Site survey

A site survey involves temporary placement of transceivers while testing coverage (area covered by radio frequency) and capacity (how many beltpacks can be supported) by the system.

After placing the transceiver(s) in a temporary way, a beltpack user walks through all the areas where beltpack users will typically be moving, noting any areas of weak signal, dropout, or disconnection of the system.

For extensive or complicated systems it is helpful to draw a map of the area with transceiver placement and corresponding RF cells. For a smaller system, just testing one transceiver in Standalone mode may be sufficient.

To test coverage areas, put the beltpack into Site Survey mode. For more information, see:

Transceiver coverage zone

Transceiver coverage zone = area where

  • RSSI => 30
  • Link Quality => 3

for all beltpacks.

Adjust transceiver placement to get the best coverage. Coverage zones should be overlapped. Example coverage zones are shown below.