Users Guide

Cropping the Floor Plan Image 317
Copying a Floor Plan in the Same Building 317
Sizing a Non-CAD Floor Plan 317
Defining Floor Plan Boundaries 318
Defining Floor Plan Regions 318
Adding Region to a New Floor using the Floor Upload Wizard 318
Adding a Region to an Existing Floor Plan 319
Editing a Planning Region 319
Floor Plan Properties 320
Adding Deployed Access Points onto the Floor Plan 320
Adding Planned APs onto the Floor Plan 321
Auto-Matching Planned Devices 322
Printing a Bill of Materials Report 322
Increasing Location Accuracy 323
Adding Exterior Walls 324
Defining Stationary Devices 325
Fine-Tuning Location Service in VisualRF > Setup 326
Decreasing Grid Size 326
Enabling Dynamic Attenuation 326
Configuring Infrastructure 326
Deploying APs for Client Location Accuracy 327
Using VisualRF to Assess RF Environments 328
Viewing a Wireless User’s RF Environment 328
Tracking Location History 329
Checking Signal Strength to Client Location 330
Viewing an AP’s Wireless RF Environment 330
Viewing a Floor Plan’s RF Environment 331
Viewing a Network, Campus, Building’s RF Environment 332
Viewing Campuses, Buildings, or Floors from a List View 332
Importing and Exporting in VisualRF 333
Exporting a campus 333
Importing from CAD 333
Batch Importing CAD Files 334
Requirements 334
Pre Processing Steps 334
Upload Processing Steps 334
Post Processing Steps 335
Sample Upload Instruction XML File 335
Common Importation Problems 335
Importing from a Dell Networking W-Series Controller 335
Pre-Conversion Checklist 335
Process on Controller 336
Process on W-AirWave 336
VisualRF Location APIs 336
Sample Device Location Response 336
Sample Site Inventory Response 336
About VisualRF Plan 337
Overview 337
Minimum requirements 337
VisualRF Plan Installation 338
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