Never ever apply WD40 onto the internal protruding arm, WD40 has the tendency to damage that fiber part. Once is broken, your arm system is good as dead and replacing whole arm is the only option. I recommend apply rubber/silicone grease which the compound is a bit watery and comes in blue. This grease is meant for conditioning rubber parts in automobile. Normal grease will attract dirt and fine sand which damage the internals.

No problem. Glad to assist you.

Since is white in colour, prone to water marks. Nothing much can be done. Prefer the previous model GFM 905 where is Gold

Jerky is because OAE Auto Gate is powered gear to gear movement without much cushioning. And the other problem is due to how the motherboard being produce. Higher end auto gate runs on PWM (power management) which provides smoother power and voltage curve in order to run smoother and with 3 speed (GFM 925W)

Open halfway stop problem, here is a few factors =

- Load increment required (motherboard overload knob require increment)
- OAE internal motor life span have come to an end which increase load that cause the power cut off
- If you're using swing-fold gate, check your roller bearing is running smoothly.

Motor replacement price range from RM 450 - 650 per piece

Battery life span indeed last roughly 12 months to 24 months. Some of my customer manage to pull off 36 months.

Is all bound to the quality rechargeable backup battery you purchase. Those from china and low quality ones usually blows out or else excessive acid leaks on the seals. Don't be surprise seeing battery clips get corrosive to the extend of eating up all the metal bits.

1. Check your remote control, is there any remotes damage switches causing it to accidental trigger the gate open.

2. Change remote control code (includes the receiver too) try it and see the result.

3. Get a qualified electrician to check on your autogate control panel cables for leakage. Cable that have short circuit or leakage will cause the control panel to trigger the gate open or close.

FAAC, can say reliable and very pioneer brand from Italy. Spare parts expensive. With goo maintenance, it last.

If all your remote control face the same problem, is time to replace the control panel remote control receiver.

If you want the rubber seals attached to the arm to last longer, get rubber grease. Those grease are specially made to extend life long of the rubber seals. Can obtain from car spare part shop.

DC Motor Sliding uses 3 pieces of magnet inside the gearbox shaft. It uses magnetic contact reader to count the rotation for the distance for open and close. It uses low voltage to close the gate (resistance). Hance you don't notice limit switch on both ends of the gear rack.

How do we fine tune the DC Motor to cut off the motor sooner than before??? Answer is simple, the control panel has a variable dial for "LOAD" resistance. You can fine tune the level for enough resistance to cut off aka safety adjustment. Bare one thing in mind, turning the dial too sensitive will lead the gate stop halfway due to resistance cut off, motor need extra load to push the gate at some point.

At RM 1500 range, you have lots of choice for locally made autogate system.

Others like CASA Asia 320 or even DC Motor GFM 925W.

GFM 925W has the control panel set limit load to minimal. In which is consider safe. It doesn't use limit switch at all. All turning radius is pre-calibrated on the very first run.

Is not circuit board issue, was the gearbox. It only happens to a small quantity in the first batch of production. As for today, all gearbox is been rectified with stronger material. Even GFM 925W had another revision back in August 2014 with new limit stop nut.

I do not mean that any other will be better since is going to be a competition market.

I've tried OAE, Casa Asia and DC Moto. End of the day, I sold more DC Moto than the other two brands.

Since is for your parent use, I recommend you Casa Asia and DC Moto. Both have manual operation easier to operate than those arm type (unless you opt with those having a key to release the locking mechanism).

As you can see, mostly swing or swing fold gate design are closely design whereby your hand doesn't reach inside. In which make it hard for manual release when you're stuck outside the gate. Casa Asia and DC Moto manual release design has solved this problem by having manual release key mounted on the motor top section which is closely towards the pillar. And each swing and swing fold gate have at least 2 inch of gap between the pillar and gate.

Different design of limit stop nut. Previous version tend to wear out after long usage.

As long is the same model and manufactured by DCMOTO. Beware of counterfeit/clones made from Taiwan/China.

Price range from RM 80 - 120

Sure. Learn the steps on how to program/clone procedure.

Local made the finish and plastic material feels more premium. You can touch it felt like fine sand paper rather than lacquered plastic.

Depending on what type of remote control system you're using.

Ordinary and even other brands, they use FIXED code. Adjust remote control and receiver coding to match it as you've change a new code.

While DCMoto GFM 905/925 series runs on more advance "Code Hopping" type. You just have use one of the remote control and randomly change a new code and copy the rest of the remote control plus "learning" the code thru the control panel.

First and foremost, your electric lock for door entry or gate system?

Here is a break down on pros n cons.

Solenoid
- existence the early 90's for gate system.
- almost no maintenance required.
- if it failed, you need to use the release key (pray hard you didn't lost it)
- wear n tear from the solenoid catcher where it grabs it but doesn't hold on it.

EM Lock
- the most convenient usage
- has 300 pound to 600 pound force-hold
- it can have battery backup usage
- requires no manual release key (just cut the power off)

Penang, there is tons of DCMoto dealers there. You can always ask around. Which are you are located? BM?