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Wireless Repeater
5. Turn off the “farthest” transmitter and then add the second farthest transmitter (and
its receiver) to your network. Check the reception of that second signal at each point.
The goal is to make sure that your network is functioning properly at every
stage so that if, at some point, you add a transmitter, repeater, or receiver
that is either malfunctioning or poorly positioned, you will know immedi-
ately.
6. Add additional transmitter/receiver pairs one at a time, making sure to test only one
signal (i.e., one pair) at a time.
7. Once each transmitter/receiver pair has been tested by itself, add signals (i.e., the
transmitters you tested above) slowly to the network.
If a repeater is set to listen for more than one signal, the repeater will wait
until it has acquired all the signals you have told it to listen for before it
begins repeating. If it fails to acquire one or more of the signals after one
minute, the repeater will begin repeating the signals it has found and will
check again for the missing signals once every hour.
Note:
If the repeater fails to acquire any signals at all, it will time out after one minute. In this
case, you should reposition the repeater, check that its dip switches are set correctly and
that the transmitter/repeater it is listening for is functioning properly, and then power the
repeater up again.
Either way, whether repeater acquires all the signals or it does not, the LEDs
will flash three times. Then, for each successful transmission of a signal, the
lower LED will flash followed by the upper LED. Count the number of dis-
tinct pairs (of flashes) to determine if any signals are missing.
8. Take all the units out of test mode.
Leaving the transmitters, repeaters, or receivers in test mode drains unnec-
essary power from your power supply.