Spectra Precision ADLCONF User Guide - Manual (Page 30)

30 ADLCONF User Guide
High Heat Configurations
The amount of heat generated by any transmitter is highly dependent on its
configuration. Some configurations cause the radio’s transmitter to stay on longer,
and the longer the radio is actually transmitting, the more heat it generates. Because
this is more of an issue with the 35-Watt ADL Vantage Pro than with the 4-Watt
ADL Vantage, if you try to program an ADL Vantage Pro radio with a high heat
configuration, you will see a warning message with three choices: Cancel, Continue
and OK.
If you click the Cancel button you are returned to the ADLCONF software without
programming the radio. This will allow you to change the configuration to one that
will generate less heat. For example, you can raise the radio link rate or switch to
a more efficient protocol such as TRIMMARK 3 or Transparent FST. Both actions
halve the time it takes the radio to transmit the data and so halve the amount of heat
generated.
If you click Continue, your settings are programmed into the radio. The ADL Vantage
Pro’s Automatic Power Management feature will maintain a safe temperature in the
radio.
If you click OK, the ADLCONF program will automatically set the maximum transmit
power to 25 Watts and program the radio. You will not be able to select a higher
transmit power using the radio interface, but you will be able to re-configure the radio
for higher power with the ADLCONF program.
There are other ways you can reduce the temperature of your ADL radio besides
reducing the transmit power. Using a compressed data format such as CMRx can
reduce the data packet size by as much as 60% allowing the radio to generate 60% less
heat. On hot days, keeping the radio above the ground and out of direct sunlight can
lower the temperature as much as 20°.