Operator's Manual

UsingtheSafety-Interlock
System
WARNING
Ifthesafety-interlockswitchesare
disconnectedordamaged,themachinecould
operateunexpectedly,causingpersonal
injury.
•Donottamperwiththeinterlockswitches.
•Checktheoperationoftheinterlock
switchesdailyandreplaceanydamaged
switchesbeforeoperatingthemachine.
Understandingthe
Safety-InterlockSystem
Thesafety-interlocksystemisdesignedforthe
following:
•Topreventtheenginefromstartingunlessthe
tractionpedalisintheNEUTRALposition.
•Toautomaticallyensurethattheparkingbrake
isengagedandthePTOisoffwhenstartingthe
machine.
•Toshutofftheenginewheneverthetractionpedal
isnotintheNEUTRALpositionandyourisefrom
theseat.
•Toautomaticallyengagetheparkingbrakeand
disengagethePTO,whenyouriseoutoftheseat
withthetractionpedalintheNEUTRALposition.
•Toshutofftheenginewhenevertheparkingbrake
isnotengagedandyourisefromtheseat.
TestingtheSafety-Interlock
System
1.Sitintheseatwiththeengineoffandensure
thatthePTOswitchisintheOFFposition.
2.TurnthekeyswitchtotheSTARTposition;the
startershouldcrank.Donotstartorshutoffthe
enginepriortostep3.
3.TurnthekeyswitchtotheONpositionandpush
theSmartParkswitchtotheOFFposition.The
brakeshoulddisengageandthebrakelight
shouldturnoff.
4.Withthebrakedisengagedandtractionpedal
intheNEUTRALposition,turnthekeytothe
STARTposition.Thebrakeshouldautomatically
engage,theengineshouldcrank,andthebrake
lightshouldturnon.
5.WiththeengineoffandthekeyintheON
position,engagethePTObypullingupthe
blade-controlswitch;youshouldheartheclutch
engage.
6.Ensurethatthetractionpedalisinneutraland
turnthekeytotheSTARTposition.ThePTO
shoulddisengageandtheengineshouldcrank
andstartwithoutthebladesmoving.
7.Withtheenginerunning,risefromtheseat.The
engineshouldremainrunningandthebrake
lightshouldbeon.
8.Returntotheseatanddisengagetheparking
brakebypushingtheSmartParkswitchtothe
OFFposition.Theengineshouldcontinuetorun.
9.Risefromtheseatagain.Thebrakeshould
automaticallyengageandtheengineshould
continuetorun.
10.Returntotheseatandengagethebladesby
pullinguptheblade-controlswitch.
11.Risefromtheseat.Thebladesshould
disengageandtheengineshouldcontinueto
run.
12.Returntotheseatandpulluptheblade-control
switch.Thebladesshouldengage.Disengage
thebladesbypushingdowntheblade-control
switch.
13.Pulluptheblade-controlswitchtoengagethe
blades.MovethetractionpedaltotheREVERSE
position.Thebladesshoulddisengage.Move
thetractionpedaltotheNEUTRALposition.
14.Pulluptheblade-controlswitchtoengagethe
blades.TurntheKeyChoiceswitchtotheON
positionandreleaseit.Theoperating-in-reverse
lightshouldilluminate.
15.MovethetractionpedaltotheREVERSEposition.
Thebladesshouldremainengaged.Pushthe
blade-controlswitchintodisengagetheblades.
Theoperating-in-reverselightshouldturnoff.
MovethetractionpedaltotheNEUTRALposition.
16.Ifnotengaged,pushtheSmarkParkswitchto
theONpositionandlightlytapthetractionpedal
intheeithertheFORWARDorREVERSEposition.
Thebrakeshoulddisengageandthebrakelight
shouldturnoff.
Note:Tapthepedal,donotfullyengagethe
pedalasthatcausesthebrakesystemtobind
andnotrelease.
17.Withthebrakereleased,engagethetraction
pedalslightlyandrisefromtheseat.Theengine
shouldshutoff.
18.ReturntotheseatandturnthekeytotheOFF
position.Afterseveralseconds,thebrake
systemshouldengage.
Note:WiththekeyintheOFFposition,the
brakelightdoesnotilluminate.
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