How does the Base Station work with the Repeaters?

How does the Base Station work with the Repeaters?

Together, the Base Stations and Repeaters form a robust "mesh" network to ensure emergency alerts are never missed.

Repeaters are distributed throughout your facility to extend signal coverage, provide precise room-level location tracking, and catch emergency signals from the wearable panic buttons. They then relay these signals to the Base Station, which serves as your facility's central hub. 

The Base Station uses its Ethernet connection and active cellular backup to transmit the alert to the outside world (such as 911 dispatch and internal responders) while simultaneously triggering facility-wide audible and visual alarms. This combined infrastructure ensures alerts successfully get through even if local Wi-Fi or power fails.

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