Installation guide
Crestron CEN-RFGW-EX infiNET EX Wireless Gateway
Operations & Installation Guide – DOC. 6706G infiNET EX Gateway: CEN-RFGW-EX • 3
Up to 100 infiNET EX dimmers, switches, keypads, thermostats, remotes
and other devices can be linked to a control system via a single
CEN-RFGW-EX gateway.
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Additional gateways may be installed to
support more devices, with up to 16 gateways possible in a complete
system (RF conditions allowing). Wireless expanders (model
CLW-EXPEX or GLA-EXPEX, both sold separately) may be added
wherever needed to extend the network by filling in gaps between
devices.
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Handheld Remote Gateway
The CEN-RFGW-EX also provides a wireless gateway for Crestron
MLX-3 and MTX-3 Handheld Remotes (both sold separately). Up to six
remotes can be associated with a single gateway.
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Each wireless
connection is monitored continuously, diligently keeping track when any
remote goes to sleep or wanders out of range, restoring communications
seamlessly when it reappears on the network.
Single Wire Hookup
Wired communications between the CEN-RFGW-EX gateway and the
control system can be via Cresnet or Ethernet, with power for the
gateway delivered over the same Cresnet or Ethernet connection. Power
over Ethernet (PoE) simply requires the presence of an 802.3af or 802.3at
PoE power source. Crestron offers the PWE-4803RU PoE Injector,
which connects in-line with the Ethernet cable, allowing for installation
at any convenient location between the gateway and the network switch.
The PWE-4803RU is capable of powering a single gateway and is
available separately or packaged with the gateway as model
CEN-RFGW-EX-PWE.
Crestron also offers Ethernet switches with built-in PoE (models
CEN-SW-POE-5, CEN-SWPOE-16 and CEN-SWPOE-24, all sold
separately), affording a complete high performance networking solution
capable of providing PoE for multiple gateways and other PoE devices.
Using an Ethernet switch with built-in PoE eliminates the need for
separate PoE injectors.
1. A single infiNET EX gateway supports up to 100 wireless network devices
inclusive of up to six MLX-3 or MTX-3 remotes.
2. Up to five CLW-EXPEX or GLA-EXPEX infiNET EX Expanders may be added
to the network for extended range.