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VST5000W5000W

Wireless Survey Tools User Guide

Index

Product Overview

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ZigBee Mesh Network Overview

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Basic Initial Design And

Deployment Consideration

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Site Survey Overview

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Knowing and understanding

the 6A / 5H rule of ZigBee

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6A stands for 6 addresses maximum

per device / node / controller

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Orphan Nodes

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5H stands for 5 hops maximum

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Best practice ZigBee initial network

start-up procedure

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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 find the following items:

• 2 x Survey devices: SUR-A-5000 & SUR-B-5000

• 2 x 120 Vac charger for the tools

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

fluctuate slightly (up to 10-20%). The final

reading value is representative of the median

averaged values displayed.

• Any value from 10 to 100% indicates good ZigBee

connectivity.

• Any value below 10% “may” indicate that

an extra Router VRP5000W1000W may need to

be installed.

ZigBee Mesh Network Overview

ZigBee is a specification 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 reconfiguration around broken or

blocked paths by “hopping” and “re-meshing” from node

to node until the final destination is reached.

General characteristics of the wireless physical

communication layer are:

• Uses a wireless physical layer of 2.4GHz with a data

rates of 250 kbps

• Yields high throughput and low latency

• Automatic topology configuration: star,

peer-to-peer, mesh

• Handshake protocol for transfer reliability

• Range: 50 feet / 15M typical (up to 100 feet / 30 M

based on environment)