User's Manual

Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction............................................................................................................................................1
Contacting BW Technologies................................................................................................................2
Safety Information - Read First............................................................................................................. 2
Getting Started......................................................................................................................................5
The Personnel Alert Base Station.........................................................................................................6
Control Bay............................................................................................................................7
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) .................................................................................................8
Badges...................................................................................................................................9
Installation ...........................................................................................................................................10
The Base Station .................................................................................................................10
Main Board...........................................................................................................................10
Radio Board.........................................................................................................................11
Mounting Guidelines............................................................................................................12
Preparation for Mounting the Base......................................................................................13
Conduit Installation ..............................................................................................................14
Cable Installation .................................................................................................................14
MODBUS Wiring and Configuration ...................................................................................................18
MODBUS Wiring..................................................................................................................18
Baud Rate and Parity Configuration ...................................................................................................19
Setting the Dip Switch Addresses.......................................................................................................20
Alarm Relay Contact Wiring and Configuration..................................................................................22
Wiring DC Power.................................................................................................................................24
Testing Manual Alarms .......................................................................................................................24
Radio Frequency (RF) Optimization ...................................................................................................24
Channel Hopping Pattern ....................................................................................................24
Adjusting the Transmit/Receive Attenuation Levels............................................................25
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