User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Contacting BW Technologies
- Safety Information - Read First
- Getting Started
- The Personnel Alert Base Station
- Installation
- MODBUS Wiring and Configuration
- Baud Rate and Parity Configuration
- Setting the Dip Switch Addresses
- Alarm Relay Contact Wiring and Configuration
- Wiring DC Power
- Testing Manual Alarms
- Radio Frequency (RF) Optimization
- Setting the Badge ID
- Area System Planning
- Alarms (TBD)
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting (TBD)
- Replacement Parts and Accessories
- Specifications
Personnel Alert: Base Station
Installation
Preparation for Mounting the Base
From the front view, the base station is equipped with pre-
drilled mounting flanges and a threaded ¾ inch National Pipe
Thread (NPT) conduit fitting outlet on the left side.
Attach the base station to a bracket and mount on a pole
using bolts through the two mounting holes.
Table 8. Bolt and Flange Sizes
Mounting flanges 0.25 in. on 5.5 in. centers
Install the base with the antenna pointing vertically only.
aWarning
The Personnel Alert Base Station is only
certified with the supplied 2 dBi dipole antenna.
Do not substitute this antenna with another.
Note
BW recommends that the base be attached to a
bracket on a pole by using bolts through the two
mounting holes. Attach pole to wall? Post?
Ground? What if the floor is concrete?
Figure 7. Outline Drawing of Base Station
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