HP Radio Frequency Planner Software Series - Manual (Page 108)

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HP RF Planner User Guide
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Chapter 9 Generating Output from Planner
Planner generates a comprehensive report giving the architect’s drawings, BoM for WLAN devices, information about AP and
Sensor configuration, original layouts, and all the security exposure and network coverage RF views generated during
planning. It also replays customer input as a ready reference. The report is configurable in that you can select any of the above
for inclusion. For example, you may want to restrict the report to only BoM or security analysis (leaving out network details).
The report is generated in Microsoft Word format. The compliance report is generated in the XML format.
Contents of the generated reports are:
• BoM (Bill of Material): Contains a tabulated list of APs and Sensors placed on the layout along with the location on
the floor map. This report is useful to understand the equipment requirement and placement.
• Introduction Report: Explains the entire process from the customer input to the HP output. It also describes the
Planning Methodology and Objectives, the general assumptions made for modeling a WLAN, and the observations
that you can make based on the RF plan.
• Compliance Report: Contains the configuration details of APs and Sensors placed on the layout. You can import this
report into a WLAN Controller, so that you do not have to reconfigure the controllers for APs and Sensors. There is
no specific industry format for this kind of report and thus HP has chosen this format.
• Layout Report: Contains details of the Work Order, WLAN Coverage Map, Security Exposure Map, AP Coverage
Redundancy Map, Link Speed Map, Channel Allocation Map, Sensor Coverage Map, Sensor External Map, and
Sensor Redundancy Map.
Note: You cannot generate any report without completing the calculations for all the RF views.
9.1 WLAN Planning Report
You can generate a WLAN planning report in two ways:
1 Go to FileGenerate Report.
2 Click
on the Toolbar.
Figure 135. Generate Report: Invoking from File Menu
Note: If you have not saved the project file for which you are to generate a report, Planner prompts you to do so.