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5.6.1

Repeater Call for client nodes

The Repeater Call service is started by a Client node in accordance with the details

presented in

[2]. By pressing the CMD_RC Request button with the parameters presented in

Figure 43 properly filled, the GUI performs both operations:

●

send a MAC data request command to the connected modem following the upper

protocol layer specifications for Data Payload; the Payload window automatically

switches to the RC Request (BASIC) item; the data transmission takes into account the

credit parameters expressed in the GUI (the IC parameter must be greater than 0 so

that the modem can accept the RC Request)

●

send an RC Request to the modem while powerline transmission is in progress to

respect the RC mechanism, with the TX_POS, RC_THRESHOLD parameters

expressed in the GUI.

Figure 43.

Repeater Call request for client

5.6.2

Repeater Call for server nodes

In order to activate the Repeater Call service for server nodes, the MIB object 000Bh

(repeater settings) must be written to either a “No” or “Yes” value through the referred ring

menu from the MIB panel, as in Figure 44.

Figure 44.

Repeater settings for server node

After a valid reception of a MAC frame properly filled to announce the Repeater Call

mechanism (as the one sent by the Client in Section 5.6.1), if the Server receives an RC

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