User's Manual
RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
Page100of208 ProSoftTechnology,Inc.
February5,2015
Field
Description
SDAutoCloneEnable
Enablestheunit'sClonefunction.OnpowerupifanSDCardispresentthat
hasaConfigurationfiledifferentfromtheunit'scurrentConfigurationthe
unitwilladoptthesettingsfromtheSDCard.IftheConfigurationmatchesor
thereisnoConfigurationfileontheSDCardthennoactionistaken.On
inse
rtinganSDCardintoarunningunit,iftheConfigurationfilefoundonthe
SDCardwillresultintheunit's settingsbeingchangedonPoweruporReset,
awarningisindicatedbyflashingtheSignalStrength,MODandNETLEDs.
Inordertosavethiscontrolasenabl
ed,eitheranSDCardmustnotbe
present,ortheSDAutoWriteEnablecontrolmustalsobecheckedwhen
saving.Iftheseconditionsarenotpresentthecontrolwillbedisabledbefore
saving,topreventtheunitfromrevertingbacktoaConfigurationfileonthe
SDCardafterreset.
ToadopttheCo
nfigurationfileonanSDCardwhenthiscontrolisalready
enabled,simplyinserttheSDCardandpowercycletheunit.Ifthiscontrolis
notenabled,firstenableandsavethesettingwithouttheSDCardinserted
andtheninse
rttheSDCardandpowercycletheunit.
NOTE:DonotenableAutoWriteifyoudonotwanttheactiveConfiguration
fileontheSDCardtobereplacedwhentheunitadoptsandsavestheSD
Card'scurrentConfigurationfile.
WriteSDCard
Immediatelywritesacopyoftheunit'sConfigurationfiletotheSDCard,
independentoftheAutoWritecheckboxsetting.Notethatthe
configurationfilesareinabinaryformatsosensitivedata(e.g.passwords,
encryptionkeys)cannotbeeasilyreadfromthefiles.
Save
Savesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.
Cancel
Discardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.
RoamControl
Inroamingapplications,amobileplatformequippedwithanRLX2Repeaterroams from
oneMaster’scoverageareatoanother.Bydefault,anRLX2Repeaterroams
autonomouslybycalculatingthecostforeachroamcandidatebasedonlyonRSSIand
hopcount.ThelowestcostdetermineswhenabetterParentcandidateisprese
nt.
ThereareseverallimitationswhentheRLX2sareoperatinginautonomousroammode
thatcanbeovercomebyusingParentAssistedRoaming.