User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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February5,2015
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ConnectingAntennas
EachradiomusthaveanantennaconnectedtotheMainantennaportontheRLX2
radio;withoutanantennaforeachradio,thenetworkwillnotfunctioniftheradiosare
morethanafewmetersapart.Youshouldalwaysconnectthenumberofantennason
PortA,PortA‐PortC,orPor
tA‐PortB‐PortC,asindicatedinthe#antennascontrol.The
networkwillnotfunctionwithoutallantennasinstalled.
Allantennasforradiosthatcommunicatedirectly witheachothershouldbemounted
sotheyhavethesameantennapolarity.AntennaswithN‐jackconnectorscabbe
mounteddirectlytotheradiousinganN‐plugtoN‐plu
gadapter.Screwtheantenna
ontotheantennaportconnectoruntilitissnug.
Forremoteplacementofantennas,anextensioncablewithN‐plugscanbeused.
BecausetheantennacableattenuatestheRFsignal,useanantennacablelengththatis
nolongertha
nnecessarytoensureoptimumperformance
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Important: If the radio is to be used in a hazardous location, the radio must be mounted in an
enclosure approved for hazardous locations. The radio requires a separate cable connection to the
SMA connector that leads to an internal antenna.
TesttheNetworkInstallationPlan
Testproposedinstallationsbeforefinalizingtheinstallation.
Afterthenetworkandradiosareconfigured:
 InstalltheMasterradioinitsproposedpermane ntlocation
 CabletheConfigurationPCtotheMast erradio
 PlacetheRemoteradiosintheirproposedlocations
 Temporarilyplaceeachradio'santennanearitsproposedmoun
tinglocation.The
temporaryplacementoftheantennacanbebyhand.However,onepersonmust
holdtheantennawhiletheotherpersonmonitorstheRemoteradio'ssignal
strengthdisplayedontheConfigurationPC.
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ToimprovethesignalqualityofeachRemoteradio:
 Increasetheheightoftheantenna'spla
cement
 Usehigher‐gainantennas
 Increasetheradio'stransmissionpower,cabletheradiototheConfigurationPC,
andreconfigureit