Introducing the Advanced PowerCom RF1 Keypad

Whether you are among the PowerCom Audience Response System satisfied customers or simply want to boost your Audience Interaction at its highest level, we have an ideal and reasonable investment for you!

This NEW addition to the family Audience Response Solution Keypads can level up your Audience Polling Experience. What could be better than to invest into the latest Audience Response technology that will allow audience interaction in your presentation, be it in a small-sized group or a large scale audience.

Our All New PowerCom RF1 is not just an Audience Response System device but an IDEAL INVESTMENT for your company.

Why? Because it gives you a better platform in conducting meetings, conferences, trainings, seminars, exhibitions, research, surveys, testing, advertising, and other activities that would best executed with a participating audience! Allow us to help you create a checklist to distinguish a POWERFUL Audience Response System among others.

1. Portable- Slim case with soft touch elastomeric keyboard and LED indicators.
2. Lightweight- Smaller than a credit card and weighs less than an ounce
3. Wireless Connectivity
4. User-Friendly — just a PowerClick away to interact and to get results!
5. Extremely Powerful
   • Synchronize RF Feature
   • Guaranteed NO signal collision/disruption
   • Guaranteed 200 per second polling transmission speed
6. Extremely Secured
7. Long lasting Use & Performance

System Configuration

A basic PowerCom® RF1 system consists of...

• One PowerCom® RF1 Wireless Keypad per participant
• One PowerCom® RF1 Base Station per 500 keypads of the same channel identity in a room.
• One copy of value-added application PowerCom® software.

Optional accessories (purchased separately) include carry cases for keypads and base stations, and power over ethernet devices for remote base station placement. Training, on-site technical support, and similar 'for fee' services are also extra.

Pricing

Suggested resale prices are available at www.PowerComars.com. Quantity and industry partner discounts are available through our preferred resellers.

Downloads

Technical specifications and pricing are available for download in PDF format.

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• PowerCom RF1 Audience Response System Technical Specificiations (PDF)
  
  

• Compact case. Rugged ABS plastic construction.
  • Styled to fit comfortably in hand.
  • Wearable with optional lanyard.
• Dimensions: 90.69 x 39.12 x 10.48 mm
• Weight: Less than 1 ounce with battery installed.
• Color: Black. Cost premium, minimum order quantity, and special terms apply.)

User Identification

• Each keypad has an RF device identity (“address”) between 1-500 plus an RF Base Station identifier between 1-31.
• Static address mode only.
• Each keypad also has a unique device serial number.
  • Serial numbers are permanent and set during manufacturing.
• Both address and serial number identifications are transmitted with each keypad response.
• PowerCom® provides an utility program to change channel and address ID via base station

User Input

• 14 elastomeric buttons for entering multiple choice responses or multi-digit string responses.
• “Send”, “Raised Hand”, and “CLR” buttons provide additional functions.
• Entries can be “speed scored” to 0.05 second (50 milli- second) resolution to identify group response sequence (fastest finger) during competitive events.

Display

• Green and red LED lights confirm user keypresses and indicate when the Base Station accepts the keypad's inputs.

RF Technology

• Two-way RF keypad uses eligible license-free/license-exempt frequencies to:
  • Communicate key presses to the Base Station.
  • Receive control information from the Base Station.
  • Acknowledge keypad transmissions. [Note: Response acknowledgement is one of several advantageous features found in products]
• 2.4 GHz frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) transceivers.
  • FHSS offers excellent range, immunity to interference, and signal security.
  • Integrated Wi-Fi avoidance feature improves performance in high density wireless environments.
• Patented and proprietary radio protocol.
  • Creates a secure communications network between keypads and their associated Base Station.
  • Permits systems to operate reliably in the presence of other RF devices (WLANs, PDAs, phones, etc.).
  • Integrated error checking discriminates system signals from all other RF traffic to ensure data accuracy and enhance security.
• 31 RF Base Station identifiers are available to provide installation flexibility and system expansibility.
• Internal antenna is protected by the keypad enclosure. Range
• PowerCom® RF1 is designed to operate in an indoor area 300 x 300 feet.
• Elevating the base station often results in a performance advantage.
• A room‟s geometry, radio propagation characteristics, and proximity to RF interferers will influence actual range experienced.

Capacity

• 500 keypads per Base Station channel identity.
  • Stock configuration: Default setting. 31 identities available for 15,500 keypads per room/site.
  • Arena configuration: Special order terms and pricing apply. Up to 75 identities for 37,500 keypads per room/site.

Speed

• Polling rate is 200 keypads per second.
  • Multiple base stations may poll simultaneously, permitting collection of up to 37,500 keypads in under 5 seconds.
• Time stamping can identify the speed and sequence of each keypad response.

Power and Power Management

• Powered by one replaceable lithium coin cell battery.
• Keypad powers down after each response transmission to conserve battery life.
• Battery life is ~ 25,000 responses or battery shelf life, whichever comes first.
• Keypad has an indicator for low battery condition, and transmits a low battery warning to Base Station.

Communications Security

• A proprietary response verification protocol integral to the radio design provides a high degree of signal security.
• Frequency hopping and proprietary data communications are additional deterrents to clandestine interception.

Scalability

• Firmware, in high performance microprocessor chips, can be reprogrammed by the factory to facilitate upgrade during the life of the product.
• Adding keypads to an existing system requires them to be set to unused addresses. No change is required on the Base Station when adding keypads of the same channel identity.

Compliance and Patents

• Call for details regarding these and other regulatory certifications: FCC, IC, CE.
• RoHS and WEEE compliant.

Warranty

• 2 YEAR Limited Warranty. Call for details.

PowerCom® RF1 base Station Model (WRS970-DSI)

• A programmable interface to your PC, that communicates with PowerCom® RF1 keypads.
  • Controlled by application software* (available as part of bundle).
• Dimensions: 6.5" W x 2.25" H x 5” D (159mm x 57mm x 126mm.).
• Capacity: 500 keypads per RF Base Station identifier. 31 RF Base Station identifiers allows up to 15,500 pads per room.
  • 31 - 71 identities allows up to 15,500 - 37,500 pads per room.
• Display: LCD for viewing channel identity and diagnostics.
• Speed: Default setting is 200 keypads per second. Polling rates as fast as one-half second are possible with smaller group (ex. 100 or less). Multiple base stations may poll simultaneously to collect responses from up to 15,500 keypads in under 5 seconds.
• Connections: Attaches to the operator's PC by USB connection. (USB cable included.)
• Power Source: USB. Current draw 70-130 mA.
• Alternate Power Source: POE ("Power Over Ethernet") using midspan and power injector. Call for details.

PowerCom® RF1 Base Station Model(WRS971-DSI)

• Base Station in compact USB Stick styling that communicates with PowerCom® RF1 keypads.
• Dimensions: 3.1"L x .9"W x .57"H.

Modular Carrycases

• Wide variety available, ranging from compact ballistic nylon bags to ruggedized shipping cases with perimeter clasps.
• Keypads and base stations purchased separately.

Application Software

• * Base Station requires application software to manage keypad data collection and analyze responses.
• PowerCom® PointPoint add-in program available as part of bundle. PowerCom® RF1 API available to develop customized software.