User's Manual

TagExciterInstallationManual 07‐00051‐110
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EnvironmentalandLocationConsiderations
 DonotmountTagExciterdirectlyonmetal–suchaselevatorcars.Use½inchnylonorplastic
spacersbetweentheTagExciterandthemetalsurface.MountingtheTagexciterdirectlyon
metalwilldetunethetransmittingantennas.
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 DonotmountTagExciterinalocationwherethereismetalbetweentheTagExciterandthe
intendedtagdetectionareasuchasontopofanelevatorcarorbehindametaldoor.RFdoes
notpropagatewellthroughthemetal,causingthetagtonotsee
theexciterfield.
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 Considertrafficpatternsandlegitimate/acceptabletaglocationswheninstallingtheTagExciter.
Asanexample,thebestlocation(shownbelow)createsatagexciterfieldindire ctproximityof
theprotecteddoor,whileatthesametimemaintainsasuitabledistancefromtheunprotected
doorsandroomsadjacentto
thestairwellwheretagsareallowedtobelocated.
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