User's Manual

LaunchingPlanner

3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide

Chapter3 LaunchingPlanner

ThischaptershowsyouhowtolaunchPlannerandusethenewPlannerfile.

3.1 GlobalFunctions

Plannercontainsseveralcommonfunctionsthatapplythroughouttheapplication.Theyareasfollows:

3.1.1 Dialogs

ThefollowingfunctionsapplytoalldialogboxesinPlanner.Dependingonoptionsavailableinaparticulardialogbox,you

can:

• Click<OK>toacceptanactionorsaveallthechangesandclosethedialogbox.

• Click<Save>tosaveallthechangesmadeandclose

thedialogbox.

• Click<Cancel>todiscardtheactionorthechangesandclosethedialogbox.

• Click<Apply>tosaveallchangeswhilekeepingthedialogboxopen.

• Click<Delete>toremoveaselecteditem.

• Click<Close>toclosethedialog

box.

• Click<RestoretoDefaults>toresettofactorydefaults.

• Click<ResettoInstallationDefaults>torestoretodefaultinstallationvalues.

• Click<Yes>toaccepttheactioninthedialogbox.

• Click<No>todenyordeclinetheactioninthedialogbox.

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3.1.2 Messages

ThefollowingfunctionsapplytoallmessageboxesinPlanner.

• Click<OK>forYes.

• Click<Cancel>forNo.

• Ifyouexceedtheallowedrangeforanyparameter,Plannerpopsupanalertmentioningthevalue/dataisinvalid,

andthatyouhavetobewithinthepermittedrange.

3.1.3 Trees

ThefollowingfunctionsapplytoalltreesinPlanner.Inanytree,youcanperformthefollowing:

• Click

toexpandthesubnodes.

• Click

tocollapsethesubnodes.

• Double‐clickthenodetexttoeitherexpandorcollapsesubnodes.

3.1.4 OtherFunctions

ThefollowingfunctionsapplytoalltherepositoriesandmessageboxesinPlanner:

• Click intherelevantsectiontoviewmoreinformationabouttherespectivesection.

• Onthevariousrepositoryscreens,clickthecolumnheaderofthetablestosortthelistofitemsinthetable.

3.2 OpeningPlanner

WhenyoulaunchPlanner,theOpenWi‐FiProjectdialogboxappears.Youcandooneofthefollowing:

1 CreateanewWi‐FiProject

2 SelectfromoneoftherecentlyusedWi‐FiProjects

3 OpenanexistingWi‐FiProject