Mercury 2+ Terminal

[Mercury 2+] The Mercury 2+ Terminal is a form, fit and function replacement for the Mercury 2e. 

Designed for use in Hazardous Areas, its rugged construction and Intrinsically Safe certification enable it to be used in Zone 0 (Div 1) locations, in the presence of flammable vapours and gases, and Zone 1 in the presence of dust hazards, within an operating temperature range of -20°C to +60°C.

Key Features

• ATEX approved
• EEx ia IIC T4
• IP66 rated
• Operating temperature range -20°C to +60°C
• Optional Card support : Mifare, HID and EM4001 (or compatible) proximity
• Customisable keypads
• Modbus support
• Character set now supports non-Roman alphabets, including Cyrillic and Thai
• Backlight display
• 2 year warranty

The Mercury 2+ Terminal is simple to install, easy to use and maintenance free. These characteristics, combined with its suitability for areas where wash down procedures are required, make the Mercury 2+ Terminal the ideal product for year round outside use - even in the harshest environment.

The Mercury 2+ Terminal retains the look and feel of the Mercury 2eand is fully compatible with all existing installations, whilst offering improved performance through the use of entirely new electronics and firmware. This has been rewritten in a modular form to allow greater flexibility for the customer.

The new enhanced features of the Mercury 2+ Terminal include: 

• Adaptive back-light for maximum brightness.
• Ability to field upgrade the firmware.
• Faster Serial communications speeds, up to 115.2 Kbaud.
• Much faster internal processing allowing rapid graphics redraws.
• Character-set support to allow for non-Roman alphabets, including Cyrillic and Thai.
• Modbus now a standard facility.
• 3 Digital inputs for use with proximity sensors, switches or other simple apparatus.
• 2 fully isolated digital outputs.

Proximity Readers

An optional proximity reader module is available, for applications such as personnel access checking or batch recipe selection.

These use a non-contact technology to read the Card Serial Number*by passing the card within a few centimetres of the front of the reader module.

With proximity technology, the identification media can take a number of different formats including a key fob device as an alternative to the standard Proximity card.

Currently technologies supported are:- EM, Mifare and HID.

Due to the modular design used, it is possible to add support for other technologies. Please contact our sales team for further details.

* Note : the unit is only able to read the factory programmed serial number from the proximity cards. For cards that allow user data to be stored on them (e.g. Mifare), the unit is not able to retrieve this user information.

R507 Interface Module

To make full use of these enhanced features a new interface module is available. The R507 IS Interface module is a Safe Area DIN rail mounted device which provides intrinsically safe power and communications signals to the Hazardous Area.

The unit provides galvanic isolation between the field mounted Hazardous Area equipment and the Safe Area 24V power supply and communication ports. Designed specifically for the Mercury 2+ Terminal it allows high speed communications over distances of up to 1km into the Hazardous Area.