User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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February5,2015
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TheAutomaticParentSelectionalgorithmusesacalculationtocreateacostforeach
possibleparentradiothatitdetects.Oncepersecond,theRLX2radioevaluatesthelink
ithastoitsparenttodetermineifthislinkisthebestparenttouse.Acostiscalc
ulated
foreachentryandcanbeseenin thecolumnlabeled“Cost”intheAvailableParentweb
screen.Thecostcalculationisbasednotonlyonthestrongestsignal,butonseveral
otherfactorsincludingNumberofHopstoprovideoptimumnetworkcommunication.
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PrioritizedParentSelection
Ifmorecontrolisneededthantheautomaticalgorithmallows,aprioritylistofparents 
fortheRLX2radiocanbedefined.
PrioritizedParentbyBranchLength
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