Technical briefs
Design specifications

Structure

  • Overall length: 3327.4 mm (131")
  • Overall width: 1676 mm (66")
  • Display panel: 1092 mm x 1854 mm (43" x 73")
  • Panel construction: Aluminum
  • Traveling height: 2362 mm (93")
  • Operating height: 3886 mm (153")
  • Weight: 580 kg (1280 lb.)
  • Coupler: 2" coupler or 3" pintle eye
  • Axle/suspension: 1587.6 kg (3500 lb.)
  • Brake: Optional Hydraulic

Heavy-duty frame with extended guard rails for fender and axle protection
Lockable control box

Display

  • Full matrix (30 X 56 pixels)
  • Up to 3 lines of 12 characters per line
  • 1 LED in optical lens per pixel with 30° wide viewing angle
    Optional: 4 LEDs per pixel 8.75" 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 keyboard or laptop (RS-232 connection)
    Ethernet cross-over connections
  • Easy three-step programming category
  • High-speed remote programming from your PC with cellular option
  • Ethernet port (10/100)
  • 2x additional RS-232 ports

Solar power supply

  • Various configurations of solar panels and batteries are available
  • Solar regulator with battery surcharge protection
     

 

Features

  • Changeable messages (default 255) (*1-999)
  • Permanent messages (default 258) (*1-999)
  • Volatile messages (default 64) (*1-999)
  • Changeable graphic pictograph (255)
  • Permanent graphic pictograph (89)
  • Permanent Font sizes (15)
  • Custom Changeable Font sizes (*5)
  • Per character font sizing
  • Per character & line flashing
  • Admin & User level password
  • Auto brightness (photocell)
  • Manual 0%-100% brightness levels (increments of 1%)
  • Scheduling
  • Scrolling
  • Special dynamic data features trigger messages, display motorist speed, actual temperature, time & date & live countdown
  • NTCIP compatibility (see detailed specs)
  • Easy integration to Software management
  • Already Supported by: Delcan, IBI, etc.
  • *Requires setting at factory

Options

  • 3G modem, can support fiber-optic, radio communication
  • Free access to our remote fleet management software Jamlogic2 (1._PDF)
  • Radar http://www.houston-radar.com/gpage4.html
  • Data logger (requires radar)
  • GPS tracking
  • Easy graphic LCD touchscreen (see specifications)
  • Intelligent display sign with pixel detection
  • Battery charger
  • Laptop connection
  • Adjustable pintle hitch
  • 2" coupler or 2 5/16" coupler
  • 120 volt AC connection
  • Electric brakes
  • Torsion axle
  • Hydraulic brakes
  • Traffic camera
  • 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: 3556 mm (140")
  • Overall width: 1676 mm (66")
  • Display panel: 1041 mm x 1828 mm (41"x 72")
  • Traveling height: 2362 mm (93")
  • Operating height: 3886 mm (153")
  • Weight (Winch): 580 kg (1280 lb.)
  • Weight (hydraulic) 670kg (1475 lb.)

TEMPERATURE RANGE

  • Operational: -40° to + 74°C (-40° to +165° F)
  • Storage: -40° to + 85°C (-40° to +185° F)

ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE

  • The PCMS 548 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 76 mm x 3.175 mm steel tubing (2" X 3" X 1/8")
  • Diamond plate catwalk mounted on display side of 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: Load Range 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
    • Optional: Manual winch

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
  • Can switch from laptop to cellular (local communication RS- communication 232)
  • LCD Display
  • Keyboard
  • Charger switch

DISPLAY DIMENSIONS

  • The total display area for the full matrix display is 1041 mm x 1828 mm
    (41"x 72")

SPEED OF MESSAGE CHANGE

  • All three lines can be changed completely in less than 100 milliseconds with no visual disturbance.

LEGIBILITY

  • Messages displayed are easily readable from more than 150 meters (500’)

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 enhanced optical lens to maximize legibility from all distances (creating bolder characters)
  • 1 LED per pixel in enhanced optical lens (standard)
  • Optional: 4 LEDs per pixel (no lens capsule)
  • Each pixel shaded by a removable black plastic visor to minimize washout in direct sunlight
  • Full matrix 762 mm (H) x 1422 mm (W) pixel screen (30 x 56)
  • 3 lines of 12 characters per line
  • A character is based on a 5 x 7 pixel of 222 mm (8.75")
  • 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

KEYBOARD

  • Full-size QWERTY keyboard
  • Clear plastic weather protection cover

SOFTWARE

  • Changeable messages (default 255) (*1-999)
  • Permanent messages (default 258) (*1-999)
  • Volatile messages (default 64) (*1-999)
  • Changeable graphic pictograph (255)
  • Permanent graphic pictograph (89)
  • Permanent Font sizes (15)
  • Custom Changeable Font sizes (*5)
  • Per character font sizing
  • Per character & line flashing
  • Admin & User level password
  • Auto brightness (photocell)
  • Manual 0%-100% brightness levels (increments of 1%)
  • Scheduling
  • Scrolling
  • Special dynamic data features trigger messages, display motorist speed, actual temperature, time & date & live countdown.
  • Supports NTCIP 1203 v2
  • Backward compatibility with NTCIP 1203 v1
  • Supports all new NTCIP 1203 v2 MULTI tags including optimization and combination www.NTCIP.org
  • Graphics
  • Protocol translation engine allows live conversion from legacy protocol to NTCIP
  • Firmware acts as virtual hub, allowing concurrent per interface protocol
  • Local communication settings
  • Drop address and communication speed (PMPP)
  • IP address, mask, gateway and port number for SNMP/UDP/IP transport setup

Requires settings at factory*

PASSWORD PROTECTION

  • Admin & User level password

PAINT

  • State-of-the-art powder coating system
  • « Highway safety orange » is the standard color used
    Optional: Other colors available to comply with different regulations or match client fleet standard
  • Powder coating quality
    Certified UV protect 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