Connecting more than one Main Station (Linking)

Up to six Main Stations can be linked. In earlier versions of HelixNet (2.0 and below) linking Main Stations was a way of expanding the Channel capacity of your system (4 Channels on each Main Station). In HelixNet 3.0 and later, this is no longer necessary as each Main Station already has 12 Channels, with the option of licensing another 12 (24 Channels in total). A system, regardless of the number of linked HMS units, will have 12 Channels by default with the potential of increasing that number to 24 with the purchase of a license for each HMS within the Link-Group.

Linking Main Stations in HelixNet has the following benefits:

• More beltpack connections (20 per Main Station)

• System distribution as far as your LAN allows.

• The ability to configure all devices from an Internet browser using the CCM (Core Configuration Manager).

• Using a role-based setup.

• Expanding a Main Station from four keys to 24 key using the expansion key mode.

Main Stations can be linked using different methods:

By Ethernet and RJ45 cable in your LAN. See Linking Main Stations (cabling and linking from device menus).

By fiber cabling between units.