User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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February5,2015
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InstallationQuestions
Thefollowingquestionswillhelpingettingfamiliarwiththesystem.
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Howmanyradiosareinthenetwork?
MasterID:
RepeaterID:
ClientID:
Locations:
IsthereaLineofSightbetweenthem?
Whattypeofantennaswillbeusedinthe
network?
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WillthePersonalityModuleconfiguration
restorationfeaturebeused?
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PlanningthePhysicalInstallation
Anetwork'sperformanceisaffectedbyattributesspecifictotheinstallationsite.
Considerthefollowingcautions,wherepossible, tooptimizethenetworkinstallation:
 Designthenetworktouselessthan2048radios(pernetwork)
 Placeradioswithinthespecified15milesofeachother
 Addrepeatertoextenddistanceorwherelineofsightisli
mited
 RadiosorantennasCANNOTbeplacedwithin8inches(20cm)ofpersonnel
Thoughradiofrequencycommunicationisreliable,sometimesitsperformancecanbe
affectedbyintangibles.Agoodnetworkinstallationplanincludestimeandresources
forperformancetestingandinstallationchanges.
Testtheinsta
llationplan(page55)beforethenetworkinstallationiscomplete.
ProSoftWirelessDesigner
ProSoftWirelessDesignerisafreely‐availablesoftwaretooltosimplifythetaskof
specifyingaProSoftwirelessinstallation.Thefollowingscreenshotshowsanexampleof
configuringwirelesslinksandestimatesofsignalquality:
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