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Novax Industries

Type of APS
Pedhead mounted
  • DS 100 APS
  • DS 2000 APS
Additional components available for DS 2000 with functions of pushbutton and vibrating arrow integrated
The (left) DS 100 and DS 2000 are both mounted on pedestrian signal heads. The Vibrawalk is used with the DS 2000 to provide a locator tone and a vibrotactile arrow.

Standard features
WALK indication
    DS 100
  • Cuckoo - 800 Hz and 1200 Hz, every 1.5 secs
  • Chirp - 2000 Hz, every 1 sec


  • DS 2000
  • Two or four tones standard
  • Cuckoo, peep, short beep, and long beep or custom speech message
  • Maximum Walk Timer for "Rest-In-Walk intersections"
  • Concurrent or Alternating Beaconing Sounds
Other
DS 100 and DS 2000
  • Automatic volume adjustment (dynamic volume compensation)
  • External sound adjustment screw
Optional features
Walk Indication
    DS 100
  • Speech messages up to 15 seconds long


  • DS 2000
  • Speech messages up to 32 seconds long
  • Vibrating tactile arrow
Other
    DS 2000
  • Pushbutton actuation, with or without extended button press
  • Pushbutton locator tone - speaker for mounting at pushbutton height or higher - 800 Hz shaped square wave or 50 ms "click" repeated once per second
  • Tactile arrow
  • Actuation indicator (Pedestrian Acknowledge device, PAD or Button lamp indicator, BLI)
  • Clearance interval message
  • Pushbutton information message (Pedestrian Acknowledge)
  • Separate volume settings for locator tone and WALK signal
  • Sound inhibit - disables signal at sensitive periods, during complex traffic phases or as required
  • Internal sound adjustment available for security
Installation notes
3 wire 18 gauge -120 VAC derived from WALK and DON'T WALK indicator Range of response to ambient sound is set by installer

Comments
Internal board and speaker unit available that mounts in the pedhead.

Manufacturer
Novax Industries, Inc., New Westminster, BC, Canada

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