Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RFG Niles Audio
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INST ALLA TION GUIDE RADIO FREQUENCY GA TEWA Y RFG.
CONGR A TUL A TIO NS ! Tha nk you for pur chasing t he RF G Radio Fr eq uen cy Gat eway f rom Niles . Wit h prop er inst allat ion and op erat ion, you s hould enjoy year s of t rouble -free us e. Niles manu fac ture s the indus tr y’s mos t complete line o f cus tom ins talla tion co mponen ts and acces sor ies for au dio /v ideo sys tems.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 1 INTRODUCTIO N The N iles R FG R adio Freque ncy Ga teway is a highly flexible t ool t hat allows s ystem designer s to add a Z igB ee .
2 QUI CK AN D EA SY SET-UP W ITH WIZ ARD - BASE D NIL ES QUI CKCONFIG TM CONFI GUR A TIO N SOF T W AR E An RFG can b e a dded to a ny network based Nil es M ultiZon e Rec eiv er o r ho me s ystem th eater usi ng the N iles Qui ckConfig Sy stem Configurati on Software.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 3 1 ) Pow er L ED - T he blue L ED indic ates t hat the R F G has p ower . This L E D also indi cate s the co nnect ion s tat us to t he Niles Mul tiZ one Re ceiver or H ome The ater Ma in Sys tem Uni t.
4 ZIGBE E TER M INO LOGY T o under st and how t o use the R F G, t he sys tem designer n eeds to un ders ta nd ZigB ee termino logy. MA ST ER BA SE The M as ter Ba se is th e coor dinato r of the R F mes h net wor k.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 5 ZIGB EE RF N E T WOR K When d esigning an R F net wo rk it is imp or ta nt to k now tha t at lea st one M as ter Ba se and one E nd- Point a re needed . Repea ter bas es are us ed to expan d the cover age area of the R F ne t work .
6 RFG USAG E W IT H N I LE S N ET WOR K - BAS E D M U L TI ZON E R EC E IV E RS The R F G can be u sed wit h Niles N et wor k -b ased M ulti Zone re ceiver s allowing the in st aller to creat e “wireles s keypads . ” T ypica lly , co ntr ol keypads ar e connec ted t o the Mul tiZo ne recei ver via a C AT - 5 cable.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 7 SYST EM DE SI G N W IR I N G FO R R FG The R F G has t wo R J -4 5 conn ect ions fo r wiring int o the sys tem.
8 A REP E ATER RFG N OT W IRE D TO A MU L T IZON E REC EIV ER A RF G se t for Re peater B as e Mode a nd not co nnect ed to a Mul tiZ one rece iver (s ta nd alone ) must h ave an optio nal power sup ply conne cted .
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 9 INST ALL A TIO N CONSID ER A TIO NS PL AC EM E NT O F T HE R FG N i l e s r e c o m me n d s p l a c i n g t h e R F G a l o n g a b a s e b o a r d o r i n a n a t t i c .
10 A N T E N N A C O N S I D E R ATI O N S C o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n R F G s i s R F - b a s e d w i t h a f r e q u e n c y o f 2 . 4 G i g a h e r t z . E f f e c t i ve r a n g e o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s 7 5 f e e t ( 2 2.8 6 meter s ) i n o p e n a i r.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 11 INST ALL A TIO N 1) SET T HE R F MODE D IPSW IT CH ES ( Figure 9 ) 2) C ON NECT CA T - 5 CAB L E Con nection t o a MultiZone r e ceiver or a keypad us es CA T-5 cable te rminated with RJ 4 5 connec tion plu gs.
12 TROUBLESHO OTING T he se t-u p d ip sw it ch es al low t he R F G t o be pr e - co n fig ur ed fo r i t s ro le in th e sys t em R F mo de de si gn. W it h th is in min d, t ro ub les ho o ti ng th e R F G c om es do wn t o t w o m ai n i ss ue s : 1) SET - U P ISSU ES 2) HA RDWAR E ISS UES SET-UP ISSU ES PRO BLE M : 1 .
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 13 PRO BLE M : 1 . Bad C onn ec tio ns or W irin g If the co nnectio ns or wiring are wrong, loose, shor ted, or op en, the system will not ope rate properl y. T he symptoms co uld incl ude: Power LED flickers or is off, intermittent ope ration or no op eration.
14 AC CESSOR IES O F TH E R FG 1 .2 5A 12VDC UNI VE RSA L POW ER SU PPL Y FG 0103 5 Curren t outle t provides 1 2 V DC syn c connec tion via an ac cess or y cable to t he HT-MS U IC2 HO ME THEA TER AU.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 15 SPECIFI CA TIONS Powe r Requ ire men ts : 1 2V D C from ei ther c onnec tion t o Niles Ne t work ba sed Mul tiZ one receiver o r opti onal Niles p ower supply ( FG 01035 ) Uni t Dime nsi ons : 4.
16 LIMITE D W ARR ANT Y Niles Audio Corporation (“NILES”) warrant s to the original retail purchaser only that this produ ct will be free o f manufacturing de fects in material an d workmanship fo.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 17 DET ACH HERE AND RE TURN TO: NIL ES A UDIO COR POR A TION WA RRAN TY R EGIS TRA TI ON D EPT .
Niles Audio Corporation 12331 S.W . 130 Street Miami, Florida 33186 1-305-238-4373 1-800-BUY -HIFI – www.nilesaudio.com ©2008 Niles Audio Corporation. All rights reserved. Niles, the Niles logos and Blending High Fidelity and Architecture are registered trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation.
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