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Dust management
GRIT in your Home Woodshop
See how GRIT's full dust management ecosystem works in a real home woodworking shop — automated gates, triggers, and monitoring in action.
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Dust management
GRIT Air Quality
Learn how GRIT monitors air quality in your shop, tracking particulate levels and alerting you when conditions change.
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2:45
Dust management
GRIT 101: What Products Do I Need for Automated Dust Collection?
Quick guide to choosing the right GRIT products for your automated dust collection setup — from gates to triggers to the Hub.
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1:16
Tutorials & FAQs
FAQ: Is GRIT Right For My Home Shop?
Common questions answered about whether GRIT's automated dust collection system is a good fit for home woodworking shops.
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1:52
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT 101: What is GRIT Switch?
Introduction to GRIT Switch — learn what it does, how it works, and where it fits in your automation setup.
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2:28
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT 101: Which Blast Gates are Compatible?
Find out which blast gate brands and models work with GRIT Gate Control for automated dust collection.
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3:19
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT 101: How Do I Configure a GRIT Trigger?
Step-by-step walkthrough for configuring GRIT Trigger current sensors to automatically detect when tools are running.
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0:54
Tutorials & FAQs
FAQ: Where Do I Start?
Not sure where to begin with GRIT? This quick guide helps you identify the right starting point for your shop.
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4:54
Tutorials & FAQs
MagSwitch Installation — Any Collector with a Contactor
How to install GRIT MagSwitch on dust collectors that use a magnetic contactor for motor control.
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25:19
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT Gate Control Installation
Complete installation guide for GRIT automated blast gate controls — mounting, wiring, and initial setup.
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5:14
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT Gate Calibration
Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.
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4:24
Tutorials & FAQs
MagSwitch Installation — Laguna Dust Collector
Step-by-step MagSwitch installation specifically for Laguna brand dust collectors.
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1:31
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT iVac Gate Control
Setup and configuration guide for using GRIT with iVac automated blast gates.
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4:15
Tutorials & FAQs
Remote Control Programming
How to program and configure GRIT remote controls for manual override of your automated system.
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3:51
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT Gate Power
Understanding power requirements and wiring for GRIT automated blast gates.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: GRIT App Won't Load
Quick fixes for when the GRIT App isn't loading properly on your phone or tablet.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Dust Collector Missing Commands
What to do when your dust collector isn't responding to commands from the iR/RF Collector module.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Hub Network Reset
How to reset your GRIT Hub's network settings when you need to reconnect or change WiFi networks.
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Today we're going to talk about what you need to build your perfect GRIT system in the shop. Every single GRIT system starts with a GRIT Hub, then we can build your perfect system from there. If you're wanting automated dust collection and blast gates, then you will need a Trigger for each one of your tools. We have lots to choose from. Basically, you are looking to gather the information of the phase of power for your tool, the voltage, and the amperage draw. And from there, then you can select from a wide array or variety of Triggers","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":46.11,"text":"that we offer. Most of our Triggers for home shop use are a nice plug-and-play option, making installations super easy, super fast. After you find the right Trigger for your tool, then you will need to select the correct Collector device for your dust collector or dust collectors. You can have an unlimited amount of dust collectors in your system. Again, just like Triggers, we have plug-and-play options for single-phase collectors like a simple JET, something that's on and off. You would use a 120V or 220V Collector. If there's a contactor or a motor starter, you're going to","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":86.11,"text":"be selecting between our MagSwitch Collector or our iR/RF Collector if it comes with a remote control. After that, then you are going to be selecting the number and sizes of Gate Controls that you need. We offer two-and-a-half-inch all the way up to 12-inch. You're going to be retrofitting these onto your existing metal blast gate; something that has a nice, easy slide without any built-in locking mechanisms is what's going to be working for you. And then finally, after you","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":117.87,"text":"pick up all of your Gate Controls, you're going to need a Power Bank. If you have questions about how many of these you need, just shoot us an email. So that's how you put together your GRIT system. It's super simple: a Hub, a Trigger for each tool, a Collector for each dust collector, a Gate Control for each one of your blast gates, and a Power Bank to power everything up. If you have any other questions or want to learn more, please head to our website to watch our","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":142.75,"text":"other videos or feel free to contact us via our contact page. We're happy to answer any questions you have or help you put together your own estimate.","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"faq-right-for-home-shop","category":"tutorials","title":"FAQ: Is GRIT Right For My Home Shop?","description":"Common questions answered about whether GRIT's automated dust collection system is a good fit for home woodworking shops.","tags":["faq","home shop","hobby","woodworking","right for me","getting started"],"takeaways":["GRIT is modular and scalable for small home shops as well as larger installations.","Dust-collection automation removes the need to manually start the collector and adjust blast gates.","After setup, turning on a tool can automatically start the collector and open the appropriate gates."],"chapters":[{"start":0,"title":"GRIT can fit a small shop"},{"start":23,"title":"Modular and scalable design"},{"start":34,"title":"Automate dust collection"},{"start":53,"title":"Automatic collector and gate response"}],"passages":[{"start":0,"text":"Is it too much for me? I have a small home shop or I'm a small business and it's just me and my business partner.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":15.36,"text":"I think that they see our installations in our university and educational settings and it can make GRIT Automation feel unapproachable.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":23.36,"text":"But that's absolutely not the case because we are modular and scalable.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":29.86,"text":"We fit your shop exactly where it is.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":32.3,"text":"We are made for your shop, period.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":34.44,"text":"One of the reasons that people are interested in GRIT is for our dust collection automation.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":40.84,"text":"I want to be able to come into my shop, get straight to work.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":44.56,"text":"I don't want to have to worry about turning on my dust collector, adjusting my blast gates.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":49.8,"text":"And that's where GRIT can absolutely help you out in your shop.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":53.64,"text":"So you come in, you turn on a tool, everything is auto-configured once you set it up.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":59.44,"text":"The dust collector turns on, the appropriate blast gates open, and you're off to the races.","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"grit-101-what-is-switch","category":"tutorials","title":"GRIT 101: What is GRIT Switch?","description":"Introduction to GRIT Switch — learn what it does, how it works, and where it fits in your automation setup.","tags":["grit 101","switch","product","what is","overview","introduction"],"takeaways":["GRIT Switch is a rechargeable remote-style Trigger for manual control of configured automations.","It can start a collector and open one or more configured blast gates.","It is useful for floor sweeps and lathes where dust collection should be controlled manually."],"chapters":[{"start":0,"title":"What GRIT Switch is"},{"start":26,"title":"Configure Switch like a Trigger"},{"start":54,"title":"Floor-sweep and lathe use cases"},{"start":79,"title":"Collector and gate demonstration"}],"passages":[{"start":0,"text":"Hi, I'm Jacqueline with GRIT and today I want to talk a little bit about our GRIT Switch.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":13.84,"text":"So we have all kinds of triggers in the system that connect directly to the tools, but we","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":19.2,"text":"also have a remote style trigger called the Switch that allows you to have a little bit","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":24.72,"text":"more manual control over some of the actions in your GRIT system. 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Whether you use it for turning let's say a table leg or","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":71.24,"text":"doing sanding sometimes you want your dust collection on sometimes you don't. A","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":75.4,"text":"switch is going to be the perfect solution for that. So in this case I have","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":79.48,"text":"our switch configured where it's going to turn on our collector, open up a couple of blast gates,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":84.84,"text":"and you can see right here.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":92.6,"text":"If you have any other questions or want to learn more, please head to our website to","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":96.2,"text":"watch our other videos or feel free to contact us via our contact page. 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Today I wanna talk a little bit about gate control and retrofitting onto your existing metal blast gates. We get a lot of questions about whether we sell blast gates, we do not, and what types of blast gates we retrofit onto. So let me walk through the ones that do work, that are compatible, and the one that does not. So you want a metal blast gate, not a plastic blast gate. You want a blast gate that has a free sliding slide. It does not have to have this extra part,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":44.65,"text":"there are some that don't have that open side to the slide so that it's a little more compact, totally your choice. They have this little locking mechanism, we just recommend that you take that all the way out. If you just loosen it, sometimes the vibration from an opening and closing repeatedly can start to wiggle it back in, which you wouldn't want any resistance to the gate control that is opening and closing your blast gate. So that style of gate is good. I know Jet, Oneida, POWERTEC all have their own versions, all of those are just fine.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":78.33,"text":"We also retrofit nicely onto Nordfab quick connect. Again, if you're looking for this nice slide, nice and smooth, no resistance. There is a new kind of POWERTEC gate, however, that doesn't play nicely with our gate control. It is the new version that has this locking feature. It is difficult, you have to put some muscle into it, even when you're controlling it manually. So this is not a good candidate for our gate control mechanisms. One way to easily tell if you're not sure, if you're searching online, is this has kind of like a two hole layout","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":121.69,"text":"and the type of gate that we retrofit onto really nicely has three. If you have any other questions or want to learn more, please head to our website to watch our other videos or feel free to contact us via our contact page. 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Today I want to do a little bit of a walkthrough of how to properly configure your trigger.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":16.5,"text":"So we're going to do a configuration on our SawStop today.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":21.5,"text":"So I am in the process of setting up my shop and configuring my triggers.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":27.5,"text":"I have a couple left and so I want to run through that process today with you guys.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":32.44,"text":"I have one of our inline 220-volt Trigger connected to our SawStop table saw right here.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":40.86,"text":"First thing I can do is just label it appropriately.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":47.28,"text":"A couple of things that we will surely want to do is look at both the activation level","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":54.54,"text":"and the power profile for this.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":57.04,"text":"I do know that the SawStop has a computer and some capacitors that charge up.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":63.96,"text":"You will want to change the power profile from normal.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":68.38,"text":"If you don't, you might notice that in an attempt to unlock the trigger, it's going","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":72.7,"text":"to stay locked and start flashing red.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":76.36,"text":"That's an emergency lock, and it's because it's going to be sensing power above that","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":80.68,"text":"1.5-amp activation level as the computer in the table saw is charging up. So we","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":88.8,"text":"are going to change the power profile to spike and then if we're not sure what","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":94.54,"text":"the activation level should be we can always open up that graph and turn on","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":100.8,"text":"the saw.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":103.3,"text":"Here you can see it starts right up. It's well above that 1.5-amp activation level,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":116.8,"text":"so we can keep that as is. If, for example, the saw ran below our preset activation level,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":125.94,"text":"we would need to drop it a little bit lower. But we're going to be just fine keeping it at 1.5","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":132.28,"text":"and just making sure that we change our power profile to spike to allow for a computer to charge up and have a slight little bit of inrush current that we will delay the measurement of the GRIT system until after that occurs.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":147.92,"text":"Further configuration options would be associating it to a collector, which you can do here, and then you can also come here and associate its gate control.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":160.44,"text":"Now the way that we have it set up here in the shop is it is going to have its own tool gate,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":166.2,"text":"but we also have branch gates, so we're going to configure it with the branch gate as well.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":171.32,"text":"And that is how I go through the process of configuring a trigger. 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We have triggers that cover everything that you would","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":31.2,"text":"potentially have in your shop from 120-volt all the way up to 480-volt three-phase. We work with CNCs and","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":38.8,"text":"lasers and we even have a remote style switch for when you're using a lathe or a floor sweep.","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"magswitch-install-contactor","category":"tutorials","title":"MagSwitch Installation — Any Collector with a Contactor","description":"How to install GRIT MagSwitch on dust collectors that use a magnetic contactor for motor control.","tags":["magswitch","installation","contactor","dust collector","wiring","motor","relay"],"takeaways":["Turn off the breaker and remove any built-in remote-start module before wiring the MagSwitch Collector.","Power the device from the incoming mains terminals and pass one motor lead through the current transformer.","Connect the four-wire harness to the magnetic coil and motor-starter terminals before closing the enclosure."],"chapters":[{"start":0,"title":"Installation scope and breaker safety"},{"start":30,"title":"Remove a remote-start module and open the enclosure"},{"start":70,"title":"Connect incoming power"},{"start":130,"title":"Install the current transformer"},{"start":161,"title":"Connect the four-wire harness"},{"start":222,"title":"Route wires and close the enclosure"}],"passages":[{"start":0,"text":"We're going to walk through the installation of the GRIT MagSwitch Collector device on a Oneida V3000 Dust Collector.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":16.34,"text":"Before we start, don't forget to turn off the breaker.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":19.64,"text":"This process of setting up the MagSwitch collector device applies to any dust collector that has a magnetic contactor, like you see here.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":30.84,"text":"Some dust collectors, and many Oneida dust collectors, come with a remote start module built in.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":38.12,"text":"The first step will be to remove that module from inside of the contactor enclosure.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":43.12,"text":"This dust collector does not have that module so we're going to proceed after it had been removed if you had one.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":50.12,"text":"So first step, let's take off the cover.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":56.12,"text":"First thing you might notice is there's lots of wires, but don't worry, rest assured, we're going to walk through exactly how you connect the GRIT MagSwitch collector device to this contactor.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":66.12,"text":"Let's walk through what all of these different screw terminals are.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":70.12,"text":"First, the top level screw terminals, there's four in this contactor. 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And the final wire, the blue wire, plugs into the bottom of the motor","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":210.7,"text":"starter at a port that has the number 95.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":221.82,"text":"So next it's time to feed all the wires from the GRIT MagSwitch Collector device","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":226.42,"text":"through the hole that we drilled or popped out of the enclosure.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":236.18,"text":"And the final step is to plug in all of the wire harnesses to the to the wires","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":244.32,"text":"that we just pushed through. 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To begin with, the GRIT Gate Control retrofits onto metal blast gates. There's a variety of different brands out there, but the key is that they're a free moving metal blast gate. There's ones out there that they're developing now that have some locking mechanisms but it's all manual and our system won't really work on those.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":36.06,"text":"So you're better off just finding the inexpensive metal blast gate and we retrofit right onto that. So this kit comes with tools to help you install the device on your metal blast gate. We have a couple different screwdrivers, a nut driver, a drill bit for drilling holes in the tab of the blast gate along with the other parts that I'll go into a little more detail as we move along. Before we get started with installing the GRIT actuator onto the blast gate, we want to start with doing some prep work to it to ensure the best results.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":69.78,"text":"The larger the gate is, the more important it is to do this prep work. On a small two inch like this, two and a half inch, it slides pretty easily and the prep work doesn't always need to be done, but we suggest you do to ensure, again, the best results possible. So to start with, we've got our pull tab right here and we're going to take this slide out by removing the screws and opening up the body of the blast gate. So I'm just going to take a screwdriver, screw gun here and remove all six screws.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":108.86,"text":"Now on some units they won't have threaded bodies but they'll have a nut and bolt going through the housing and it'll be a little different but the approach is all the same. So we'll make sure we save all of our screws here and now I have the gate body taken apart and the slide taken apart. Now the first thing I'm going to do is to prep the slide and to do that, I'm going to use a file or sandpaper or something along those lines. I like to use a 120, maybe 220 sandpaper and we're going to sand off the corners,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":146.58,"text":"any sharp edges. You can rub your fingers over the edges and you can feel little burrs and some sharpness to it. So the goal is to remove all that and make it slide as smoothly as possible in the gate body. So I'm just going to work the edges here and it's not rocket science, you know, just be careful as you go and I'm going to make sure I get these corners and make sure everything is nice and smooth and I know that I've probably done a good job when I can take my thumb or","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":183.49,"text":"finger and rub it along there and it just feels nice and glassy smooth and I think I've accomplished that here. So the slide is prepped, while I've got this open I'm going to just do a visual inspection, make sure there's no manufacturing defects, anything like that and, you know, this looks pretty good and if you want to take this one step further, we spray the insides with a silicone lubricant that really helps the sliding. It'll dry up enough that it's not going to gum up with dust unless you run your collector","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":216.49,"text":"immediately after with a lot of dust into the gate body. Make sure I get the slides and in fact the face, it can't hurt to do the face also and I just know that the entire inside of the body is lubricated well and this sort of soaks into the metal and creates a better environment for the slide to operate. So that's lubricated, we've got the slide guide sanded down and we can put it back together. So another element that's important, I'll show you on this four inch, is that the stop","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":257.01,"text":"nut here or the stop bolt, it's important to remove that. What can happen is throughout time, your gate's going to vibrate a bit and this sometimes can work its way in and cause friction on your gate, end of the day this isn't needed at all, especially once you're putting the GRIT Gate Control on. So make sure you remove it completely and it's gone. So next I'm going to put the screws back in place and tighten up the body. You don't need to put in these two right here and we ensure that it's sliding nice","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":294.35,"text":"and you can see how nice this slides after I did that. I can feel the difference from the prep work that I've done on it. Alright so now that we have that part done, we've prepped the gate, we're going to move on to actually installing the gate actuator. To begin with, we're going to grab the drill guide and if you have multiple gates, you only want to use these once. They're made out of plastic. Once you send a drill bit in here, you're going to wallow out that hole a little bit","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":320.41,"text":"and it will cause an error if you try to use this on another gate. So only use it once. You're going to slide it over the tab and you can usually just eyeball it center and we're going to take our drill bit that we provide and I'm going to make sure it's nice and centered on that tab and I'm going to drill my first hole. Alright so I've got my first hole. Now before I drill my second hole, I'm going to take this bit.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":362.51,"text":"You can use a little screw, a nail, anything like that but I'm going to stick it through the hole I drilled in the slide guide to ensure the alignment is proper. So I've got that in there holding my slide guide in place and now I'm going to drill my second hole. You can pull that out and then you can see we've got our two nice holes ready to go. One thing you want to check is on the back side after you've drilled these holes, there might be some burrs. It's important to try to knock those off.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":402.94,"text":"You can do it with a file, maybe take your bit from the opposite side and see if that'll knock them off, some sandpaper, whatever works for you. We've drilled the holes now in our tab and we can now move on to the next step. I'm going to move on to the 4 inch gate which is probably the most common gate people have and we already have our holes drilled here and the process is the same for every gate. The only things you'll find is once we move to a 7 inch gate we just use some more robust","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":430.98,"text":"parts but the installation and process is exactly the same. Here again we've got our holes drilled in our tab and we've got our screws back in place and the body secured and things have been prepped and it's moving nice and free. We can see that. This body also has threaded holes going through the body. You're going to take the rod bracket and stick one of our screws through it and we're going to mount these to the underside and I'm going to send these screws all the way through and","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":476.74,"text":"pretty much I'd call it hand tight. You don't want to crank down 100% of the way but 80% of the way, make sure that they're rigid as they've installed because we're going to move them just a little bit as we proceed to the next steps. We've got the first rod bracket so these things can move. In this installation with the threaded inserts I'm going to take my rod and I'm going to stick it through and what this does is this now aligns the two rod brackets so they're","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":522.29,"text":"in line with each other and what you can do, I'll do it this way, is I'm going to slide it all the way this way and tighten that back one down all the way. In this gate I can actually push this rod back it through. If it doesn't work for you on some other model gates meaning that this butts into the collar of the gate body then you can, right now I would just tighten this down but if you can't push it through then just know that you've had this thing more or less secure, it's not","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":555.74,"text":"super loose but you can take this out and then tighten it down all the way. You'll be able to move these slightly when the time comes to put this in and put the set screws down. So you can see this is still fitting in no problem. Now I'm going to turn the gate over and you can see we have the mounting screws showing themselves there and we're just going to put the gate body onto it so it just should fit nice and easily especially on a gate body like this.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":591.57,"text":"You might find you have to do a slightly different order of operations if you're dealing with a loose bolt nut meaning that you might slide the bottom nut and the body is still loose because the holes not threaded and it wasn't able to bring all this tight. So in that case it's a similar thing that you just will get your body on and get your nuts on the bolts there and then you can go through the same process of aligning your rod brackets here.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":627.93,"text":"So now we can tighten, I'm just going to use a pair of pliers, you can use a ratchet, a crescent wrench, whatever works for you and just give these guys a good tightening down and just like anything you don't want to go crazy tightening down. Our components are primarily made out of plastic here so you can damage them if you use all of your muscle or you know if you use a drill too much you could possibly break through and drive screws through the body, you don't want to do that.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":662.4,"text":"So we just make sure they're nice and snug, that's good, everything's still operating fine, we've got our gate body attached and now we're ready to go on to the next step and that's going to be putting on the tab bracket. We've got our holes drilled and we're going to slide the tab bracket on and what I'm going to do is I'm going to look at it and make sure I've got my holes aligned so when I come back to attach the next part I know that the screws are going to make it through to the hole there.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":705.32,"text":"So all we're doing is friction fitting the tab bracket onto the tab at this point. So the next step is we're going to take the slide bracket which has a connection bracket in the bearing arm, it should come assembled like this to you and we're just going to slide that over your rod and it should line up, there are grooves that line up and sort of interlock the two pieces together and again we're going to start by trying to get our two screws through the connection bracket into the tab bracket and through the tab and","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":748.48,"text":"basically sandwiching all these pieces together and holding them snug. Take a drill or a screwdriver and I'm not going to do it super tight, I'm just going to get them in most of the way so it's holding in place, we'll worry about snugging them down at the very end. So those are in place now, now this is all connected and we can see things are still sliding smoothly but what we want to do is dial it in with these two screws and these two screws allow us to adjust the height, the small bits of height and our left to right.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":797.26,"text":"So next what I'm going to do is I'm going to make sure that the bearing arm is parallel to the gate body and the slide, we don't want this arm racked one way or the other. So I'm just going to visually look at it and make a small adjustment and sometimes you can tell I've got this just a little snug so it's not allowing me to move it very easily. I'm just going to loosen those two screws up that I just put in and it's going to allow","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":835.36,"text":"me to move this up and down and create that parallelness that I need. So I'm just going to look at it and I think that looks good and now I'll tighten those two down and then the next step is the other two screws which is our left to right. The best way to do that is pull your gate out all the way and wiggle it left and right and you're going to see the difference as those screws slide in the slot of this connection bracket and go left","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":869.8,"text":"and right and then pick the spot in the middle of that and secure those two screws down. And again I'm using a drill here but you can easily just do this by hand, make sure you don't use too much force driving these screws down into these components here. So now that we have all this and we're happy where this rod bracket is, on this particular model the rod bracket supplied is just the right length. Other models you might have a little extra","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":900.24,"text":"that you might want to push back. So for example you might have a gate that sticks out a bit. You can leave it or you can push it back. I like to push it back to a spot that allows the bearing arm to open up all the way and I know visually that as I'm calibrating it once it reaches here I know it's open and I really don't have to worry about if I'm putting the arm under strain, if I'm going too far or something like that. So now that","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":934.4,"text":"I have my bearing arm where I want it and everything's in alignment I'm going to tighten the two set screws on the back to make sure the rod is nice and secure. And again this is something you just want to snug up, you don't need to crank down on it and this guy is not going anywhere. So now we've got it sliding no problem and that's most of the installation of the gate control. The last thing we're going to do is attach the arm. Now before attaching the arm you want to have your gate installed and powered and all gates","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":979.57,"text":"are going to be powered by the GRIT Power Bank. We also have, you're going to have a wire that plugs into your gate. We have a little green connector that goes into the gate here and what you're able to do is to daisy-chain, meaning going from one gate to the next with power. And you can see that the gate is lighting up now for the first time and before we can attach this arm you are going to bind your Gate Control device to your Hub. You can tell that the gate is flashing red and green; that is common of","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1023.3,"text":"any GRIT device. The LED will flash red and green when that device has not been bound to the system, and you'll need to do that before proceeding any further. If you don't know what binding is, look in the GRIT manual and it will tell you step by step how to do it. It's a very simple process. Now that you see your device is solid red—it could be green also—it's telling you that it is bound to the system and is ready to be calibrated.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1051.73,"text":"So I'm going to go into the GRIT App, and if you go under Devices and under Gate, you will see a line that says Gate with a hyphen and then some miscellaneous letters and numbers. To determine whether that is your gate, you can press the Find icon on that line and it will flash red and green to let you know that you're approaching the right gate. When you first are on the system, you might have six, seven, or more gates on a system and you want to know which one you're actually working on, and the initial populated names","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1090.03,"text":"are a little confusing because they're random letters and numbers. 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If I don't know exactly where open is and I'm not wanting to strain this before I give it power I can position it so that I know this slide arm is when it's in the right position","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1311.57,"text":"is right there versus if I had the rod out more like that you could do that but you might want to put a piece of tape on here or something and that will give you a visual indicator as to what the maximum open is versus keeping on hitting open and putting a lot of stress on the arm and servo which can damage the system. So we make sure that things are in the right position. The very end of this rod meets up with the bearing arm here so","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1343.3,"text":"I know even if I had duct work on here and I couldn't see the slide in here that I know this is my fully open position. So I'll power it back on and go back to my calibration. The gate calibration page has a power graph. 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I'm going to back it off one just to make sure I'm not putting a lot of strain on the motor here. So now I can open, close, open, close. I'll do that a few times to make sure everything is operating nice and smoothly and that seems to be the case. So the key points to take","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1461.91,"text":"away from the installation of the gate actuator and the gate arm is to start with prepping your gate. Make sure that it's operating smoothly. Do some sanding, take it apart. If you can put some silicone lubricant or perhaps some graphite, something like that that helps enhance the sliding of the slide here. That's a major point. Your installation of the gate body, you'll have two different scenarios. One you have a threaded body and the other you don't and they'll just be a slight variation in how you connect it. But the major thing is","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1498.17,"text":"do not attach your gate arm until you've bound your gate actuator to the system and then you go through the calibration process. It's extremely important and that will prevent any damage to your system. I'm Marco Unieto with GRIT Automation. Thank you for watching and have a great day.","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"gate-calibration","category":"tutorials","title":"GRIT Gate Calibration","description":"Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.","tags":["gate","calibration","setup","blast gate","servo","positioning","adjustment"],"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":[{"start":1,"title":"Confirm the Gate Control is bound"},{"start":16,"title":"Find the correct gate in the device list"},{"start":64,"title":"Open the calibration controls"},{"start":89,"title":"Set the open position"},{"start":176,"title":"Back off an overstressed position"},{"start":191,"title":"Set the closed position"},{"start":238,"title":"Check gate stops and binding"},{"start":300,"title":"Run a final open-close test"}],"passages":[{"start":1.33,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":40.41,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":75.97,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":111.77,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":146.13,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":188.81,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":230.77,"text":"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. 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Dust management
GRIT in your Home Woodshop
See how GRIT's full dust management ecosystem works in a real home woodworking shop — automated gates, triggers, and monitoring in action.
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Dust management
GRIT Air Quality
Learn how GRIT monitors air quality in your shop, tracking particulate levels and alerting you when conditions change.
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Dust management
GRIT 101: What Products Do I Need for Automated Dust Collection?
Quick guide to choosing the right GRIT products for your automated dust collection setup — from gates to triggers to the Hub.
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Tutorials & FAQs
FAQ: Is GRIT Right For My Home Shop?
Common questions answered about whether GRIT's automated dust collection system is a good fit for home woodworking shops.
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GRIT 101: What is GRIT Switch?
Introduction to GRIT Switch — learn what it does, how it works, and where it fits in your automation setup.
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2:28
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT 101: Which Blast Gates are Compatible?
Find out which blast gate brands and models work with GRIT Gate Control for automated dust collection.
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GRIT 101: How Do I Configure a GRIT Trigger?
Step-by-step walkthrough for configuring GRIT Trigger current sensors to automatically detect when tools are running.
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FAQ: Where Do I Start?
Not sure where to begin with GRIT? This quick guide helps you identify the right starting point for your shop.
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Tutorials & FAQs
MagSwitch Installation — Any Collector with a Contactor
How to install GRIT MagSwitch on dust collectors that use a magnetic contactor for motor control.
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25:19
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GRIT Gate Control Installation
Complete installation guide for GRIT automated blast gate controls — mounting, wiring, and initial setup.
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GRIT Gate Calibration
Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.
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MagSwitch Installation — Laguna Dust Collector
Step-by-step MagSwitch installation specifically for Laguna brand dust collectors.
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1:31
Tutorials & FAQs
GRIT iVac Gate Control
Setup and configuration guide for using GRIT with iVac automated blast gates.
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Remote Control Programming
How to program and configure GRIT remote controls for manual override of your automated system.
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GRIT Gate Power
Understanding power requirements and wiring for GRIT automated blast gates.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: GRIT App Won't Load
Quick fixes for when the GRIT App isn't loading properly on your phone or tablet.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Dust Collector Missing Commands
What to do when your dust collector isn't responding to commands from the iR/RF Collector module.
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Troubleshooting: Hub Network Reset
How to reset your GRIT Hub's network settings when you need to reconnect or change WiFi networks.
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Today we're going to talk about what you need to build your perfect GRIT system in the shop. Every single GRIT system starts with a GRIT Hub, then we can build your perfect system from there. If you're wanting automated dust collection and blast gates, then you will need a Trigger for each one of your tools. We have lots to choose from. Basically, you are looking to gather the information of the phase of power for your tool, the voltage, and the amperage draw. And from there, then you can select from a wide array or variety of Triggers","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":46.11,"text":"that we offer. Most of our Triggers for home shop use are a nice plug-and-play option, making installations super easy, super fast. After you find the right Trigger for your tool, then you will need to select the correct Collector device for your dust collector or dust collectors. You can have an unlimited amount of dust collectors in your system. Again, just like Triggers, we have plug-and-play options for single-phase collectors like a simple JET, something that's on and off. You would use a 120V or 220V Collector. If there's a contactor or a motor starter, you're going to","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":86.11,"text":"be selecting between our MagSwitch Collector or our iR/RF Collector if it comes with a remote control. After that, then you are going to be selecting the number and sizes of Gate Controls that you need. We offer two-and-a-half-inch all the way up to 12-inch. You're going to be retrofitting these onto your existing metal blast gate; something that has a nice, easy slide without any built-in locking mechanisms is what's going to be working for you. And then finally, after you","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":117.87,"text":"pick up all of your Gate Controls, you're going to need a Power Bank. If you have questions about how many of these you need, just shoot us an email. 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I have a small home shop or I'm a small business and it's just me and my business partner.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":15.36,"text":"I think that they see our installations in our university and educational settings and it can make GRIT Automation feel unapproachable.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":23.36,"text":"But that's absolutely not the case because we are modular and scalable.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":29.86,"text":"We fit your shop exactly where it is.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":32.3,"text":"We are made for your shop, period.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":34.44,"text":"One of the reasons that people are interested in GRIT is for our dust collection automation.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":40.84,"text":"I want to be able to come into my shop, get straight to work.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":44.56,"text":"I don't want to have to worry about turning on my dust collector, adjusting my blast gates.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":49.8,"text":"And that's where GRIT can absolutely help you out in your shop.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":53.64,"text":"So you come in, you turn on a tool, everything is auto-configured once you set it up.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":59.44,"text":"The dust collector turns on, the appropriate blast gates open, and you're off to the races.","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"grit-101-what-is-switch","category":"tutorials","title":"GRIT 101: What is GRIT Switch?","description":"Introduction to GRIT Switch — learn what it does, how it works, and where it fits in your automation setup.","tags":["grit 101","switch","product","what is","overview","introduction"],"takeaways":["GRIT Switch is a rechargeable remote-style Trigger for manual control of configured automations.","It can start a collector and open one or more configured blast gates.","It is useful for floor sweeps and lathes where dust collection should be controlled manually."],"chapters":[{"start":0,"title":"What GRIT Switch is"},{"start":26,"title":"Configure Switch like a Trigger"},{"start":54,"title":"Floor-sweep and lathe use cases"},{"start":79,"title":"Collector and gate demonstration"}],"passages":[{"start":0,"text":"Hi, I'm Jacqueline with GRIT and today I want to talk a little bit about our GRIT Switch.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":13.84,"text":"So we have all kinds of triggers in the system that connect directly to the tools, but we","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":19.2,"text":"also have a remote style trigger called the Switch that allows you to have a little bit","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":24.72,"text":"more manual control over some of the actions in your GRIT system. 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To begin with, the GRIT Gate Control retrofits onto metal blast gates. There's a variety of different brands out there, but the key is that they're a free moving metal blast gate. There's ones out there that they're developing now that have some locking mechanisms but it's all manual and our system won't really work on those.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":36.06,"text":"So you're better off just finding the inexpensive metal blast gate and we retrofit right onto that. So this kit comes with tools to help you install the device on your metal blast gate. We have a couple different screwdrivers, a nut driver, a drill bit for drilling holes in the tab of the blast gate along with the other parts that I'll go into a little more detail as we move along. 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So we'll make sure we save all of our screws here and now I have the gate body taken apart and the slide taken apart. Now the first thing I'm going to do is to prep the slide and to do that, I'm going to use a file or sandpaper or something along those lines. I like to use a 120, maybe 220 sandpaper and we're going to sand off the corners,","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":146.58,"text":"any sharp edges. You can rub your fingers over the edges and you can feel little burrs and some sharpness to it. So the goal is to remove all that and make it slide as smoothly as possible in the gate body. 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Now I'm going to turn the gate over and you can see we have the mounting screws showing themselves there and we're just going to put the gate body onto it so it just should fit nice and easily especially on a gate body like this.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":591.57,"text":"You might find you have to do a slightly different order of operations if you're dealing with a loose bolt nut meaning that you might slide the bottom nut and the body is still loose because the holes not threaded and it wasn't able to bring all this tight. So in that case it's a similar thing that you just will get your body on and get your nuts on the bolts there and then you can go through the same process of aligning your rod brackets here.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":627.93,"text":"So now we can tighten, I'm just going to use a pair of pliers, you can use a ratchet, a crescent wrench, whatever works for you and just give these guys a good tightening down and just like anything you don't want to go crazy tightening down. Our components are primarily made out of plastic here so you can damage them if you use all of your muscle or you know if you use a drill too much you could possibly break through and drive screws through the body, you don't want to do that.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":662.4,"text":"So we just make sure they're nice and snug, that's good, everything's still operating fine, we've got our gate body attached and now we're ready to go on to the next step and that's going to be putting on the tab bracket. We've got our holes drilled and we're going to slide the tab bracket on and what I'm going to do is I'm going to look at it and make sure I've got my holes aligned so when I come back to attach the next part I know that the screws are going to make it through to the hole there.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":705.32,"text":"So all we're doing is friction fitting the tab bracket onto the tab at this point. So the next step is we're going to take the slide bracket which has a connection bracket in the bearing arm, it should come assembled like this to you and we're just going to slide that over your rod and it should line up, there are grooves that line up and sort of interlock the two pieces together and again we're going to start by trying to get our two screws through the connection bracket into the tab bracket and through the tab and","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":748.48,"text":"basically sandwiching all these pieces together and holding them snug. Take a drill or a screwdriver and I'm not going to do it super tight, I'm just going to get them in most of the way so it's holding in place, we'll worry about snugging them down at the very end. So those are in place now, now this is all connected and we can see things are still sliding smoothly but what we want to do is dial it in with these two screws and these two screws allow us to adjust the height, the small bits of height and our left to right.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":797.26,"text":"So next what I'm going to do is I'm going to make sure that the bearing arm is parallel to the gate body and the slide, we don't want this arm racked one way or the other. So I'm just going to visually look at it and make a small adjustment and sometimes you can tell I've got this just a little snug so it's not allowing me to move it very easily. I'm just going to loosen those two screws up that I just put in and it's going to allow","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":835.36,"text":"me to move this up and down and create that parallelness that I need. So I'm just going to look at it and I think that looks good and now I'll tighten those two down and then the next step is the other two screws which is our left to right. The best way to do that is pull your gate out all the way and wiggle it left and right and you're going to see the difference as those screws slide in the slot of this connection bracket and go left","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":869.8,"text":"and right and then pick the spot in the middle of that and secure those two screws down. And again I'm using a drill here but you can easily just do this by hand, make sure you don't use too much force driving these screws down into these components here. So now that we have all this and we're happy where this rod bracket is, on this particular model the rod bracket supplied is just the right length. Other models you might have a little extra","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":900.24,"text":"that you might want to push back. So for example you might have a gate that sticks out a bit. You can leave it or you can push it back. I like to push it back to a spot that allows the bearing arm to open up all the way and I know visually that as I'm calibrating it once it reaches here I know it's open and I really don't have to worry about if I'm putting the arm under strain, if I'm going too far or something like that. So now that","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":934.4,"text":"I have my bearing arm where I want it and everything's in alignment I'm going to tighten the two set screws on the back to make sure the rod is nice and secure. And again this is something you just want to snug up, you don't need to crank down on it and this guy is not going anywhere. So now we've got it sliding no problem and that's most of the installation of the gate control. The last thing we're going to do is attach the arm. Now before attaching the arm you want to have your gate installed and powered and all gates","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":979.57,"text":"are going to be powered by the GRIT Power Bank. We also have, you're going to have a wire that plugs into your gate. We have a little green connector that goes into the gate here and what you're able to do is to daisy-chain, meaning going from one gate to the next with power. And you can see that the gate is lighting up now for the first time and before we can attach this arm you are going to bind your Gate Control device to your Hub. You can tell that the gate is flashing red and green; that is common of","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1023.3,"text":"any GRIT device. The LED will flash red and green when that device has not been bound to the system, and you'll need to do that before proceeding any further. If you don't know what binding is, look in the GRIT manual and it will tell you step by step how to do it. It's a very simple process. Now that you see your device is solid red—it could be green also—it's telling you that it is bound to the system and is ready to be calibrated.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1051.73,"text":"So I'm going to go into the GRIT App, and if you go under Devices and under Gate, you will see a line that says Gate with a hyphen and then some miscellaneous letters and numbers. To determine whether that is your gate, you can press the Find icon on that line and it will flash red and green to let you know that you're approaching the right gate. When you first are on the system, you might have six, seven, or more gates on a system and you want to know which one you're actually working on, and the initial populated names","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1090.03,"text":"are a little confusing because they're random letters and numbers. So now that I've found the gate that I want to work with I'm going to go into that while I'm in the app and then I can rename it and I'll just call this test gate. I'm going to calibrate it by pressing the calibrate button and I'm going to, it automatically moves to center but you can ensure it moves to center by just pressing the move to center button on the calibration page in the app and what that means is now you can move your gate into a position that's","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1134.27,"text":"more or less halfway open. So we're in the middle position, this is in the middle position and now we're ready to put our arm on. So we'll start by taking the top hat and flat off our tab here and I'm going to make sure that we're still more or less halfway open. Now I can take the gate arm, I'm going to put it over the post and try to connect it to the servo. Now the tines on the servo here are going to make you have to either open","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1175.7,"text":"or close the gate a little bit to get it to fall down and lock itself securely into place. So actually I just got it there, it still looks good, still in a middle position but if your gate actually has to move a little bit open or closed that's fine as long as you're more or less in that range while getting the arm on. And I can take our mounting screw put that on and tighten it by hand or be careful using a drill. We're just going to snug that","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1206.92,"text":"down and then we're going to put our hat washer back on along with some other filler washers. And when doing this because gates all differ a bit in terms of their tab height and slight variations you might find that you need to stack your hat washer and flats slightly different. That's why we give you a variety of different sizes. So if you need to stack a little bit more underneath so that this is riding a planer to the gate body and the slide you'll figure","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1243.14,"text":"that out as you do the install. So we've put our top nut on here and now everything here is secure. Next what we're going to do is while we're still in this calibration page we're going to send the gate to open. It just moved just a little bit and now we just keep pressing more open on the calibration page until it is in the final position that we want for being open. Now you can't press really fast on the button to make it move smoothly.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1280.57,"text":"You have to be a little bit patient. Just tap it once, tap it again. You're going to go until you're open. Now if you're retrofitting and you have duct work on your gate already you're going to have to do it by looking at the gate and seeing if the arm is stressed. If I don't know exactly where open is and I'm not wanting to strain this before I give it power I can position it so that I know this slide arm is when it's in the right position","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1311.57,"text":"is right there versus if I had the rod out more like that you could do that but you might want to put a piece of tape on here or something and that will give you a visual indicator as to what the maximum open is versus keeping on hitting open and putting a lot of stress on the arm and servo which can damage the system. So we make sure that things are in the right position. The very end of this rod meets up with the bearing arm here so","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1343.3,"text":"I know even if I had duct work on here and I couldn't see the slide in here that I know this is my fully open position. So I'll power it back on and go back to my calibration. The gate calibration page has a power graph. While you open or close your gate you should see a spike in power meaning the actuator is working at that time and it's showing you the amperage draw. At a resting state if you keep seeing spikes that means that the system","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1381.34,"text":"is under stress and you need to back off your open or your close to prevent your servo from burning out. So in this case I feel that I've gotten the right open position. Now I'm going to hit close and we're not closed all the way so I'll just keep hitting closed just little by little, a little patience. And as you're doing this you know you just keep looking at it and see when it stops wanting to slide in. And there it felt like I could hear it.","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1429.92,"text":"There's all sorts of indicators that you'll find depending on your scenario. And because I felt like that last one I put in it felt like it really pushed it in there. I'm going to back it off one just to make sure I'm not putting a lot of strain on the motor here. So now I can open, close, open, close. I'll do that a few times to make sure everything is operating nice and smoothly and that seems to be the case. So the key points to take","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1461.91,"text":"away from the installation of the gate actuator and the gate arm is to start with prepping your gate. Make sure that it's operating smoothly. Do some sanding, take it apart. If you can put some silicone lubricant or perhaps some graphite, something like that that helps enhance the sliding of the slide here. That's a major point. Your installation of the gate body, you'll have two different scenarios. One you have a threaded body and the other you don't and they'll just be a slight variation in how you connect it. But the major thing is","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":1498.17,"text":"do not attach your gate arm until you've bound your gate actuator to the system and then you go through the calibration process. It's extremely important and that will prevent any damage to your system. I'm Marco Unieto with GRIT Automation. Thank you for watching and have a great day.","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"gate-calibration","category":"tutorials","title":"GRIT Gate Calibration","description":"Complete guide to calibrating your GRIT automated blast gates for accurate open/close positioning.","tags":["gate","calibration","setup","blast gate","servo","positioning","adjustment"],"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":[{"start":1,"title":"Confirm the Gate Control is bound"},{"start":16,"title":"Find the correct gate in the device list"},{"start":64,"title":"Open the calibration controls"},{"start":89,"title":"Set the open position"},{"start":176,"title":"Back off an overstressed position"},{"start":191,"title":"Set the closed position"},{"start":238,"title":"Check gate stops and binding"},{"start":300,"title":"Run a final open-close test"}],"passages":[{"start":1.33,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":40.41,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":75.97,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":111.77,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":146.13,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":188.81,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":230.77,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":270.89,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":302.65,"text":"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","source":"reviewed-transcript"}]},{"slug":"magswitch-install-laguna","category":"tutorials","title":"MagSwitch Installation — Laguna Dust Collector","description":"Step-by-step MagSwitch installation specifically for Laguna brand dust collectors.","tags":["magswitch","installation","laguna","dust collector","wiring","specific model"],"takeaways":["Disconnect power before opening the Laguna dust collector's contactor enclosure.","Install the current transformer on a motor lead and connect the two-wire harness to incoming mains power.","Wire the four-wire harness to the start and stop terminals, then connect and secure the MagSwitch Collector."],"chapters":[{"start":0,"title":"Installation overview and power-off step"},{"start":20,"title":"Identify the three harness components"},{"start":51,"title":"Install the current transformer"},{"start":95,"title":"Connect device power"},{"start":111,"title":"Wire the start and stop controls"},{"start":211,"title":"Connect the MagSwitch and replace the lid"}],"passages":[{"start":0,"text":"We're going to walk through what it looks like to install the GRIT MagSwitch Collector device on a Laguna dust collector. 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Today I want to show you the GRIT iVac Gate Control. Many shops already have iVac gates installed and want to keep that investment as part of the shop. The GRIT iVac Gate Control lets the GRIT system operate those existing gates without requiring them to be replaced. It's a really simple process. All you're gonna do is take the power supply that came with your iVac gate and you're gonna plug that into the input","source":"reviewed-transcript"},{"start":48.22,"text":"and we've got a little jumper cable that jumps out and will supply power to the iVac gate and you'll use a control wire to plug in and this goes into the control input for the GRIT iVac control device and you can use some VHB tape and just stick this to your iVac system so it's that simple. 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