Description
The Switch-It Cool Cube is a smart switch box for a power wheelchair user who drives with switches or sensors instead of a joystick. It reads the type of switch in each port on its own.
Who is the Cool Cube for?
The maker builds it for riders whose ability varies from day to day or from one part of the body to another. It suits a rider who presses a switch, or who uses a head array.
Which switches and wheelchairs does it work with?
A port takes a Pro Spot proportional switch, an electronic sensor such as a proximity or Flex switch, or a mechanical switch, and the kinds can be mixed. The hub needs the maker's Omni or Enhanced Display.
How does it drive the chair?
A Pro Spot switch is proportional: the chair starts at roughly 40% of its programmed speed and continued pressure takes it to full speed. A mechanical switch gives full on or full off only.
How is it mounted and set up?
Pro Spot switches mount at the armrest, midline, headrest, hand or lap tray, knee or leg. With three or more switches each port drives its own direction; with two, both together go forward. Bring the chair to our showroom or book a free home assessment and set the ports up.
Which packages can I order?
The hub comes alone as CCB, with the switches chosen separately, or as a system with four Pro Spot switches, CCB-4PS, or five, CCB-5PS. The four switch system carries red, blue, green and yellow; the five adds orange.
Funding help for a Cool Cube in Ontario
Depending on the person's needs and assessment, funding may be available for mobility equipment in Ontario. Our team works with funding programs every week and can point you to the right route before you buy. See our funding guide or call (905) 798-1853.
Delivery, service and warranty
We fit the hub, mount the switches and program the chair. Sunrise Medical sets the coverage on Switch-It electronics, so we confirm the period in writing with your quote. The maker's paperwork is on our documents page.
How does it compare?
If the rider needs one or two buttons rather than a system, see our wheelchair accessories, or the power wheelchairs themselves.
Frequently asked questions
Can the Cool Cube use switches I own?
Its ports take Pro Spots, sensors and mechanical switches, and the hub works out which is plugged in.
Will it work on my power chair?
It needs an Omni or Enhanced Display. We check your chair first.
Do you fit and program it?
Yes. We mount the switches, set the ports and program the chair.
Specifications
- Available colours
- Pro Spot switches in red, blue, green, yellow and orange, on a black hub
- Size
- Cool Cube hub 3.5" L x 3.12" W x 1.06" H, Pro Spot switch 2.10" diameter x 0.50" H
- Mounting
- Armrest, midline, headrest, hand or lap tray, and knee or leg positions, with a one meter extension cable included with every Pro Spot
- Compatible with
- Penny and Giles R-Net with the Omni and Quantum Q-Logic with the Enhanced Display, and the maker's instruction sheet adds a Curtis Enable 50 route
- Activation force
- 150 g to 300 g on a Pro Spot proportional switch
- Feedback
- An audible tone from each port, with three settings, off, soft or loud, and the feedback can be disabled
- Connector
- A DB9 connector to the wheelchair, with the maker's Omni or Enhanced Display required
- Models
- CCB hub on its own, CCB-4PS with four Pro Spot switches, CCB-5PS with five
- Alternative control type
- Proportional from a Pro Spot switch, or switched and sensor driving from mechanical switches and electronic sensors
- Product type
- Alternative drive control hub with proportional switch inputs for a power wheelchair
Figures from the manufacturer. Options and seat sizes can change them; we confirm yours before ordering.
Documents
Delivery and service
Delivery and setup
We deliver and set up equipment across Toronto and the GTA, and show you how everything works. Custom and special-order products can take longer; we confirm timing with you before delivery.
Service and repairs
Our technicians service what we sell, at home or in our shop.
Try before you buy
Visit a showroom in Etobicoke or Brampton to try products first, or book a free home assessment.
Questions about this product?
Talk to our team, try it in a showroom, or book a free home assessment. We help with sizing and funding.
