Inovonics EN6080 Installation Instructions

EN6080 Area Control Gateway

Installation Instructions

1 Overview

The Inovonics EN6080 area control gateway bridges the proprietary
Inovonics commercial mesh network to a standard TCP-IP over Ethernet
LAN. The EN6080 area control gateway is designed to ensure
interoperability with other IP-enabled devices across the security industry.
1.1 Installing an Inovonics Security System
An EchoStream survey kit should be used to establish an EchoStream
system. The EchoStream survey kit measures the signal strength of high-
power repeater and sensor messages to help optimize your EchoStream
system.
Figure 1 Sample EchoStream system
The EchoStream survey kit provides you with two signal strength
measurements: signal level and signal margin.
Signal level
The signal level is the measurement of the overall decibel level of the
message.
Signal margin
The signal margin is the measurement of the decibel level of the message,
minus the decibel level of any interfering signals. Inovonics equipment
should be placed within a facility such that all end-devices produce signal
margin readings of at least 4 decibels.
Both the signal level and signal margin are measured in decibels. Because
signal strength and signal margin are measured on a logarithmic scale, the
difference between a decibel level of 3 (Weak) and a decibel level of 4
(Good) is a much larger difference than it would be on a linear scale.
Note: For more information about the EchoStream survey kit, see the
®
EN/EE7016SK EchoStream
Manual.
2.23.15 06369F © Inovonics, 2015 - www.inovonics.com
Survey Kit Installation and Operation
1.2 Maximum Number of Repeaters for a UL 2560
Installation
To achieve the 99.99% alarm message reliability required for UL 2560
compliance, system installations must operate within the following limits for
end device and repeater counts.
End Devices Maximum
Repeaters
150 397
250 386
350 375
500 360
1000 313
2000 238
3000 184
1.3 Inovonics Contact Information
For product and installation videos visit us at
www.inovonics.com/videos or use the QR
code below.
If you have any problems with this procedure, contact Inovonics technical
services:
• E-mail: support@inovonics.com.
• Phone: (800) 782-2709; (303) 939-9336.

1.4 EN6080 Area Control Gateway Front Panel

A
Figure 2 EN6080 area control gateway front panel
A Power LED B Radio LED
Operation LEDs
Power LED: Green indicates the presence of line power or power over
Ethernet.
Radio LED: Green indicates that the device is decoding messages from the
EchoStream wireless network.
LAN LED: Green indicates Ethernet link; flashing indicates Ethernet
activity.
B
C
C LAN LED