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CHAPTER 1 | GETTING STARTED................................................................................................................................... | 1 | ||
1.1 | BEFORE YOU BEGIN ....................................................................................................................................................... | 1 | ||
1.2 | HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................. | 1 | ||
1.3 | CONTACT INFORMATION................................................................................................................................................. | 1 | ||
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO WLAN PLANNING AND PLANNER ................................................................. | 2 | |||
2.1 | WHAT IS | 2 | ||
2.2 | DISADVANTAGES OF POORLY PLANNED WLANS ........................................................................................................... | 2 | ||
2.3 | PLANNER: A COMPLETE WLAN PLANNING SOLUTION .................................................................................................. | 3 | ||
2.4 | DELIVERABLES FROM PLANNER ..................................................................................................................................... | 3 | ||
2.5 | PLANNER: BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................................................... | 3 | ||
2.6 | WORKING OF PLANNER .................................................................................................................................................. | 4 | ||
2.7 | PLANNER: WORKFLOW .................................................................................................................................................. | 4 | ||
CHAPTER 3 | LAUNCHING PLANNER............................................................................................................................ | 5 | ||
3.1 | GLOBAL FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... | 5 | ||
3.1.1 | Dialogs ................................................................................................................................................................... | 5 | ||
3.1.2 | Messages ................................................................................................................................................................ | 5 | ||
3.1.3 | Trees ....................................................................................................................................................................... | 5 | ||
3.1.4 | Other Functions...................................................................................................................................................... | 5 | ||
3.2 | OPENING PLANNER ........................................................................................................................................................ | 5 | ||
3.2.1 | New Project File..................................................................................................................................................... | 6 | ||
3.3 | SUPPORT FOR AUTOCAD ............................................................................................................................................... | 8 | ||
CHAPTER 4 WORKING WITH THE LOCATIONS TREE AND THE DEVICES LIST ......................................... | 10 | |||
4.1 | LOCATIONS TREE.......................................................................................................................................................... | 10 | ||
4.1.1 Adding a new Location Folder............................................................................................................................. | 10 | |||
4.1.2 Adding a new Location Node ............................................................................................................................... | 10 | |||
| Cross Floor Location folder................................................................................................................................................................ | 14 | ||
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4.1.3 | Managing Layers.................................................................................................................................................. | 14 | ||
4.1.4 | Viewing/Loading a Location................................................................................................................................. | 15 | ||
4.1.5 Closing a Location Node...................................................................................................................................... | 16 | |||
4.1.6 | Importing a Location............................................................................................................................................ | 16 | ||
4.1.7 | Cut/Copy/Paste a Location .................................................................................................................................. | 17 | ||
4.1.8 | Moving a Location ............................................................................................................................................... | 18 | ||
4.1.9 Placing Locations on a Location Folder with an attached image........................................................................ | 18 | |||
4.1.10 | Renaming a Location........................................................................................................................................ | 19 | ||
| Renaming a Location Folder............................................................................................................................................................... | 19 | ||
| Renaming a Location Node ................................................................................................................................................................ | 20 | ||
4.1.11 | Deleting a Location .......................................................................................................................................... | 20 | ||
4.1.12 | Modifying Location Properties ......................................................................................................................... | 20 | ||
4.2 | DEVICES LIST............................................................................................................................................................... | 22 | ||
CHAPTER 5 MENU AND TOOLBAR OPTIONS ......................................................................................................... | 24 | |||
5.1.1 | Menu Items ........................................................................................................................................................... | 24 | ||
| File Menu............................................................................................................................................................................................ | 24 | ||
| Edit Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................................... | 25 | ||
| View Menu ......................................................................................................................................................................................... | 26 | ||
| Draw Menu ......................................................................................................................................................................................... | 27 | ||
| Drawing a Polygon ............................................................................................................................................................................. | 28 | ||
| Drawing a Curved Polygon................................................................................................................................................................. | 28 | ||
| Tools Menu ......................................................................................................................................................................................... | 29 | ||
| Help Menu .......................................................................................................................................................................................... | 30 | ||
5.1.2 | Updating the License............................................................................................................................................ | 30 |
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