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When "Limit range based on meter type" is turned off, lets a user set max range limits for propagation to the combinations router-meter, router-repeater, repeater-repeater, repeater-meter, and meter-meter. However users now have the option to set the ranges on a per meter type and per modulation basis. In the “single router calculation settings dialog” accessed by the “Algorithm settings” Button on the viewing window, is the option to “ Limit “Limit range based on meter type”.
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Suppose you wanted to allow an embedded point-to-multipoint system inside your ordinary mesh network for electric meter. Two modulation types are needed, the first can be used to create the regular mesh system including the repeaters and electric meters, but not the water meters. The The second modulation pass can be used to connect the water meters back to the electric meters but with no additional connection between the electric meters.
For the first modulation type, the the water meter type can be deleted from the modulation type or else you can set it so that the fan-out is zero, and the router and child range limits are set to zero. This will make it so that modulation (gas or water) won't connect in the first modulation pass.
In the second modulation pass the permitted connections between the Electric and water meters need to be set up. If you want to limit the electric meters to only service a finite number of water meters, you must set the fan-out to that number. The max range of connection of the Electric and water meters will be the minimum of the range for the electric meter "as parent" and the range for the water meter "as child". Assuming you have provided connections for the Electric meters in previous layers, set the router range to zero for the electric meters and if you want the water meters to only hook up to electric meters, also set its router range to zero. Set the fan-out of the water meter to zero, or the range of the water meter as parent to zero, to make sure the water meters act as leaf nodes. Also to prevent electric meters from serving other electric meters you can set the electric meter "range as child" to zero.
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