User's Manual

WorkingwiththeLocationsTreeandtheDevicesList
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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Onceyouaredoneandclick<OK>,aConfirmdialogboxtoopenthecreatedlocationappears.Alternately,click<Cancel>to
discardaction.
CrossFloorLocationfolder
WhenyoucreatealocationfolderwiththeConsiderCrossFloorSpillagecheckboxenabled,theninformationofallthenodes
isbundledandstoredinonesingle.spmfile.Bydefault,thenameofthe.spmfileisthenameofthefirstnodethatyoucreate.
Itispossibleto
addalocationnodeunderaCrossFloorlocationfolder.However,youcannotaddalocationfolderundera
CrossFloorlocationfolder.
ThedimensionsofallthenodesinaCrossFloorfolderarethesame.Forexample,whiledefiningNode‐1,youspecifya=500
andb
=600.Then,Plannerusesthesamedimensionsforallthenodescreatedthereafterinthatfolder.SincePlannerextracts
thedimensionsautomaticallyincaseofanAutoCADfile,theseextracteddimensionsmustmatchthedimensionsofthefirst
nodethatwascreated.Otherwise,Plannerdoesnotallowtheimportof
theAutoCADfile.
Additionally,whenyoucreatethesecondnodeundertheCrossFloorlocationfolder,youcannotchangetheregulatory
domain.
Note:TomodifythedimensionsofanodeunderaCrossFloorLocationfolder,right‐clickanodeandselectLoadLocationNode.Planner
automaticallyappliesthesedimensionstorestofthenodesunderthisfolder.
TheCrossFloorlocationfolderisrepresentedbythe icon.
Non‐CrossFloorLocationfolder
WhenyoucreatealocationfolderwithouttheConsiderCrossFloorSpillagecheckboxenabled,informationofeachnodeis
storedinseparate.spmfiles.YoucanaddaCrossFloorlocationfolderunderaNon‐CrossFloorlocationfolder.
TheNon‐CrossFloorlocationfolderisrepresentedbythe
icon.
4.1.3 ManagingLayers
TheManageLayersdialogboxdisplaysdetailsoflayersinanAutoCADfile.WhenyouselectandimportanAutoCADfile
foralocationnode,theManageLayersdialogboxappears.
Figure 11. Managing Layers of an AutoCAD file