Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

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Basic QuickView NavigationQuickView is designed to be very intuitive with easy to use pull down menus. The RF pull down menusare split into two major categories, display toggles and editing tools.Display TogglesOverlays – select which overlay to view• Channel – provides channel interferences by color and PHY• Wired Range – Displays the distance an Ethernet cable can be pulled from an IDF. The max rangeis equal to 300 feet minus 5 percent minus 1.1 times the floor height.• Voice – provides coloring based on number of radios covering each grid cell with a minimum of -70dBm of signal and assuming a client transmit power of 100 mW.• Sensor Coverage – provides the farthest area which a sensor can hear.• Heatmap – provides the highest dBm (energy level) for all areas of a floor plan.• Data Rate – provides the highest data rate a user will receive for all areas of a floor plan.• Show Overlays From – combines all floors APs selected to show the highest achievable signal foreach grid cell on the floor. Floor Above – show the heatmap from APs located on the floor above This Floor (default) Floor Below – show the heatmap from APs located on the floor belowOverlays Control Widget – provides ability to increase or decrease the current overlay• Heatmap (RSSI Ring) – Evaluate coverage based on signal levels.• Channel Overlay (Data Rate Slider) – Evaluate coverage based on data rate.• Data Rate (User Xmit) – Evaluate coverage based on xmit power of client.Display• Sensors – Toggle sensors on or off. Note: off by default on all views.• Regions – Toggle regions on or off. Note: off by default on all views.• Surveys – Toggle surveys on or off. Note: off by default on all views.• Walls – Toggle walls on or off. Note: on by default on all views.• Users – Toggle wireless users on or off. Note: on by default on all views.• Tags – Toggle WiFi Tags on or off. Note: off by default on all views.• Labels – Toggle labels on or off. Note: off by default on all views.• Rogues – Toggle surveys on or off. Note: off by default on all views.• Relational Lines Sub-menu – expanded by clicking on the down arrow Wired – Toggle lines between APs/sensors and their IDF. Mesh – Toggle lines between Mesh portals and nodes. Survey – Toggle lines between client (x,y) to APs by client during survey. Rogue – Toggle lines between rogue AP and radios which hear the AP User Neighbors – Toggle lines between client and radios which hear the client excludingthe radio of association.6 Visual RF an d Visual RF Plan | User Guide