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VST5000W5000W Wireless Survey Tools User Guide
Index
Product Overview 2
ZigBee Mesh Network Overview 2
Basic Initial Design And
Deployment Consideration 3
Site Survey Overview 5
Knowing and understanding
the 6A / 5H rule of ZigBee
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6A stands for 6 addresses maximum
per device / node / controller 8
Orphan Nodes 8
5H stands for 5 hops maximum 9
Best practice ZigBee initial network
start-up procedure 10
Disclaimer
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SUR-A-5000 & SUR-B-5000
Product Overview
The Viconics wireless survey tools are intended to verify
and validate the deployment and use of the Viconics
wireless controllers on a potential job site.
Included in this package you will nd the following items:
• 2xSurveydevices:SUR-A-5000&SUR-B-5000
• 2x120Vacchargerforthetools
Before performing a survey, please insure that
both survey tools are fully charged overnight.
The survey tool will display a numerical percentage
value on the LCD screen which represents the wireless
network ZigBee RSSI dBi value (Receiving Signal Strength
Indicator).
Please note that it is normal for the value to
uctuate slightly (up to 10-20%). The nal
reading value is representative of the median
averaged values displayed.
• Anyvaluefrom10to100%indicatesgoodZigBee
connectivity.
• Anyvaluebelow10%“may”indicatethat
anextraRouterVRP5000W1000Wmayneedto
be installed.
ZigBee Mesh Network Overview
ZigBee is a specication for a suite of high level
communication protocols using small, low-power digital
radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard for
wireless personal area networks (WPANs).
Mesh networking is a type of network where each node
in acts as an independent router. It allows for continuous
connections and reconguration around broken or
blockedpathsby“hopping”and“re-meshing”fromnode
to node until the nal destination is reached.
General characteristics of the wireless physical
communication layer are:
• Usesawirelessphysicallayerof2.4GHzwithadata
rates of 250 kbps
• Yieldshighthroughputandlowlatency
• Automatictopologyconguration:star,
peer-to-peer, mesh
• Handshakeprotocolfortransferreliability
• Range:50feet/15Mtypical(upto100feet/30M
based on environment)
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