Users Guide

10 | Contents Dell Networking W-AirWave 8.0 | User Guide
Defining Floor Plan Boundaries 344
Legacy VisualRF Floor Plan Configuration Options 344
Defining Floor Plan Regions 345
Adding Region to a New Floor using the Floor Upload Wizard 345
Adding a Region to an Existing Floor Plan 345
Legacy Region Configuration Settings 346
Editing a Planning Region 349
Floor Plan Properties 349
Adding Deployed Access Points onto the Floor Plan 349
Adding Planned APs onto the Floor Plan 350
Auto-Matching Planned Devices 351
Printing a Bill of Materials Report 351
Increasing Location Accuracy 352
Adding Exterior Walls 353
Defining Stationary Devices 354
Fine-Tuning Location Service in VisualRF > Setup 355
Decreasing Grid Size 355
Enabling Dynamic Attenuation 355
Configuring Infrastructure 355
Deploying APs for Client Location Accuracy 356
Adding Client Surveys 357
Using VisualRF to Assess RF Environments 359
Viewing a Wireless User’s RF Environment 359
Tracking Location History 360
Checking Signal Strength to Client Location 361
Viewing an AP’s Wireless RF Environment 361
Viewing a Floor Plan’s RF Environment 362
Viewing a Network, Campus, Building’s RF Environment 363
Viewing Campuses, Buildings, or Floors from a List View 363
Viewing Campuses, Buildings, or Floors from a Tree View 364
Importing and Exporting in VisualRF 365
Exporting a campus 365
Importing from CAD 365
Batch Importing CAD Files 365
Requirements 365
Pre Processing Steps 366
Upload Processing Steps 366
Post Processing Steps 366
Sample Upload Instruction XML File 366
Common Importation Problems 367
Importing from a Dell Networking W-Series Controller 367
Pre-Conversion Checklist 367
Process on Controller 367
Process on AirWave 367
VisualRF Location APIs 368
Sample Device Location Response 368
Sample Site Inventory Response 368
About VisualRF Plan 369
Overview 369
Minimum requirements 369