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Version 14, July 2009 Åkerströms Björbo AB, SE-785 45 Björbo, Sweden. sales@akerstroms.se akerstroms.com Åkerströms Björbo AB reserve the right to change information in this document without notice. Radio remote control • Rugged, reliable products for industrial remote control • Standard, ready-to-use systems • Easily configured via pushbutton unit or via computers with regular terminal programs • Secure radio transmission • Portable configuration via a CIM card • Ergonomically designed Remotus Jupiter is Åkerströms’ standardized remote-control product line. These rugged, reliable products are developed for most of today’s cranes and overhead cranes and for other types of machine control. They’re used, for example, in manufacturing, steel works, mines, and metal and processing industries. Åkerströms has more than 50 years of experience in developing remote-control solutions for industry’s specific needs. The Jupiter line offers various transmitters and receivers to choose from—depending on usage area. One is a simpler version, which handles three movements at two speeds and contains an extra function. The other, a more sophisticated version, which handles three movements at two speeds, and contains three extra functions. You can order joystick and pushbutton transmitters for both versions. A version with functions for mobile applications is also avaibable. Rugged and reliable. The Remotus Jupiter product line is built to tolerate tough industrial environments. Environments that are often plagued by drastic temperature differences, dust, vibrations, oil, and humidity. Design and material selection set the stage for making these new Åkerströms’ products more rugged than ever before. Enormous emphasis was put on ergonomically designed transmitters— to facilitate ease of use. Secure radio transmission. Several technologies prevent radio transmissions from the remote-control system from being sensitive to interference. One technology is continuous frequency hopping; here, the transmitter and receiver quickly hop between many frequencies as per a predetermined pattern and then automatically synchronize with each other. The frequencies need not be set because they’re managed automatically. Time division multiplex access is a different technology; here, several users or systems can share the same frequency. Jupiter enables top security during radio message transmissions and runs a cyclic redundancy check on all 16 bits. The receiver has double microprocessors that monitor each other. A message is checked before the relay function goes out into the receiver. Command errors don’t occur and security increases. Diagnostic testing is done during operation. The system uses the general frequency band at 433/434 MHz. Several functions enable operators to automatically connect transmitters and receivers on an available frequency and to share the same frequency band. REMOTUS JUPITER Remotus Jupiter Portable configuration. Configuration of button functions, frequency, shutdown time, and remaining or momentary functions, is easily done from the push buttons. Users can configure the transmitters via computers with ordinary terminal programs. And they can store Jupiter transmitter configurations on a configuration information module (CIM) card. That way, a transmitter’s configuration can be effortlessly moved to another transmitter, for example, when a reserve transmitter replaces the current transmitter. The CIM card is secured during operations but easily accessible via a service shutter.