Coin Cell Battery 
The coin cell battery is present on all PXC-36 Compact Series and on Version 2 or 
later of PXC-16 and PXC-24. The hardware version is indicated in the Product Number 
as follows: 
●  The number after 
PXC16
 or 
PXC-24
 indicates the hardware version. For example, 
PXC24
.2-PE.A is Version 2. 
●  No number after 
PXC16
 or 
PXC-24
 is Version 1 hardware. For example, PXC24-
PE.A is Version 1. 
Failure to change a DEAD lithium coin cell battery will result in loss of current time-
date, which may cause loss of data or building control. 
Establish a preventative maintenance schedule based on expected battery usage and 
life cycle. 
●  The coin cell battery maintains the current time-date in the Real Time Clock (RTC) 
when power to the field panel is off. 
●  There is no physical status on the field panel for a dead coin cell battery. 
●  If the coin cell battery is dead or missing when power is off, then RTC time-date is 
reset as follows: 
–  If the field panel resides on an ALN with an Insight workstation, the Insight 
workstation sets the time-date when the field panel returns to the network. 
–  If the field panel resides on an ALN without an Insight workstation, the time-
date is synchronized with the network time during the next automatic daily time 
update. 
●  When the PXC Compact is operating in P1 mode, if the coin cell battery is dead or 
missing when power is off, RTC time-date is reset to the factory default. RTC time-
date and must be set manually or by PPCL to ensure time-date based applications 
operate as expected. 
For more information on time synchronization, see the APOGEE P2 ALN Field Panel 
User's Manual (125-3019) or the APOGEE BACnet ALN Field Panel User's Manual 
(125-3020) (125-3019 or 125-3020).