Long Range Repeater Installation Manual For AC-Powered and Solar-Powered Repeaters Models 7653 and 7654
FCC Part 15 Class B Registration Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Welcome! The Vantage Pro2™ Long Range Repeater can be used with any Vantage Pro2 wireless transmitter station and re-transmits the information to a Vantage Pro2 compatible receiver (Vantage Pro2 console or Envoy®). The Long Range Repeater works in much the same way as the Vantage Pro2 wireless repeaters, but extends the range and distance between a repeater and a receiver by up to 10 times that of the Vantage Pro2 wireless repeater.
Long Range Repeater Components and Hardware In addition to the wireless repeater enclosure and hardware, the long range repeater comes equipped with custom-selected external antennas that can be used separately on in comibination of one another.
Repeater Board Contents The board contained within the repeater enclosure has the following contents: Solar Power Tab AC Adpater Repeater Cables Battery Compartment Status TX LED LED Transmitter DIP Switches Repeater Test Switch Repeater DIP Switches 3
The component unique to the Long Range Repeater board is: • Antenna Cables — Connects the repeater board to the external antennas. Mounting the Wireless Repeater The antenna configuration and wireless repeater can be mounted on a pole at designated location. Use the brovided U-bolts for the wireless repeater and the U-bolts provided for each antenna type to install them all to a pole. . Installing a Repeater\Antenna(s) on a Pole Refer to the following illustrations to install the repeater and antennas on
Omni and Yagi Antenna Combination Assembly Omni Antenna 5/16" U-Bolts Flat Washer Lock Washer Nut 48" Antenna Cables Yagi Antenna 2" Diam.
Two Yagi Antenna Combination Assembly Connecting External Antennas to the Repeater Repeater Cables Cable Clamps Antenna Cables 6
Specifications Complete specifications for all of the Vantage Pro2 weather products as well as the wireless repeater are available in the Weather Support section of our website: http://www.davisnet.com/support/weather/ General Operating Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -40 to 150° Fahrenheit (-40 to 65° Celsius) Non-Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -40 to 150° Fahrenheit (-40 to 65° Celsius) Current Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
Repeater Transmit Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5625 - 3.0000 seconds depending on ID.
