Remote Audio BDSv5 SMART Battery Distribution System
- Dual-input BDS with hot swap and load sharing
- Color OLED with smart battery data
- 8 outputs, barrel jack or Hirose
From $494.00 USD
Remote Audio BDSv5 SMART Battery Distribution System
The Remote Audio BDSv5 SMART is a 12 V nominal power distribution box for ENG audio bags, with dual battery inputs, eight outputs, and a color display that reads smart battery data.
It is the next generation of the Remote Audio BDS. Two TA4 inputs accept batteries and DC sources from 9 to 18 V DC. Smart batteries such as Remote Audio’s Hi-Q 49 Wh and 98 Wh send usage and runtime data to the 0.95-inch color OLED display over SMBus, the data link built into smart batteries. It comes in two versions: Standard, with 5.5 mm barrel-jack outputs, and Hirose, with 4-pin Hirose outputs.
Hot Swap and Input Priority
A power path controller links the two inputs, so you can remove a depleted battery while the other keeps the outputs running. This works as long as the total load stays under one battery’s rated maximum discharge current. With Priority #1 turned on, the BDS draws from Input 1, such as an AC adapter, while a battery on Input 2 waits on standby. If Input 1 drops, it fails over to Input 2 automatically. A battery on standby still discharges slowly, since the BDS reads its data.
Load Sharing
With Priority #1 off, the two inputs share the load, so the BDS can power more than one battery can supply alone. Two Hi-Q 49 Wh batteries supply up to 6.8 A, and two 98 Wh batteries reach the BDS’s 12 A limit. Load sharing works best with batteries of equal capacity and similar charge. It lets the BDS power small and mid-sized carts as well as bags.
Current Limits and Warnings
Total load tops out at 12 A. A non-smart battery or DC source is limited to 6 A per input. Smart batteries are held to a 1C discharge rate: 3.4 A for a 49 Wh battery and 6.8 A for a 98 Wh. The load readout turns yellow above 80 percent of the limit and red above 90 percent, and an overload shows an alarm. A sustained overload sheds the switched outputs for ten seconds before the BDS tries them again.
Display and Settings
Double-pressing Select steps through three screens. The first shows voltage, state of charge, and runtime, the second shows the load in watts, and the third shows cycle count, temperature, and serial number. The settings menu covers Screen Flip, Priority #1, SAFE Switch, Display Sleep, USB Sleep, Celsius readout, and turning the USB port off. SAFE Switch requires a double press of the Menu button before the outputs switch.
Features
- Dual TA4 inputs, 9 to 18 V DC
- Hot swap between batteries
- Input priority with automatic failover
- Load sharing up to 12 A
- SMBus smart battery data
- 0.95-inch color OLED display
- 8 outputs, barrel jack or Hirose
- USB-A charging port, up to 3 A
- SAFE Switch against accidental switching
Specifications
| Inputs | 2 × TA4 DC inputs with smart battery data lines |
|---|---|
| Input Voltage | 9 – 18 V DC |
| Input Pinout | Pin 1 (B−), pin 2 (data), pin 3 (clock), pin 4 (B+) |
| Outputs (Standard) | 8 × DC barrel jacks (5.5 mm diameter, 2.5 mm pin), center pin positive Bank A: 2 jacks fused at 5 A combined, switched or unswitched Bank B: 6 jacks fused at 10 A combined, switched |
| Outputs (Hirose) | 8 × Hirose 4-pin, pin 1 (−), pins 2 and 3 (N.C.), pin 4 (+) Bank A: 2 jacks fused at 3 A combined, switched or unswitched Banks B, C, and D: 2 jacks each, fused at 3 A combined, switched |
| USB | 1 × USB-A charging port (BC1.2, divider mode, 1.2 V/1.2 V mode, QC 3.0), 3 A max |
| Current Handling | 12 A max total load |
| Power Consumption (No Load) | 10 mA with outputs off (OLED sleep and USB shutdown on) 20 mA with outputs on and the display active |
| Dimensions | 4.5 × 1.8 × 2.1 in (H × W × D, with belt clip) |
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