Overhead Bridge Cranes, Mining, Mobile Hydraulic and Industrial Equipment

In the mine, the mill or on the job site Cervis industrial wireless and mobile electronic control solutions provide innovative, dependable solution for machine manufactures and operators.  We have earned a reputation for superior products, engineering and applications expertise. Our market focus includes mining, mobile Hydraulic equipment, industrial, locomotive, and overhead crane industries. We compliment our design, development and applications expertise having formed strategic corporate partnerships with Ikusi and TTControl. 

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Cervis SmaRT wireless Controls Stump Grinder.  View Video! 

Cervis received a call late on Tuesday the week before the World of Concrete trade show for Sidewalk Grading Systems.  Sidewalk Grading Systems manufactures an attachment to backhoes used to simplify the grading of earth along sidewalks during construction.  The problem was that the attachment is often detached from the machine and running wiring from the in CAB switches and joystick were commonly compromised by being in the open environment.  The problem was solved quickly by using Cervis’ SmaRT wireless base units.  One wireless device was mounted in the CAB of the machine and monitored switch inputs to be transmitted wirelessly to the other wireless base unit mounted on the attachment.  The attachment base unit received power from batteries and provided outputs pursuant to the switch inputs in the CAN to drive the attachment valves coils.  “We were able to listen to the customers requirements and problems and apply our flexible SmaRT wireless base units as wireless contact monitors to drive valves on the attachment.  The most impressive thing to the customer was our simple, quick response to get him a solution in only three days for delivery to the World of Concrete trade show so he could improve the exhibition of his machine. ” says Kevin Hadley of Cervis.  With such a successful initial installation the customer has already begun discussion of increasing the requirements to include transmission of sensor inputs to continue the wireless concept that has pushed this machine to the forfront of wireless machine technology.   

At the 2009 World of Concrete show in Las Vegas Cervis displays it’s latest development, the CAN Switch Station.  This development is meant to help OEMs of mobile equipment using standard toggle switch stations on their machines to eliminate bulky wiring and reduce input requirements on CAN controllers resulting in more flexibility, reduced installation costs and simplify trouble shooting. The concept was derived to service one of Cervis’ OEM customers that was using two 18 toggle switch stations at the right and left rear of their truck.  The stations also included one potentiometer and an E-Stop switch.  The length of wire run from each station was approximately 35′.  The total number of wires from each station was about 48 wires thus eliminating over 1600′ of vehicle wiring and associated terminations.  By taking the switch station and making it a CAN node the wiring requirements are reduced significantly and make the system significantly more reliable.  Each station interfaces to a Cervis supplied TTcontrol TTC 200 ECU which as well manages commands from the Cervis supplied Ikusi TM70 series wireless control.  The complete package has lowered the OEMs installation costs and added significant diagnostic improvements for operators.  Cervis has development plans to modularize this product for standard applications offering 3 and 6 toggle switch pack stations with standard CAN EDS.  ”We believe this product (the CSS) is widely applicable to machines in the mobile equipment sector, will lower costs and simplify machine assemble as well as improve reliability.  As OEMs continually move toward CAN based machine architectures the need for compatible devices is growing quickly.  The CSS allows manufactures to move to CAN technology while preserving the traditional, reliable look and feel of the toggle switch.” says Kevin Hadley National Sales Manager of Cervis. 

Cervis/Ikusi IQan Wireless Control Interface

Cervis and Ikusi exhibit wireless remote control systems with Parker IQan CAN protocol enabling the TM70 series of industrial wireless remote controls to be applied to mobile equipment with the requirements that the wireless control be interfaced directly to the Parker IQan data bus. 

Cervis, along with Ikusi exhibit a wide range of new product offerings at the World of Concrete 2009.  The show has been brisk thus far with customers interested in the new technology being displayed at the joint booth of Cervis and Ikusi.  Both parties have been working diligently to ensure the market has access to advanced wireless and communication protocols being used in the mobile equipment markets.  On the stand are distinct developments in the Ikusi TM70 series now offering CAN Bus systems using CAN Open, J1939 as well as Parker IQan communication protocols.  Additionally, Cervis is exhibiting the growing SmaRT wireless products and a new development in it’s CSS, CAN Switch Station.  The CSS has been developed to offer OEMs the ability to eliminate bulky wiring from remote toggle switch stations on mobile equipment while maintaining the traditional look and customary feel of toggle switches.   

Starting February 3rd, 2009 Cervis will exhibit at the World of Concrete along side it’s partner Ikusi of San Sebastian, Spain.  Cervis is proud to continue it’s market introduction of the Cervis designed and manufactured SmaRT wireless control product platform.  The SmaRT wireless controls include simple 2-6 button industrial grade, rugged wireless control handheld devices communicating to a wide offering of AC and DC base units designed for harsh environment applications.  Additionally, the SmaRT wireless controls offer our extremely rugged pistol grip (PG) model single proportional controller as well as a unique 18 push button wireless handheld.  All SmaRT products use transceiving technology and offer displays on transmitters as well as base unit to base unit communication making wireless contact, sensor and data monitoring simple and affordable.  Read more »

As the new year approaches, Cervis took the time to look at the developments in wireless control over the course of 2008. In a series of posts here, we will discuss some of the trends from the year and take a look ahead to 2009.

2008 saw an increase in CAN based protocols for wireless control on mobile equipment. Cervis and Ikusi service this need with the TM70 product line. The TM70 has CAN Open, J1939 and Parker IQAN protocols available.

Cervis expects the increase in CAN based protocols for wireless to continue in 2009.