User's Manual

DevicePlacementontheLayoutModel
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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ColorPaletteCustomization:Double‐clicktheColorIndexintheStatusbar.ThisopenstheColordialogboxwhereyoucan
customizethecolors.
Note:You cancustomizetheColorPaletteinalltheotherviewstoo.
Figure 85. Planning Device Placement: Customize Color Dialog Box
7.2.2 APChannelView
Thisviewdisplaysthechanneldistributionoverthecurrentlayout.TheoperatingchanneloftheAPthatprovidesmaximum
linkspeedatalocationdecidesthechannelvalueatthatlocation.Thisviewhelpsyoudecidethechannelthatshouldbeused
atalocationforthebestperformance.
Thisview
displaysthecolor‐codedchanneloftheAPshowingthemaximumdownlinkdatarateateachpointonthelayout.
PlannerhelpspredicttheAPtowhichaClientshouldassociateforbettersignalstrengthandlinkspeed.Visualdisplayof
channeldistributionalsohelpsyouresolvechanneloverlapconditions.IfyousettheAPtoaparticularchannel,youcansee
thecolorofthecoverageareachangedtothecorrespondingchannelcolor.Youcanselectoneoranycombinationorallthree
protocolstoviewthechannelcoverageforthoseprotocolsonthelayout.