User's Manual

WorkingwiththeLocationsTreeandtheDevicesList
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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IntheManageLayersdialogbox,someorallthelayersareselectedbydefault.ThisisbecauseeveryAutoCADfilestoresthe
statusofthelayersthatareturnedonoroffbasedontheselectedcheckboxesoflayers.
• LayerName:Selectthecheckboxagainstthelayersyouwant.Youcanoverridetheexistingstatusofeachlayerby
manuallyselectingthembasedonyourrequirement.
• MaterialType:Selectthematerialtypefromthedrop‐downlist,aspopulatedfromthematerialrepository.Planner
usesallthisinformationtomodeltheobjectsonthefloormap.
• Preview:
Reflectsthechangeswiththeselectionoflayers.
• Enlargethisview:Clicktoviewtheenlargedview.
• RestoretonormalView:Clicktorestoretheenlargedviewtonormalview.
Click<Apply>toexecutethechangesmade.
OntheManageLayersscreen,ifyouclick<Cancel>,the
AutoCADfileisnotimportedandyouwillseeablankimageonthe
layoutmodel.
CHECKSUM:
WhenyouloadanodewithanAutoCADfile,PlannervalidatestheattachedAutoCADfile.PlannercheckstheCHECKSUM
valueofthatAutoCADfileandverifiesitwiththeCHECKSUMvaluestoredin
the.spmfileforthatAutoCADfile.Thisisthe
valuestoredwhentheAutoCADfilewasfirstimported.Ifthereisanymismatchinthisvalue,Plannerstillloadsthenodebut
doesnotallowyoutousetheManageLayersoption.Plannerpopsupanalerttoinformyou
aboutthis.
4.1.4 Viewing/LoadingaLocation
Loadingthelocationnodemeansopeningthe.spmfileassociatedwiththenode.Youcanopenonlyonenodeatatime.You
cannotviewalocationlayoutunlessyouloadit.
Toview/loadalocation,right‐clickalocationnodefromtheLocationstreeandselectLoadLocationNode.Plannerlaunches
thelayoutonthelayoutmodelpane.Thetitlebarofthescreenreflectsthepathoftheselectedlocation.
Note:A.spmfilecreatedwiththepreviousversionsofPlannerdoesnothaveanyapplicationenvironment
assignedtothatfile.Whenyou
importthatfileandtrytoloadthenode,thenPlannerpopsupanalertaskingifyouwanttoassignthedefaultapplicationenvironment.