User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installation Steps
- 3 Step #1 – Configure Regions
- 4 Step #2 – Preparing for Installation
- 5 Step #3 – Installing the Appliance
- 6 Step #4 – Installing the Bridge
- 7 Step #5 – Installing the Sensors
- 8 Step #6 – Installing the Tags
- 9 Step #7 – Associating the Tags with Assets
- 10 Step #8 – System Testing and Quality Control
- 11 Adding Additional Assets After Installation
- 12 Troubleshooting
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Figure 57 - Placing All Awarepoint Sensors
7.6 Optimize Awarepoint Sensor Locations
Once you have placed several Sensors in an area, you need to optimize the mesh
network. In a good mesh network, all Sensors have redundant paths back to the Bridge
so that if one Sensor is removed or disabled, the other Sensors will be able to route
around it. See below for a visual description:
Bridge
A
Bowtie Network
At this Node
Figure 58- Bowtie Network
To check the mesh network, Open the System Manager, choose the Positioning:
Status tab, and select the floor where you installed the Sensors. You will see an image
similar to the following.
These Sensor colors mean:
▪ Red – Down
▪ Yellow - Connected as a reduced functional device (RFD). This means that
either the Sensor is a 5-hop Sensor and can't have any children or it is trying to
become a full functional device (FFD).
▪ Dark Green - A FFD connected to the Bridge the Appliance thinks it should be
connected to.