Nice EPM photocell pair, Era Medium surface mount, 15 m range

Overview

The Nice EPM is a pair of safety photocells for an automatic gate, garage door or barrier: a transmitter and a receiver fixed facing each other across the opening. When a person or vehicle breaks the invisible beam, the receiver’s relay tells the control unit to stop or reverse the gate. It is the fixed, surface-mounted model in the Era Photocell M range, with a 15 m range.

Is it right for you?

• It suits any gate or door automation whose control unit accepts relay-output photocells, including Nice gate motors such as Robo 600 and Too.
• Choose it when the two mounting surfaces are parallel and in line. If the posts are out of line, the EPMO version adjusts through 30°.
• If your control unit uses BlueBUS, the EPMB version connects on two wires instead of a relay circuit.
• The range is 15 m, or 30 m with the ’10’ jumper cut.

Key features

• Classed as a type D presence detector under EN 12453.
• Range of 15 m, extended to 30 m by cutting the ’10’ jumper.
• Runs on 24 V AC/DC (18 to 35 V DC, 15 to 28 V AC), or 12 V AC/DC with a jumper; draws 25 mA at the receiver and 30 mA at the transmitter.
• Relay output rated 500 mA at 48 V maximum.
• With a compatible control unit, its phototest function supports safety category 2 to EN 954-1.
• IP44 and -20 to 50 °C, so it is made for outdoor gate posts.
• 10° reception angle; each unit is 50 × 29 × 80 mm and 140 g.

What else you need

A gate, garage door or barrier control unit with an input for relay-output photocells, power at 24 V AC/DC (or 12 V with the jumper), and cable from the control unit to both posts. Nice columns are an option where there is no solid surface to mount on.

Installation

Fix the transmitter and receiver on solid, parallel vertical surfaces or Nice columns, facing each other across the opening. Wire the supply to both units and the receiver’s relay to the control unit’s photocell input, then set the range jumper and test that breaking the beam stops or reverses the gate. The gate installer normally fits them with the motor.

Before you buy

• The EPM is fixed. Out-of-line posts need the EPMO; BlueBUS control units need the EPMB.
• Mount on solid, parallel vertical surfaces or Nice columns.
• Keep the switched load within the relay rating of 500 mA at 48 V.