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RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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February5,2015
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Itisimportanttoallowmanyindustrialprotocolstocommunicateproperlyoverthe
RLX2radios.Thestandard802.11APoperationfortransmittingbroadcastmessagesis
toaccumulatethemandtransmitthemonly onspecifictimeintervals.Thisallows
clientsthatareinpower‐savemodetowakeupatthesynchronizedti
meintervaland
receivethebroadcastpackets.However,thepower‐savemodeisrarelyusedin
industrialnetworks.
Additionally,manyindustrial protocols utilizemulticasttraffic,whichissentas
broadcastmessagesoverthewirelessnetwork.Byenablingimmediatebroadcasting,
thesemulticastmessagesarenotdelayedbythewaitforthenextti
meintervaltooccur
beforetheycanbetransmitted.Thisresults inimprovednetworkperformance.
Thesettingsonthisformalsoallow theconfigurationofthetra nsmissionrateand
broadcastmodetooptimizethisradio'suseonanindustrialnetwork.
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