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VST5000W5000W Wireless Survey Tools User Guide
IEEE 802.15.4 along with ZigBee Networks and
Application Support Layer provide:
• Lowcostinstallationdeployment
• Easeofimplementation
• Reliabledatatransfer
• Shortrangeoperation
• Verylowpowerconsumption
For a successful ZigBee deployment, it is important to
understand that the ZigBee wireless network is
inuenced by the same environmental factors that
aect other wireless systems:
• Interferencefromradioemitters
• Variouselectronicdevices
• Interferencecausedbysolidobjectsthatmay
slow or stop communication between devices
Even with potential sources of signal interference,
the presence of these factors should not result in
noticeable network performance degradation.
Environmental issues will occur with any wireless
network installation.
Basic Initial Design And Deployment
Considerations
Proper design considerations need to be addressed
prior to any installation of a JACE with a Viconics wireless
communication card and related wireless controllers.
• Viconicsrecommendsusingaperoorhorizontal
architecture vs. a vertical one. Transmitting from
one oor to the other may be possible in certain
applications (such as going through stair ways),
butthedesignandoptimizationofthecontroller
antennaisdesignedforoptimalhorizontaldistance
penetration and not a vertical one. As such, be
preparedtouseATLEASTONEcoordinator(VWG/
Jace-Driver) per oor.
• PleasenotethatradiotransmissionsCANNOTtravel
through steel. If oors are constructed with steel
joists or other steel materials it is highly unlikely
that the wireless controller transmissions will be
successful between oors.
Clear line of sight deployment
• Toavoidnetworkinterferencewith802.11Wi-
Fidevicesinthe2.4GHzspectrum,Viconics
recommends the use of 802.15.4 channels 15, 25 and
26 ONLY. 802.11 Wi-Fi transmissions overlap and may
interfere with other channel selections allowed by
802.15.4 (Channels 11 to 24 ).
• WithClearlineofsightdeployment,(nophysical
obstacles between 2 communicating controllers)
themaximumdistancebetweeneachcontrollerisa
maximumof100feetor30Meters(fig. 1).
Non-clear line of sight deployment
• Themaximumnon-clearlineofsightdistance
between controllers for gypsum wall partitions
whichmayincludemetalstudframingisamaximum
of 50 feet or 15 meters (fig. 2).
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Line of sight
distance
between 2
nodes is a
maximum
of 100 feet
(30 M)
Fig. 1
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50 feet
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between 2
controller
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Fig. 2
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