Setting the Control/Expansion DIP Switch
You must follow the instructions in this section if you are installing multiple carriers.
Otherwise, skip to “Installing a Single Carrier on a Shelf or Desk” or “Installing a Single
Carrier on a Wall.”
If you are installing multiple carriers, you must designate one carrier as the control carrier
and the remaining carrier(s) as expansion carriers. The control carrier acts as the “lead”
carrier—its transmit and receive patterns control the expansion carrier(s), ensuring that all
of the linked carriers function as a single system.
You set the control/expansion DIP switch, located in slot 4, to configure the carrier:
Control/Expansion
DIP Switch
Slot 4
Use a nonmetallic, pointed object to set each carrier’s DIP switch according to the following
table.
IMPORTANT:
Only one carrier can be the control carrier; the other carrier(s) must be expansion carriers.
To designate the carrier as a...
Use this setting for the DIP switch...
control carrier (one carrier only)
expansion carrier (one or two
additional carriers)
Go to “lnstalling Multiple Carriers.”
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