Installation Manual

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The Sapling Company, Inc.
670 Louis Drive
Warminster, PA 18974
USA
P. (+1) 215.322.6063
F. (+1) 215.322.8498
www.sapling-inc.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the wireless clock cause interference with other wireless devices?
No. SBL Series Wireless Clocks work on 900 MHz (2.4GHz for SBTG) frequency-hopping technology, which
allows the clock transmitters to avoid interfering with other devices operating on those frequencies.
Do I gain any advantages by having more than one transceiver on a locally-powered wireless
clock system?
Additional transceivers are only useful if you must mount a clock beyond the range of all other wireless
clocks. If all the clocks in the system are in range of each other, then there are no additional benefits from
having more than one primary transceiver.
How long does it take for a clock to receive a signal?
If everything is installed correctly and the transponder is open, the clock should get the signal within five
minutes. If the user wants to manually cause the clock to do this, please refer to “Manually setting a
connection between two or more SBLs“ under the section “Synchronization system setup”. Once the
clock has been synchronized, it will attempt to acquire a time signal once every minute.
Whether or not a clock actually receives a signal is dependent on the settings of the signal source. For
instance, a receiver on a locally-powered digital clock that uses a battery-powered analog clock on
economy mode as a signal source will only receive time data when the signal source transmits it—once
every four hours—even though the receiver on the digital clock listens for a signal once every minute.
When I power my clock, it seems to be running a test instead of showing the time. What is
it doing?
Immediately after power up an SBL/SBLG will run an LED display test to allow the user to confirm that each
segment of the display is functioning properly.