User's Guide

FreeSpeak Edge | User Guide
Table of contents
1 Important Safety instructions 6
1.1 Safety symbols 7
2 Introduction to FreeSpeak Edge™ 8
2.1 FreeSpeak Edge 5 GHz 8
2.2 System capacity 9
3 Installing FreeSpeak Edge 10
3.1 Installing the FreeSpeak Edge transceiver 10
3.2 Clear-Com cable recommendations 12
3.3 Daisy-chain transceivers 13
3.4 Installing and removing an E-IPA-HX card 14
3.5 Adding an E-IPA-HX card to the software 14
3.6 Configuring the E-IPA-HX card for FreeSpeak Edge 15
3.7 Beltpack roaming between E-IPA-HX cards 16
3.8 Connecting the FreeSpeak Edge transceivers to a matrix 17
3.9 Adding transceivers to the matrix 21
3.10 Beltpack roles 27
3.11 Registering the beltpack to a matrix 29
3.12 Connect the beltpacks 31
3.13 Radio Frequency (RF) channel selection and power settings 31
3.14 De-register beltpacks from a system 32
4 Site survey features 34
4.1 Transceiver standalone mode 34
4.2 Local RF scan using a beltpack 35
5 RF channel selection 5 GHz 37
5.1 Radio Frequency (RF) channel selection and power settings 39
5.2 Channel selection 40
5.3 Channel re-use 41
5.4 Using Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channels 43
5.5 Radar scanning in DFS channels 44
5.6 Transceiver - excluded channels 45
5.7 Wireless Regulatory Region (WRR) 46
5.8 Change RF channels on the Edge transceiver 47
6 Operating the Edge beltpack 49
6.1 Top controls and display 49
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