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3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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• Tolerance:Specifythetoleranceintherangeof1to20.Forexample,ifyouclickthemouse20pixelsawayfromthe
declaredtolerancevalue,thecursorwillselectthedevice.
• AngularLineSettings:DefaultWidth:Specifythedesiredwidthtodrawallangularlines.
• HollowObject
Settings:DefaultThickness:Specifythedesiredthicknesstodrawallhollowobjects.
8.2.2 Preferences:APViews
GotoSettingsÆPreferencesÆAPViews,theAPViewstabappears.
Figure 130. Preferences – AP Views
ThescreenallowsyoutodefineAPandChannelviewssettings:
• APViewSettings
¾ AmbientNoise:SpecifyavaluetocalculatetheSINRvaluewithrespecttothetotalchannelinterferenceacross
thelayout.
Recommended:DonotchangetheAmbientNoisevaluesunlessyouareverysureoftheenvironmentproperties.
¾ CoverageEstimationThresholds:SpecifythethresholdforthecoverageoutlinesshownforAPswhiledragging
thoseonthelayout.Enterthevaluesintherange‐100to‐10dBm.Plannershowstheareascoveredintheformof
concentricspheres,dependinguponthevaluesspecifiedfortheregions.Youcanhaveamaximumoffour
separateregions.PlannerassumesanOmni‐directionalantennainthiscase.
• ChannelViewSettings
¾ AvailabilityThreshold:DefineathresholdvaluefortheChannelView.Plannerdoesnotconsiderasignalbelow
thisvalue,whilecalculatingthechannelatalocation.Thevalueshould
beintherange‐150to‐20.
¾ SeeChannelInterferencefor:Allowsyoutoviewchannelinterferencefortheselectedchannels.
8.2.3 Preferences:SensorViews
GotoSettingsÆPreferencesÆSensorViews,theSensorViewstabappears.