System Manual

EkoTek System Installation and Configuration Manual

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11. Network parameters

An EkoTek system controlled by a single hub is able to support up to 500 devices.

See Appendix 2: Specifications (page 76) for maximum numbers for each type of

device.

The network radio channels can be configured using the hub web server interface,

with up to 16 channels being available for simultaneous use by a single EkoTek

system. The default configuration is for all EkoTek devices to use channel 15. See

the Multitone document ‘Example EkoTek System Configurations’ for more

information on special configurations.

A single EkoTek radio channel can support up to 90 repeaters, but a limitation of 70

per channel is recommended to allow for dynamic reconfiguration (silent parent

swapping). The repeaters can be configured in any physical deployment, as long as

each repeater is able to establish and maintain a suitably strong signal with a nearby

repeater that has a path back to the hub.

12. Diagnostics and statistics

Each EkoTek device collects statistics on network performance. These statistics are

regularly sent to the hub and can be viewed using the web server.

Failure (e.g. loss of network coverage) and battery low indications for EkoTek

devices are displayed on the status screen of the web interface; these messages are

also reported on the hub and/or pager displays if the option to do this is configured.