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Chapter 6: Advanced Configurations
Configuring Zones
This chapter provides information about advanced settings you can configure
for the Communicator. These settings are not necessary to use the
Communicator, but provide additional ways to customize your network
transmission and communication.
The following information is provided:
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Configuring Zones
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Adding Channels
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Adding Device Groups
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Configuring Hot Keys
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Using the Key Helper
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Assigning Device Audio
Each of the tasks requires that you deploy the updated configurations to your
mobile devices. The settings will also be applied if the mobile device checks in
to the Avalanche system.
A Zone is a multi‐case IP address that allows you to segment your network
communication beyond the simple network profiles. You can create multiple
zones based on the transmission areas. You can configure the following
options for zones:
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Name. Indicates the name of the zone. You can name the zone anything
based on how you want to distinguish between each zone.
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IP Address. The IP address must be a multi‐cast address.
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TTL (Time to Live). Refers to the number of hops the transmission willtake
from router to router, decrementing by 1 each time. The higher the TTL
count, the more likely a packet may be delayed or dropped.
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Networks. Displays the available networks to add to the Zone. Because a
network associates the Zone to the devices IP addresses, you must have a
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