ProSoft Technology RLX2-IHNF-WC - Manual (Page 82)

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
Page 82 of 212 ProSoft Technology, Inc.
June 15, 2015
Parent Link Settings
Field Description
Parent MAC MAC Address of the radio’s Parent node. In the example above, the Repeater
is not linked to a Master radio so the Parent MAC is shown as all zeroes.
Parent Selection Method
Automatically Choose Best The Automatic Parent Selection algorithm uses a calculation to create a
“cost” metric for each possible parent radio that it detects.
In the calculation the radio includes,

RSSI - Stronger signals receive a lower cost.
 Hop Count - Fewer hops from the Master radio is given preference and
therefore a lower cost
Choose this setting to allow the radio to determine the best parent to select.