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Poly Rove B2 Base Stations: Enable Dual-Cell Pairing

  • Published on May 21, 2026
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Objective

Enabling dual-cell pairing on your Poly Rove B2 base stations to increase the coverage area of your base stations and repeaters.

Applies To

  • Poly Rove

  • B2 Base Stations

  • Dual-Cell Pairing

Procedure

You must have a voice service registered on only one of the Rove B2 base stations.  The base station with the registered service acts as the primary base station.

  1. Log into the web interface for the base station that you want to use as the primary.

  2. Navigate to DECT Wireless > System.

  3. Under Dual-Cell Unit Settings, clear the check box in the Default column to disable the default, then select the check box in the Value column.

  4. Select Submit.

    Example: Primary Unit Under Dual-Cell Status, the System Information will display the Value Unchained Allowed to Join as Primary.clipboard_e32f9de94d66b10e3ad77e32c567ff5d9.png

  5. Log into the web interface for the base station that you will use as the secondary base station.

  6. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for the secondary base station.

  7. Select Submit.Example: Secondary Unit

    Under Dual-Cell Status, the System Information will display the Value Unchained Allowed to Join as Secondary.

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  8. Reboot both base stations.

  9. In the system web interface for each base station, go to DECT Wireless > Base Station Group > Dual-Cell Status and verify the following information:    

    • System Information displays Keep Alive - Primary for primary base station.

    • System Information displays Keep Alive - Secondary for the secondary base station.

    • Both base stations will have the same ChainID.

    NOTE:

    If the primary base fails to pair with the secondary base, perform a factory reset and try the steps again.

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Additional Information

Defaulting with the Pairing Button

Press and hold down the Pairing button on top of the base unit for approximately 20 seconds. The LED on the front of the base will go from green, to flashing green, to solid orange, and then finally solid red. When the LED is red, release the Pairing button and use the instructions above to access the base.    

Defaulting within Web GUI

Click System Management > Device Update > Reset.

Wait for the device to restart. Once done, it will have factory default settings.       

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