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Infrastructure Installation Guide
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Location Sensor Installation Guide D0405 rev PA6
 Copyright WhereNet, Corp. 2001
WhereNet Confidential
1 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
This document describes the physical installation and basic configuration of the
Location Sensor product. The site design is detailed in the D0406 Location Sensor
Placement Guide.
2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES
The Location Sensor receives the signals transmitted by the WhereTags, which are
attached to the tracked assets. The decoded tag information is time stamped and
routed to a PC for additional processing. The locate algorithm running on the PC
calculates the tag position based on the time stamps of multiple Location Sensors,
and reports that position to the database where it is displayed by Resource
Manager.
There are two separate Location Sensor models:
• LOS-4100 (802.3 Wired Ethernet)
• LAP-4200 (with 802.11b Wireless LAN Access Point, also known as a
Locating Access Point)
The difference between the two models is that the LAP-4200 contains an Access
Point, while the LOS-4100 does not. These units are identical in appearance; the