Use the Tool

About the User Interface

This topic describes the planning components of the user interface.

Plan Settings

The Plan Settings page opens automatically when you first log in. If you are creating a new plan, set the country name to help determine the applicable regulatory domain for the design (affecting channel selection) and device availability. If you want to open an existing plan, you can ignore the Country field and just open your plan from the Manage Plans list.

Plan Settings

Floor Plan Editor

If you are creating a floor plan for the first time, you will want to access the first procedure in the workflow, which isCreate a Plan and Upload a Floor Image. Each topic in the workflow will tell you what your next step in the workflow will be, guiding you easily from start to finish.

The purpose of this section is simply to familiarize you with the different parts of the floor plan editor. Reference this section at any time if you want to understand the purpose of the floor editor tools.

The Floor Plan Editor lets you configure and view the floor plan, and displays the details about number of APs, sensors, size of the area, and other information about the floor plan.

Floor Plan Editor

The Floor Plan Editor page has the following tools and options:

Main Menu

Create, manage, save, and export plans, generate reports, and manage venues.

Tools Menu

Select the tools to configure, view, and filter floor plan coverage. The tools are:

Plan Tree	Configure settings for the plan name, country, location, and floors.
Draw Tools	Upload or import floor images, configure the environment, draw walls and boundaries, set the scale, place APs and sensors, and designate deployment type.
Filters	Filter your view of the floor plan image with regard to background opacity, AP exclusion zones, channel width, and power.
Options	Add badges to APs. Also show or hide badges, grids, zones, cameras, and orientations.
Maps	View your floor plan coverage using the map options: RSS heatmap, channels, location readiness, and link speed. You can view BLE coverage for 2.4 Ghz APs.

Planning Wizard

Guides you through the basic steps to create a floor plan, instead of using the Floor Plan Menu. However, to fine tune and view your coverage, use the Floor Plan Menu.

Radio Toggle Controls

Toggle between 2.4 Ghz and 5.0 Ghz radios to view the difference in coverage.

Search for a specific AP or sensor by serial number, or search for a floor map.

Badge Legend

View the badge descriptions that you optionally assign to APs and floor maps. The badges and colors include the channel width, the radio status (On, Off, Error), the power, and the channel.

Zoom Buttons

Zoom in and out of the floor plan image.

More Information

Published January 2018prev | next

Email this topic

Print this page Print this page

Leave feedback Feedback