User's Manual

MenuandToolbarOptions

3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide

• BackColor:Backgroundcolorforthenewmaterial.ClickthecolortochoosethedesiredcolorfromtheColordialog

box.

• FillColor:Fillcolorforthematerial.ClickthecolortochoosethedesiredcolorfromtheColordialogbox.

• BorderColor:Bordercolorforthematerial.

ClickthecolortochoosethedesiredcolorfromtheColordialogbox.

• FillStyle:Selectthefilltypepatternfromthedrop‐downlist.

• BorderStyle:Selectthepatternfortheborderfromthedrop‐downlist.

• Thepreviewwindowontherightreflectstheproperties

youselectforthematerial.

AttenuationProperties(ThroughCoefficient):

• 802.11a/n:Specifytheattenuationfactorforthe802.11a/nprotocol.Thisvalueisapplicabletoboth802.11aand

802.11a/n.

• 802.11b/g/n:Specifytheattenuationfactorforthe802.11b/g/nprotocol.Thisvalueisapplicabletoboth802.11b/gand

802.11b/g/n.

• Addthenew

Materialtotheotherrepository:

¾ IfyouaddanewmaterialfromtheGlobalMaterialRepositorydialogbox,selecttheAddthismaterialtolocal

materialrepositorycheckboxtoincludethismaterialintheLocalMaterialRepository.Thismaterialwillthenbe

availableintheMaterialdrop‐downlist

ontheToolbar.

¾ IfyouaddanewmaterialfromtheLocalMaterialRepositorydialogbox,selecttheAddthismaterialtoglobal

materialrepositorycheckboxtoincludethismaterialintheGlobalMaterialRepository.

Note:IfyouaddamaterialintotheLocalMaterialRepositoryandyoulatercreate

anew.spmfile,thismaterialdoesnotappearinthe

materiallist.ThisisbecausethematerialwasaddedlocallyandnottotheGlobalMaterialRepository.Similarly,ifyouaddamaterialonly

totheGlobalMaterialRepositorybutdonotcopyittotheLocalRepository,youwillnotfindthematerialinthelistofthecurrentlyloaded



.spmfile.However,whenyoucreateanew.spmfile,youwillseethenewmaterialinthemateriallist.

Click<Save>tosaveandaddthenewmaterialtotherepository.

Click<Close>toclosethewindow.

Note:PlannerdisplaysanalertmessageanddoesnotallowyoutosavethematerialunlessyoufillallthefieldsintheMaterial

Propertiesdialogbox.

5.5 Layout:UsingtheToolsoptions

ThefollowingoperationscanbeperformedusingtheToolsmenu.

5.5.1 APRepository

SelectAPRepositoryfromtheToolsmenu.

Figure 41. Tool Menu – AP Repository

TheAccessPointRepositorydialogboxdisplaysalistofavailableAPs,theirmanufacturer,model,andnumberofradios.

Youcandothefollowing: