Users Guide

Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.5 | User Guide Using VisualRF | 293
Creating a New Campus
Floors are associated with a building, and buildings are associated with a campus. In order to create a new floor,
you must first create a campus with at least one building.
To create and place your campus, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to VisualRF > Floor Plans.
2. Select the Add Campus button located above the floor plan on the top left. The Create New Campus
window, illustrated in Figure 234, appears.
3. Enter the following campus information:
 Name of the campus
 Client Transmit Power - used in auto placement of access points onto floors within this campus. The
range is 30mW to 100mW.
 Desired Speed (mbps)- used in auto placement of access points onto floors within this campus. The range
is 6 to 200 mbps.
Figure 234 Create New Campus window
4. Select OK to save. You will see a new Campus icon appear on the campus canvas.
5. Add appropriate network geographical background or upload a personalized image by right-clicking on the
background.
 Set Map - Allows you to browse with the included maps.
 Auto Arrange Campuses -Arranges the campus in alphabetical order across the background.
6. Drag the new Campus icon to the appropriate location on the map background.
Creating a New Building in a Campus
1. Select the newly created Campus icon from the previous step. When the blank campus area opens, select the
Add New Building icon.
2. When the New Building window appears, enter the following information:
NOTE: Buildings and floors inherit transmit power and speed from the campus.
Table 150 New Building Fields and Descriptions
Field Description
Name Name of the building; located on an existing campus.
Campus Lists all campuses configured on your AirWave.
Longitude & Latitude These fields are used to represent a building on Google Earth.