System Manual

EkoTek System Installation and Configuration Manual

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If a valid configuration has been uploaded to the hub, the following text is

displayed: ‘Use archive settings (will cause a hub reset and erase current

settings)’. The archived settings will not be applied until the hub is reset.

Click the reset button to change the hub configuration to the archived settings.

The process will take a few minutes, and is indicated by the normal separator in

the time field on the hub LCD screen being replaced by a flashing exclamation

mark. At this stage, trying to navigate within the EkoTek web pages can

interrupt the reset irreversibly. To avoid having to begin the upload process

again from the start, ensure that you monitor the hub LCD screen: when the

normal time separator returns, the process has completed. At this point the

web browser can be redirected to the new IP address of the hub.

13. Final checks

Connect a PC/Laptop to the hub via the customer’s Ethernet LAN connection.

Open the device status in the maintenance menu.

Check that all the repeaters are seen by the hub. If a repeater is not seen it may:

 Be out of reach of a parent

 Be faulty

 Have a flat or disconnected battery

Investigate the cause using a survey pager. In cases where it is too far from the

nearest repeater to get a viable link a repeater may be needed to infill and complete

the mesh.

Click the details for each repeater and check the strength and quality of the link. If

the link looks marginal, remove the parent of that repeater from the network and see

if it will change to a different parent with a better link.

Seeing all repeaters may take some time with a large system.