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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005
2. CONFIGURE YOUR ALPHA-WAVE
All AW products are shipped as Remote units with SmartScan
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and
Plug-and-Play enabled.
2.1 P
LUG AND PLAY (DEFAULT SETTING)
Simply connect the antenna and apply power to an AW unit that has
the same Channel Mapping as the Base unit and SmartScan
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tech-
nology will immediately detect the Base Station frequency and pro-
tocol and start receiving data.
2.2 B
ASE SETUP
Use AWare “Link Protocol Properties Tab” (Figure 5-4) to convert the
default “Remote” settings to the Base settings. On completion of
setting Base in the Protocol Properties ensure that the correct Proto-
col Option is then selected (Simplex Transmitter/Primary Trans-
ceiver/Full Duplex).
2.3 R
EMOTE SETUP
All AW Products are shipped as Remote units, to return a unit recon-
figured as a Base or Repeater to the Remote Mode, use AWare “Link
Protocol Properties Tab” (Figure 5-4) to convert the default “Remote”
settings to the Base settings. On completion of setting Base in the
Protocol Properties ensure that the correct Protocol Option is then
selected (Simplex Receiver/Secondary Transceiver/Full Duplex).
2.4 R
EPEATER SETUP
Use AWare “Link Protocol Properties Tab” (Figure 5-4) to convert the
default “Remote” settings to the Repeater settings.
2.5 I
NSTALL NEW FIRMWARE
To install new firmware in an AW unit section 6.4 covers the
downloading of the “embedded software images” using AWare.
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