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8. System Specifications

Frequency

Range : 433

434

MHz

Number

Channels

: 62

channels

Channel

Spacing

: 25

KHz

Modulation

Digital Frequency Modulation based on

Manchester Code, 20bit address, 32bit CRC

Parity Check and Hamming Code.

Encoder

Decoder

: Microprocessor-controlled

Transmitting

Range

＞

100 Meters / 300 Feet

Hamming

Distance

＞

Frequency Control

Synthesized PLL (Phase Lock Loop)

Receiver

Type

: Frequency

Auto

Scanning

Receiver

Sensitivity

: -116dBm

Spurious

Emission

: -50dB

Antenna

Impedance

: 50

ohms

Responding

Time : 40

Milliseconds

(average)

Transmitting

Power

: 1.0mW

Enclosure

Type

: NEMA-4X

Enclosure

Rating : IP-66

Output

Contact

Rating

: 250V

Amps

Transmitter

Operating

Voltage : DC

3.0V

Receiver Power Consumption

11.0 VA

Operating

Temperature

: -25

℃

-13 ~ 167

℉

Transmitter Dimension

230mm (L) x 69.0mm (W) x 35mm (H)

Receiver

Dimension

: 363mm (L) x 228mm (W) x 70mm (H)

Transmitter

Weight

: 296g

10.4oz

Receiver

Weight

: 2.5kg

5.5lb

Summary of Contents for FLEX 12EX

Page 1: ...FLEX12EX User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ard Push Button Configuration Transmitter Toggle 10 b Standard Push Button Configuration A B Selector 11 13 c Inline Push Button Configuration Transmitter Toggle 14 d Inline Push Button Configuration A B Selector 15 17 4 Channel Change via Push Buttons 18 5 Program 4 digit Security Code 19 6 I CHIP 20 B Receiver Unit 1 System Channel Settings 21 2 Output Relay Configurations a Output Relay Types 2...

Page 3: ...g 33 7 Operating Procedure A Transmitter Operation 1 General Operating Procedure 34 35 2 A B Selector Push Button Operating Procedure 35 3 3rd Speed Push Button Operating Procedure 35 4 Pitch Catch Operating Procedure 36 5 Automatic Channel Scanning Operating Procedure 36 6 Changing Transmitter Batteries 36 B Status Light Indicators Warnings 1 Transmitter STATUS Light Indication 37 2 Receiver STAT...

Page 4: ... unique ID codes 20bit Each and every Flex system has its own unique ID codes and serial number never repeats Advanced controls The Flex system utilizes advanced microprocessor controls with 32bit CRC and Hamming Code which provide ultra fast safe precise and error free encoding and decoding Unique I CHIP design The I CHIP functions in a way that is very similar to SIM card used on mobile phones w...

Page 5: ...power refer to page 37 4 Check the Status LED on the transmitter for any signs of irregularities refer to page 37 5 The crane limit switches should be checked prior to crane operation or at the beginning of each shift When checking limit switches the hoist should be centered over an area free of personnel and equipment 6 If the power to the crane is removed the operator should turn off the transmi...

Page 6: ...p Button 8 Push Button 12 15 Strap Ring 2 Removable Power Key Switch 9 Push Button 1 16 System Information 3 Push Button 2 10 Push Button 3 17 System Channel 4 Push Button 4 11 Push Button 5 18 Crane Number 5 Push Button 6 12 Push Button 7 19 Battery Cover 6 Push Button 8 13 Push Button 9 20 Approval Information 7 Push Button 10 14 Push Button 11 ...

Page 7: ...ternal Illustration Fig 03 Fig 04 1 Encoder Board 6 I CHIP 2 Arial Antenna 7 Function Dip Switch 3 Transmitting Module 8 Channel Dip Switch 4 Status LED Display 9 Battery Contact Mechanism 5 Function LED Displays ...

Page 8: ...VER UNIT 1 External Illustration Fig 05 1 Shock Mount 6 COM LED Display 2 External Antenna BNC Jack 7 Output Contact Diagram 3 Power LED Display 8 System Information 4 Status LED Display 9 Cord Grip 5 SQ LED Display ...

Page 9: ...Page 8 2 Internal Illustration Fig 06 1 AC Line Filter 4 Decoder Module 2 Power Transformer 5 Output Relay Board 3 Receiving Module ...

Page 10: ...m to work To change receiver channel please refer to page 21 Example Top slot 1 Fig 08 Bottom slot 0 The above dip switch setting 1 0 0 1 0 0 corresponds to channel 36 in the system channels table on page 30 2 Continuous Transmitting Time Adjustment After the push button is released the transmitter will continue to Type 1 transmit neutral signals to the receiver for up to one 1 minute After one 1 ...

Page 11: ...gnated push button PB7 PB12 is pressed Fig 09 DIP PB7 PB8 PB9 PB10 PB11 PB12 1 00000000 Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal 2 00001001 Normal Normal Normal LED 4 Normal Normal 3 00001010 Normal Normal LED 3 LED 4 Normal Normal 4 00001011 Normal LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 Normal Normal 5 00001100 LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 Normal Normal 6 00001101 Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal LED 4 7 00001110 Norma...

Page 12: ...mal Normal Normal Normal 15 00110100 Normal B 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 16 00110101 Normal C 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 17 00110110 Normal D 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 18 00110111 A 1 2 A 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 19 00111000 A 1 2 B 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 20 00111001 A 1 2 C 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 21 00111010 A 1 2 D 3 4 Normal Normal Normal Normal 22 00111...

Page 13: ...mal 36 01001001 Normal Normal A 1 2 A 3 4 Normal Normal 37 01001010 Normal Normal A 1 2 B 3 4 Normal Normal 38 01001011 Normal Normal A 1 2 C 3 4 Normal Normal 39 01001100 Normal Normal A 1 2 D 3 4 Normal Normal 40 01001101 Normal Normal B 1 2 B 3 4 Normal Normal 41 01001110 Normal Normal B 1 2 C 3 4 Normal Normal 42 01001111 Normal Normal B 1 2 D 3 4 Normal Normal 43 01010000 Normal Normal C 1 2 ...

Page 14: ...3 4 54 01011011 Normal Normal Normal Normal A 1 2 A 3 4 55 01011100 Normal Normal Normal Normal A 1 2 B 3 4 56 01011101 Normal Normal Normal Normal A 1 2 C 3 4 57 01011110 Normal Normal Normal Normal A 1 2 D 3 4 58 01011111 Normal Normal Normal Normal B 1 2 B 3 4 59 01100000 Normal Normal Normal Normal B 1 2 C 3 4 60 01100001 Normal Normal Normal Normal B 1 2 D 3 4 61 01100010 Normal Normal Normal...

Page 15: ...0101 Normal Normal Normal LED 4 Normal Normal 66 00010100 Normal Normal LED 3 LED 4 Normal Normal 67 00010101 Normal LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 Normal Normal 68 00010110 LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 Normal Normal 69 00001001 Normal Normal Normal Normal LED 4 Normal 70 00010111 Normal Normal Normal LED 3 LED 4 Normal 71 00011000 Normal Normal LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 Normal 72 00011001 Normal LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 No...

Page 16: ... 01110110 D 1 2 Normal Normal Normal 81 00110011 Normal A 3 4 Normal Normal 82 00110100 Normal B 3 4 Normal Normal 83 00110101 Normal C 3 4 Normal Normal 84 00110110 Normal D 3 4 Normal Normal 85 01110111 A 1 2 A 3 4 Normal Normal 86 01111000 A 1 2 B 3 4 Normal Normal 87 01111001 A 1 2 C 3 4 Normal Normal 88 01111010 A 1 2 D 3 4 Normal Normal 89 01111011 B 1 2 B 3 4 Normal Normal 90 01111100 B 1 2...

Page 17: ...3 4 Normal 103 10000101 Normal A 1 2 A 3 4 Normal 104 10000110 Normal A 1 2 B 3 4 Normal 105 10000111 Normal A 1 2 C 3 4 Normal 106 10001000 Normal A 1 2 D 3 4 Normal 107 10001001 Normal B 1 2 B 3 4 Normal 108 10001010 Normal B 1 2 C 3 4 Normal 109 10001011 Normal B 1 2 D 3 4 Normal 110 10001100 Normal C 1 2 C 3 4 Normal 111 10001101 Normal C 1 2 D 3 4 Normal 112 10001110 Normal D 1 2 D 3 4 Normal...

Page 18: ...Normal D 3 4 121 10010011 Normal Normal A 1 2 A 3 4 122 10010100 Normal Normal A 1 2 B 3 4 123 10010101 Normal Normal A 1 2 C 3 4 124 10010110 Normal Normal A 1 2 D 3 4 125 10010111 Normal Normal B 1 2 B 3 4 126 10011000 Normal Normal B 1 2 C 3 4 127 10011001 Normal Normal B 1 2 D 3 4 128 10011010 Normal Normal C 1 2 C 3 4 129 10011011 Normal Normal C 1 2 D 3 4 130 10011100 Normal Normal D 1 2 D 3...

Page 19: ...y pressing PB1 and PB2 on the transmitter Press PB1 to increment the units 1 and PB2 to increment the tens 10 Examples Press PB2 two times and then PB1 four times will give you channel 24 Press PB1 nine times with give you channel 09 c When finished the newly selected channel will appear on the Status LED via series of green and red blinks again d Exit the channel programming by turning off the tr...

Page 20: ...r own 4 digit security code by pressing PB1 PB2 PB3 or PB4 on the transmitter four presses randomly At this time a fast orange blinks is displayed on the Status LED telling you to reconfirm the 4 digit security code you have just entered A green light will appear once you have re entered the same 4 digit security code again programming completed If red light is shown on the Status LED after you ha...

Page 21: ...d push button configurations set on these two dip switches not the ones stored inside the I CHIP Every time when the settings on these two dip switches have changed the new settings will be stored into the I CHIP automatically In this case the previous channel and push button configurations stored inside the I CHIP will be erased and be replaced by the new settings For safety purposes system seria...

Page 22: ...fer to Fig 12 above only the first six 6 positions are used for channel programming refer to Fig 13 below The system channels table located on page 30 illustrates which dip switch setting corresponds to which channel Once the receiver channel is altered do make sure to change transmitter channel as well The channel on both transmitter and receiver must be identical in order for system to work To c...

Page 23: ...tput relays per motion separate 1st and 2nd speed output relays Output relays with Forward 1st speed F1 Reverse 1st speed R1 Forward 2nd speed F2 and Reverse 2nd speed R2 Forward and Reverse 2nd speed with separate output relays b Output Relay Actions at 2nd Speed 1 3 output relays configuration with Closed Closed contact at 2nd speed At 2nd speed both 1st speed F1 or R1 and 2nd speed F R2 output ...

Page 24: ...th Closed Closed contact at 2nd speed At 2nd speed both 1st speed F1 or R1 and 2nd speed F2 or R2 output relays are closed refer to page 26 on how to set to this function Forward 1st speed push button pressed Forward 2nd speed push button pressed c ON OFF Push Button Function The user can set any of the two adjacent push buttons on the transmitter to behave like a mechanical ON OFF rocker switch r...

Page 25: ... The user can choose which push button pairs or crane motions he desired to have external warnings when push button is pressed refer to page 26 on how to set to this function g Momentary Contact When push button is released the output relay corresponds to that push button will open refer to page 27 on how to set to this function This type of contact is usually applies to external application such ...

Page 26: ...ving module should be set to 01 this will allow the receiver to scan only Ch 01 and Ch 02 please refer to the illustration below On the other hand since there are only 62 available channels on the Flex system the system preset at channel 62 is ineffective because the 2nd transmitter can not be set to Ch 63 If your system is preset at Ch 62 do make sure to change it to another channel 3 Receiver Au...

Page 27: ...2nd Speed shared 2nd speed relay 3 0000011 Opened Closed Relay Action at 2nd Speed separate 2nd speed relay 4 0000110 On right button Off left button 2 0001001 On Start Off Start Prior to pressing the button you must first rotate and hold the power key switch at START position to activate On or Off relays 2 0000111 Safety Magnet On Off 2 0001010 FWD REV toggled latching 2 0010000 Normal External W...

Page 28: ... at START position and then press the intended push button at the same time to activate the output relay E 1 110 Pitch Catch F 1 111 Auxiliary Stop Example 1 Left button set to function code A right button set to function code A 1 000 000 Example 2 Left button set to function code B right button set to function code B 1 001 001 Example 3 Left button set to function code A right button set to funct...

Page 29: ...er 1 or 3 minutes of transmitter inactivity MAIN deactivated rotate the transmitter power key switch to START position to reactivate the receiver MAIN JP4 Blank JP5 Blank Standard right to left push button configuration for all models JP4 Inserted JP5 Blank In line push button configuration top to bottom for FLEX 8ES EX JP4 Blank JP5 Inserted In line push button configuration top to bottom for FLE...

Page 30: ...P one more time On the other hand if you wish to transfer system information from I CHIP to receiver then you must first insert JP6 jumper prior to inserting the I CHIP then wait for the green light to appear on the Status LED At this time the receiver should also possess the same system information as the I CHIP Please note that the receiver unit must be powered in order to proceed with the progr...

Page 31: ...300MHZ 001101 45 434 100MHZ 101101 14 433 325MHZ 001110 46 434 125MHZ 101110 15 433 350MHZ 001111 47 434 150MHZ 101111 16 433 375MHZ 010000 48 434 175MHZ 110000 17 433 400MHZ 010001 49 434 200MHZ 110001 18 433 425MHZ 010010 50 434 225MHZ 110010 19 433 450MHZ 010011 51 434 250MHZ 110011 20 433 475MHZ 010100 52 434 275MHZ 110100 21 433 500MHZ 010101 53 434 300MHZ 110101 22 433 525MHZ 010110 54 434 3...

Page 32: ...age 22 26 For 4 relay closed closed and 4 relay opened closed relay configuration please refer to page 22 26 For different voltage settings please refer to page 29 For F9 and F10 power fuse ratings please refer to page 29 For 12 24VDC power supply wire 1 corresponds to the negative charge and wire 3 corresponds to the positive charge wire 2 is for GROUND ...

Page 33: ...eceiver is not set to the same channel as any other systems in use in the surrounding area 3 Make sure that the crane or equipment is working properly prior to installation 4 Make sure the power source to the receiver is set correctly 5 Switch off the main power source to the crane or equipment prior to installation C STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION Fig 19 ...

Page 34: ...t the jumper to EXT position refer to diagram below 5 For better reception make sure the receiver is in an upright position 6 Drill two holes 10mm in diameter on the control panel or location where the receiver is to be installed refer to Fig 19 on page 32 7 Make sure the two bolts are tightened after installation 8 For system wiring please refer to page 31 D SYSTEM TESTING 1 Turn on the power sou...

Page 35: ... After turning the transmitter power on check the Status LED on the transmitter handset for any sign of system irregularities refer to Status Light Indicators Warnings on page 37 If the system is normal the Status LED will light up green for two 2 seconds d If there are no signs of any system irregularities then rotate the power key switch further to START position for up to 1 0 second to activate...

Page 36: ... operation depending on JP3 setting on page 28 If this 1 minute inactivity time is not sufficient for your application you can also extend this inactivity time from 1 minute up to 3 minutes refer to Continuous Transmitting Time Adjustment on page 9 The receiver MAIN will also be disconnected temporarily when the receiver encounters strong radio interference or when the operator is controlling the ...

Page 37: ...hold it there for up to 1 0 minute Within this 1 minute period the receiver will search channel 01 channel 62 and lock onto the newly selected transmitter channel automatically Please note that in order for the receiver to switch to auto scanning mode prior to changing the transmitter channel you must first deactivate the receiver MAIN by shutting off the transmitter power or press down the emerge...

Page 38: ...No light displayed When defective push button condition occurs 2 red blinks type 3 above find out which push button is defective by pressing all the push buttons on the transmitter one at a time If the push button is in good working order the LED will not light up when pressed If the push button is defective the LED will continue to display 2 red blinks when pressed 5 3 red blinks followed by a 2 ...

Page 39: ...ltage LV output relay activated 6 No light displayed Decoding microprocessor is defective 3 Receiver SQ Light Indication Type Display Type Red Indication 1 Fast blinks Transmission received 2 Completely off No transmission 3 Blinks intermittently Other radio interference 4 Receiver POWER Light Indication Type Display Type Red Indication 1 On Power to receiver 2 Off No power to receiver 5 Receiver ...

Page 40: ...erating distance is within the control range Defective transmitting and receiving module Check the SQ display on the face of the receiver unit If it does not light up when push button is pressed then either the transmitting or receiving module is defective First replace the transmitting module If SQ display still not lid when push button is pressed then go ahead and replace the receiving module No...

Page 41: ...ynthesized PLL Phase Lock Loop Receiver Type Frequency Auto Scanning Receiver Sensitivity 116dBm Spurious Emission 50dB Antenna Impedance 50 ohms Responding Time 40 Milliseconds average Transmitting Power 1 0mW Enclosure Type NEMA 4X Enclosure Rating IP 66 Output Contact Rating 250V 10 Amps Transmitter Operating Voltage DC 3 0V Receiver Power Consumption 11 0 VA Operating Temperature 25 75 13 167 ...

Page 42: ... Transmitter Top Casing TTC 03 10 Transmitter Bottom Casing TBC 03 11 Transmitter Battery Cover TBC 04 12 Receiver Top Casing RTC 01 13 Receiver Bottom Casing RBC 01 14 Cord Grip CGR 01 15 Shock Mount SMT 01 16 2 Step Push Button PBN 02 17 3 Stage Mechanical Selector Switch SWT 01 18 Push Button Rubber Boot PRB 01 19 Emergency Stop Button EMS 01 20 Transmitter Power Keys Switch PWK 01 21 Waist Bel...

Page 43: ...romagnetic Compatibility Directives 89 336 EEC 92 31 EEC R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC and 98 482 EC are fulfilled as laid out in the guideline set down by the member states of the EEC Commission The standards relevant for the evaluation of the electrical safety requirements are as follow EMC EN 301 489 3 V1 4 1 2002 04 R TTE EN 300 220 3 V1 1 1 2000 09 SAFETY EN 60950 1999 3rd Edition 2000 3rd Editio...

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