Distech ECYPSE - ECLYPSE Wi-Fi Adapter Connection Modes

Connecting IP Devices to an IP Network
44 ECLYPSE User Guide
For reliable range planning, the unfavorable conditions should be detected at the
beginning but often come from later changes to the environment (room filled with
people, alteration of partition walls, furniture, room plants, etc.).
Even after careful planning, range and signal tests should be done during
installation to verify proper reception at the ECLYPSE Wi-Fi Adapter positions.
Unfavorable conditions can be improved by changing the antenna position or by
adding a router closer to the controller(s).
ECLYPSE Wi-Fi Adapter Connection Modes
ECLYPSE Wi-Fi adapter supports a number of connection modes shown in the table below:
Connection
Mode
Description
Maximum Number
of Wireless
Clients or Nodes
Client
This sets the mode of the ECLYPSE Wi-Fi
adapter to connect the controller as a client of a
Wi-Fi access point. This interface can auto-
configure its IP parameters when the connected
network that has a DHCP server.
When an ECLYPSE controller is a Wi-Fi client, the
Ethernet ports cannot be used to provide network
connectivity to another ECLYPSE controller or to
a laptop for example.
16
Access Point
This sets the mode of the ECLYPSE Wi-Fi
adapter to be a Wi-Fi access point. This access
point operates off of the same subnetwork and
has the same IP connectivity that the controller
has with its wired network connection. For
example, if the controller’s wired connection is to
a network that has an active DHCP server, access
point clients can also use this DHCP server to
automatically configure their IP connection
parameters.
16
Hotspot
(default)
This sets the mode of the ECLYPSE Wi-Fi
adapter to be a Wi-Fi hotspot with a router. This
puts the hotspot into a separate subnetwork with a
DHCP server to provide IP addresses to any
connected device. Wide area network (WAN)
connectivity is through the wired connection.
16
Mesh
This sets the mode of the ECLYPSE Wi-Fi
adapter to be a member of a mesh network. This
interface can auto-configure its IP parameters
when the connected network has a DHCP server.
30 per mesh
network
Typical application examples are shown below.