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Hanshow Nebular Series Product Manual
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ABOUT THE MANUAL
This document describes Nebular series, including features, specification, package and
precautions, etc.
Please read this manual carefully before using the device in first, retain the manual for
subsequent use or for the next owner. If the instructions contained in this manual are
insufficient to resolve issues that occur during device operation or maintenance, please
contact Hanshow Technical Customer Service Center (China: 400-0365-305;
Netherlands: 0800-022-5037; Belgium: 0800-71-335; France: 0800-91-7602; Thailand:
1800-011-185) directly, we will provide you with multi-channel technical services.
TARGET USERS
This document provides engineers with necessary data and related guidelines of
Nebular series. Users have to master the basic knowledge on communication and
network and so on. This manual is applicable for the below engineers:
Testing Engineer
Technical Support Engineer
After Sales Engineer
Installation Engineer

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great importance by the reader.
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[X-X]
It means special noun definition is provided here.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS
Acronym
Expanded form
Description
PriSmart
PriSmart Smart Retail System
Manage all store product data and issue
price update command, as well as support
multi-store management.
ESL-Working
ESL-Working System
Manage all the APs and ESLs in store, and
ESL-Working 3.0 and above supports multi-
store management.
ESL Controller
ESL Controller
Also called AP that is used for data
interaction between ESL-Working and ESL
Controller.
ESL
Electronic Shelf Label
Used for displaying product information like
promotion information, price and grade, etc.

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Table of Contents
1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 System architecture..........................................................................................................................1
1.2 Features ...........................................................................................................................................2
2 Product view............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Product appearance.........................................................................................................................3
2.2 Mechanical drawing..........................................................................................................................5
3 Hardware performance ...........................................................................................................................9
3.1 Specifications ...................................................................................................................................9
3.2 NFC specification ...........................................................................................................................11
3.3 Product naming rules......................................................................................................................11
3.4 Product nameplate .........................................................................................................................12
4 Package and accessories.....................................................................................................................13
4.1 Product packaging..........................................................................................................................13
4.2 Product accessories.......................................................................................................................14
5 Application scenarios............................................................................................................................15
6 Precautions ...........................................................................................................................................16
6.1 Transportation consideration..........................................................................................................16
6.2 Precautions for use.........................................................................................................................16
7 FCC ID warning.....................................................................................................................................17
7.1 Warning for nameplate...................................................................................................................17
7.2 Warning for product manual...........................................................................................................17

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1 Overview
Nebular series are an Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) researched and developed
independently by Hanshow. They adopt E-ink and communicate with ESL Controller
based on 2.4GHz frequency band to achieve pricing, page switch, flashing and others.
Nebular series have highlights of ultra-thin, long life and high-definition visual effects,
widely serving traditional retail, new retail, apartment store and fashion, medicare,
culture and entertainment, etc.
1.1 System architecture
Hanshow ESL system includes ESL, ESL Controller, ESL-Working, PriSmart/ShopWeb,
Database, Integration, CloudMonitor and Hand-hold Terminal (PDA), as shown in
Figure 1-1. Specifically, ESL is an integral part of Hanshow ESL system, which is
responsible for displaying production information like name, price, place, unit, grade,
phone number, barcode, QR code and so on.
Figure 1-1 Hanshow ESL system architecture

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1.2 Features
Nebular series have the features below:
Support for 8 sizes: 1.54”, 2.13”, 2.66”, 2.9”, 3.5”, 4.2”, 5.83”and 7.5”.
Full series support tricolor display involved Black-White-Red (BWR) and Black-
White-Yellow (BWY), but only support Black-White for freezer ESLs.
Operating frequency band is 2402MHz ~ 2480MHz.
IP68 waterproof and dustproof design.
Embedded LED indicator that can display 7 colors, to assist in realizing product
search, promotion reminder, low stock reminder, power reminder, etc.
Embedded NFC chip that supports NFC devices like mobile phone, PDA and
remote control to implement ESLs operations directly, realizing Bind/Unbind,
Flashing and Page switch, etc.
Freezer ESLs with 2.13” and 2.66” support low temperature environment (-25℃~
0℃).
Support multiple business functions, including Bind/Unbind, Update, Fast-flashing,
Multi-page storage, Page switch, Geolocation, Temperature acquisition, NFC
function and so on.
Support AES-128 encryption.
Support wireless upgrade.

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2 Product view
This chapter describes product view and mechanical drawing of Nebular series.
2.1 Product appearance
Nebular family is shown in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 Nebular family

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Each area of Nebular and its description is shown in Figure 2-2 and Table 2-1.




Figure 2-2 Key area of Nebular
Table 2-1 Each area description of Nebular
No.
Name
Description
1
LED indicator
Supports 7 colors flashing.
2
Active screen area
Uses E-ink that supports display effect of BWR or BWY.
Flexible display information such as text, digit, images,
barcode, QR code and others.
All product information involved such as name, price, place,
unit, grade, phone number, barcode, QR code, etc. And
support custom display position and settable font-size.
Supports 8 pages for storage content and page switch
feature.
3
Nameplate
Product information mark, including Model, S/N and certifications.
4
Barcode area
18 digits barcode used for product binding and maintenance.

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2.2 Mechanical drawing
This chapter describes Nebular series’ mechanical drawing.
Figure 2-3 Mechanical drawing for 1.54”
Figure 2-4 Mechanical drawing for 2.13”

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Figure 2-5 Mechanical drawing for 2.66”
Figure 2-6 Mechanical drawing for 2.9”

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Figure 2-7 Mechanical drawing for 3.5”
Figure 2-8 Mechanical drawing for 4.2”

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Figure 2-9 Mechanical drawing for 5.83”
Figure 2-10 Mechanical drawing for 7.5”

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3 Hardware performance
This chapter describes Nebular series information, including specifications, NFC specification, naming rules and nameplate.
3.1 Specifications
Nebular specs are shown in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1 Nebular series specs
Name
1.54”
2.13”/
2.13” Freezer
2.66”/
2.66” Freezer
2.9”
3.5”/
3.5” Freezer
4.2”
5.83”
7.5”
Product
dimensions
(mm*mm*mm)
46.7*35.8
*10.0
69.7*33.2*7.8
82.3*40.3*7.8
89.5*40.7
*7.8
105.8*52.0
*9.2
100.1*88.0
*9.5
132.8*112.2
*9.8
178.1*125.7
*10.8
Active display area
(mm*mm)
27.0*27.0
48.6*23.7
60.1*30.7
67.6*29.6
79.7*38.2
81.5*47.0
118.8*88.2
163.2*97.9
Product weight (g)
15.9
23.8
31.0
33.1
47.5
79.6
159.5
225.7
Display size (inch)
1.5
2.13
2.66
2.9
3.5
4.2
5.83
7.5
Resolution
(pixel)[3-1]
200*200
296*144
360*184
384*168
384*184
400*300
648*480
880*528
DPI[3-1]
188
156
153
144
123
120
138
137
Display color
BWR, BWY
Viewing angle
Nearly 180 degree

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Name
1.54”
2.13”/
2.13” Freezer
2.66”/
2.66” Freezer
2.9”
3.5”/
3.5” Freezer
4.2”
5.83”
7.5”
Battery life[3-2]
15 years
Page switch
8 pages
Battery
specification
650mAh
1030mAh
1030mAh
1030mAh
1030mAh
1350mAh
2*1030mAh
2*1030mAh
Protection level
IP68
Operating
temperature[3-3]
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃ /
-25℃~0℃
0℃~40℃ /
-25℃~0℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃ /
-25℃~0℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
Storage
temperature[3-3]
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
0℃~40℃
Humidity (%RH)
30 ~ 70
Note:
[3-1]: The resolution and DPI vary with different screen supplied by vendors.
[3-2]: Battery life under following scenarios: For 1.54” / 2.13” Freezer / 2.66” Freezer / 3.5” Freezer, update twice a day, the
life is 10 years; for 2.13”/2.66”/2.9”/4.2”/5.83”/7.5”, update twice a day, the life is 15 years.
[3-3]: Room-temperature ESLs support operating temperature of 0℃ ~ 40℃, while Freezer ESLs support operating
temperature of -25℃ ~ 0℃. If ESLs are stored or used outside of above operating temperature and humidity, their screen life
will be affected.

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3.2 NFC specification
NFC feature of ESL supports the following features:
ESL binding/unbinding
Flashing control
Page switch control
Data operation for private and public area
Greatly lift batch data transmission rate of ESLs with the same template.
NFC specs are shown in Table 3-2.
Table 3-2 NFC specs
Name
Standard
Data format
Memory
Communication
distance
NFC
ISO/IEC 14443 Type A
NFC NDEF
200 byte storage space,
and write configurable
1cm
3.3 Product naming rules
Naming rules and description for Nebular series, as shown in Figure 3-1.
Nebular-XXXY-Z
Product Family
Nebular Series
Display Size
154: 1.5 inch
213: 2.13 inch
266: 2.66 inch
290: 2.9 inch
350: 3.5 inch
420: 4.2 inch
583: 5.83 inch
750: 7.5 inch
Function Suffix
N: NFC function
Display Type
R: Black/White/Red
Y: Black/White/Yellow
F: Freezer tag
Figure 3-1 Naming rules for Nebular series

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3.4 Product nameplate
Nebular series’ nameplate is shown in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2 Nameplate of Nebular
Note:
Each type of ESL’s Model and S/N is different.
The above nameplate content is for reference only, please see actual product.

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4 Package and accessories
This chapter describes Nebular series’ package and needed accessories.
4.1 Product packaging
The package and specific product quantity of Nebular family are shown in Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1 Nebular family package diagram

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4.2 Product accessories
Common accessories of Nebular series are shown in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1 Common accessories of Nebular series
Rail
Table
T-type hook
Fruit basket clip

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5 Application scenarios
Nebular series are available to various zones and shelves of hypermarket, supermarket
and retail stores. The main zones are:
Regular shelf racking zone
Regular shelf hook zone
Regular fence zone
Regular promotion table zone