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FluidMAX Management: Although the FluidMAX engine automatically selects the most appropriate
MAC protocol to be used according to the detected network topology, convenient selectors are
included in the FMQuadro to force the FluidMAX operations and control the FluidMAX role of
the unit. Please refer to Table 7.2 for the available options and their specification. When the units
are set to be Master or Slave, an additional setting must be specified: “Mesh Cluster ID”. The Mesh
Cluster ID is used to associate the specific slave with a Master. Once the Mesh Cluster ID is set,
the slaves will scan the frequencies searching for the correspondent Master unit. This feature can
be extremely useful during network planning and testing in dense point-to-multipoint networks. In
fact, the network administrator will only have to change the frequency of the Master unit to force all
the slaves to scan the air and reconnect to the Master with the same Mesh Cluster ID. Please make
sure that different point-to-multipoint cluster have different Mesh Cluster IDs or they will be
conflicting on the slave perspective leading to unpredictable network topologies.
Transmission Rate Selection: Each FM unit implements a proprietary data-rate selection algorithm
which is able to adapt to the specific radio channel conditions. Through this setting, it is possible
to force the rate selection algorithm to limit the modulation speed at a specific rate. This option might
be useful with unstable channel conditions.
Maximum TX Power: This setting controls the output power of the radio. By decreasing the output
power of a radio, you can decrease the overall E.I.R.P. By default, the radio transmission power is
controlled automatically by the innovative Fluidmesh Transmission Power Control (TPC) algorithm.
The Fluidmesh TPC algorithm tries to obtain an optimal link signal strength (about -55 dBm) on both
sides of the link while not exceeding the maximum TX power which can be set by the user
through the selector. Note that the maximum transmission power may vary depending on the
operating frequency channel of the radio.