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12 Installing a Power Line Repeating Network

Installation Overview

You can use the SmartServer to install a power line repeating network. The installation process entails

acquiring the coordinates of the devices to be installed (or descriptive strings uniquely identifying their

locations) and the Neuron IDs of the devices. After collecting the device data, you transfer it to the

SmartServer, which installs the network upon receiving the device data.

If you are using a Pocket PC, which is recommended, the installation process is simple and accurate.

You start the Street Lighting Helper application on the Pocket PC; acquire the coordinates of the

devices with a GPS receiver (built-in to the Pocket PC or external) or enter a description of the device

location such as a light pole number; scan the Neuron IDs of the devices with a bar code scanner or

manually enter them; and then send the device data to the SmartServer (via the console port using an

RS-232 serial connection). Upon receiving the device data from the Pocket PC, the SmartServer

automatically discovers the repeating chain for each device, commissions the devices, loads the

devices (if necessary), and then re-commissions and sets the devices online.

If you are using the SmartServer Web pages, you create the devices and then manually enter the

locations and Neuron IDs of the devices to be installed. The SmartServer then discovers the repeating

chain for each device and then commissions the devices. After the devices have been commissioned,

you select the devices being installed and then enable smart network management for the selected

devices on the Web client. Once smart network management is enabled on the Web client, the

SmartServer (connected to the Web client via Ethernet or an external GSM/GPRS modem) completes

the installation of the devices. It loads (if necessary), re-commissions, and then starts the devices.

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Notes:

• You can only install one SmartServer per power line repeating channel. You cannot install

multiple SmartServers on the same power line repeating channel because the SmartServers may

conflict with each other.

• You should allot a sufficient amount of time for the network installation to be completed before it

needs to be operational. In some cases, the network installation may continue overnight and into

the next day before it is completed.

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