's set right now If I keep pressing that button, it will move in small increments and you just keep pressing it Until the gate is in the open position in the most open position that you'd want
things to consider as you're doing this is You can over calibrate or over open or close the gate and put it into a stressed mode and A way you can tell that is through a couple means One is just physically looking at the gate and if you're noticing as I was doing this I went to way more open and what I want you to look at is this arm and I'm going to just keep going more open and you're going to see that slide's going to stop opening
But this is going to start to bend a little bit and you'll be able to see that stress and we don't want that Now while it's in this overstressed position you can also look at the graph of power that the calibration menu has and It will show that the power is Spiking meaning that it's in a stressed position So it's another way for you to tell that you have this too far open or closed So I'm gonna back this off and I'm gonna keep backing it off until I see It in a more relaxed neutral position, which it is now
So I've calibrated this all the way open now I'm gonna hit close and I'm gonna do the same thing keep hitting more closed Until I reach that point that is closed enough and As we just said you're gonna keep going until you feel that there's a stressed position or that you just know it's closed enough and Because I don't have this hooked up to pipe I can see the inside of the gate and I can visually just tell Where's a good spot which is right there? So now I can just hit open hit closed open
Close and everything seems to be working smooth. I'm not overstressing the arm or the actuator causing damage now a couple little details you want to think about are Some gates have stops for example this gate we can see that there is a nub right here and oftentimes if you Close it or open it too much This nub can get wedged in the top or bottom of your gate and causing it to feel like it's binding and you might feel Like something's wrong. Keep in mind that that could happen. So as
You've closed your gate or opened it if it feels like it's sticking Realize that you might have closed it a little too much and that that nub might be binding in there All gates do not have that For example gates like this just have a pass-through and they stop themselves So you wouldn't have that type of scenario happening with a gate like this But many gates do have the stop nub that can cause some problems and something to be aware of To make sure you're happy with it
That's sounding good to me. It's smooth. It's closing and opening all the way. We've got a winner here and That's all there's to it
Tutorials & FAQs · 5:14
GRIT Gate Calibration
Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.
What this video covers
Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.
Published 2023-11-15. Runtime: 5:14.
Continue with GRIT
Use the related Solution page for product options, retrofit details, and the next step for your shop.
Video guide
Key points and full transcript
Scan the main points and chapter list, or open the complete transcript below.
Key takeaways
- Confirm the Gate Control is bound to the GRIT Hub before beginning calibration.
- Adjust open and closed positions in small increments while watching the arm and the power graph for signs of stress.
- Back the setting off if the arm bends, power remains elevated, or a gate stop begins to bind.
Chapters
- Confirm the Gate Control is bound
- Find the correct gate in the device list
- Open the calibration controls
- Set the open position
- Back off an overstressed position
- Set the closed position
- Check gate stops and binding
- Run a final open-close test
Read the full transcript9 timecoded passages
This machine-generated transcript was reviewed and lightly edited for product names, technical terms, and readability.
So here you can see that the light is solid green on the device and This means that it is bound to the hub and now we have control over this gate Which means it's time to calibrate the gate What you'll do is go into your devices and in this case we're going to go under the gate devices and look for our gate that we want and one thing to note is that on your list of Gates when you first bind them, you might have a half dozen a dozen or so gates But you'll have all these random numbers and letters
Describing each gate and you don't really know which one is which to find the gate you want to calibrate There's a little magnifying glass Next to each one and if you keep pressing them eventually It will flicker and that way you know what gate you're working with so now that I know which gate I'm on I'm going to go into that gate and I'm going to calibrate it and I'm going to go into the calibration menu What it brings up is an open and close button So if I hit open it's in the open position I hit close
It's in the closed position and you can see that it's not throwing very far and we do that on purpose So we don't damage the servo because gates of different sizes have different throws and this way we control What's happening? so I'm going to simply go to the more open button and That's going to take it to its most extreme more open that's set right now If I keep pressing that button, it will move in small increments and you just keep pressing it Until the gate is in the open position in the most open position that you'd want
things to consider as you're doing this is You can over calibrate or over open or close the gate and put it into a stressed mode and A way you can tell that is through a couple means One is just physically looking at the gate and if you're noticing as I was doing this I went to way more open and what I want you to look at is this arm and I'm going to just keep going more open and you're going to see that slide's going to stop opening
But this is going to start to bend a little bit and you'll be able to see that stress and we don't want that Now while it's in this overstressed position you can also look at the graph of power that the calibration menu has and It will show that the power is Spiking meaning that it's in a stressed position So it's another way for you to tell that you have this too far open or closed So I'm gonna back this off and I'm gonna keep backing it off until I see It in a more relaxed neutral position, which it is now
So I've calibrated this all the way open now I'm gonna hit close and I'm gonna do the same thing keep hitting more closed Until I reach that point that is closed enough and As we just said you're gonna keep going until you feel that there's a stressed position or that you just know it's closed enough and Because I don't have this hooked up to pipe I can see the inside of the gate and I can visually just tell Where's a good spot which is right there? So now I can just hit open hit closed open
Close and everything seems to be working smooth. I'm not overstressing the arm or the actuator causing damage now a couple little details you want to think about are Some gates have stops for example this gate we can see that there is a nub right here and oftentimes if you Close it or open it too much This nub can get wedged in the top or bottom of your gate and causing it to feel like it's binding and you might feel Like something's wrong. Keep in mind that that could happen. So as
You've closed your gate or opened it if it feels like it's sticking Realize that you might have closed it a little too much and that that nub might be binding in there All gates do not have that For example gates like this just have a pass-through and they stop themselves So you wouldn't have that type of scenario happening with a gate like this But many gates do have the stop nub that can cause some problems and something to be aware of To make sure you're happy with it
That's sounding good to me. It's smooth. It's closing and opening all the way. We've got a winner here and That's all there's to it