User's Guide

Preface
Purpose and Scope
This manual provides information and guidance to all personnel who are involved with and use Rajant
Corporation’s BreadCrumb ES1.
This manual begins with an introduction to the BreadCrumb Kinetic Mesh Network. It then characterizes
the features of the BreadCrumb ES1. Finally, it describes common deployment scenarios and provides
concise step-by-step instructions for each scenario.
Note
Note
Throughout this document, unless otherwise stated, the terms ES1 and BreadCrumb are used to refer
Throughout this document, unless otherwise stated, the terms ES1 and BreadCrumb are used to refer
to Rajant BreadCrumb ES1.
to Rajant BreadCrumb ES1.
How to Use This Guide
This User Guide is an HTML document and is read using a web browser. The browser’s right scroll bar,
mouse scroll wheel, up/down cursor keys or Page Up/Page Down keys may be used to navigate sequen-
tially forward or backward through the guide. In most browsers, CTRL-F can be used to search the guide
and navigate to matching text. The Table of Contents at the left (or top for small windows) contains links
to the starts of chapters and appendices. After a web link or cross-reference is clicked in the guide, the
browser’s back arrow should return to the previous page location.
Feedback Welcome
The user of this manual is encouraged to submit comments and recommended changes to improve this
manual and all Rajant products. Please send your feedback to feedback@rajant.com. Please be sure
to include the version and revision number of the manual or product you are using as well as the relevant
document section numbers if appropriate.
Related Documentation
For additional information, refer to these documents:
BC|Commander® Version 11 User Guide: This document contains information on the BC|Commander
management application, which is used to configure BreadCrumbs before or during a deployment.
BreadCrumb® Video Guide
Range Troubleshooting Guide
BreadCrumb RF Guide
BreadCrumb® Security Technical Brief
These documents are available in the support section of Rajant’s website at http://www.rajant.com.
Note About Shared Guide Content
Rajant BreadCrumb models have some differences in hardware and software features. Rajant hardware
and software product guides include some general content that is shared between guides and may in-
clude features or settings not found in every model. The following table summarizes the main differences
between several standard BreadCrumb models.
Table: BreadCrumb Model Matrix
Features LX5 ME4/KM3 ES1 JR2 JR3 SlipStream
Wireless Trans-
ceivers
3-4 2 2 1 1 0
Ethernet 2x 1000
1x 1000, 1x
100
1x
1000
1x
100
1x 100 2x 1000