1.5 What is FlexPower
®
?
Banner’s FlexPower technology supplies a true wireless solution by allowing the device to operate using either 10 to 30 V
dc, 3.6 V lithium D cell batteries, or solar power. This unique power management system can operate a FlexPower Node
and an optimized sensing device for up to five years on a single lithium D cell.
• FlexPower Nodes may be powered from 10 to 30 V dc and use an external battery supply module to provide a
battery back-up solution.
• When a FlexPower Node receives 10 to 30 V dc, it operates like a standard 10 to 30 V dc Node.
• Good applications for FlexPower devices operating from batteries include sensors that require no or very little
power, including dry contacts, RTDs, and thermocouples.
The following FlexPower options are available:
• DX81-LITH, a single battery supply module;
• DX81P6, a 6-pack of lithium batteries;
• DX81H, a single battery supply module designed specifically to power the DX99 Intrinsically Safe devices with
polycarbonate housings; and
• BWA-SOLAR PANEL 3W, 5W, or 20W, solar panel assemblies.
DX81-LITH: Single battery supply module
DX81H: Single battery supply module
designed specifically to power the DX99
Intrinsically Safe devices with
polycarbonate housings
DX81P6: Six-pack battery supply
module
BWA-SOLAR PANEL 3W, BWA-SOLAR
PANEL 5W, or BWA-SOLAR PANEL 20W:
Includes 3 W, 5 W, or 20 W solar panel.
Order the solar controller (model BWA-
Solar CNTRL-12V) separately when you
are not using the solar panel with a DXM
Wireless Controller. For more information
about solar power solutions, see
Sure
Cross
®
Solar Solutions
.
1.6 Sure Cross
®
User Configuration Software
The User Configuration Software offers an easy way to link I/O points in your wireless network, view I/O register values, and
set system communication parameters when a host system is not part of the wireless network. The software runs on any
computer with the Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 operating system.
Use a USB to RS-485 adapter cable to connect a standalone DX80 Gateway to the
computer. For DXM Controllers with an internal DX80 radio, connect a computer to
the DXM Controller using a USB or Ethernet connection. Download the most recent
revisions of the configuration software from Banner Engineering's website:
www.bannerengineering.com/wireless
The USB to RS-485 adapter cable is not required for the DXM Controller. For
standalone DX80 Gateway devices use:
• USB to RS-485 adapter cable model BWA-UCT-900 for 1 Watt radios
• USB to RS-485 adapter cable model BWA-HW-006 for all other radios
Sure Cross
®
Performance DX80 Wireless I/O Networks
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