Building Creation - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Building Creation

1. Select the newly created Campus icon from the previous step. When the blank campus area opens, select the
Add New Building icon.
2. When the New Building window appears, enter the following information:
Table 152 New Building Fields and Descriptions
Field
Name
Campus
Longitude & Latitude
Distance between floors The normal distance between floors in the building. This value can be overridden as each floor is
Attenuation between
Floors
User Transmit Power
Desired Data Rate
Address
Figure 227 Create New Building Window
3. Select OK to save. A new Building icon will appear in the middle of the canvas.
4. Drag the Building icon to the appropriate location on the map background.
NOTE: QuickView automatically saves background map images, campus locations, building locations, and building types.
5. Add appropriate geographical background or upload a personalized image by right-clicking on the background.
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Description
Name of the building; located on an existing campus.
Lists all campuses configured on your AMP.
These fields are used to represent a building on Google Earth.
created, but this is the default value for every new floor added to the system. This data element can
be imported or exported to external planning tools like Ekahau. It is not currently utilized by AirWave.
Enter the attenuation loss in decibels between floors. This value can be overridden as each floor is
created, but this is the default value for every new floor added to the system. This data element can
be imported or exported to external planning tools like Ekahau. It is not currently utilized by AirWave.
This value is used when auto-provisioning access points onto a floor plan.
Data rate will determine the new access points when auto-provisioning Greenfield deployment.
Building or Campus address (optional)
Set Map - allows you to browser with the included maps.
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