Configuring Radio Parameters; Radio Configuration Menu - GE MDS entraNET 900 Technical Manual

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3.5 CONFIGURING RADIO
PARAMETERS
There are two primary data layers in the MDS entraNET
network—radio (RF) and data. The data layer is dependent on the radio
layer to work properly. The Radio Configuration Menu is the primary
menu used to set radio parameters. This screen includes the Skip Zone
Options Submenu.

3.5.1 Radio Configuration Menu

Figure 3-19. Radio Configuration Menu
•
RF Output Power
Use this selection to set the RF output level of the transceiver.
Settings are displayed in dBm, and must comply with regulatory
limitations for your area. See
range. [
20-30; 30
• —Duration of one hop on a particular frequency in the
Dwell Time
hopping pattern. This field is only changeable on an AP;
Remotes get their value from the AP upon association. Dwell
time is the same as hop time. [
•
Contention Window Min
slots to use on first attempt. [
•
Contention Window Max
contention slots to use. [
•
Broadcast Repeat Count
acknowledged, noisy environments can prevent some Remotes
from receiving a broadcast. This parameter sets the number of
times that point-to-multipoint messages are transmitted by the
AP. Higher values increase the reliability of communications,
but also increase over-the-air congestion. [
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From Access Point
—(We recommend that you review this setting.)
Table 2-1
]
7, 14, 28 msec; 14 msec
—Sets the number of random contention
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0-15; 2
—Sets the maximum number of random
]
0-15; 10
—Because broadcast messages are not
for default settings and
]
]
0-14; 3
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