Trine 017TDC-4 - Wireless Controller 2 Channel Receiver

No. The 017TDC-4 is not backwards compatible with any other 017TDC or 018 model. If you're adding to an existing system, the older transmitters won't program into this receiver, so plan on replacing the transmitters along with the receiver rather than mixing generations.

It runs on anything from 12 through 30 volts, AC or DC, so a standard 12V or 24V access control power supply drives it directly. Connections are screw terminals, so you're landing wire, not making up connectors.

The output is a dry contact relay rated up to 30V at 5 amps max. That's a switch, not a power source, so it interrupts or completes the circuit feeding your strike or maglock rather than powering it. As long as the lock's voltage is 30V or under and the current draw stays under 5 amps, the relay handles it. For anything above that, switch a separate relay with it.

Two. It's a 2 channel receiver with independently programmable A and B channels, so one receiver can run two separate openings, or one opening plus something else like a gate or an auto operator. Each channel is programmed on its own.

Up to 8 transmitters per receiver. For a small office or a maintenance crew that's usually enough to issue one per person. Beyond eight users you're into a second receiver or a credential-based system instead.

The RCI 9RCT433 Series is the other wireless transmitter and receiver family to look at. Like the Trine 017TDC-4, which is a 2 channel receiver using rolling code, the RCI 9RCT433 Series wireless transmitters and receivers also use rolling code security. The Trine 017TDC-4 runs on 12 through 30 V AC/DC with a dry contact relay rated up to 30V at 5 Amp, has independently programmable A and B channels, a 500 foot range, and accepts up to 8 transmitters on one receiver, so match those numbers against the door release or gate operator you are triggering before you settle on either family.

No. The 017TDC-4 is not backwards compatible with any other 017TDC or 018 model, so an existing transmitter from an earlier unit will not pair with it and an earlier receiver will not read a 017TDC-4 transmitter. Its rolling code scheme carries 68 billion codes and programming is erased with a single pushbutton for security. If the goal is to add a receiver alongside legacy Trine gear rather than replace the set, the RCI 9RCT433 Series wireless transmitters and receivers are the separate rolling code family to price out; within Trine, plan on changing the receiver and its transmitters together.

You pick: 4, 8, or 16 second delay, or alternate action trigger. Alternate action latches the relay on with one press and off with the next, which is how you'd set up a door that needs to stay unlocked through a delivery or during business hours. The timed settings are the ones to use for a normal momentary release.

Rated at 500 feet. That covers a gate at the end of a lot or a receptionist releasing a door on the far side of a lobby. Construction between the two, as always with RF, is what eats into that figure.

It uses rolling code with 68 billion codes, so the transmitted code changes each press rather than sending a fixed one a scanner could capture and replay. It's built as commercial hardware. There's also a single pushbutton program erase, so if a fob goes missing you wipe the receiver and reprogram the remaining transmitters rather than leaving a lost fob live on the door.

The RCI 9RCT433 Series is the other rolling code wireless transmitter and receiver line we carry. Both give you rolling code security on the RF link. The Trine is a 2 channel receiver taking up to 8 transmitters with a 12 to 30V AC/DC input, so if those numbers match your job it's the straightforward pick; look at the RCI series when you want a different platform or are already standardized on RCI at the site.

The 017TDC-4 is sold as a 2 channel receiver and transmitter set. Since a receiver takes up to 8 transmitters, add transmitters for each additional user, and they have to be current 017TDC-4 generation units, not older 017TDC or 018 stock.