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Model Building

Summit WMScanner Users Guide

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Remove 

- Allows you to delete the selected partition category. Selecting this option opens a prompt 

dialog confirm the partition category delete.

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Edit 

- You can change the value for a frequency, add a new frequency, rename the partition category, 

or change the attenuation value for a frequency. The attenuation value is the reduction in signal 
strength (dB) for the specified frequency due to the partition material. 

Содержание Summit WMScanner

Страница 1: ...Extreme Networks Inc 3585 Monroe Street Santa Clara California 95051 888 257 3000 408 579 2800 http www extremenetworks com Published Dec 2009 Part Number 100358 00 Rev 01 Summit WMScanner User Guide...

Страница 2: ...iumph Unified Access Architecture Unified Access RF Manager UniStack the Extreme Networks logo the Alpine logo the BlackDiamond logo the Extreme Turbodrive logo the Summit logos and the Powered by Ext...

Страница 3: ...ding Wireless Network Design 16 Wireless Network Basics 16 Steps for Measuring a Wireless Network 17 Before Getting Started 17 Import Site Specific Drawing 17 Measurement and Data Visualization 18 Exp...

Страница 4: ...Chapter 3 Measurement Surveys 73 Taking Measurements 74 Specifying Channel Width 77 Setting Measurement Points 80 Configure Visible Data 82 Configuring the Authorized List 84 Manual Data Entry 87 AP...

Страница 5: ...s Points 130 Access Point Placement 131 Edit Remove Access Point 134 Edit 135 Access Point Colors 140 Move Access Point 141 Copy Access Point 142 Clone Attributes 143 Network Controllers 144 Placing C...

Страница 6: ...183 Process Unformatted Layers 183 Clear Floor 183 Snap to Endpoint 183 Importing Images Using Insert 183 Drawing Zones 185 Adding Zones 187 Editing Removing Zones 188 Toggling the Visibility of the Z...

Страница 7: ...just a few of the features you will learn how to perform Verify network coverage Identify and locate rogue and unauthorized access points Verify infrastructure access point placement Verify access poi...

Страница 8: ...vice Packs If your operating system has not been updated with the latest Microsoft Windows Service Packs visit the Microsoft support web site download the service packs and install them Your software...

Страница 9: ...Non administrative users must have the write permissions to the directory where the drivers are installed For Measurements use recent Atheros 802 11 chipset LAN cards Netgear 802 11a b g wireless PC...

Страница 10: ...Summit WMScanner Overview Summit WMScanner Users Guide 8 4 Choose I accept this agreement Select Next...

Страница 11: ...Logo testing choose Continue Anyway The driver will now be installed When the installation finishes it will notify you that the installation was successful If you encounter an error please contact the...

Страница 12: ...ements driver 1 Go to the Windows Control Panel 2 Click on Add or Remove Programs 3 Select the Windows Driver Package and Click on Change Remove 4 Click Yes The Measurement driver will now be uninstal...

Страница 13: ...elect OK to confirm you wish to remove the hardware this will not uninstall the driver This process simply allows you to safely unplug the adapter from your computer You can now remove the WLAN Adapte...

Страница 14: ...is before requesting an activation code from Extreme Networks To get the License code you will require a new 16 byte string lock code The earlier 8 byte long lock code will not work Obtaining an Activ...

Страница 15: ...elp Manage Licenses and clicking the Register Product button 3 Click the Browse button locate and select your activation code file and click Open 4 Click OK to activate your software The License Infor...

Страница 16: ...ivation license code is required for continued use of Summit WMScanner Use the following steps to update the activation license code 1 Launch Summit WMScanner from the desktop icon 2 Select the Help m...

Страница 17: ...Select the license for Summit WMScanner e Follow the instructions provided to generate and activate the license key NOTE If you have not already registered this product with Extreme Networks you can...

Страница 18: ...rk quickly multiply when multiple access points are involved The proximity of access points to users and to each other access point channel settings and access point power settings can all affect the...

Страница 19: ...here are several things to consider before measuring wireless network performance Do you have access to complete facility drawings in bitmap jpg CAD or Summit WMScanner dwg format What are the wireles...

Страница 20: ...tion material and the wireless network hardware locations and configurations Some drawing files may be formatted as empty structures and not contain access points or any other network hardware within...

Страница 21: ...phical User Interface GUI toolbar icons and command line window WMScanner Menus Describes the primary Summit WMScanner menus and their options The File and View menus are described in detail The Measu...

Страница 22: ...r For more information see Toolbar Icons on page 20 NOTE Whenever you change Summit WMScanner s window size user preferences or the project workspace all settings are saved upon exiting the tool These...

Страница 23: ...ess to the most commonly used functions for viewing the drawing including real time pan and zoom and moving up and down building floors NOTE Whenever performing tasks within Summit WMScanner you can p...

Страница 24: ...lbar The legend will remain off or on until you toggle it again The legend window also displays the current floor of your drawing and allows you to easily change floors To do so left click on the floo...

Страница 25: ...t From WMS Imports drawing and site information from WMS If a target WMS Server is not specified a dialog box appears where the WMS Server IP address port and user credentials can be defined to initia...

Страница 26: ...t of differing schemes as well as the differences between those schemes The dialog box displays the conflicting elements of the Default Scheme and the current scheme used in the drawing Drawing Scheme...

Страница 27: ...page 26 2 Click the Next button once you are done with editing the color scheme If there are differing color scheme assignments the Merge color schemes assignments dialog box appears a To edit the ass...

Страница 28: ...ys appear the same for all the Scheme Names listed 4 Change the numeric value 5 Click on the corresponding color The basic Color window appears 6 Select a custom color 7 Click on the OK button The Edi...

Страница 29: ...stance between The Scale Drawing dialog box appears showing the desired distance View Menu The View menu offers powerful capabilities for displaying your drawing and measurements in a variety of ways...

Страница 30: ...ted prior to the completion process the display may be left in an interim state The Refresh Screen command will bring the display up to date Building Floor Opens a fly out menu that include commands f...

Страница 31: ...oto Floor This command opens the Goto Floor dialog You can select a floor and click the OK button at which point Summit WMScanner changes the current floor to what the user selects as well as showing...

Страница 32: ...de dialog After selecting a floor to hide the software hides layers associated with the chosen floor View Menu Shade The commands under this submenu allows users to modify the way the display is rende...

Страница 33: ...den from the user s perspective Flat Shaded Edges On Shades the objects between the polygon faces Materials that you have applied to the objects show when the objects are flat shaded The wireframe wil...

Страница 34: ...to display ceiling tiles placed in the drawing Ceiling tiles are triangular surface entities that define the boundaries of the ceiling separating each floor of the building Using this checkbox you ca...

Страница 35: ...ovide detailed information about the command It is highly recommended that you carefully review each information window before continuing to use the corresponding command Each information window conta...

Страница 36: ...that enables you to add new partitions to the drawing See Drawing Partitions on page 196 for details Change Partition Type This command allows you to change the type of RF attenuating material that is...

Страница 37: ...entities within the environment You can scale the entire drawing both formatted and unformatted or only the formatted entities of one drawing or each entity by entity You will be prompted to select t...

Страница 38: ...nager The Building Manager dialog box provides advanced functionality for managing and navigating floors in the current drawing Most users will not require these features Add Floor Adds a new floor to...

Страница 39: ...ayer so that the windows on the first three floors of a drawing might for example be stored on MPART1 MPART2 and MPART3 respectively Hide Floor Hides a selected floor Align Floors Aligns floors vertic...

Страница 40: ...ected and converted into a different partition category Objects that exist on a layer can be moved to other layers and can have their properties controlled by the settings of the layer For example an...

Страница 41: ...ose 0 30mm from the Default combo box Make sure that your Lineweights list box has ByLayer selected Click OK in the Lineweight Settings dialog box to close it and display the increased lineweights Not...

Страница 42: ...face channel set active channel power antenna type cable type or connector type You may specify the colors by double clicking on a label in the dialog box that you want to change See Access Point Colo...

Страница 43: ...y out menu for placing editing removing and moving Reference Tags These are equipment placeholders used to improve the accuracy of Real Time Locationing System RTLS See Reference Tags on page 158 for...

Страница 44: ...on page 100 for details Visualization Options This command opens the Visualization Options dialog which allows you to set the Visualization Boundary Distance Visualization Limit and Grid Bin Size See...

Страница 45: ...mmit WMScanner Template directory 5 Select the rfreporting dot file 6 Click on the OK button 7 Uncheck all other dot files listed 8 Click on the OK button The rfreports dot file is loaded and ready fo...

Страница 46: ...WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide 44...

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Страница 48: ...WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide 46 When you are satisfied with the report parameters select Generate Report and chose an output file name from the Save As dialog...

Страница 49: ...Summit WMScanner Users Guide 47 After selecting the report parameters Summit WMScanner generates the report Depending on the complexity of the design this may take several minutes...

Страница 50: ...WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide 48...

Страница 51: ...at allows you to pick two geo location points edit these points or remove them See Utilities Geo Reference Building on page 55 for more details Legend This command opens a dialog box that allows you t...

Страница 52: ...gments between consecutive points While the mouse cursor is moved around a tool tip displays the sum of the lengths of the line segments Pressing ESC once will cancel the current set of lines and pres...

Страница 53: ...ally stored workspaces with collaborators Note that the project workspace repository is reset when the dialog box is closed to the repository in which the current workspace is stored Below the project...

Страница 54: ...Users Guide 52 You can also delete a project workspace by selecting the Erase button Creating a New Project Workspace To create a new project workspace select File Set Create Project Workspace The Pr...

Страница 55: ...kspace can be changed a new project workspace can be created and project workspaces can be deleted from with the Project Workspace dialog To create a new workspace select the New button from within th...

Страница 56: ...d within it In general you are free to add your own directories or subdirectories to any project workspace as the job demands Keep in mind that changes to files in the global workspace may directly im...

Страница 57: ...e system WGS84 in this case Select Utilities Geo Reference Building menu to open the Geo Reference Building dialog box This dialog box allows you to pick the x y z coordinates from the drawing remove...

Страница 58: ...ts You can re record the points by clicking on the Pick Points button This overwrites the earlier recorded points If you are satisfied with the recorded points click the Done button to exit the dialog...

Страница 59: ...Utilities Drawing Legend Selecting Utilities Legend opens the Drawing Legend dialog The information you enter in the Drawing Legend dialog box is for your reference and may be filled out with any tex...

Страница 60: ...se the point in the drawing where you want the lower left corner of the legend to appear Once you have finished configuring and placing the legend press the OK button to dismiss the Drawing Legend dia...

Страница 61: ...ion describes each of the tabs in the Preferences dialog Preferences Files The Files tab in the Preferences dialog box presents the options noted on the next page Most of the settings are determined d...

Страница 62: ...ences Display scroll bars in drawing window Enables horizontal and vertical scrollbars in drawing window Colors The Color Options dialog box allows you to customize the colors used in the drawing For...

Страница 63: ...anner Users Guide 61 Fonts The following dialog allows you to choose a font for the Command Line pane and the Session History window This only affects the appearance of text within the lower command p...

Страница 64: ...ons The options under the File Safety Precautions frame see red arrow above are very useful Automatic Save Checking this box enables the save option allowing you to specify a time interval in minutes...

Страница 65: ...it WMScanner Users Guide 63 Preferences Plotting This tab controls the default settings for the printing and plotting subsystem Use this functionality to control the way in which your designs are prin...

Страница 66: ...Preferences System This tab enables you to adjust such properties as whether or not the software will generate an audible alert on errors and to configure access to system pointing devices other than...

Страница 67: ...within the drawing at x coordinate 0 1 y coordinate 2 3 and z coordinate 5 2 If Object Snap is active however coordinates you enter on the keyboard may snap to a different location For example if Obj...

Страница 68: ...een and has no impact on the way drawing entities are managed Hyperlink Enables you to adjust the way the mouse cursor responds when it encounters a hyperlink within Summit WMScanner For example when...

Страница 69: ...crosshairs pointer for the dynamic UCS even when the axis labels are turned off in the Label Axes in Standard Crosshairs box Crosshair Labels Choose the labels to display with the crosshairs pointer U...

Страница 70: ...g 3D solid primitives Deletion Control While Creating 3D Objects Specifies whether defining geometry used in creating solids and surfaces is automatically deleted once the 3D object is created or whet...

Страница 71: ...Checking this box implies that if one object in a group is selected the rest of the group should also be selected Associative Hatch This option is generally not used with Summit WMScanner drawings whi...

Страница 72: ...ecured communication and HTTP for unsecured communication with WMS server HTTPS is the default communication protocol User Credentials Specify the user credentials in the User Name and Password fields...

Страница 73: ...mit WMScanner Users Guide 71 Extreme Networks Website This command launches Extreme Networks Website About This command opens the About Summit WMScanner screen which shows information about the softwa...

Страница 74: ...WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide 72...

Страница 75: ...itoring Using a proprietary WLAN driver Summit WMScanner automatically collects data from all visible APs For this process to function the WLAN card must not be associated with an access point AP Perf...

Страница 76: ...y take 802 11 measurements from all physical area of the building The Summit WMScanner s Measurement Survey menu contains the capabilities to measure RSSI noise levels data rate and 11N statistics suc...

Страница 77: ...Create ASCII Log File The collected measurement data is stored under the Measured directory of the current project workspace This file may be renamed as desired It is recommended that the file have t...

Страница 78: ...Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide 76 3 From the Select Measurement Mode drop down list select WLAN Device 4 Click the Next button The Measurements Options dialog box appears...

Страница 79: ...Settings button The Configure Scan Settings dialog box appears The Configure Scan Settings dialog box contains the following options Selecting 802 11 a b g and n channels for measurements Setting Dwe...

Страница 80: ...l possible configurations of extension channels for that primary channel Thus in 20 40 MHz mode each selected primary channel can essentially represent up to three separate scans one for 20 MHz one fo...

Страница 81: ...minus the noise power in dBm WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy This column displays whether the WEP setting for the corresponding access point is enabled or disabled Channel Ext The primary and extension c...

Страница 82: ...e used when you run Visualizations Track Run Like Single Marker mode Track Run mode correlates a measurement with a location However Track Run mode records multiple points along a straight line which...

Страница 83: ...Summit WMScanner Users Guide 81 In the next example the user clicks the ending point of the track run Note the intermediate measurement points displayed along the track run path...

Страница 84: ...nt at a time Select Pause to halt network measurement Resume to continue the measurement survey session Configure Visible Data By default the Measurement Scan List panel shows all the available visibl...

Страница 85: ...to the Hidden Columns list box Initially this list contains all the support columns button Moves all the elements from the Hidden Columns list box to the Visible Columns list box button Moves the sel...

Страница 86: ...le icon or Unauthorized yellow exclamation point icon This feature also allows you to filter access points based on each category allowing your to focus the measurement survey and visualization only o...

Страница 87: ...categorize the access points select the Configure Authorized List button and select the access points you wish to remove from the Rogue MAC address list 3 Next the selected access points are moved to...

Страница 88: ...Guide 86 In the next example access points are also move to the Authorized MAC Addresses list 4 If you need to remove MAC addresses from any of the lists select the desired MAC address then click the...

Страница 89: ...try mode Markers are manually placed throughout the drawing map 1 To associate an access point with the measurement run select the access point from the drop down menu 2 Select the Record Measurements...

Страница 90: ...e following features To test the performance of the client AP link client should be associated with the AP The measurements adapter should be used to get the performance of the link this adapter adds...

Страница 91: ...the Next button 2 The Select WLAN Adapter dialog box appears Select the Measurements or other WLAN adapter 3 Click the OK button Summit WMScanner polls the wireless network and displays the visible a...

Страница 92: ...pies of the software are set up to run on multiple portable computers such that one copy runs the measurement server functionality and others are used for measurements In this scenario Summit WMScanne...

Страница 93: ...f its steps the software tries to auto detect the IP of the gateway on the network or the IP of the AP Sometimes when IP addresses are statically configured on the client or due to some other reason t...

Страница 94: ...Performance Server Session To start a remote measurement server session choose the Server option in Measurement Options dialog box The Select Server Port dialog box prompts for the server port number...

Страница 95: ...is mandatory to enforce data transfer while taking measurements in the AP Performance mode One of the ways is to use the AP Performance Server When you use the AP Performance Server the server connect...

Страница 96: ...t you have recently connected to will be remembered In future runs you can reconnect to a server by choosing one from the history list on the Connect to Server dialog box After you are connected click...

Страница 97: ...easured in dBm Noise The noise detected on the access point channel Receive Data Rate The average rate at which data packets are being received while the constant data transfer is happening Channel Wi...

Страница 98: ...while using AP Performance Server data transfer method only The Network tab contains options and provides information for Connecting to a Measurement Server Setting the Protocol mode for TCP and UDP m...

Страница 99: ...the client Server Packet Size The packet size is the number of bytes of raw data in every packet that is sent By selecting one of these options from the Packet Size drop down list you can set the amo...

Страница 100: ...tistical variance of the arrival times of packets that are sent at regular intervals The lower the jitter in your network the more regular your IP traffic will be because this means that most packets...

Страница 101: ...tab allows you to send messages to the server and other Summit WMScanner clients To use this facility you must be connected to a server Then type your message into the Message field and click the Sen...

Страница 102: ...Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide 100 Visualizing Survey Data To display survey data...

Страница 103: ...nfiguring and viewing the post measurement results Display Options Select the type of measurement data you want to display Channel See Channel Visualization on page 105 Coverage See Coverage Visualiza...

Страница 104: ...By drop down list displays all filters You have an option to filter by Channel SSID and Association Status The Association Status filter is primarily useful in the Channel Width Performance visualizat...

Страница 105: ...x dBm ranges Refresh Redraws the visualization display Clear Map Clears the display of all visualizations Exit Exits the Visualization panel To run map visualizations first choose the Filter Measured...

Страница 106: ...r measurement data If no measurement data is taken in a particular area of the grid boundary no information will be displayed You can reduce the amount of time Summit WMScanner takes to produce visual...

Страница 107: ...isualization The Channel visualization mode allows you to view regions of coverage colored by the best serving channel 20 or 40 MHz width to that region If you have selected all MAC addresses in the V...

Страница 108: ...id vertices serving the channels 5 1 5 and 5 1 are shown in the same color You can select new colors for these channels depending upon your requirements NOTE Channel grids are only displayed as shaded...

Страница 109: ...displayed at the grid point Signal to noise is often referred to as a measure of signal quality The SNR visualization allows you to view the signal quality available to a client at locations througho...

Страница 110: ...have selected all MAC addresses in the Visualization Panel filters the SSID visualization shows the best serving SSID for MACs detected during the currently loaded measurement run This view is often...

Страница 111: ...optimal noise levels Note that the data connection rates are part of the 802 11 standards and they do not specify actual data throughput levels achievable by the client This visualization will show w...

Страница 112: ...displayed as shaded if visualized in the Flat Shaded Edges On mode View Shade Flat Shaded Edges On Noise Visualization The Noise visualization mode allows you to view regions where a certain level of...

Страница 113: ...ion by selecting or deselecting the appropriate channels The following example shows a noise visualization Hovering the mouse over the grid vertices displays the data at particular points in the visua...

Страница 114: ...has high noise in a specific channel Extreme Networks recommends selecting an alternative channel for that access point Hybrid Network Overlap Visualization The Hybrid Network Overlap visualization a...

Страница 115: ...s able to use while communicating with the best serving AP All 802 11 A B G APs can transmit receive in a 20 MHz channel width while 802 11 N APs have the capacity to transmit receive in 20 MHz channe...

Страница 116: ...urable in 20 40 MHz channel are able to use the full channel width This visualization makes use of available measurement data only when data is being transferred Thus to view this heat map it is manda...

Страница 117: ...transferred Thus to view the heat map it is mandatory for you to perform measurement surveys These surveys should be performed in the AP Performance mode using the custom driver by enforcing data tra...

Страница 118: ...Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide 116 You can select deselect the MACs for which the visualization is to be viewed using the Association filter from the Filter By drop down list...

Страница 119: ...structure then the resulting grid shows the Network Coverage for only your access points Identifying and Locating Access Points Use the following steps to locate an access point 1 Select one of the MA...

Страница 120: ...t will help you verify the location of an AP that is part of your infrastructure Verifying the Channel and SSID Settings of Access Points You can quickly verify the channel settings of all APs that we...

Страница 121: ...pecific measurement receivers and visualize the data directly within the building drawing Selecting Import Measurement Data opens the following dialog which enables you to select the measurement type...

Страница 122: ...surement Survey Export Measurement Data command After each measurement run use File Save Project to save the measurement data in the drawing file Selecting Export Measurement Data opens the following...

Страница 123: ...ing Next press OK to have the measurement data erased from the drawing If you previously stored an ASCII measurement logfile this logfile is written automatically when you collect the data deleting it...

Страница 124: ...to the prediction from the correct access point in the drawing To associate select Measurement Survey Access Point Associations Select the measurement run from the Edit Measurement Run dialog box Whe...

Страница 125: ...refer to the individual receiver documentation for more details on associating access points The following examples are from a measurement session recorded through a LAN card Summit WMScanner records...

Страница 126: ...WMScanner Users Guide 124 Display Measurement Data After recording measurements you can display or hide both text and graphical markers on the building drawing by using the Measurement Survey Display...

Страница 127: ...Guide 125 Text Display To display measurement data as text in the drawing click Measurement Survey Display Measurement Data Text Display Choose the measurement run you wish to display form the drop d...

Страница 128: ...he measurement data text in the drawing This value can be set in feet or meters Graphical Display Summit WMScanner can also display measurement data as graphical markers in the drawing These markers i...

Страница 129: ...n list There are many options for the pull down data display but not all of them will apply to your measurement data If you select measurement information that is not included in your measurement runs...

Страница 130: ...Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide 128 The following example shows a measurement session with Graphical Markers enabled...

Страница 131: ...Summit WMScanner Users Guide 129 The following example shows a measurement session with Text Markers enabled...

Страница 132: ...run When adjusting the scale of a run the marker s position relative to each other remains the same but the distance between them increases or decreases depending on your scaling Hide All Markers To h...

Страница 133: ...desired location in the drawing by clicking in the drawing at the location you want to locate the hardware Access Point Placement and Configuration Placement Configuration Selection Select Access Poi...

Страница 134: ...d If the access point you are placing has antenna s that are attached via cables then click again in the drawing to specify the location of the antenna relative to the access point You may continue to...

Страница 135: ...The example on the next page shows the result of manual access point placement Note that when you place the mouse cursor over an access point or right click a tool tip window provides details about t...

Страница 136: ...tion of the Access point its floor location air interface standard channel number and transmit power You may click in the Name or Description field to directly edit that field or you may optionally do...

Страница 137: ...n of access points on other floors Edit Choosing the Edit button on the Edit Remove Access Point dialog box opens the following Edit Access Point dialog box Within a local project workspace all access...

Страница 138: ...Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide 136 The Access Point Power tab allows for the configuration of the transmit powers and frequencies of an access point...

Страница 139: ...it is essential to verify that the Tx Power field displays the desired net output Channel Set This drop down menu provides a way to indicate which grouping of channels within the air interface standa...

Страница 140: ...hannel select HT Mixed mode or select the HT Mixed 40 MHz mode to make the AP operate on a 40 MHz channel Use Short Guard Interval Select the Use Short Guard Interval check box to reduce the guard int...

Страница 141: ...be up to 128 characters Access Point Style Tab The Access Point Style tab enables you to specify the color display settings and size of the marker used to identify the location of the access point on...

Страница 142: ...int of the building coordinate system Access Point Colors Selecting Equipment View Access Point Colors displays the dialog box The Color Override dialog box allows you to override the default colors o...

Страница 143: ...Summit WMScanner Users Guide 141 Move Access Point Selecting Equipment Move Access Point is a quick way to change the location of an access point which has already been configured...

Страница 144: ...s points simultaneously by selecting more than one access point before clicking Move Click Finished after moving access points Another way to move access points is through the Access Point Positioning...

Страница 145: ...returns you to the Copy Access Point dialog box then click Finished Clone Attributes Each access point in your network has a variety of specifiable characteristics such as RF information input power...

Страница 146: ...s involved in controller placement Placing Controllers Selecting Equipment Wireless LAN Controller Place Wireless LAN Controller displays the Place WLAN Controller dialog box This dialog box allows yo...

Страница 147: ...ing again To exit placement press the ESC key which will return you to the Place WLAN Controller dialog box The following example shows the result of the manual placement Once you are satisfied with t...

Страница 148: ...e a controller from a previous location to a new point in the drawing where you click Remove The Remove button permanently removes the controller from the drawing Copy To copy a controller select it f...

Страница 149: ...ly if you plan to export your design to WMS Hardware Configuration The Hardware Configuration section contains three fields Description Field IP Address Field and MAC Address Field Each of the fields...

Страница 150: ...ss asset tracking Summit WMScanner allows you to place sensors within your building drawing To do this select Equipment Sensor Place Sensor To place sensors in the drawing double left click the hardwa...

Страница 151: ...on the areas in your drawing where you want sensors placed When finished right click or press the ESC button Editing Removing Sensors After manual sensor placement you can edit and remove sensors fro...

Страница 152: ...e sensor you wish to remove then select Remove Sensor Double click on a sensor to edit its name location or sensor height You can also toggle the sensor display on or off by selecting the Show Network...

Страница 153: ...Move Your pointer will take on the appearance of the sensor that you selected from the list Move the sensor to the desired location and left click to place it You may also move multiple sensors simul...

Страница 154: ...dialog box then click Finished Managing RFID Devices RFID devices are used to read RFID tags and capture 1D and 2D bar codes and images When used with existing Extreme Networks wireless infrastructur...

Страница 155: ...Scanner along with the max antenna limit To place a RFID reader in a drawing select highlight a RFID reader from within the Model Field and click the Place RFID button Continue to place multiple RFID...

Страница 156: ...d Right Click or Press the ESC button Editing Removing RFID Devices Summit WMScanner allows you to edit move copy or remove RFID readers from your building drawing by selecting Equipment RFID Edit Rem...

Страница 157: ...the list and click the Copy button You may then Click at the location on the drawing where you want the RFID reader to be copied to place a copy of the RFID in the same way you use the Place RFID com...

Страница 158: ...address field and the MAC address field The description field can be used to give additional information about the RFID reader By default the description field displays the RFID model name Hardware Po...

Страница 159: ...can also choose to place an antenna away from the RFID reader Continue to Click on the drawing until you are done with the antenna placement If you reach the maximum limit the Summit WMScanner displa...

Страница 160: ...editing of the antenna you can click the Done button to go back to the Edit RFID dialog box Reference Tags Summit WMScanner allows you to place fixed reference tags as part of its integration with WM...

Страница 161: ...i device Passive Tags The location of these tags is tracked and provided to the RTLS This information is used to determine the position of the mobile RFID reader that reads the tag and to increase the...

Страница 162: ...reference tag settings Editing Removing Reference Tag The Equipment Reference Tag Edit Remove Reference Tag command allows you to edit remove move or copy any reference tags in the drawing Selecting...

Страница 163: ...o copy a reference tag select it from the list and click the Copy button You may then click on the drawing to place a copy of the reference tag in the same way you use the Place Reference Tag command...

Страница 164: ...does not allow user to modify this field The Description Field This field gives a description of the tag By default the description field displays the type of tag You can also use this field to give...

Страница 165: ...you to enter the absolute position of the reference tag on the floor within the building All coordinates are given relative to the origin also called the Floor Alignment Point of the building coordina...

Страница 166: ...Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide 164...

Страница 167: ...ng to WMS The Building Floor Manager may be renamed as the Building Wizard in some versions Creating Site Specific Information Workflow The following workflow diagram provides an overview of the prima...

Страница 168: ...ng with multiple floors you can use the Assemble Building button on the dialog box to combine formatted floors into a single combined drawing that will be stored in a single file named workspace name...

Страница 169: ...gardless of whether it has been formatted or not and floor 3 will be renamed to Floor 2 automatically Up Down Use the Up and Down buttons to move the currently selected floor up or down in the list of...

Страница 170: ...en you press the Set Position button you will then be prompted to click in the drawing to set the new legend position Choose the point in the drawing where you want the lower left corner of the legend...

Страница 171: ...ors process Formatting Floors Using the Floor Formatting Wizard The purpose of the Floor Formatting Wizard is to guide you through the steps that are required to import and format a floor To properly...

Страница 172: ...lls of the floor plan After importing an unformatted raster image file you use the same easy drawing tools of the Sketch Floor Plan mode to specify where walls exist their height and what type of mate...

Страница 173: ...the Next button will present you with a screen stating that you have chosen to leave the selected floor empty Simply press the Finish button on the Floor Formatting Wizard to return to the main dialog...

Страница 174: ...ton to begin sketching the floor plan Pressing the Sketch Floor button will cause you to temporarily leave the Floor Formatting Wizard but once you are finished sketching the floor plan you will autom...

Страница 175: ...plan from scratch If you are using this manual as a step by step follow along guide see Drawing Partitions on page 196 now for additional information on drawing partitions then return to this section...

Страница 176: ...information on scaling an already assembled final drawing without using the Building Floor Manager 5 Set the Floor Alignment Point This step requires you set an alignment point for the floor The align...

Страница 177: ...set the origin at the end point of a line with exact mouse click precision 6 Verify the Formatting Steps This final step highlights the formatting that you have performed Should you wish to redo any...

Страница 178: ...ate an exact copy of an already formatted floor Select the floor you wish to copy from in the pull down box to the right of the Make a Copy option Click Next to perform the copy Importing an Unformatt...

Страница 179: ...Files will also be copied there when opened from another location 2 Set Slab to Slab Height This follows the same process as Set the Slab to Slab Height on page 171 3 Format the Floor This step is us...

Страница 180: ...s the Scale Floor button on the wizard dialog to begin scaling the drawing You will be prompted to select two locations by left clicking your mouse at two different points in the drawing After selecti...

Страница 181: ...ble Floors command Therefore it is important that you choose a floor alignment point that is common among all floors that you wish to align For example choosing the bottom left corner of every floor w...

Страница 182: ...a previous step Otherwise press the Finish button to complete the formatting of the current floor and return to the Building Floor Manager Import Preformatted File Select the Import an Already Formatt...

Страница 183: ...g Model Editing a floor in the Building Floor Manager allows you to make modifications to a floor that you have already formatted with the Format Floor Wizard The Edit Floor option will only be availa...

Страница 184: ...o select your scaling points more accurately Reset Floor Alignment Point The Reset Floor Alignment Point button allows you to choose the location that you wish to be the origin of the x y plane of the...

Страница 185: ...l ever need to return to this dialog once a floor has already been formatted but the functionality is provided here just in case NOTE Layers will not be available for formatting if you choose to delet...

Страница 186: ...e image can be displayed in any viewport and the number and size of images is not limited Once you no longer need the raster image you can detach the image from the drawing using this command under th...

Страница 187: ...DXF File Drawing Exchange Format DXF files enable the interchange of drawings between Summit WMScanner and other CAD programs DXF files can be either ASCII or binary formats Since these types of files...

Страница 188: ...n the coordinates of the antenna that actually read the tag Locationing Locationing zones indicate that position locationing services are available within these zones GeoFencing GeoFence zones indicat...

Страница 189: ...dialog box to add a zone in the floor plan This command displays the following dialog box Zone Details Zone Type Summit WMScanner allows you to place three types of zones in the drawing Reader Locatio...

Страница 190: ...e x y coordinates of the recently drawn zone To edit the x y coordinates of the recently drawn zone click any cell field and then re enter the coordinates After you are done Click OK to commit the cha...

Страница 191: ...emove the existing zones from the drawing Select the zone you want to remove and then click the Remove button Toggle Visibility See Toggling the Visibility of the Zones on page 190 Toggle All See Togg...

Страница 192: ...nes press the CTRL key to select multiple zones and then click the Toggle Visibility button The Toggle All Option this option allows you to toggle the visibility of all the zones of the same type To S...

Страница 193: ...in brown color Defining Colors To define the color of the zone double click the value or the color field This displays the color palette Select the color of your choice for each zone and then click t...

Страница 194: ...nu discussed in Format Building Menu on page 165 contains menu commands for creating a drawing that Summit WMScanner can use for system performance This section provides more details about the followi...

Страница 195: ...te all composite entities for example polylines blocks and so on into individually selectable graphical entities such as lines Any arcs in the drawing will be automatically converted into a series of...

Страница 196: ...ll remain visible but you can choose to hide them by clicking the icon If you decide to remove all the entities on that layer you can click the button If the layer does contain structures such as wall...

Страница 197: ...nd it does not disappear from the list box then there are some entities left on that layer that are not lines and can not be processed You can use the icon to hide and show the formatted building data...

Страница 198: ...select individual lines in the AutoCAD file and convert them to partitions see Change Partition on page 199 This is useful when there is more than one wall type in a given layer Drawing Partitions Th...

Страница 199: ...you continue to left click in successive locations a continuous series of walls will be drawn Right click or press the ESC key to begin an unconnected string of partitions elsewhere in the building Ri...

Страница 200: ...mage Fading When using imported raster images you must use the partition drawing tool to trace over the image where the partitions appear You can make raster images dimmer and therefore make it easier...

Страница 201: ...ng objects to other objects at end points quadrants of circles perpendicular intersections and many other points of interest To configure automatic object snap click on the OSNAP button on the status...

Страница 202: ...ternatively you can use more drawing aids such as windows or fences to select several objects To exit the selection mode and return to the Change Partition Type dialog box press the ESC key Current Pa...

Страница 203: ...Summit WMScanner Users Guide 201 To change a partition category select a new partition from the drop down list...

Страница 204: ...Model Building Summit WMScanner Users Guide 202 To change the default color for that category click on the color square next to a partition category...

Страница 205: ...though Summit WMScanner comes with default names for partitions and default colors for partition objects they are configurable to fit your specific needs Selecting Format Building Edit Partition Libra...

Страница 206: ...termine the location of your global partition library file You can use the text box at the top of the dialog or the Browse button to enter a directory where the software should store the partition inf...

Страница 207: ...library with several installations of Summit WMScanner for example on a centralized file server Add Allows you to add a new partition category NOTE Changes made in the Partition Library only modifies...

Страница 208: ...ion opens a prompt dialog confirm the partition category delete Edit You can change the value for a frequency add a new frequency rename the partition category or change the attenuation value for a fr...

Страница 209: ...or a propagation parameter file xpt file Selecting the Import button from the Partition Library dialog opens the Partition Import Filter which provides you the option to chose the source file by using...

Страница 210: ...current floor or individual drawing entities Your choice is made in the Scale Drawing dialog After you click OK the software will prompt you to select two points and then you will be prompted to enter...

Страница 211: ...loor using several different methods Hotkeys F5 up one floor F4 down one floor Through the View Building Floor menu from the Summit WMScanner toolbar By explicitly using the Goto Floor hotkey F9 which...

Страница 212: ...partition resides on floor two of a building the ceiling height of floor two is used to determine the height of the partition unless otherwise specified by you while drawing the partition This is don...

Страница 213: ...u can also view your building model in 2D wireframe mode by selecting View Shade 2D Wireframe 2D wireframe makes walls transparent and only displays their outline This feature is optimal if you want t...

Страница 214: ...Guide 212 Selecting View Shade Hidden makes hidden lines invisible while displaying a drawing in 3D Hidden lines refer to lines in a drawing that would not be visible if the objects in the 3D drawing...

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