PowerBox Systems SensorSwitch 6500 User manual

Operating instructions
The SensorSwitch
for the PowerBox “Competition” and “Champion”

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Dear customer,
The purpose of the SensorSwitch is to provide external control of the integral
electronic switches in our PowerBox “Competition” and “Champion”.
The SensorSwitch does not switch the current for the servos and recei ver. The
actual switching process is carried out by the two completely independent electronic
switches in the backer.
The switch plate houses three push-buttons and three LEDs: two green, one red.
The switch is mounted on the model using two retaining screws (supplied). The
plate features two countersunk holes through which the retaining screws are fitted.
The push-buttons are marked “SET”, “I” and “II”.
The SET button is slightly recessed, and its purpose is to prepare and carry out a
switching process. Holding the SET button pressed in “arms” (acti vates) the swit-
ches. After about one second the red LED lights up. This indicates that the electro-
nic switches are armed, and ready to be switched.
Now the two power circuits can be switched using the two other push-buttons “I”
and “II”. This method of switching enables you to check each power circuit or
battery individually.
This is done by switching on only one battery (green LED on the switch glows):
check by glancing at the corresponding LED chain whether and to what extent the
battery voltage collapses when you “stir the sticks”. If everything is in order, press
the SET button agai n, switch this first battery off (green LED goes out) and switch
on the second battery (second green LED on the switch glows) using the second
push-button. If everything is again in order, press the SET button once more and
switch on the first battery again (both green LEDs light up). You have now che-
cked both power systems.
To switch off the backer hold the SET button pressed in once more to “arm ” the
sensor. The two batteries can now be switched off by pressing the “I” and “II”
buttons.
This ne w sw i tch sy ste m provides you with the highest level of security ever
offered!
When the unit is switched off, the “Standby” circuit of the electronic switches
draws an idle current of around 5µA. This equates to a fraction of the self-discharge
rate of normal batteries.

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The ribbon cable attached to the SensorSwitch should be plugged into the red
multi-pin socket on the backer. Note that the switched state is not affected i f the
SensorSwitch is accidentally disconnected or comes adrift for any reason!
Please take the trouble to deploy the ribbon cable in such a way that it is not
subject to vibration. Don’t just let it dangle in the fuselage, and don’t place it under
any strain. A small piece of double-sided foam tape between cable and fuselage
often does the trick.
Please do not throw away the inner packaging
immediately, as it includes a template for marking the
switch aperture. Cut or saw outside the marked
line, as shown in the photo.
Even though our product is very well protected from
the effects of vibration, the switch should al ways be
mounted in a part of the model relatively low i n
vi bration.
Please note that the GRP fuselage sides of a large power model are not suitable,
as they are always subject to considerable vibration. You can remedy the situation
by cutting a ply plate (2 - 3 mm thick) about 3 cm larger than the switch aperture,
and gluing it in the appropriate place, as shown in the photo. The plate absorbs
much of the vibration, and at the same time provides plenty of “meat” for the switch
retaining screws to bite into.
ribbon-cabl e for the
connection of the
PowerBox
SET key for the
activation
switching key batterie 1
switching key batterie 2
fixing bolt
fixing bolt
red LED for signaling
activation status
2 green LEDs for Signaling
switching status
the simultaneous pressing of
the switching keys serves
for the selection of the
minimum voltage memory

The SensorSwitch is available in the colours black or grey, and one or other
version is very likely to blend inconspicuously with the colour scheme of your
model.
Accessories:
2 retaining screws
Installation template
Order-No.: 6500 SensorSwitch black
6505 SensorSwitch grey
Donauwörth, July 2003
Your Modellbau-Deutsch Team
PowerBox Systems, Germany
Modellbau-Deutsch
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