Repeater Placement Options in Mesh

Within the Mesh Module there are two different ways to add repeaters into a design. This applies for both Bridge and Base repeaters in the tool. Both types of repeaters first need a file put together in order to automatically place these repeaters down. The easiest way to build this repeaters file is to gather all of the latitude and longitude coordinates for the repeater locations and arrange them in a .csv file in the EDX Towers/Poles format.

For information on the Tower/Poles format, please review the reference manual. You can quickly search for the format in the manual by pressing ctrl + F and typing Towers/Poles.

Once the repeater file(s) are put together and pointed to from within the Repeater Options menu of MegaMesh, you can proceed to the setup mesh studies menu, after the setup and sort is run you may proceed to run the Mesh studies.

After the mesh studies are completed, there is a possibility of needing to add additional repeaters in the design. You can automatically add repeaters through the buttons highlighted in the image below:

ARP options… will bring up the Automated Repeater Placement Options which is visible in the image above.

For guidance on how to optimize the Automated Repeater Placement Options for a specific use case, please schedule a customer success call with your account manager.

If you want to manually place repeaters, what you can do is double click on a specific router in the router list, visible in the lower left of the Run Mesh studies menu. Doing this brings up the individual router view for that specific router. In this menu you should first select the “white box” button that is highlighted in the image below. This button allows you to adjust the repeater icon and color to something you like, by default the repeaters are hard to view. Then the meter placement button should be selected to bring up the meter placement menu. It is usually a good idea to move this menu off to the side so you can still see the router view menu. In the meter placement menu you can place a bridge, base, or other specific meter type from the switches along the top. You will click and hold the left mouse button to begin placing a repeater/meter, on the button release the device will be placed. You can also choose the snap to repeaters from file to bring up the repeater icons allowing you to place a device at one of those specific file locations for bridge or base repeaters. If the snap function is not turned on then the repeater/meter will be placed at the mouse location.

For additional assistance with the Mesh Module, please create a support ticket.