With literally thousands of installations currently in the field, DSS is the clear
choice by many for their digital switching requirements. Digital Switching Systems
has more multiplex systems on the water today than all of the competition combined.
Since the inception of this technology in 1999, the DSS customer list has expanded
to include some of the biggest names in the industry.
Click on the links below or scroll down to see some of our latest installations.
Sabre Yachts – USA
As Sabre Yachts looked to switch from discrete switches to multiplexing technology,
Digital Switching Systems emerged as the supplier of choice. Sabre is now enjoying
more flexibility by using keypads instead of individual switches. The owner of Sabre
Yachts commented, “After watching boaters around electrical panels for most of my
career, I think that making the basic electrical controls simpler to understand
and operate might add as much as ten years to the boaters marriage.”
DSS is supplying a custom PowerCore 210 load controller w/ bypass, a 10-position
keypad, an 8-position keypad and an IF board. This system is currently being used
on the 40’ sedan motor yacht. The owner of Sabre Yachts found these components to
be simple to work with saying, “We can just ‘y’ in a second panel and run that up
to the bridge and the only things that need to go back and forth are four wires.”
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Safe Boats – USA
Digital Switching Systems was also the supplier of choice when Safe Boats decided
to incorporate multiplexing technology in their boats for the first time. The DSS
system now being tested on the USCG Transportable Port Security Boat includes a
PowerCore 100 load controller, a 10-position keypad, a 6-position keypad and an
8-position keypad. Safe Boats is also using a second system including a PowerCore
210 load controller, a 14-position keypad, a 10-position keypad, a 6-position keypad,
an IF board and a marine rated rocker switch, on a high-speed multi-mission craft.
Both systems include highly customized functions and features.
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Triton – USA
The DSS multiplexing system can be very flexible. Triton Boats required new technology
and a fresh look for their 2010 model rollout. DSS responded by customizing load
controller hardware and creating new features for the new Triton system. The tournament
series Bass Boat is now not only outfitted with a custom PowerCore 21 load controller,
but also three aesthetically pleasing keypads specifically modeled to fit its contour
shape.
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LOR – USA
Digital Switching Systems’ new relegendable keypad not only works well with their
proprietary load controllers and communication protocol, but easily integrates into
other CAN-bus networks. LOR, a systems integrator in the agricultural, forestry,
mining, and other industries, recently replaced discrete switches with the PowerKey
Pro. LOR experienced reduced installation costs and labor time without re-engineering
their entire system/network.
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Sedna - Brazil
Located in Brazil, Sedna is another boat manufacturer that recently made the decision
to change to digital switching to provide an upgrade to their existing boat models.
Sedna chose Digital Switching Systems and Blink to help them achieve this goal because
of the ease of installation of the system, the ability to reduce and reorganize
the wiring system for a cleaner layout and the rugged properties of the products
due to a high IP rating.
DSS products are currently installed on Sedna’s 33’ fishing boat and 38’ flybridge.
The 33’ uses one PowerCore 210 with bypass and two 10-position keypads. The 38’
flybridge uses the same hardware as the fishing boat but has two more of the same
keypads for the flybridge.
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Kraft – USA
DSS products fit well into markets other than the marine market. Kraft, a distributor
and component packager of hydraulic, power transmission, and electronic control
equipment is now using the PowerKey Pro as an industrial control on the Zanetis
RH Series Road Hog Cold Planner. Kraft sought a supplier through an internet search
for CAN keypads and found Digital Switching Systems. DSS met Kraft’s needs by providing
a keypad that was not only compatible with the CAN system Kraft was already using
but also
a sleeker, more flexible design than any competitors’ product.
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Honda - Italy
When Honda made the decision to delve into the RIB market, they wanted to provide
a product that gave the consumer their wish list in RIBS. Honda wanted a system
that would be versatile and rugged enough to handle any of their concerns relating
to management of power, system protection and wiring. They also wanted to standout
with a unique look to their console. After a lot of research and a recommendation
by a leading RIB and boat designer, Christian Grande in Italy, Honda chose Digital
Switching Systems as their preferred supplier. DSS’s certified integrator, Blink
S.r.l, managed the opportunity and provided Honda for their 23’, 26’ and 30’ models
with a PowerCore 210 and two 10-position keypads.
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Novurania – USA
Novurania redesigned several of its watercraft to include keypads instead of individual
switches. DSS is supplying Novurania with relegendable 8-position and 4-position
keypads and a PowerCore 210 load controller for the 31’ Chase flagship yacht tender
and their RIBs.
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Gomaco
In early 2010, Digital Switching Systems received a call from their certified PowerKey
Pro distributor, Wes-Garde Components, requesting additional information about their
CAN keypads for a new potential customer in the industrial market. Gomaco required
an aesthetically pleasing CAN keypad that would withstand the harsh outdoor environment
for their new street paver, the GP-2400. However, Gomaco needed 12 buttons and had
limited panel space to work with, which prevented them from designing in two of
the readily available 8 position PowerKey Pro keypads. DSS took this opportunity
to extend the power of their omni-BUSTM software by tooling the next generation
keypad, the PKP-2600 by adding in additional functionality in a smaller footprint
with 12 smaller keys. Within a 5 week timeframe Gomaco had 12 position keypads on-hand
and had the first machine paving the streets of Canada in early June.
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