
Drawing Inner Walls
Wall materials affect the propagation of the signal and estimation models. An accurate representation
of the walls is essential to the accuracy of the model.
We recommend that you draw inner walls for a custom environment and choose material types, such as
concrete around stairwells. It is important that you draw inner walls that are made of concrete or brick
because these materials have a strong affect on the propagation. If installation requires that an AP be
placed within a walled area, then define both walls on either side of the AP.
Note
If you do not want to create a custom environment and draw the inner walls, you can select
basic inner wall types from the
Environment
drop-down list instead, such as office drywalls or
cubicle walls. Office drywall has minimal impact on the RF signal propagation.
To draw inner walls for a custom environment:
1 Go to
Configure
>
Sites
. Add a new site or select a site and click Floor Plans tab.
2 Click
Draw Tools
to display floor plan tools.
3 Select
Custom
from the Environment drop-down.
4 Under
Draw Walls
field, select a wall type.
The pen icon is enabled.
5 To anchor the line drawing, click a corner of the inner wall.
6 Click each corner of the inner wall to anchor the line, and progress to the next corner.
7 When you reach the end of your inner wall boundary, double-click the last corner to anchor the final
line and disable the pen tool.
Note
Right-click on a wall to change its type or to delete it. You can also click to modify a wall
or click to delete it.
Next, go to
on page 103.
Placing Devices
As long as an AP is a member of a device group within the site, it can be placed on any map that is
associated with that site. From the floor plan
Configuration
, you must first select the device groups to
work with, then select a floor plan that includes APs from the selected device groups.
Switches associated with the site can be placed on a floor plan.
To place device on a floor plan:
1 Go to
Configure
>
Sites
. Add a new site or select a site and click Floor Plans tab.
2 Click
Draw Tools
to display floor plan tools.
3 Click the
Place Devices
field, and click an AP or switch from the drop-down list. The Place Devices
field is populated with APs that are part of a selected device group and switches that are part of the
site.
This field supports auto-complete. You can type one or more characters in the
Select a device
to find
devices.
Configure
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