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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 3 2.3 Planner: A Complete WLAN Planning Solution Planner makes the task of WLAN planning simple. Its easy-

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 93 Figure 125. Statistics: Area - Sensor Prevention Figure 126. Statistics: Area - Sensor Redundancy 7.

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 94 • Save as a different project • Export the whole project for import into RF Manager or any other syste

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 95 Chapter 8 Settings 8.1 Settings: Invoking from Tools Menu Figure 127. Settings: Invoking from Tools

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 96 • Angular Line Settings: Default Width: Specify the desired width to draw all angular lines. • Hollow

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 97 The prevention and detection thresholds are different for different protocols. The above screen enables

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 98 • Create System Defined Calibration Points: Select the checkbox to create system defined calibration po

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 99  Click <Add> to add an SSID in the List of SSIDs.  List of SSIDs: Displays the list of SSIDs o

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 100 The Default Sensor Properties dialog box appears. Figure 134. Settings – Sensor Defaults Define setti

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 101 Chapter 9 Generating Output from Planner Planner generates a comprehensive report giving the architect

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 102 This displays the Generate Report dialog box. Figure 136. Generating a Report Enter the details to ge

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 4  Auto Device Placement  Auto Channel Allocation • Capacity Estimation • Support of AutoCAD files fo

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 103 Figure 137. Report Details You cannot edit the Work Order Number and Customer Name fields from this s

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 104 • Choose Report Folder: Specify the path to the folder, or click <Browse> to navigate to the fol

Appendix A: Planning Sensors HP RF Planner User Guide 110 Appendix A: Planning Sensors In addition to Planner, HP also has a complementary product cal

Appendix B: Integration of Planner and RF Manager HP RF Planner User Guide 111 Appendix B: Integration of Planner and RF Manager RF Manager monitors a

Appendix B: Integration of Planner and RF Manager HP RF Planner User Guide 112 The Export dialog box appears. Figure 140. Export Options The Export

Appendix C: File Level and Application Level Parameters HP RF Planner User Guide 113 Appendix C: File Level and Application Level Parameters The follo

Appendix D: Glossary of Terms HP RF Planner User Guide 114 Appendix D: Glossary of Terms This section provides a quick reference to wireless networkin

Appendix D: Glossary of Terms HP RF Planner User Guide 115 Term Definition Description ‘What-If’ scenarios. You can also generate various RF views. RF

Appendix D: Glossary of Terms HP RF Planner User Guide 116 Term Definition Description multiple radios. The maximum number of spatial streams is limit

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 5 Chapter 3 Launching Planner This chapter shows you how to launch Planner and use the new Planner file. 3

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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 6 Figure 2. New Project • Click <Create New> to start a New Project File to create a new Wi-Fi pro

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 7 Figure 4. Browsing for Folder • Directory Name: Displays the path and the project file directory name.

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 8 The project layout appears as follows. Figure 5. Project Layout The new Planner project layout screen i

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 9 • Autodesk DWG Release 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2002, 2004/2005/2006 Planner allows importing of the

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 10 Chapter 4 Working with the Locations Tree and the Devices List Planner enables you to model the enterpr

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 11 Figure 7. Adding a New Location Node The New Location Node dialog box contains details of the Location

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 12 • Max Attenuation Factor: Specifies the maximum attenuation factors for 802.11a/n and 802.11b/g/n proto

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 13 If you import an AutoCAD file, Planner extracts the dimensions from the AutoCAD file. It is sometimes ob

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 14 4.1.3 Managing Layers The Manage Layers dialog box displays details of layers in an AutoCAD file. When

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 15 Note: A .spm file created with the previous versions of Planner does not have any application environmen

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 16 The Open dialog box appears. Figure 12. Importing a Location Specify the path of the file or navigate

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 17 4.1.7 Cut/Copy/Paste a Location You can cut/copy location folders and nodes, and paste them onto other

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 18 2 The bottom left pane, called Locations, shows all the nodes and folders available under the selected

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 19 • Right-click the location folder and select Properties. The Location Folder Properties dialog box appe

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 20 Note: In case of a location node, you will first have to Load the node. Otherwise, the Properties option

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 21 Figure 22. Viewing Location Node Properties

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 22 4.2 Devices List The Devices list enables you to view all the devices that are placed on a particular l

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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 23 Chapter 5 Menu and Toolbar Options This section describes in detail various menus and Toolbar options i

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 24 Edit Menu Figure 25. Edit Menu Menu Item Name Description Keyboard Shortcut Toolbar Button Undo Revers

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 25 Menu Item Name Description Keyboard Shortcut Toolbar Button Zoom Mode Activates the zoom mode enabling y

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 26 Drawing a Polygon Figure 28. Drawing a Polygon 1 Left-click the starting point (#1) 2 Left-click the

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 27 Tools Menu Figure 30. Tools Menu Menu Item Name Description Keyboard Shortcut Toolbar Button Lock Layo

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 28 Help Menu Figure 31. Help Menu Menu Name Description Keyboard Shortcut Update License Updates the Lic

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 29 5.2 Layout: Icons The following icons are available to you from the Planner Toolbar. Some of these are

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 30 2 The cursor changes to the cross hair icon . Click the location where you want to draw the object and

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 31 To change the properties of an object, double-click or right-click the object and select Properties. Fi

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 32 • Add: Click to add a new material to the list of materials in the Global Repository. The Material Prop

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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 33 • Import from Global Repository: Click to import materials from the Global Material Repository. Click &

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 34 Common Properties: • Name: Name of the new material. • Back Color: Background color for the new materi

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 35 5.5.1 AP Repository Select AP Repository from the Tools menu. Figure 40. Tool Menu – AP Repository

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 36 Add AP Properties Description Manufacturer Enter the name of the manufacturer. Model Enter the AP model

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 37 Modify AP Click <Modify> on the Access Point Repository dialog box to modify an existing AP. The M

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 38 5.5.2 Sensor Repository Select Sensor Repository from the Tools menu. Figure 44. Tool Menu – Sensor R

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 39 Add Sensor Properties Description Manufacturer Enter the name of the manufacturer. Model Enter the Senso

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 40 Delete Sensor Click <Delete> and confirm the deletion of a Sensor. 5.5.3 Antenna Repository Anten

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 41 appears. Figure 49. Antenna Repository – Modifying an Antenna The Modify Antenna dialog box is similar

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 42 Add Radiation Pattern Click <Add> to add a Radiation Pattern and specify the antenna properties.

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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 43 Modify Radiation Pattern Click <Modify> on the Radiation Pattern Repository dialog box to modify a

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 44 • In case of a system or user-defined application environment:  Add an Application Environment  Mod

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 45 Deleting an Application Environment Click <Delete> and confirm the deletion of the application env

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 46 802.11 (a, b, g): Figure 57. Waterfall Curve Repository – Adding a Waterfall Curve: 802.11 (a, b, g) •

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 47 802.11 (a/n, b/g/n): Figure 58. Waterfall Curve Repository – Adding a Waterfall Curve: 802.11 (a/n, b/

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 48 Modifying a Waterfall Curve Click <Modify> on the Waterfall Curve Repository dialog box to modify

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 49 5.5.7 Import Planner Settings The Import option allows you to import settings and preferences so that a

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 50 5.5.8 Export Planner Settings The Export option allows you to export all the application level configur

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 51 5.5.9 Location Properties You can change the Location Properties from the Tools menu. Location Properti

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 52 Location Properties: Calculations Tab The Calculations tab allows you can specify the calculations setti

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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 53 Location Properties: Local Material Repository Tab The Local Material Repository tab gives a list of ava

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 54 For example, if you choose the option Building Name, and the building name is ‘MyBuilding’, then Planner

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 55 Chapter 6 WLAN Planning Wizard WLAN Planning Wizard is a feature in Planner that helps you plan the lay

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 56 6.1 Steps in WLAN Planning 1 The Welcome to WLAN Planning Workflow screen shows the steps in the WLAN

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 57 2 The WLAN Planning Wizard: Device Selection screen helps you select the desired AP model and set AP pr

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 58 Figure 70. 802.11n Advance Parameters Set the IEEE 802.11n Advance parameters:  MIMO configuration:

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 59 Select one of the following options: • Coverage Planning: Select to plan the WLAN to enable users at mo

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 60 Figure 73. Coverage Planning Summary The Coverage Planning Summary screen gives you a summary of the c

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 61 Note: A high percentage of uplink traffic with a large number of active users will degrade an AP bandwid

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 62 The WLAN Planning Wizard: Capacity Planning – Advance Parameters screen appears. Figure 75. Capacity P

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Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 63 The WLAN Planning Wizard: Capacity Planning Summary screen appears. Figure 76. Capacity Planning Summa

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 64 Figure 78. Capacity Planning Summary – Passed? (Orange) • If the Capacity Feasibility Check is ‘Faile

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 65  If there are no Area Polygons defined, Planner places the devices on the layout at the calculated loc

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 66 Chapter 7 Device Placement on the Layout Model Device placement enables you to: • Plan the location of

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 67 RF views (also called RF maps) are classified into three groups as shown in the following table. Access

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 68 Figure 82. AP Coverage View: Indoor Layout Figure 83. AP Coverage View: Outdoor Layout Color Palette

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 69 Note: You can customize the Color Palette in all the other views too. Figure 84. Planning Device Place

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 70 Figure 86. AP Channel View: Outdoor Layout 7.2.3 AP Link Speed View This view helps you plan for avai

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 71 Figure 87. AP Link Speed View: Indoor Layout Figure 88. AP Link Speed View: Outdoor Layout

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 72 7.2.4 AP Interference View This view displays the level of 802.11 channel interference at various locat

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 1 Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 Before You Begin Thank you for purchasing HP RF Planner (Planner), a stat

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 73 Figure 90. AP Interference View: Indoor Layout Figure 91. AP Interference View: Outdoor Layout 7.2.5

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 74 availability in case of device breakdown, AP malfunction, capacity planning, and planned outages. Each A

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 75 7.2.6 AP SINR View This view displays the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) values at diffe

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 76 Figure 95. AP SINR View: Outdoor Layout 7.2.7 Sensor Coverage View This view helps plan the placement

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 77 Figure 96. Sensor Coverage View: Indoor Layout Figure 97. Sensor Coverage View: Outdoor Layout 7.2.8

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 78 which may be subjected to different kinds of threats and attacks. This view enables you to identify the

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 79 Figure 99. Sensor Threat View: Outdoor Layout 7.2.9 Sensor Redundancy View This view displays the are

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 80 Figure 100. Sensor Redundancy View: Indoor Layout Figure 101. Sensor Redundancy View: Outdoor Layout

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 81 called system generated points and the placement of these points depends on various factors like locatio

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 82 After taking readings at all points, click <Calibrate>. Planner will calculate the signal loss due

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 2 Chapter 2 Introduction to WLAN Planning and Planner Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) connect you ins

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 83 7.3.5 View Layout Model Click from the Toolbar to view the layout model. This helps you verify the lo

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 84 simultaneously. Selecting more than one protocol can sometimes lead to missing details for a specific pr

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 85 7.3.10 Color Palette This section shows the color palette used in the planning of Device Placement view

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 86 7.5 Device Library Click on the Toolbar to invoke the Device Library dialog box. The Device Library d

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 87 Figure 117. Device Library: Displaying Coverage Area of the Device Once you place the devices on the l

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 88 The Access Point Properties dialog box appears. Figure 118. Access Point Properties You can set the fo

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 89  Power (mW): Select a power level from the supported power values at which the AP will operate for eac

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 90 • Radio Properties  MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address of the Radio.  Antenna: Select an antenna fr

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 91 Note: To view the Statistics for the Sensor Views, switch to the Sensor View group and click the Statist

Table of Contents HP RF Planner User Guide 92 Figure 123. Statistics: Area – Channel Interference Distribution Figure 124. Statistics: Area - Sens