Considerations - Mantracourt T24 User Manual

Considerations

Each repeater can effectively double the amount of traffic transmitted. Be careful not to introduce too
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many repeaters that are within range of each other as there may be un-necessary duplication of radio
traffic. Carefully plan the layout of radio modules to minimise this.
Using the Data Provider monitor in the T24 Toolkit can show the amount of traffic. The T24 Toolkit on a
laptop or netbook is ideal for checking installations as it is mobile so traffic can be monitored at different
points in the installation.
A repeater will not repeat a packet that has already been repeated. Hence there is only one extra 'hop'
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introduced and a maximum range increase to 2X.
When waking remote modules separated by a repeater and that repeater is asleep it may take twice as
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long to wake a module as when no repeater is involved.
If the repeater is to be battery powered use the same Sleep Delay as is suitable for the transmitter
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modules in the system.
You cannot pair to a module through a repeater although it may be possible to configure module
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through a repeater by
amount of radio traffic. In some cases it may be necessary to power down repeaters when configuring
modules.
Most data consumer modules and software issue a broadcast wake when turned on or activated and this
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will also wake a sleeping repeater which will then proceed to wake those modules within its range.
But some modules only wake specific single target modules such as the T24-HS handheld module and
the T24-AO1 analogue output module. For these modules to wake the repeater they must be fitted with
at least version 2.1 radio modules. This only affects repeaters with a SleepDelay set.
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soft pairing. The results will vary depending on the number of repeaters and
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