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Wiring guide: Nice Apollo 1050

This guide shows where each wire from the Nimbio terminal strip lands on the Nice Apollo 1050’s Series 1000 control board, and which operator setting to change. Gate Status: wired on the main board. Sense 1 and SC connect to the board’s OUT 1 relay. With OUT 1 set to MOVING, Sense 1 reports whether the gate is moving or at rest, and Nimbio maps those two states to the labels shown in the app.

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Important: Standby mode must be off. Terminal 20 (24V) turns off when the operator enters Standby, and Nimbio loses power with it. If Standby has to stay on, for example on a solar-powered operator, power Nimbio from a separate 12–24V AC or DC power supply instead.

Before you start

Power the operator down at its supply before touching any terminal.
The Nimbio terminal strip has eight terminals: PWR+, PWR-, Sense 2, SC, Sense 1, NC, C and NO. This guide wires Sense 1 and SC; Sense 2 is not used with MOVING (see “Connections”).
Power: PWR+ and PWR- land on terminals 20 (24V) and 21 (Power GND), with Standby mode turned off. Terminal 20 turns off in Standby, and Nimbio loses power with it. If Standby has to stay on, use a separate 12–24V AC or DC power supply instead.
You need a small screwdriver for the terminal screws.

Nimbio terminal strip (left) to the Series 1000 control board (right). Wire tags name the destination terminal. On a phone, scroll the diagram sideways or pinch to zoom; the Connections list below has every wire.

Connections

Nimbio terminal	Operator terminal	Number	Board	Note
PWR+	24V	20	Series 1000 control board	Turns off in Standby mode — see “Before you start”.
PWR-	Power GND	21	Series 1000 control board
Sense 2	Not used with MOVING	—	—	Only needed if OUT 1 is set to an open or close limit.
SC	OUT 1 Com.	2	Series 1000 control board	Sense common.
Sense 1	OUT 1 N.C.	1	Series 1000 control board	OUT 1 relay contact.
NC	Not used	—	—	The operator input takes NO and C.
C	GND	17	Series 1000 control board
NO	In1	16	Series 1000 control board	Dry-contact input.

PWR+

Operator terminal: 24VNumber: 20Board: Series 1000 control boardNote: Turns off in Standby mode — see “Before you start”.

PWR-

Operator terminal: Power GNDNumber: 21Board: Series 1000 control boardNote:

Sense 2

Operator terminal: Not used with MOVINGNumber: —Board: —Note: Only needed if OUT 1 is set to an open or close limit.

Operator terminal: OUT 1 Com.Number: 2Board: Series 1000 control boardNote: Sense common.

Sense 1

Operator terminal: OUT 1 N.C.Number: 1Board: Series 1000 control boardNote: OUT 1 relay contact.

Operator terminal: Not usedNumber: —Board: —Note: The operator input takes NO and C.

Operator terminal: GNDNumber: 17Board: Series 1000 control boardNote:

Operator terminal: In1Number: 16Board: Series 1000 control boardNote: Dry-contact input.

Sense 2 is not used with MOVING. It is only needed if OUT 1 is set to an open or close limit.

When the wiring is done, restore power at the supply. A Nimbio support team member then calls to test the gate before you close the panel.

Settings on the operator

Set Aux Output 1 to MOVING. The operator’s menu offers NO PROGRAM, OPEN, CLOSE, MOVING, TIMER 1 and TIMER 2 for this output; this guide uses MOVING, which Nimbio has found gives the best Gate Status result. CLOSE has not been tested with the Nimbio board.

Gate Status

Gate Status: wired. Sense 1 (terminal 1) and SC (terminal 2) connect to the OUT 1 relay. With Aux Output 1 set to MOVING, that relay is active while the gate is opening or closing. With OUT 1 set to MOVING, Sense 1 reports whether the gate is moving or at rest, and Nimbio maps those two states to the labels shown in the app.

No suitable output on your operator? A magnetic gate switch can report the gate’s position instead: wire its two leads to Sense 1 and SC for fully closed, or to Sense 2 and SC for fully open. The switch must be a dry contact that puts out no power of its own; if yours puts out power, add a relay that turns it into a dry contact.