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Editing a Planning Region
You can edit a region by right-clicking within the region to see the following options:
l Select All - Selects all regions on the floorplan.
l Draw Walls Around Region - This action surrounds the region with walls of the last used wall type (concrete,
cubicle, drywall or glass). For information on defining different wall types, see Adding Exterior Walls.
l Bring to Back, Send to Front - If one region is within the boundaries of another region, or two regions overlap, you
may not be able to select the desired region until that region is brought to the front, or the overlapping region is sent
to the back.
l Delete Planned Devices - Deletes all planned APs within the region.
l Remove - Delete the region. Any planned devices within the region will stay on the floor plan.
Floor Plan Properties
You can edit an existing floor plan in the HTML5 UI by changing the floor plan properties described in Table 162. To
access the Properties menu:
1. Navigate to VisualRF> Floor Plans.
2. Open the floor plan in Network view.
3. Click the Properties link to open the Properties menu.
Setting Default Description
Floor Name
Floor
[Number]
A descriptive name for the floor. It inherits the floor number as a name if nothing
is entered.
Floor Number 0.0
The floor number. You can enter negative numbers for basements.
NOTE: Each floor plan within a building must have a unique floor number.
Width
Height
N/A
These fields display the current width and height of the floor plan. To change
these settings, click the Measure icon and measure a portion of the floor. For
details, see Sizing a Non-CAD Floor Plan .
Gridsize 5 x 5 feet
Decreasing the grid size will enable the location to place clients in a small grid
which will increase accuracy.
Advanced
Client TX 30mW
Client transmit power, used in auto placement of access points onto floors within
this campus. The range is 30mW to 100mW.
Speed 200 Mbps
The data transmission speed used in auto placement of access points onto
floors within this campus. The range is 6 Mbps to 1.3 Gbps.
Ceiling Height 10
Specifies the height from the floor to the ceiling. This will default to the ceiling
height for the building, but you can override here if needed for atria or
basements.
Ceiling
Attenuation
20
Specifies the attenuation characteristics in dB of the ceiling or the floor above.
For details on defining attenuation values, see Attenuation Settings.
Table 162: Floor Plan Properties
Adding Deployed Access Points onto the Floor Plan
You can provision existing APs in your network onto a new floor plan using the Floor Upload wizard, or edit an
existing floor plan to add new APs using the Properties menu for that floor.