Choosing a location – DAVIS Wireless Repeater (7626, 7627) User Manual

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With the setting below, the console is set up to receive an ISS station on transmitter ID
1 from repeater A.

6. Press DONE to continue to the other screens in the Setup Mode, or press and hold

DONE to return to the Current Weather Mode.

Note: See the Vantage Pro2 Console Manual for more information on the other screens in Setup Mode if

necessary.

To verify that setup was successful, in the console’s Current Weather Mode:

View the transmitter information displaying at the bottom of the console screen.
If the transmitter ID being repeated is displayed and an “X” flashes in the bottom
right-hand corner of the ticker tape, the transmitter is being repeated and received by
the console successfully.
The repeater’s information also displays at the bottom of the console’s diagnostics
screens.

Choosing a Location

After wireless communication between the station, repeater and receiver have all been
tested, choose a location that best suits the wireless communication needs of all three
units. Along with the radio-link requirements discussed in “Wireless Repeater Introduc-
tion” on page 4, other considerations should be kept in mind when choosing a location:
• Range may be reduced by walls, ceilings, trees, foliage, hills, a metal roof or other

large metal structures or objects such as aluminum siding, metal ducts, metal framing,
concrete rebar, and metal appliances.

• Frequency interference also reduces transmission distance.
• Transmission between wireless units may be obscured by something unidentifiable, or

by some obstacle that can’t be worked around.

• For best results, orient all antennas so that the antennas are parallel to each other.
• If possible, align the pivot joints of the antennas so they are facing each other for

maximum signal strength.

• If possible, mount the wireless repeater as high as possible (on a pole or atop a

building) to overcome transmission limitations caused by the ground. See “Mounting
the Wireless Repeater” on page 30 for more information.