Device Placement on the Layout Model

¾Waterfall Curve: Select a waterfall curve from the drop‐down list of available waterfall curves for the selected protocol.

¾Power (mW): Select a power level from the supported power values at which the AP will operate for each selected protocol. You must keep the default values, which are based on the maximum transmit power for the protocol as permitted by the regulatory agencies in the countries for which you are doing the WLAN planning. Refer to Appendix D: Glossary of Terms for more details on regulatory domain compliance.

¾Click <Advanced Parameters> to set advance 802.11n parameters.

Note: There is only one channel in case of 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g protocols. Advanced Parameters is available only for the 802.11n protocol.

Click <Save> to save the changes. Alternately, click <Cancel> to discard the changes.

7.6.2Sensor Properties

To modify the properties of a Sensor placed on the layout, do either of the following:

Right‐click the Sensor and select Properties

Right‐click or double‐click the Sensor in the Device List and select Properties

Double‐click the Sensor

The Sensor Properties dialog box appears.

Figure 120. Sensor Properties

You can set the following:

Name: Enter a unique name by which the Sensor is identified.

Model: Select a Sensor Model from the drop‐down list of commercially available Sensor models. Planner enables, disables, or changes the other properties in this dialog box based on the selected Sensor model.

Ethernet MAC: Enter the Ethernet MAC Address of the Sensor.

Select Radio: Select the radio from the drop‐down list.

Radio Properties

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