HP Radio Frequency Planner Software Series - Manual (Page 74)

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HP RF Planner User Guide
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RF views (also called RF maps) are classified into three groups as shown in the following table.
Access Point Views
Coverage View
Channel View
Link Speed View
Interference View
Redundancy View
SINR View
Sensor Views
Coverage View
Threat View
Redundancy View
Calibration View Calibration
Note: Whenever you shift from one tab of the RF view to another, Planner displays an Information message describing that tab.
7.1.2 Status and Control Pane
The Status and Control pane is divided into two parts. One part contains the Toolbar at the top of the screen, while the second
part appears at the bottom of the screen. These are described in detail in the section
Planning Device Placement: Status and
Control .
7.2 Planning Device Placement: Views for Indoor and Outdoor Layout
Placement of devices like APs and Sensors result in Indoor and Outdoor views. You can disable an AP by right-clicking the
AP and selecting Disable AP. Similarly, you can enable an AP by right-clicking and selecting Enable AP. An enabled AP is
represented as while a disabled AP is represented as . Likewise, you can enable/disable a Sensor. An enabled Sensor is
represented as while a disabled Sensor is represented as . This is just a viewing option for ‘What-If’ scenarios.
You can also view the coverage of a device on different floors using the Filter option in all the views except the Calibration
View. In case of cross-floor, if an AP or Sensor is visible on a layout but belongs to a floor above or below, then that AP or
Sensor is represented with an UP arrow
or DOWN arrow .
7.2.1 AP Coverage View
This view displays color-coded RSSI distribution over the current layout. It helps you plan for available signal strength at a
specific location and check the availability of RF signal at different locations on the plan. This helps you ensure that all the
regions in the plan have coverage from at least one AP. In case there is more than one AP covering an area on the layout, you
can see the strongest signal strength in this view.
Clicking at a point on the layout displays the predicted RSSI at that point in the Status bar.