The SureCross
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Performance Wireless Network
The SureCross
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Performance wireless I/O network provides reliable monitoring without the burden of wiring or conduit installation. The
SureCross wireless network can operate independently or in conjunction with a host system, PLC, and/or PC software.
Each wireless network system consists of one Gateway and one or more Nodes. Devices ship with factory defined inputs and outputs
that may be all discrete, all analog, or a mix of discrete and analog I/O.
Gateway
Node
Node
FlexPower Node with
integrated battery
The SureCross
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Performance network is a deterministic system—the network identifies when the radio signal is lost and drives relevant
outputs to user-defined conditions. Once the radio signal is reacquired, the network returns to normal operation.
SureCross
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Performance Gateways and Nodes
A Gateway is the master device within each radio network. Every wireless network must have one Gateway that schedules communica-
tion traffic and controls the I/O configuration for the network. A radio network contains only one Gateway, but can contain many Nodes.
Similar to how a gateway device on a wired network acts as a “portal” between networks, the SureCross Gateway acts as the portal
between the wireless network and the host controller. When the Gateway, using its Modbus RTU RS-485 connection, is a Modbus slave
to a Modbus RTU host controller, the wireless network may contain up to 47 Nodes in a single wireless network and the Gateway holds
the Modbus registers of all wireless devices within the network.
A Node is a wireless network end-point device used to provide sensing capability in a remote area or factory. The Node collects data
from sensors and communicates the data back to the Gateway. Nodes are available in a wide variety of power or input/output options.
Each Node device can be connected to sensors or output devices and reports I/O status to the Gateway.
SureCross User Configuration Tool
The User Configuration Tool (UCT) offers an easy way to link I/O points in your
wireless network, view I/O register values graphically, and set system communi-
cation parameters when a host system is not part of the wireless network.
The UCT requires a special USB to RS-485 (model number BWA-UCT-900 for 1
Watt radios, BWA-HW-006 can be used for all other radios) converter cable to
pass information between your computer and the Gateway. Download the most
recent revisions of the UCT software from Banner Engineering's website:
www.bannerengineering.com/wireless
.
Setting Up Your Wireless Network
To set up and install your wireless network, follow these steps:
1. Configure the DIP switches of all devices.
2. Connect the sensors to the SureCross devices.
SureCross Performance FlexPower Node
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