User's Manual

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RT 1000 v1.3 79 Deployment Guide R03.d

Troubleshooting and Tips

7.1 Best Practices

This section provides some tips on working with the equipment.

7.1.1 24 Ah Batteries

In order to maintain the best possible communication channel, observe the

following tips:

 Place a fully charged 24 Ah battery on the backhaul every day.

 Keep extra 24 Ah batteries charged up at the staging area.

 Store 24 Ah batteries at the staging area when not in use. Deep

discharging of the batteries can shorten their lifespan considerably.

7.1.2 Fluidmesh Radios

If you are having trouble communicating with the Fluidmesh radios, check the

following:

 Try sending a ping command in a CMD window to the IP address of the

radio.

 If you are trying to connect directly with a computer, make sure you have

configured a private network (see “Create a Private Network” on page 43).

 Ensure that you have configured the radios as follows:

● FM1100 = mesh POINT (remote backhaul)

● FM3100 = mesh END (central backhaul)

 It takes one full minute to see the alignment statistics in the Fluidmesh GUI

(from the browser), so be sure to wait for it.

NOTE

If you configure two FM1100 radios on the same mast to be a mesh

POINT and a mesh END, they will communicate over the switch and lock

everything else out of the communication loop. They must both be

configured as mesh POINTs.