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Introduction
Notes and Precautions for Installing Wireless
Communication Devices
When installing wireless communication devices take special care in selecting locations so as
to ensure proper communication.
Note that even after a successful installation, due to changes in environmental conditions,
communication errors may occur when restarting the system.
As far as possible, try to keep wireless communication devices away from
metals and set them up in high unobstructed positions.
- Please take note that in many instances, walls, floors, stairs, fences and desks will contain
metals. In order to carry out communication between indoor and outdoor Units, please locate
indoor Units near a window so that radio waves can be easily transmitted.
- Please install these devices more than 30cm away from walls or boards containing metal.
- If wireless communication Units are placed in a metal container such as a freezer or
refrigerator, the possible wireless communication range will be shortened. In most cases
radio waves are transmitted via doors and door openings so place devices as near to doors
as possible.
As far as possible, keep the devices away from noise-emitting sources.
- Equipment such as some industrial instruments, electronic devices or fluorescent lamps
generate noise. Please place Units more than 1 meter away from such devices.
- Please place Units more than 1 meter away from computers and other devices which emit
noise.
- Keep all wires as far away from wireless communication devices as possible. Please be
careful about placing near any wiring or cables such as power supply cables, telephone wires
or LAN cables.
Objects which contain lots of water, such as plants or soil, absorb radio
waves. We highly recommend that such materials should not be placed
between or near wireless communication Units.
- When measuring temperature in a greenhouse it has been reported that as plants grew,
communication errors also increased.
- Do not place Units directly on the ground.
Do not place devices which are using the same communication frequency
channel in the same area.
- If the same channel is used for multiple devices not only will more communication errors
occur, but battery life will also be shortened.
- If there is a possibility that devices with the same frequency channel will be in wireless
communication at the same time, please make sure to make changes to the frequency
channels so they are not the same. For more details about frequency channels for our
wireless products, see the Specifications.
After having made an installation check the wireless signal strength.
- The supplied software application includes a feature to check for wireless signal strength. In
the RTR-500GSM Settings Utility in the "Wireless Route Settings" menu it is possible to check
click signal strength.
- Note that by moving Units 20 cm in any direction may result in communication results being
significantly changed.
- If no change occurs after moving the Units to several nearby locations, we strongly suggest
adding one or more Repeaters (RTR-500) to enhance communication.
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