Wireless I/O-Unit as Repeater 9
CMC-TC Wireless I/O-Unit
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Hoplist
: Information path of the sensor signal to
the Wireless I/O-Unit. The individual repeater sta-
tions through which the sensor signal passes on
the path to the I/O-Unit are listed here.
4
Button to remove the sensor from the I/O-Unit.
5
Values
button returns to the sensor configuration
(see 8.1.5).
9
Wireless I/O-Unit as Re-
peater
The CMC-TC Wireless I/O-Unit can also be used
as a repeater for the Rittal CMC-TC wireless sen-
sor network. This allows a long distance or a large
area to be covered using wireless sensors.
Note!
A maximum of nine CMC-TC Wireless
I/O-Units with repeater function can be
registered with a CMC-TC Wireless I/O-
Unit using the CMC-TC Processing
Unit.
9.1 Power Supply
1
Fig. 27 Power supply (repeater)
Key
1
Power supply connection
Use for the power supply a power unit described
in Subsection 4.5.1 Required Accessories. En-
sure that a country-specific connection cable is
used.
9.2 Configuring a Wireless I/O-Unit
as Repeater
Once you have connected the Wireless I/O-Unit
to the power unit, it functions as a repeater. You
must now register the Repeater Wireless I/O-Unit
with the Wireless I/O-Unit using the CMC-TC
Processing Unit (master). If the repeater has al-
ready been registered at a different I/O-Unit, you
have to reset the repeater first. To reset, please
press c key for 10 seconds until the status LED is
flashing.
Press for two seconds the C key on the Wireless
I/O-Unit (master). The wireless connection LED
flashes red, yellow and green. You are now in
programming mode. Now go to the Repeater
Wireless I/O-Unit and press once the C key. You
now receive the "Configuration changed" mes-
sage on the browser window. Click the Clear but-
ton two or three times until the message disap-
pears. Click on the sensor overview pageon the
sensor name. The following window now appears.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fig. 28 Repeater status
Key
1
Tab: The repeater will be registered with a free
port on the CMC-TC Wireless I/O-Unit (master).
2
Type: Sensor name (here: WL Repeater).
3
Sensor Status: The status of the CMC-TC Wire-
less I/O-Unit (repeater).
4
Battery Status: --.
5
Message Text: A name for the alarm message of
the CMC-TC Wireless I/O-Unit (repeater) is de-
fined here.
6
Additional cofiguration: see sensor configuration
fig. 26.
7
Accept: Accept all changed settings.
Info: Call the information page of the CMC-TC
Wireless I/O-Unit (repeater) (see 9.3 Repeater
Information Page).
Reset: Reset all changed values.
Note!
During the sensor registration the dis-
tance between repeater an Wireless
I/O-Unit must not exceed 5m!
9.3 Repeater Information Page
The information page shows all important pa-
rameters of the CMC-TC Wireless I/O-Unit (re-
peater).
