Configuring The Base Stations; Configuring The Rf Channel - Opticon ESL Server Manual

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5. Configuring the base stations

Base stations have very few configurations besides the configuration of the Ethernet settings
(which will be described in chapter 5.4). The only vital configuration is the RF channel on which
the base station operates.
5.1.

Configuring the RF channel

The base station operates on a single RF channel, which can be selected in a range of channel
11 to 26 (as specified by the IEEE 802.15.4 standard).
When using multiple base stations it's strongly recommended to use a different RF channel for
each base station within range to improve the maximum throughput of data and reduce data
collisions.
Since the base station / ESLs, which apply the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, operate on the same
frequency band as i.e. WIFI and Bluetooth it's important to make sure that a base station does not
operate on the same RF channel as any nearby WIFI network to minimize interference.
To detect which RF-channels are least active, the base station can perform an energy scan on all
16 available channels and graphically show the energy levels in a real-time graph.
To check the energy levels on the RF bandwidth select the base station in the 'Base stations'-tab
and press the 'Scan' button.
Since the EE201 ESLs will (by default) only look for base stations on channels 11, 15, 20, 25 &
26. Look for the RF channel with the lowest energy level (on average) of these 5 channels.
If the RF channel of the base station is set to a channel outside this selection, the ESLs will not
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