Technical briefs
Design specifications
Structure
- Overall length: 4470 mm (176")
- Overall width: 2184 mm (86")
- Display panel: 2083 mm x 3378 mm (82" x 133")
- Panel construction: Aluminum
- Traveling height: 2946 mm (116")
- Operating height: 4572 mm (180")
- Weight: 2535 lb.
- Coupler: 3" pintle eye
- Axle/suspension: 3500 lb.
Heavy-duty frame with extended guard rails for fender and axle protection
Lockable control box
Display
- Full matrix (30 x 48 pixels)
- Up to 3 lines of 8 characters per line
- 4 LEDs per pixel in optical lens with a 30° (standard) wide viewing angle
- 18" character default font
- Display sign rotates 360 degrees
- Easy access and walk-way for maintenance
- Plug & play display modules
- On-site interface for self-error detection system and test pattern
Programming
- On-site using unit handheld controller
- High-speed remote programming from your PC with cellular option
- Additional NULL-MODEM RS-232 ports
Solar power supply
- Various configurations of solar panels and batteries available
- Solar regulator with battery surcharge protection
Features
- 99 user-programmable messages
- 100 user-programmable graphics
- 2 FONT sizes (5 x 7 OR 5 x 9)
- Software allows operator to create, edit and save up to 6 pages
- 9 sequences
- Arrow/Caution functions
- Per line flashing
- 1-level password
- Auto brightness (photocell)
- Manual 1%-100% brightness levels (increments of 1%)
- Selectable baud rate (19200 or 115200)
Options
- 3G modem, can support fiber optic, radio communication
- Free access to our remote fleet management software Jamlogic 2 (1._PDF)
- Radar
- Data logger (requires radar)
- GPS tracking
- Battery charger
- Laptop connection
- Adjustable pintle hitch
- 2" coupler or 2 5/16" coupler
- 120 volt AC connection
- Electric brakes
- Torsion axle
- Hydraulic brakes
- Safety lock: Wheel, battery boxes, etc.
- Extra storage: Cones, Cable, Chain, etc.
- Spare tire
- Tongue wheel jack
- Contrast border (e.g., reflective)
- Tilt and Rotate solar panel rack
- Level (to stabilize sign)
- Beacon (e.g., 4 corners)
OVERALL DIMENSIONS
- Overall length: 4470 mm (176")
- Overall width: 2184 mm (86")
- Display panel: 1778 mm x 3302 mm (70"x 130")
- Traveling height: 2946 mm (116")
- Operating height: 4572 mm (180")
- Weight: 1150 kg (2535lbs)
TEMPERATURE RANGE
- Operational: -40° to + 74°C (-40° to +165° F)
- Storage: -40° to + 85°C (-40° to +185° F)
ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE
- The PCMS 1500QS is not affected by any normal (standard) type of RF interference
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGE
- Operating 10% to 95% RH, non-condensing
TRAILER MATERIAL
- 51 mm x 102 mm x 3.175 mm steel tubing (2" X 4" X 1/8")
- Diamond plate catwalk mounted on the display side of the trailer to simplify maintenance.
CABINETS
- Aluminum sign and control cabinets
- Locked with padlocks
- Plastic battery boxes
- Optional: steel battery boxes, safety locking bars
- Weather stripping seals each compartment against moisture
AXLE
- Single 1588 kg (3500-lb)
- Optional: Hydraulic Brakes
HITCH
- Heavy-duty hitch capacity with 72 mm (3") pintle eye
Optional: 51 mm (2") ball coupler - 1361 kg (3000-lb) maximum tongue load
- Heavy-duty safety chains with safety hooks meeting safety standards
TIRES & WHEELS
- Tires: LoadRange D 381 mm (15")
- Wheel Size: 381 mm (15")
- 6-stud tire rims
Optional: Anti-theft locking mechanism
LEVELING JACKS
- Four-screw jacks , each rated at 907 kg (2000 lbs)
Optional: Tongue wheel jack
TRAILER LIGHTS
- State-of-the-art halogen lighting as per USDOT standards and specifications
- Custom-made connections complying with customer specifications
LIFT MECHANISM
- Electro-hydraulic lift
SOLAR PANELS
- Various configurations of solar panels and batteries available
- High efficiency single-crystal silicon cells anti-reflection coated for improved efficiency
BATTERIES
- 6-volt 220 amp/hour deep-cycle batteries wired to provide a 12-volt system
Optional: Various batteries and configurations available
CONTROLLER
MENU DISPLAY (LCD)
- Current usage and battery voltage
- Solar array current output (to the battery) and voltage
- Sign status (error detection)
- Current message display
CONTROLS
- Main power switch
- Raise / lower switch
- Hand-held with LCD Display
DISPLAY DIMENSIONS
- Total display area for the full matrix display, 1778 mm x 3302 mm wide (70" x 130")
SPEED OF MESSAGE CHANGE
- All three lines can be changed completely in less than 100 milliseconds with no apparent visual disturbance.
LEGIBILITY
- Messages displayed are easily readable from more than 305 meters (1000 feet)
DISPLAY
- 590nm (± 2nm) amber-colored LEDs with viewing angle of 30 degrees (standard)
- LEDs have a rated life of 100,000 hours
- Each amber-colored LED encased in an enhanced optical lens to maximize legibility from any distance (creating bolder characters)
- 4 LEDs per pixel in enhanced optical lens
- Each pixel is shaded by a removable black plastic visor to minimize washout in direct sunlight
- Full matrix pixel screen 762 mm (H) x 1219 mm (W) (30" x 48")
- 3 lines of up to 8 characters per line
A character is based on a 5 x 7 pixel of 457 mm (18") - LED output adjusts automatically to ambient light conditions
- 100 brightness levels
(1%-100%, in increments of 1%) - The display is enclosed in an aluminum cabinet and protected by a polycarbonate face with UV protection
HANDHELD CONTROLLER
- Back-lit LCD display 146 mm wide by 27 mm high (5 3/4" wide by 1 3/16" high)
- 4 characters high by 40 characters wide - character height 4.8 mm (3/16")
- All onboard software easily up-gradable
- Handheld with built-in keypad
SOFTWARE
- 99 user-programmable messages
- 100 user-programmable graphics
- 2 FONTS size (5x7 OR 5x9)
- Software allows operator to create, edit and save up to 6 pages
- 9 sequences
- Arrow / Caution functions
- Per line flashing
- 1 level password
- Auto brightness (photocell)
- Manual 1%-100% brightness levels (increments of 1%)
- Selectable baud rate (19200 or 115200)
PASSWORD PROTECTION
- 1 level password
PAINT
- State-of-the-art powder coating system
- « Highway safety orange » the standard color used
Optional: Other colors available to comply with different regulations or match client fleet standard - Powder coating quality
- Certified UV protection paint
- Impact resistant
- Humidity resistant
- Salt spray resistant
MAINTENANCE
- Battery fluids should be checked and topped off at least once a month
- Solar panels must be free of dust and snow
WARRANTY
- 1-year warranty on complete trailer
- 2-year warranty on electronics
- 6-month manufacturer’s warranty on batteries
- Limited warranty on solar panels varies from one manufacturer to another
TECH SUPPORT
24/7 technical support
