There are some important things that should be checked to make sure your motor is set up and operating correctly.
All of the items below can lead to vast improvements in movement and overall operation.
1 - Check your motor is correctly mounted, and the spring switch aligns with the centre of the travel plate angle. Do not paint the travel plate as this can cause sticking.
2 - Check your VR dial settings and adjust where necessary.
VR1 - Stall Force
If this is set too low the gate will detect an obstruction and stop or reverse.
Setting this to Maximum will ignore small obstructions and only detect larger obstructions (pedestrians, vehicles etc.)
VR2 - Brake Force
This is only required on extremely heavy gates (800kg+)
Turn this clockwise and set it to minimum.
VR3 - Soft Close
This will adjust how many seconds your gate runs slowly before reaching the open or closed position.
Setting this to minimum
VR4 - Motor Force Output
This should be set at Maximum to allow motor to operate correctly.