User's Manual
MenuandToolbarOptions
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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• BackColor:Backgroundcolorforthenewmaterial.ClickthecolortochoosethedesiredcolorfromtheColordialog
box.
• FillColor:Fillcolorforthematerial.ClickthecolortochoosethedesiredcolorfromtheColordialogbox.
• BorderColor:Bordercolorforthematerial.
ClickthecolortochoosethedesiredcolorfromtheColordialogbox.
• FillStyle:Selectthefilltypepatternfromthedrop‐downlist.
• BorderStyle:Selectthepatternfortheborderfromthedrop‐downlist.
• Thepreviewwindowontherightreflectstheproperties
youselectforthematerial.
AttenuationProperties(ThroughCoefficient):
• 802.11a/n:Specifytheattenuationfactorforthe802.11a/nprotocol.Thisvalueisapplicabletoboth802.11aand
802.11a/n.
• 802.11b/g/n:Specifytheattenuationfactorforthe802.11b/g/nprotocol.Thisvalueisapplicabletoboth802.11b/gand
802.11b/g/n.
• Addthenew
Materialtotheotherrepository:
¾ IfyouaddanewmaterialfromtheGlobalMaterialRepositorydialogbox,selecttheAddthismaterialtolocal
materialrepositorycheckboxtoincludethismaterialintheLocalMaterialRepository.Thismaterialwillthenbe
availableintheMaterialdrop‐downlist
ontheToolbar.
¾ IfyouaddanewmaterialfromtheLocalMaterialRepositorydialogbox,selecttheAddthismaterialtoglobal
materialrepositorycheckboxtoincludethismaterialintheGlobalMaterialRepository.
Note:IfyouaddamaterialintotheLocalMaterialRepositoryandyoulatercreate
anew.spmfile,thismaterialdoesnotappearinthe
materiallist.ThisisbecausethematerialwasaddedlocallyandnottotheGlobalMaterialRepository.Similarly,ifyouaddamaterialonly
totheGlobalMaterialRepositorybutdonotcopyittotheLocalRepository,youwillnotfindthematerialinthelistofthecurrentlyloaded
.spmfile.However,whenyoucreateanew.spmfile,youwillseethenewmaterialinthemateriallist.
Click<Save>tosaveandaddthenewmaterialtotherepository.
Click<Close>toclosethewindow.
Note:PlannerdisplaysanalertmessageanddoesnotallowyoutosavethematerialunlessyoufillallthefieldsintheMaterial
Propertiesdialogbox.
5.5 Layout:UsingtheToolsoptions
ThefollowingoperationscanbeperformedusingtheToolsmenu.
5.5.1 APRepository
SelectAPRepositoryfromtheToolsmenu.
Figure 41. Tool Menu – AP Repository
TheAccessPointRepositorydialogboxdisplaysalistofavailableAPs,theirmanufacturer,model,andnumberofradios.
Youcandothefollowing: