User's Guide

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5.4 Determining where to locate a Repeater
Because of the unlimited variations in working environments, determining
where to place a Repeater can never be exact. Signal strength depends on
many outside influences, and so the best method of finding your ideal
location for a Repeater is by using the signal coverage test.
Once the CS100 Base Station is operational, and the handsets have been
registered, use the signal coverage test to find where your weak areas are.
Set up a handset in Field Test mode (*99981* and then enter) and slowly
walk away from the Base Station, keeping an eye on the Q52 readout.
As you get further away from the Base Station, this number will decrease in
value. When the Q52 readout falls below 60, mark the area as a weak spot.
Once you have marked out all the potential weak spots within the area you
need to cover, you can then decide the best location of a Repeater to gain
maximum range.
A voice call between two handsets is strongly recommended to ensure that
the call quality is constant. In some environments it is possible for the
Q52=64 but for speech quality to be poor.