User's Guide

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Channel power defaults to the highest available value (according to regulatory region). When
one channel has a lower power setting than the other, the transceiver will take the lowest
power setting.
View these settings in transceiver properties. Navigate to:
Matrix>Transceiver>Properties>Basic Options.
Transceiver channels can also be viewed from the beltpack. On the beltpack, navigate to:
Menu>Diagnostics>Connection status.
A transceiver with DFS channels performs a 1 minute radar scanning process before channels
become operational. If you are using two DFS channels, they are scanned at the same time, so
1 minute total scanning time.
In Europe, DFS channels 120, 124 and 128 are allowed. However, these channels perform a
10 minute radar scanning before becoming an operating channel. For this reason, channels
120, 124 and 128 have been removed from the selection algorithms. These channels must be
selected manually if you wish to use them.
Note: For a small system (4 transceivers or less), you may be able to work with the default settings.
However, for a larger system you must undertake a site survey and modify channels and power
rating accordingly.
5.2 Channel selection
In the first case, the system software will allocate channels automatically. However, you may
wish to allocate channels manually, for instance if you are using more than 4 transceivers or
are working in a crowded RF environment.
Each transceiver uses two channels unless DFS channels are selected in which case the
transceiver uses 3 channels. When DFSchannels are used the device needs a backup channel
in the event that the signal needs to be moved due to the detection of radar.
Channels on a transceiver must not be next to each other in the RF spectrum in order to avoid
interference in the audio signals. They cannot be adjacent. This channel spacing is enforced by
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