User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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 February5,2015
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ParentLinkSettings
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Field
Description
ParentMAC
MACAddressoftheradio’sParentnode.Intheexampleabove,theRepeater
isnotlinkedtoaMasterradiosotheParentMACisshownasallzeroes.
Parent Selection Method
AutomaticallyChooseBest
TheAutomaticParentSelectionalgorithmusesacalculationtocreatea
“cost”metricforeachpossibleparentradiothatitdetects.
Inthecalculationtheradioincludes,
 RSSI‐Strongersignalsreceivealowercost.
 HopCount‐FewerhopsfromtheMasterradioisgivenpreferenceand
thereforealowercost
Choosethissetti
ngtoallowtheradiotodeterminethebestparenttoselect.