Electric Gates E8 500 Swing Gate Opener Wiring Guide User Manual
- June 10, 2024
- Electric Gates
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E8 500 Swing Gate Opener
Wiring Guide to
SOLAR & ELECTRIC
DOUBLE KIT
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS
MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY
Electric Gates E8 500 Swing Gate Opener Wiring Guide
WIRING GUIDE TO ELECTRIC & SOLAR DOUBLE GATE OPENER
Double Solar
Step 1
Mounting the control box
Install the control box at a suitable location, no further than 1mtr from the
master gate.
Use the pre-marked anchor points in the box to secure.
Highly recommend to silicone around these screws to prevent any water seeping
into the control box and also preventing insect infestation.
Do not drill holes above the computer board as this will allow water in and
damage the board.
Step 2
Prepare Regulator on Z Bracket
Prepare the regulator by mounting the Z Bracket at the screw hole located near
the battery indicator lights with the bolt and nut provided. Note: regulators
may differ slighty in apperance to below photos
Step 3
Connect Motor Wires
Connect the Motor cables to MOTOR1 and MOTOR2 (MAIN) on to the EGA board.
MOTOR2 should be the arm closest to the control box and MOTOR1 shoud be the
slave arm furtherest away from the control box.
Ensure no motor wires are visible once screwed into the terminals to prevent
any short circuiting from them touching.
Note: In the conduit, you should also have 1 wire to the solar panel
ready. If the hard wired push button or keypad is to be connected, this wire
should also be available
Step 4
Mounting the Z Bracket
Mount 1 Z Bracket onto the ledge in the control panel box as shown
Double Solar
Step 5
Mounting the Regulator
Step 6
Connecting the regulator cables
Connect the red and black cable from the EGA control board to the battery
terminals of the regulator (you may need to remove these cables from
theplastic connector)
Making sure:
red is to + (positive)
black is to – (negative)
Do NOT connect the cable from the solar panel yet
Step 7
Secure the 12 volt battery with the large Z bracket and screws provided
Caution: Do not drop the battery
Step 8
Power up the EGA control board
Connect the battery cables from the EGA control board to the 12v battery.
Ensure that the red cable is connected to the red terminal and the black cable
to the black terminal
Caution: Observe Polarity. Wrongly installed polarity will damage the
board
Step 9.
Connect the positive and negative cable from the solar panel to the solar
regulator terminals as shown in the photo below Depending on your colour of
your solar panel cables: (red + | brown + | black – | blue -)
Caution: Observe Polarity. Wrongly installed polarity will damage the
regulator.
Best Solar Panel Angle for all year round
- Brisbane 38 °
- Sydney 45 °
- Melbourne 50 °
- Tasmania 56 °
- Adelaide 48 °
- Darwin 14 °
- Perth 43 °
- 0 ° being flat and 90 ° being vertical – panel must face FULL NORTH
View page 35 in your Installation & User Manual for the correct setup of your solar panel when installing
**VERY IMPORTANT
**
At this point with your actuator arms connected and your battery and solar panel powering the control board, your next step will be running the “Auto Travel Function” which you will find details on in your Installation & User Manual on page 37
SCAN ME – to watch the video ‘teaching the travel function’
https://bmgi.com.au/product-manuals
The auto travel fuction learns the setup of your gate. It’s very important
that you do this function.
It involves using the INC and DEC buttons located on your control board.
Note: If you have performed the travel function correctly, your gate will
now slow down approx. 200mm before it’s full open and full closed positions.
Attaching your control box lid using the screws & washers
provided
Check that the autogate system is operational before closing up the control
box.
Auto close will not be active.
Please see main user manual and set auto close after installation is complete.
Recommendations & notes:
- Ensure that the mounting points on the control box are properly sealed to prevent water and insects from getting in.
- Silicone off the conduit hole to prevent insects from getting into the control box via the wire conduits.
- For solar we highly recommend to charge your battery every 6 – 12 months for 2 hours only on a 12v battery charger to prolong the life of your battery.
- Additional accessories connected to BMG’s swing motors may reduce the batteries performance e.g battery life and/or battery standby capacity during unfavourable conditions.
- We recommend every 6 – 12 months to do a thorough check over the complete unit and it’s internals to make sure there is no insect infestation and that everything is still in good working order.
Double Electric
Step 1
Mounting the control box
Install the control box at a suitable location, no further than 1mtr from the
master gate.
Use the pre-marked anchor points in the box to secure.
Highly recommend to silicone around these screws to prevent any water seeping
into the control box and also preventing insect infestation. Do not drill
holes above the computer board as this will allow water in and damage the
board.
The red and black battery cables from the main control board are for battery
back if required. We recommend a 12v 7ah batttery for backup.
The red and black cable that runs to a plastic connector block is for solar
only.
Leave these wires connected to the plastic connector for the electric
kit.
Tip: Green connector blocks and brown connector block on the main control
board can be removed to help with wiring in cables
Step 2
Connect Motor Wires
Connect the Motor cables to MOTOR1 and MOTOR2 (MAIN) onto the EGA board.
MOTOR2 should be the arm closest to the control box and MOTOR1 shoud be the
slave arm furtherest away from the control box.
Ensure no motor wires are visible once screwed into the terminals to prevent
any short circuiting from them touching.
Note: In the conduit, you should also have 1 wire to the transformer. If a
hard wired push button or keypad is to be connected, this wire should also be
available. 
Step 3
Connect the cable from the transformer
Connect the 2 cables from the transformer DIRECT to the EGA control board
terminal AC12-16V (located top right hand corner of control board, this
connector block can be removed to wire cables in) as shown in the photo below
and turn on at the power point.
Transformer is not polarity sensitive.
Caution:
WARRANTY WILL BE VOID if installed incorrectly
DO NOT connect 240volts direct to the gate opener
DO NOT hardwire the transformer to 240volt, it must plug into a 240volt power
point
DO NOT cut the plug end of the transformer for any reason
VERY IMPORTANT
At this point with your actuator arms connected and your battery and solar
panel powering the control board, your next step will be running the “Auto
Travel Function” which you will find details on in your Installation & User
Manual on page 37
SCAN ME – to watch the video ‘teaching the travel function’
https://bmgi.com.au/en-au/ega-control-board-videos
The auto travel fuction learns the setup of your gate. It’s very important
that you do this function.
It involves using the INC and DEC buttons located on your control board.
Note: If you have performed the travel function correctly, your gate will
now slow down approx. 200mm before it’s full open and full closed positions.
Step 4 – Optional
Secure the 12v battery if supplied
Place the battery in the control box with the battery Z bracket supplied
Caution: Do not drop the battery
Connect the battery cables from the EGA control board to the 12v backup
battery.
Ensure that the red cable is connected to the red terminal and the black cable
to the black terminal
Caution: Observe Polarity.
Wrongly installed polarity will damage the board
The red and black cable that runs to a plastic connector block is for solar
only.
Leave these wires connected to the plastic connector for the electric kit.
Attaching your control box lid using the screws & washers provided
Check that the autogate system is operational before closing up the control
box.
Auto close will not be active.
Please see main user manual and set auto close after installation is complete.
Recommendations & notes:
- Ensure that the mounting points on the control box are properly sealed to prevent water and insects from getting in.
- All cabling must go through the entry hole located at the bottom of the control box.
- Silicone off the conduit hole to prevent insects from getting into the control box via the wire conduits.
- If you have the backup battery connected, we recommend every 6 – 12 months to check your battery is still working by turning the powerpoint off and testing the unit just on battery power.
- Additional accessories connected to BMG’s swing motors may reduce the batteries performance e.g battery life and/or battery standby capacity during unfavourable conditions.
- We recommend every 6-12 months to do a thorough check over the complete unit and it’s internals to make sure there is no insect infestation and that everything is still in good working order.
WIRING FOR STANDARD PUSH BUTTON
Tip: Green connector blocks on the main control board can be removed to help with wiring in cables
WIRING FOR KEY PUSH BUTTON
Please note that the coloured cables in our above images are for examples only
and may not match the coloured cables that you will be using.
When wiring up the push button, you will be able to use the key to lock and
disable the button.
Follow both coloured wiring instructions (pink and blue) as above.
When securing the blue and pink cable to the internal pins of the lock you can
either secure by soldering the cable, threading cable through the hole to
secure it or secure cable with a connector. When you attach the push button
unit to your post, even though the button housing is a sealed unit, we highly
recommend sealing (silcone) all the way around the back housing to prevent any
water or insects entering in through your screws. Also when you drill the hole
for your cabling we recommend to silcone up that entry point.
We recommend every 6-12 months to do a thorough check over the push button and
it’s internals to make sure there is no insect infestation and that everything
is still in good working order. Please be aware that failure to perform the
recommendations above may void your warranty.
WIRING FOR 7 CHANNEL LONG RANGE RECEIVER
Tip: Green connector blocks on the main swing control board can be
removed to help with wiring in cables
NOTES
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