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GeneratingOutputfromPlanner
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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Chapter9 GeneratingOutputfromPlanner
Plannergeneratesacomprehensivereportgivingthearchitect’sdrawings,BoMforWLANdevices,informationaboutAPs’
andSensors’configuration,originallayouts,andallthesecurityexposureandnetworkcoverageRFviewsgeneratedduring
planning.Italsoreplayscustomerinputasareadyreference.Thereportisconfigurablewherebyyoucanselectanyofthe
aboveforinclusioninthereport.Forexample,youmaywanttorestrictthereporttoonlyBoMorsecurityanalysis(leaving
outnetworkdetails).ThereportisgeneratedinMSWORD.ThecompliancereportisgeneratedintheXMLformat.
Contentsofthegeneratedreports
are:
• BoM(BillofMaterial):ContainsatabulatedlistofAPsandSensorsplacedonthelayoutalongwiththelocationon
thefloormap.Thisreportisusefultounderstandtheequipmentrequirementandplacement.
• IntroductionReport:Explainstheentireprocessfromthecustomerinputtothe3ComCorporationoutput.Italso
describesthePlanningMethodologyandObjectives,thegeneralassumptionsmadeformodelingaWLAN,andthe
observationsthatyoucanmakebasedontheRFplan.
• ComplianceReport:ContainstheconfigurationdetailsofAPsandSensorsplacedonthelayout.Youcanimportthis
report
intoaWLANController,sothatyoudonothavetoreconfigurethecontrollersforAPsandSensors.Thereis
nospecificindustryformatforthiskindofreportandhence3ComCorporationhasdecidedthisformat.
• LayoutReport:ContainsdetailsoftheWorkOrder,WLANCoverageMap,SecurityExposure
Map,APCoverage
RedundancyMap,LinkSpeedMap,ChannelAllocationMap,SensorCoverageMap,SensorExternalMap,and
SensorRedundancyMap.
Note:You cannotgenerateanyreportwithoutcompletingthecalculationsforalltheRFviews.
9.1 WLANPlanningReport
YoucangenerateaWLANplanningreportintwoways:
1 GotoFileÆGenerateReport.
2 Click
ontheToolbar.
Figure 136. Generate Report: Invoking from File Menu
Note:Ifyouhavenotsavedtheprojectfileforwhichyouaretogenerateareport,Plannerpromptsyoutodoso.
ThisdisplaystheGenerateReportdialogbox.