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Siting the Nodes
• Ideally, the mesh network will be most effective at “self healing” any
temporarily impaired transmission paths if each Node has more than one way
to reach the Gateway. While the system is designed to handle a mesh, a “star”
or nodes in single lines, it is a good idea whenever possible to site each node
so that it is within transmission distance of either two (or more) other Nodes,
or the Gateway and another Node. A Node can even be installed simply to
transmit data from more distant Nodes to the Gateway, without any sensors
installed in it. By planning the system’s “transmission mesh,” data can be
relayed in from the most remote corner of your installation.
• Nodes can also be used to transmit data around or over obstacles, such as hills.
Best installations allow Nodes to
transmit to more than one Node or
to a Node or Nodes and Gateway.
Get around an obstruction by using a Node with no sensors as a relay.
