Surveying - Reach PP5099 Manual

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Surveying

As REACH is a wireless solution, it is imperative that potential installations sites are surveyed for suitability ahead of
system installation. This protects against additional installation costs or failure due to unforeseen issues with the environ-
ment or building structure.
REACH Wireless products interface with an Apollo XP95 wired loop, via the RW1700-030APO Loop Interface, so it is impor-
tant to identify up-front potential locations to either break into an existing wired loop or where to run a new loop to.
Ideal locations for the RW1700-030APO Loop Interface should be as central as possible to where the other REACH Wire-
less devices will be located, in order to maximize the circumference of available wireless range. This is not always possi-
ble, for example in a building extension, where the existing wired loop will only run to the boundary of where the products
will be installed (such as in the graphic below).
Performing a survey requires use of RW1800-060APO Reach Survey Kit. This survey kit contains a battery-powered hub
and mock detector, that can be used to test the signal strength of each product install location, for each potential install
location of the RW1700-030APO Loop Interface.
Instructions of how to perform the survey are available in the Survey Kit's manual PP5098.
While surveying, consider that a 2m minimum distance must be kept between all REACH Wireless devices to prevent signal loss.
The results of the survey should be recorded in the official REACH Survey Sheet available from apollo-fire.co.uk. This is
critical as it will inform key decisions such as RF Channel when it comes to installation and will be requested by Apollo if
support is required during or after installation.