I-Station Multicast
I-station multicast configuration & Integrating with HME wireless pagers
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1 I-station multicast
configuration
“MultiCast” with HME Wireless transmitters
allows a facility to cascade pages to a series
of transmitters over an IT network. The cas-
cade allows the user to cover a significant
portion of a building(s) without the needs
for radio repeaters or large scale broadcast
antennas. The use of MultiCast also allows
facilities to expand their reach in very short
order just by adding a new transmitter to
the area that they want covered.
How to setup the multicast
To setup up the multicast, be sure that you
have the following information.
· Static IP for each transmitter
· Allow port 4000
· Ethernet port on each transmitter
· Gateway IP
· Subnet Mask
To enter Programming Mode
The ISTATION contains 12 different menus.
Some of the menus are not used in the Mul-
ticast application. To go to Network pro-
gramming menu, follow the procedure be-
low.
1. Press the
“SETUP”
button.
2. Enter the Network password
1173 followed by
“enter”
.
3. When the password is accepted,
the display will show
“use * to scroll to
menu options”
.
4. Use the
“*/ Menu”
key to scroll
through the different menu options.
5. Press
“CANCEL”
to exit the system pro-
gramming menu.
Default values are italicized
Menu 1 Repeater –
OFF
Not used in Multicast
Menu 2 Duplicate Message Suppression –
0
Not used in Multicast
Menu 3 Repeat Delay -
0
Not used in Multicast
Menu 4 Set RX -
OFF
Not used in Multicast
Menu 5 Set TX -
Enabled
This is the transmitter RF power.
Be sure that this is enabled.
Menu 6 Set Multicast -
ON
Menu 7 Set IP Address -
192.168.1.10
Assigned IP for the first HME de-
vice. Each transmitter should have
its own IP address.
Menu 8 Set Listen Port -
4000
Menu 9 Gateway IP -
192.168.1.1
Location Network gateway IP
Menu 10 Subnet Mask -
255.255.255.0
Menu 11 POS IP Address –
192.168.1.11
Assigned the next IP for the HME
device in the cascade.
Menu 12 Set Gateway Port -
2370
*NOTE: Multicast requires static IP addresses
for each transmitter. The Network addresses
listed above are examples. Your local IT expert
will determine the values for your unique in-
stallation. Please contact HME Technical Sup-
port at 800-919-9903 if you require assistan-
ce in changing the address values.
Manual
5
th
floor
4
th
floor
3
th
floor
2
nd
floor
1
st
floor
Administrative
Office
Radiology
Outpatient
Cafeteria
Admission
Sample of multicast layout
Message is broadcast from originating transmitter (Admission) on 1st floor. After message
is sent, it is cascaded to the next IP address set up in its menu. The cycle repeats until
the original message is returned to the originating the page to close the loop. Transmitters
can be anywhere on the network as long as they can be assigned a static IP address.
