Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents

 

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 WI-FI? .............................................................................................................................................................

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

 

Non-Cross Floor Location folder........................................................................................................................................................

14

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 ...............................................................................................................................................

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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 .........................................................................................................

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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............................................................................................................................................

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