Step 2: Verify Signal Strengths - Carrier WIRELESS STANDARD SENSOR Installation Manual

Step 2: Verify signal strengths

Use one of the following methods to check the signal strength between the proposed Wireless Adapter location
and sensor locations.
Method 1: If the Wireless Adapter is not installed
1
Take your laptop to the proposed location of the Wireless Adapter.
NOTE If necessary, use a USB extension cable to get the USB Radio as close as possible to the proposed
location. Connecting a USB extension cable will require you to restart SensorScan.
2
Take a wireless sensor to its proposed location.
3
Press the sensor's Learn button to send a signal. See step 5 in Pairing sensors to the Wireless Adapter (page
23) for the location of a sensor's Learn button.
4
The USB Radio receives the signal and displays the sensor and the signal strength in SensorScan's right
pane.
A good signal is any number smaller than -85 dB. The smaller the number, the better the signal. For example,
-36 dB is excellent; -85 dB is poor.
NOTE Click the sensor in the right pane to see more information about it in the left pane.
5
Repeats steps 2–4 for each proposed sensor location.
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