Worth Data 701 RF manual How Relay Stations work…

The first line shows the percent of successful transmissions. As long as you are getting at least 90%, you will have excellent results in the location tested.

If you don’t get the minimum results shown above:

1.Try hanging the Base Station upside down or tilted toward the area of usage – this alone can double the effective range.

2.If using a European terminal, try a different channel. You may find less interference on another channel. There are several to choose from, only try 1 or 2 others. This does not apply to the US Terminal, because all channels use the same 25 frequencies, just in a different hopping order.

3.Try locating the Base Station closer to the area of difficulty. Remember that moving the Base Station will require you to recheck the other locations already tested.

4.If none of the above works, you will have to consider using a Relay.

Relay Stations

Keeping all of the above factors in mind, using Relay Stations can increase your area of coverage by 5 times. Relays work like a remote antenna, passing data to the Base Station via cable instead of radio frequency. Base

Stations are used as Relay Stations by changing the jumpers inside. See Appendix A for details.

Relay Stations are attached to the Base Station using a cable that connects from the Base’s RELAY port to the Relays’ RELAY port. When you order a Relay Station, you receive a 3-foot test cable with it. Although Relay Stations will increase your range of operation, they will also add about 1⁄2 second to the response time.

How Relay Stations work…

It helps to know how Relay Stations work before you add them to your system. Although Relays increase your operational range, they also slow the response time of your system. In order to use Relays, the Terminal must be configured to acknowledge that Relays are present. This is done using the

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