RingCast - WaveNet

Depending on the firmware version of the router and LockNodes, some individual functions are not available (see Firmware information).

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Version-dependent availability of RingCast in WaveNet Manager

From version 2.6.7, the WaveNet Manager supports all RingCast functions described above.

With RingCast, an input signal from a specific RouterNode ("Initiator") can be passed on to all networked RouterNodes without having to wire all inputs of the RouterNodes. If a signal arrives at the initiator at an input with a RingCast, the signal is forwarded to all RouterNodes connected to the RingCast and the RouterNodes react as if a signal were actually present at their input.

Meaning of the initiator

The "initiator" is the most important RouterNode in the RingCast. Connect the "Initiator" and the RouterNodes in the vicinity to Ethernet, even if the RouterNodes would reach each other wirelessly. This creates a backup and provides the RouterNode with a fallback level for passing on the signal.

Three inputs, three RingCasts

You can create a separate RingCast for each of the three inputs of a RouterNode, but you cannot start several RingCasts from one input. This means that you can connect one RouterNode to a maximum of three RingCasts. This restriction does not apply to the entire WaveNet; you can create more than three RingCasts.

RingCast calculation

After you have created the RingCast, the WaveNet Manager performs a radio scan. It then uses the results of the radio scan to calculate a three-dimensional structure.

Broadcast

RouterNodes that have received an input signal and have stored a reaction for this input signal perform a broadcast to all locking devices networked with this RouterNode. Within a RingCast, these reactions can be different at the participating locking devices (depending on the reaction set at the respective RouterNodes (see RouterNode: Digital input).

Depending on the settings, the RouterNode repeats the broadcast up to three times (four attempts in total). These settings are decisive for repeating the broadcast:

  • Selected response: Block lock or
  • Activation
  • Input acknowledges must be enabled: Input receipt short or Input receipt static

When calculating the structure, the WaveNet Manager ensures that as many RouterNodes as possible can broadcast simultaneously without interfering with each other. This allows you to address your LockNodes as quickly as possible with a RingCast. After the RouterNode has completed its broadcasts, it forwards the signal in a data packet to its target partners.

As soon as the LockNodes have received the broadcast, the LockNode locking device executes the set response.

Protective functions

An application purpose is, for example, the reaction to a fire alarm system. If the fire alarm system sends a signal to a RouterNode, then all networked locking devices should be opened and remain open until they are explicitly closed by remote opening. However, you can also use other functions via a RingCast, for example:

  • Block lock function
  • gunman attack function
  • Remote opening

Data package

Depending on the transmission path, a RouterNode may have one or more other RouterNodes as target partners. Sending RouterNodes transmit a data packet consisting of:

  • Target partners who are to receive the data packet
  • Input signal to be forwarded
  • Counter reading of the corresponding input at the initiator

Stand-alone

The information which RouterNodes have which target partners is also stored in the RouterNodes themselves. The RingCast therefore functions independently of connected computers.