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CITADEL Archetype™ Loftier Wind Zipper Rails Solar Shades

Outdoor Shades for Heavy Winds
The CITADEL Classic™ Zipper Track high wind retractable solar shade system has been re-engineered to provide the strongest seal confronting the elements, insects and critters. Enclose your outdoor covered space with our big pick of transparent solar shade fabrics. Get daytime privacy with full vision out.

Withstands winds upwards to 50 mph (free standing)
Identifying Wind Speed

Maximum Dimensions:
xiv'w x 12'h (168″w x 144″h)
Minimum Width: 60″
Crank operated or Motorized.

4 ½" Housing Box, 2 1/4″ side rails (Material Retention Tracks)

For larger shades upgrade to CITADEL Lusty™ Solar Shades

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We volition guide you through the entire process

• Product Info
• Motorization
• Construction
• How To Measure
• How To Mount
• Gratis Samples
• Pricing & Ordering
• Installation/ Videos

Product Info

CITADEL Archetype™ Zipper Track Solar Description

The CITADEL Archetype™ Zipper Track sets the new standard of excellence in custom built high wind shades. This avant-garde organization has been completely re-engineered with bigger, stronger components that lock the textile more securely into the fabric retention tracks while providing more than installation versatility.

Thicker industrial strength zippers and broadened fabric retentivity bands create a more powerful bond. Wider fabric retention tracks have a redesigned insert that is secured with reachable screws. The new Snap Cover is purely decorative and can be removed if you are installing into stone. An advanced funnel organization feeds the shade from different angles as the diameter of the roller changes. The weight bar is has more choices of pile brushes to ensure a smooth fit to the flooring. The shade glides up and down smoothly and can be stopped at desired position.

• Extra wide fabrics require less seaming, 3 density choices to control rut, glare and UV
• Microban enhanced to inhibit mold and mildew. Greenguard Certified for make clean air
• Deluxe all- weather fabrics provide daytime privacy with full vision out
• No see-um screens are also bachelor
• Rollers are heavy walled 2 ¾" bore
• Side Rail (Retentivity Tracks) are each ii ¼" wide ten ane ½" thick
• Crank operated or radio control motors (choice of side)
• All corrosion resistant metal components: pulverisation coated aluminum, powder coated steel, stainless steel or galvanized
• Choice of brush piles for flush fit to the ground: .v", one" or 2"
• 1 free mitt caryatid per gild
• 10 twelvemonth fabric warranty – Phifer Suntex fabrics

Seal out the weather, air current, insects and critters from a covered patio, lanai, pergola, porch, gazebo, outdoor kitchen or other covered roof surface area. Perfect for waterfront homes where high winds and the elements might be an issue. The tracks must be hosed downward on a regular basis to brand certain they are clear of dirt and droppings before lifting or lowering the shade, or it volition not part correctly. Not doing so will void the warranty.

Fire Rating For Solar Shade Fabrics
National Fire Protection Clan NFPA No. 101 "Life Safety Code"

Motorization

Standard Electrical Motors

General Info about XQ5 and Somfy Motors

• Motors tin can be ordered on the right or left and plug into a grounded outlet
• Hardwiring requires installing a shut-off switch for each motor to disconnect each separately from power should you demand to reprogram
• Motors are 120V and draw about 1.6 amps, operating temperature range is from 14 to 140 degrees F (-x to 60 degrees C.)
• There is no manual override
• Social club housing box to forbid h2o from shorting out the motor unless installing into water tight pocket
• Create a drip loop to prevent water from running downwards the cord into the motor caput and shorting out the motor.

XQ5 Premium Motor Controls

The XQ5 motor is our standard outdoor shade motor. These are radio controlled with congenital in radio receiver. Best price point. If yous need to reset the motor yous will accept to printing a push button on the motor caput itself, so information technology's not recommended for hard to accomplish areas.

Comes standard with an eight′ power string (sixteen′ or 32′ can be ordered). The power cord and plug come up split up then you can cut to the appropriate length. The XQ5 motor doesn't have an antenna in the cord, so the string can be cut as short as needed. The antenna is the small white wire on the motor.

Handheld Remotes: Smart Line

• Handheld Smart Line Remotes: Come every bit ane channel or 5 channel
• Available in white but.
• The bombardment is CR2430. (5 channel remote has v separate channels plus an "all" channel).
• Comes with wall mounted bracket with magnetic concord
• 65 Human foot range

Wall Mounted Remotes: Dekora

• Wireless battery operated wall switch that avoids cutting into drywall.
• It does not require an electrician.
• Available as single aqueduct or v channel. The v aqueduct has 5 separate channels plus an "all" button."
• Available in white simply.

• The timer is a multifunction remote with xc channels brandish and timer.
• You can plan up to six groups of 15 channels each.
• It also has a clear plastic wall subclass.
• 3V Lithium Battery (CR2450)
• Remote range 65 feet

• Sensors automatically retract shades between 6-31 mph
• Sensors plug into a grounded outlet, set limit stops with whatever XQ5 remote
• Requires the SOL one channel remote to turn sensor function on and off
• When winds higher than your setting is sensed for a duration of ii minutes, the shades automatically retract. One time winds take lowered below your setting for xx minutes, you tin control the shade with your remote.
• Shades go down automatically 20 minutes afterwards the wind stops, calculated from when the current of air is reduced. If wind goes above your setting before the 20 minutes, it will require another xx minutes earlier yous or the sun sensor can lower the shade.

• Sensors can automatically retract shades between 6-31 mph
• Sensors plug into a grounded outlet
• Cord length is 96″
• Set limit stops with any XQ5 remote
• All-time to have one wind sensor for each direction shades are facing because wind comes at them differently
• When wind higher than your setting is sensed for a duration of two minutes, the shades will automatically retract. In one case the wind speed has lowered to below your setting and has remained lower for 20 minutes, yous will exist able to control your shade with your remote.
• Not recommended for metal areas like fully steel or aluminum pergolas with metal slat roof or metalized glass panels that radiate excessive heat.

RollApp Hub: Control Shades with Wifi

• Control your motorized shades with your Android or iphone from anywhere or anytime.
• Group shades into rooms, and choose favorite, scenarios, and private schedules.
• Use voice commands with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa products.
• Connects to the home network and one or more XQ5 Radio controlled motors.
• Create as many rooms equally yous desire and upwards to six favorite rooms managed from the app.
• Easy shade controls with UP, STOP, Downward and PRESET buttons.
• Program the shade limits by the app. Motors sync with the app without using another transmitter.
• Plan upward to 10 scenarios. Each scenario can automate the ascent, descent and preset controls, with the ability to repeat any day of the week and fix holiday modes

Somfy is our upgraded motor, and is more expensive than our standard XQ5 Motor. Somfy motors tin be reset from the remote, so it's a amend fit for hard to accomplish shades & 2nd story applications. With the Somfy TaHoma™ shade motors can pair with a broad range of dwelling house automation systems.

Comes standard with a 9' power cord (24′ can be ordered). Power cords and plugs come separate so yous tin can cut to the appropriate length.Do not cut motor wires shorter than 42" as you lot volition exist cutting the antenna and seriously reducing the range of the remote.

• 1 Aqueduct for single shade
• Multi-Channel to operate up to 4 individually or as a grouping
• sixteen channels to operate upwards to 15 individually or in a group;
• Available white, ivory, black
• Motors can be reset from the remote – important feature for very tall shades

• Battery-powered wireless wall switch
• Available as single or 5 channel
• In white or ivory.
• We recommend ordering the manus-held remote for easier programming of limit stops
• Ability: 3V lithium bombardment, CR 2450 blazon
• Low voltage device, in most cases doesn't crave an electrical box

• If used with 1 shade, timer can be used to set limit stops
• Multiple shades require multi-channel remote to set limit stops
• Can exist fix to heighten and lower shades once a day only
• If used in conjunction with wind sensor, wind sensor will lower and heighten, use remote to lower subsequently wind dies downwards

• Must lodge Soliris paw-held remote to set sun sensor and programme limit stops (not wall mounted)
• Wind and Sun/Current of air Sensors automatically retract shades between vi-31 mph
• Sensors plug into a grounded outlet, all-time to accept ane for each direction shades are facing as wind comes at them differently
• Shades will lower when current of air college than your setting is sensed for 2 minutes, or when plenty calorie-free is sensed. It will retract when light dims considering of nightfall, clouds, shadows trees etc
• If sun sensor has lowered shade merely wind exceeds your setting the wind sensor will override the sunday sensor and raise the shade
• Once current of air is reduced to below your setting for 15 minutes with sun shining on the sensor, the shade will lower
• Passing clouds could mayhap enhance and lower shade many times a day with the wind sensor also raising it for air current
• Yous may disconnect the sunday sensor and operate it manually, but you lot can't disconnect the wind sensor equally the shade volition search for a signal from a asunder wind sensor every hr and behave erratically

• Requires Soliris hand- held remote to fix sunday sensor which can likewise be used to program limit stops (wall mounted remotes can't do information technology)
• These are solar powered so no need to plug in sensors
• Set rain sensor from condensation/fog to heavy rain; snowfall will also activate it
• Sun sensor raises shade when it senses enough light, or lower when senses not plenty considering of nightfall, clouds, shadows from trees, etc.
• If sun sensor has raised the shade merely pelting exceeds your setting, the pelting sensor volition override the sun sensor and lower the shade to intendance of showers.
• One time pelting is reduced to below your setting for two minutes with the sun shining on the sensor, the shade will be raised again
• Passing clouds and shadows could raise and lower shade many times a day with pelting sensor likewise lowering it for rain
• You tin can disconnect sun sensor and operate it with the remote, but yous tin't disconnect the rain sensor equally the shade will conduct erratically searching for a point from the asunder rain sensor every 20 minutes

Somfy TaHoma™: Abode Automation with Smartphone App

(App is complimentary, but you must purchase the TaHoma™ transmitter)

• Plough your smartphone or tablet into a remote control for motorized shades with the Somfy TaHoma™ using WiFi (requires a security camera to know if shades are upwards or down)
• Operate your shades with the complimentary TaHoma™ North America App while domicile or away, or integrate with tertiary-party systems. Uniform with IOS 11.0+ and Android 7.0+
• Works with with Amazon Alexa, IFTTT, Phillips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, and Google Banana – assuasive for natural vocalization commands to command the shades
• Compatible with most third-political party systems such as Control4®, Crestron, Savant, Elan, RTI, URC, and Brilliant
• Maintains motor/device settings even during a ability failure
• Requires regular radio hand-held remote for initial programming and to gear up limit stops
• Must be within range of 25-35ft from shade; Somfy recommends at least 1 TaHoma™ interface per room or zone, and upwardly to 10 gateways in one home to increase the range
• TaHoma's performance is straight related to wellness and reliability of the WiFi network
• Create scenes by grouping multiple channels together; create schedules by setting ane or more than scenes on a timer. Create up to 40 scenes and schedules to automatically operate multiple shades
• If used with a air current sensor shade can be lowered after 15 minutes of reduced air current (requires a security camera to evidence position of shade)
• If used with a current of air sensor and shade was raised considering of air current, shade can automatically lower at a preset time as long as the air current was not blowing at that time

NEW! Solar Powered Motorization

HELIOS Solar Motor System

3 Year Warranty

• 20 Nmbattery-poweredsolar-chargedmotor
• Solar Station with the option to mount straight on the housing box or externally using the external mounting brackets (proficient for low light areas)
• Solar Station tin can recharge using straight sunlight or through micro USB
• The Solar Station requires a minimum of 5 hours of straight sunlight per day. If the panel receives less, USB charging with a standard micro USB may be required
• Citadel shade maximum dimensions: 17'due west 10 ten' h
• Solar motor operates at 12 RPM'south, Plugged in motors operate at xix RPM'due south
• It does Not work with the Adjustable Hem Bar
• Reset push for motor is located on solar station
• Mechanically set limits on motor head
• Merely available for solar fabrics
• Comes with 1 free single channel remote for a single shade order, or 1 gratuitous v-channel remote for a multi shade club

External Mounted Helios Organisation

Solar station can mount externally up to 40″ abroad from the shade. Adept for depression light areas.

View external solar station mounting options*

*Reset button sits on solar station, programme mounting accordingly to access button in rare example of motor failure

Box Mounted Helios System

The box mounted Helios organization tin can exist mounted directly onto the housing box*. For depression light areas try the externally mounted bracket system.

*Box mounted stations and motors can just exist mounted on the right side of the shade

• ane aqueduct remote offers command of 1 motorized shade system.
• five aqueduct remote & timer control a grouping of motorized exterior shades. The timer allows for automatic control of your shades based your individual needs.

External Mounted Solar Station

• The external mounted Helios System provides flexible mounting options for low light areas
• Provides use of solar ability in low light areas upwards to 40″ away from shade

Box Mounted Solar Station

• The box-mounted Helios System is available for the iv.5″ and v.v″ exterior housing box shade systems.
• The brackets easily mount direct onto the housing box making installation a breeze.

Construction

CITADEL Zipper Track™ Construction

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An outdoor shade should be retracted in windy conditions. CITADEL shades are wind rated at 50mph. Yous can whorl your shades UP when it is windy, merely Not Down! Shades should exist lowered during calm weather condition so the zippers don't bind. Shades must be mounted to the underside of a beam/ceiling or to the face up of a axle/wall, and cannot be 'end mounted.'  Installing within 3 miles of salt water is considered salty air and changes the warranty on metal parts, not the textile or motors.

1. Rollers : Heavy walled 2 ¾" bore to forestall sagging. Fabric is secured to the roller with a sturdy keder that runs in a groove in the roller the full width of the shade and is permanently affixed to the material so that it cannot slide out.
2. Side Rail System  (fabric retention tracks): Large industrial strength zippers and wide fabric retentiveness bands lock the material more than securely into ii ¼" 10 1 ½" thick side rails. Zippers extend all the fashion to the lesser of the hem bar for a tighter fit. The improved funnel system feeds the fabric from multiple angles allowing more than versatility. L-Channel Brackets are used for installing fabric retentiveness tracks between columns. Snap Runway Comprehend is removable (good if you are embedding into stone).
3. Housing Box : Provide a more finished look, and hides and protects the curl. Made of corrosive resistant, pulverisation coated, extruded aluminum. They've been equipped with a new interlock system for easier installation. The CITADEL Archetype uses a iv ½" wide 10 4 ½" tall housing box bachelor in 8 colors .
4. Weight Bar : Pulverisation coated aluminum colors lucifer the side rails and housing. Fitted with your selection of Pile castor . These come standard with a ½" pile brush , or you tin upgrade to ane″ pile brush , 2" pile brush , or a rubber seal weather condition gasket . The pile brushes create a weather condition seal that adheres the shade to the floor. (When fully retracted, there will exist about two" of bottom slat and ¼" to one ½" of brush that will still hang below the housing). 2" pile brush helps compensate for slanted floors.
5. Metal Components are made of corrosion resistant materials (pulverization coated aluminum, powder coated steel, stainless steel, or galvanized steel. If yous are close to the sea "with salt air smog" where y'all tin actually gustation the common salt air, spray off all metal parts as you would ocean going boats, even the stainless-steel ones.
6. Hand caryatid : Each crank operated shade order comes with ONE free properly sized hand brace in choice of 3 colors . in heights of either 48″, 60″, 72″, 84″ or 96″ tall. Move the hand brace from shade to shade to operate them. Order extras for convenience.
7. You will need to supply your ain Torx Screws for mounting your shades.

How To Measure out

How to Mensurate for the CITADEL™ Zipper Track Shade System

For within frame mount requite us your opening dimensions. Mensurate the width at the top, middle and bottom. The opening should have no more than than ane ½" difference between widest and narrowest dimension. Always take the narrowest dimension. We will deduct iii/4″ to allow for fastening housings and "L" mounting aqueduct thickness. Mensurate the tiptop in three places. E'er employ longest measurement.

For outside flush/surface mountain, also requite united states of america your opening dimensions. The sidetracks for the CITADEL Classicare each 2 ¼" wide. We will add v" to your opening width to make up for any irregularities. The sidetracks for the CITADEL Brawny are each 2 ½" wide. We will add 6" to your opening width to make up for any irregularities. The height of the side rails will be from the top of your housing to how far down yous want the shade to drop. The tracks will exist several inches longer than needed to permit for whatever variances. You will demand to cutting the rails on site.

How To Mount

Surface Mount (Face Mount)

The shade mounts to the front end face of your header beam on the interior or exterior of your structure

• Minimum clear height in a higher place opening is four i/2″
• Recommended articulate height above opening is 7″ for shade to disappear from your line of vision
• We will add 5″ to your opening width for the side tracks. Each side rail is 2 ane/4″ wide. Please don't take any deductions

• The header and columns of your structure must be completely flush, level and plumb with each other (whatsoever protrusions will demand to exist addressed such as lips, bolts, blast heads or trim).

Undermount (Ceiling Mountain)

The shade mounts from the top downwardly inside the frame of your structure.

• Must have at to the lowest degree 4 i/2″ of depth that is flat, level and plumb (whatever trim, nail heads, bolts volition need to be addressed)
• Side tracks volition mount using 50 channel brackets.
• Nosotros deduct 3/4″ when mounting inside your opening and then the shade will fit

• Any protrusions inside your opening or on the header beam including lips, bolts, nail heads or trim will demand to be addressed
• Opening should accept no more than 1 ½" difference between widest and narrowest dimensions

**Solar shades CANNOT be mounted CLOSER THAN ii FEET from a heat source**

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Installation/ Videos

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