RXT-300 SmartWireless™
RXT-300 Wireless IM
Rev. 2.0
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Wireless Network
The wireless network is the RF Channel and Network ID that the system will use to communication between
RXT-300s. The main purpose here is to select a wireless network that is not in use by any other RXT-300s
and that has minimum RF interference. If the user has no other RXT-300 systems in the area this meets the
criteria of the first requirement. If the user is unsure or does not remember what wireless networks are in use,
the WCT has the capability to browse all wireless networks for RXT-300 radios.
The second criterion is to avoid RF interference which can be due to other wireless devices such as IEEE
802.11a/b/g/n (WiFi) networks used for networking PCs and other devices. Figure 16 shows IEEE 802.15.4
channels at the top numbered 11-26 which equates to the RXT-300 RF Channels 0-15. The bottom shows the
IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) channels used by PCs with the most common three channels shown that do not overlap.
As can be seen, the IEEE 802.15.4 channels 15, 20, 25 and 26 (RXT-300 channels 4, 9, 14 and 15) do not
interfere with the most common WiFi channels used. Of course, if there are less WiFi channels in use, then
there will be more RXT-300 RF channels available.
Figure 16
RF Channel Comparisons between 802.15.4 and 802.11
If interference is suspected or determined using the figure above, a different RF Channel can be selected and
tried. The RF Channel can be changed multiple times if needed to find better a channel if needed.
Network Sleep
Network sleep is also applied across the whole system. The default sleep time is 10 seconds but can be
changed. Lengthening this time will extend battery life but will increase the time between sensor updates.
Shortening the time will shorten battery life but sensor updates will occur faster. If there are no batteries used
in the system this time can be set to 0 to disable sleep and minimize time between sensor updates.
4.2.2
Alarm Zone Build Info
Zone(s)
This is really a system wide setting like the wireless network and network sleep since it affects all RXT-300s
in the system. This user can just leave one Zone defined if all Alarm Stations will respond to the same Alarm
conditions. Otherwise the user will need to determine the number of Zones in the system and which
RXT-300s will be included in those zones. Remember a single RXT-300 can be in multiple zones. As each
Zone is created the user can choose a meaningful name to represent that Alarm Zone. These Zone names will
be selectable during the configuration of the RXT-300s in the system.