Technologies

The continuous development of technological refinements is the decisive factor for the product and system safety of radio remote controls. It often makes the difference when it comes to stability under the most adverse conditions.

As a manufacturer of radio remote controls for industry, NBB Controls + Components GmbH is one of the leading innovators in the sector. For us, innovations go hand in hand with tried and tested products and a wealth of experience. This enables us to always offer reliable system solutions.

You can find all control elements in our online shop.

SMP / SMJ technology enables the operator to replace a defective joystick directly on site. These technologies minimise the downtime of the radio remote control. No special protective measures against contamination need to be taken when replacing the joystick or pushbutton, as the transmitter housing is not opened during the process. Thanks to the user-friendly integration, no staff training or special tools are required for replacement. The joysticks can be found in our Nano and HyPro series. The pushbuttons are installed in our PocketEvo series.

Surface-Mounted Joystick (SMJ)
Surface-Mounted Pushbutton (SMP)

LED

  • Display of switching functions or machine statuses
  • Switching with toggle switch / push-button or via feedback from the machine
  • 3 mm LEDs (red, green, yellow)
  • 5 mm LEDs (red, green, yellow, blue, duo red/green)
LED
7-segment display

  • Status display of the transmitter
    • Transmitter active
    • Joystick error
    • Battery empty
    • Transmission channel
  • Individual error codes
7-segment display
Displays

  • Display of transmitter information, machine information, feedback data, error descriptions
  • Customised programming
  • Planar-B+ / Planar-B1 Ex / Planar-B2 Ex → 1.2 inch monochrome display
  • PocketEvo series → 2.2 inch TFT colour display
  • HyPro-6 / -8 / Nano-minor → 2.2 inch monochrome display
  • HyPro+ → 3.2 inch TFT display
  • Nano-media / Nano-magna (Ex) → 4.3 inch TFT display

All enclosures are designed in-house at NBB. When designing our products, our long-standing employees endeavour to ensure that our enclosures meet the most extreme external requirements. In doing so, we emphasise robustness, durability and ergonomics in order to do justice to the highly stressful influences. 

We are also happy to design customised enclosures to match your corporate design.
We can offer custom colour and design combinations in the following areas:

  • Insert signs: Here we offer you the option of choosing different colours and integrating your logos and symbols.
  • Housing: In order to better integrate our products into your company design, we can offer you different housing colours on request.
  • Embossing of the housing: NBB offers you the option of embossing your logo on the housing of various products (PocketEVO, Nano-media and Nano-magna).

Country/Association  Frequency Harmonisation / standardisation Channels
EU 434,050 – 434,750 MHz g3-Band* CE 29
EU 868,000 – 868,975 MHz h1.2-Band* CE 67
USA 915,000 – 916,650 MHz FCC Part 15 67
Japan 429,250 – 429,725 MHz MIC 20
Korea 447,875 – 447,975 MHz KCC 5
International (e.g. CN, AU, IN) 433,100 – 434,750 MHz g1-, g2- & g3-Band* 67
2,4 GHz EU / Japan 2405,00 – 2480,00 MHz CE / MIC/td> 16
2.4 GHz Worldwide / USA 2415,00 – 2475,00 MHz FCC / CE / MIC / … 14

Emergency stop

  • Design up to PL e / SIL3 possible
  • Switches the machine to a safe state in hazardous situations
  • Usually fitted with a mushroom switch

Digital or analogue control commands

  • About CANopen / CanOpen Safety

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  • Possible in the joystick or as a pushbutton
  • Free programming of the signal

Optional activation

  • Unintentional control of the system can be prevented

Uninterrupted battery change

  • Radio transmitter can continue to be operated
  • LED display shows the current status of the battery capacity

Three of our transmitters are currently available for gas explosion hazard zones 1 and 2.

The Nano-magna Ex also impresses in dust explosion hazard zones 21 and 22.

ATEX IECEx
Planar-B1 Ex / Planar-B2 Ex
-20 °C < Ta < +40 °C
ATEX: II 2G Ex ib IIB T4
IECEx: Ex ib IIB T4

Nano-magna Ex
-20 °C < Ta < +50 °C
ATEX: II 2G Ex ia IIB T4 Gb
II 3G Ex ia IIC T4 Gc
II 2D Ex ia IIIC T135°C Db
I M1 Ex ia I Ma
IECEx: Ex ia IIB T4 Gb
Ex ia IIC T4 Gc
Ex ia IIIC T135°C Db

The “Listen before talk – frequency search” has three different modes:

LBT mode 0

When switching on, the system transmits on the last channel used; when switching frequencies, it jumps to the next channel and transmits there.

LBT mode 1

When switching on / frequency switching, the transmitter checks whether the next channel is free. If the channel is occupied, the system continues until a free channel is reached.

LBT mode 2

When switching on / frequency switching, the entire frequency band is scanned. The transmitter jumps to the centre of the range with the most free channels.

1 transmitter -> X receivers

  • Operate several machines simultaneously with one radio remote control
  • Feedback is excluded

X transmitter -> X receiver

  • Several transmitters can each control several receivers
  • A receiver can only be controlled by one transmitter
  • One transmitter can control several receivers simultaneously
  • Feedback excluded

X transmitter -> 1 receiver

  • Multiple operators on one receiver
  • Only one transmitter is actively connected
  • Log-In / Log-Out System

Master / Slave

  • Two radio systems communicating with each other
  • Master can take over & overwrite all commands of the slave in terms of priority
  • “Basket / Observer”
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Multi-User System - X Sender und 1 Empfänger*Example: X transmitter -> 1 receiver

Making optimum use of power

The nickel metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries from NBB have a decisive advantage due to their high energy density:
As there is no known memory effect with NiMH technology, regular recharging is possible and deep discharge can therefore be avoided.

The NBB battery packs are charged at a high charging current using special NBB chargers. This fast charging is thermally controlled to optimise recharging and also to prevent overcharging.
battery pack NiMH 7,2 V / 2400 mAh Online-Shop

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battery pack Li-Ion 3,6 V Online-Shop

Datasheet
battery pack Li-Ion 7,2 V Online-Shop

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battery pack NiMH 3,6 V Ex Online-Shop

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battery pack NiMH 7,2 V Ex Datasheet

The built-in tilt sensor recognises if the machine or the operator tips over and stops the machine.

  • Machine behaviour freely definable, e.g. acoustic signal on the transmitter
  • Receiver: Compact-V and Compact-XL
  • Transmitter: Nano series, HyPro series

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Example image: Inclination angle defined at 45°

  • Saves all relevant device parameters (coding, functions, etc.)
  • Change between original transmitter and identical replacement transmitter possible
  • Switching possible even under adverse conditions
  • Replacement in seconds -> hardly any downtime

Devices with standard radio key

  • PocketEvo-minor
  • PocketEvo-media
  • PocketEvo-magna

Devices with optional Radiokey

  • Nano-media
  • HyPro+

Devices without a radio key can be set manually using special key combinations.

  • Optimum utilisation of the joystick travel by setting the min/max values
  • Supports the user in the safe handling of the transmitter
  • No “dead travel” of the joystick
  • Minimal deflection of the joystick causes the system to react
  • Valve can therefore be controlled precisely and accurately