Page 1 ® Summit WMScanner User Guide Extreme Networks, Inc. 3585 Monroe Street Santa Clara, California 95051 (888) 257-3000 (408) 579-2800 http://www.extremenetworks.com Published: Dec, 2009 Part Number: 100358-00 Rev 01...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Summit WMScanner Overview ....................5 System Requirements ..............................5 Additional Recommendations for 3D Use......................5 Installation on XP, Vista 32, Vista 64 ........................6 Preparation................................6 Driver Installation.............................7 For Measurements, use recent Atheros 802.11 chipset LAN cards ............7 Uninstalling the Measurements Driver....................10 Hardware Removal..........................10 Activating Your Software ............................12 Obtaining an Activation Code ........................12...
Page 4 Table of Contents Drawing Limits............................37 Layer Properties Manager ........................37 Lineweight Settings ..........................39 Prune Overlapping Partitions ........................39 Break/Ungroup Entities ...........................39 Equipment Menu ............................40 Measurement Survey Data..........................41 Reports Menu..............................42 Utilities Menu ..............................49 Project Information..........................50 Setting the Project Workspace.........................50 Creating a New Project Workspace......................52 Utilities - Geo-Reference Building......................55 Utilities - Drawing Legend........................57 Preferences Dialog............................59...
Page 5 Table of Contents Channel Width Performance .........................114 Data Rate Performance..........................115 Verifying Network Coverage ........................117 Identifying and Locating Access Points .......................117 Verifying the Channel and SSID Settings of Access Points.................118 Importing Measurement Logfiles ........................119 Exporting Measurement Logfiles ........................120 Deleting Measurement Data ..........................121 Access Point Associations ...........................122 Display Measurement Data..........................124 Text Display..............................125...
Page 6 Table of Contents Up/Down ...............................167 Format Floor............................167 Help Button ............................167 Assemble Building ..........................167 Formatting Floors Using the Floor Formatting Wizard................169 Leave Floor Empty ..........................171 Sketch Floor Plan ..........................171 Making a Copy of a Floor ........................176 Importing an Unformatted File......................176 Import Preformatted File ........................180 Editing Floors in an Existing Building Model....................181 Rescale Floor ............................182 Reset Floor Alignment Point .........................182...
Page 7: Chapter 1: Summit Wmscanner Overview
Summit WMScanner Overview ® Summit WMScanner is a software package that enables you to efficiently measure and visualize 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n network performance. The software utilizes a floor plan map and a special network driver adapter to allow you to measure, visualize, and archive vital wireless network information.
Page 8: Installation On Xp, Vista 32, Vista 64
Backing Up Previous Work: If you are upgrading a previous installation of Summit WMScanner, ● Extreme Networks recommends that you back up your Workspace folder, Antennas folder, and BOM folder prior to installation. These folders are located in the root installation directory for your installed software.
Page 9: Driver Installation
3 Select Treat Drivers Signed by Microsoft the Same as Those Signed by Others and then click Properties. 4 On the settings tab, select Enabled. 5 Open a command window, select Run As Administrator, and run the Group Policy update utility, GPUpdate.exe, to ensure that the settings are updated on the target system.
Page 10 Summit WMScanner Overview 4 Choose I accept this agreement. Select Next. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 11 The driver will now be installed. When the installation finishes, it will notify you that the installation was successful. If you encounter an error, please contact the Extreme Networks support. 6 An Add remove entry is added which can be used to remove the driver from the system.
Page 12: Uninstalling The Measurements Driver
Summit WMScanner Overview NOTE If some other driver (say card manufacturer’s driver) has been installed prior to running the installer then, then the installer will create a backup of the old driver before installing the new driver. The old driver will be restored when the driver will be uninstalled.
Page 13 4 Again, select your adapter and select OK to confirm you wish to remove the hardware (this will not uninstall the driver. This process simply allows you to safely unplug the adapter from your computer). You can now remove the WLAN Adapter from your computer. This completes the hardware removal process.
Page 14: Activating Your Software
PC and are non-transferable. Activation codes will not be provided for multiple PCs. Please be aware of this before requesting an activation code from Extreme Networks. To get the License code you will require a new 16 byte (string) lock code.
Page 15: Applying Your Activation Code
Your software includes a 14-day trial license to provide you with a brief grace period. To begin using your software, click Cancel and then click the Exit Update Dialog button. Applying Your Activation Code 1 An activation code will be returned to you via email as a file attachment. Upon receipt of your activation code, save the file to an easily-accessible location, preferably your Windows desktop.
Page 16: Providing The Wmscanner Activation Code
Summit WMScanner Overview Providing the WMScanner Activation Code An annual activation (license) code is required for continued use of Summit WMScanner. Use the following steps to update the activation (license) code: 1 Launch Summit WMScanner from the desktop icon. 2 Select the Help menu. 3 Click on the Manage Licenses option.
Page 17 Follow the instructions provided to generate and activate the license key. NOTE If you have not already registered this product with Extreme Networks, you can register on the Extreme Networks website at: http://www.extremenetworks.com/go/productregistration. 5 The license key arrives by email to the customer. Save the attached key to the local drive where the Summit WMScanner software drive is installed.
Page 18: Understanding Wireless Network Design
Summit WMScanner Overview 7 Click on the Register button. Summit WMScanner is now ready for use. Understanding Wireless Network Design Some general knowledge is important for measuring a 802.11a, b, g, or n wireless communications network. By no means is this section meant to be complete or comprehensive, but it should serve as a general introduction for someone who is looking to expand their knowledge of WLANs.
Page 19: Steps For Measuring A Wireless Network
Steps for Measuring a Wireless Network This section provides you a brief overview of a common suggested workflow using Summit WMScanner. This workflow describes how most people will work with Summit WMScanner to measure, visualize measurement results, and troubleshoot WLAN problems. This workflow is intended to give you a better understanding of how to get started using this software.
Page 20: Measurement And Data Visualization
Summit WMScanner Overview Jpg or Bmp file: Any raster image depicting the building floorplan can be used for surveys within ● Summit WMScanner. These images can be drawn by hand in basic image editing software, or they can be taken from existing floor plans. After importing and scaling, a .jpg or .bmp file is a simple, efficient method for modeling a building within Summit WMScanner.
Page 21: Chapter 2: Wmscanner Gui And Menus
WMScanner GUI and Menus This chapter provides the information you need to become familiar with the Summit WMScanner Graphical User Interface (GUI), menu options, utilities, and help options. To help you use Summit WMScanner efficiently, the chapter is organized around the following structure: “WMScanner GUI Layout”...
Page 22: Toolbar Icons
WMScanner GUI and Menus NOTE To display the Legend Window, selct the Toggle dockable legend icon from the toolbar. For more information, see “Toolbar Icons” on page NOTE Whenever you change Summit WMScanner’s window size, user preferences, or the project workspace, all settings are saved upon exiting the tool.
Page 23: Drawing Window - Right Click Menu
The toolbar icons that follow allow you to manipulate the drawing views: Drawing Window - Right Click Menu Right-clicking anywhere within the drawing window displays the following menu. This menu provides quick access to the most commonly used functions for viewing the drawing, including real-time pan and zoom and moving up and down building floors.
Page 24: Legend Window
WMScanner GUI and Menus F6 - Zoom to drawing extents ● F9 - Go to a specific floor ● Legend Window In addition to the legend displayed in the drawing, Summit WMScanner contains a legend window that displays labels and colors for partition categories and measurement data. To toggle the legend window on or off, click the button on the standard toolbar.
Page 25: Wmscanner Menus
WMScanner Menus Summit WMScanner has been designed with an organized menu structure designed to allow you to quickly access similar features from within the same menu. The following sections provide a brief overview of each toolbar menu and the functionality that is provided by the submenu commands. File Menu The File menu provides the ability to create and open project workspaces, open, and save drawings: Creates a new empty drawing that can be used to construct a floor plan.
Page 26 WMScanner GUI and Menus NOTE You can only merge two WMScanner color schemes if you open a drawing. 1 Click Yes to display the Color Scheme Merge Wizard.. The color scheme merge wizard displays the list of differing schemes as well as the differences between those schemes.
Page 27 a To add an element to the Final Scheme manually, select the elements from either the Drawing Scheme or Default Scheme and then click the “>” or “<“ buttons. b To remove the unnecessary element, select the element and then click the Remove button. c To edit the Final Scheme manually, click the Edit Scheme...
Page 28: Editing A Color Scheme
WMScanner GUI and Menus 4 Click Finish. Editing a Color Scheme There are many reasons why a color scheme might need to be changed. Use the following steps when an existing color scheme needs to be edited: NOTE The following steps may be used to add or remove basic colors from the Color Scheme. 1 Click once on the color scheme for editing.
Page 29: View Menu
The appropriate scaling will be applied so that the distance between the points within the drawing matches the value you enter. If your drawing contains measurement data, you should erase it before using the scale command. 1 To scale drawing, select File > Scale Floor Plan. 2 Click the OK button.
Page 30: View Menu - Building Floor
WMScanner GUI and Menus Zooms a particular area/window in the drawing. Once the window zooming is Window activated, click and hold the left mouse button while moving the mouse up or down to zoom in or out. Press ESC to cancel. Use Pan to move left, right, up or down in your view of the drawing.
Page 31 The Building Floor submenu contains the following commands: Up One Floor - If a drawing has more than one floor, and the current floor is not the top floor, this ● command will make all layers associated with the next higher floor visible and hide all other layers. Down One Floor - If a drawing has more than one floor, and the current floor is not the lowest floor, ●...
Page 32: View Menu - Shade
WMScanner GUI and Menus Hide Floor - This command opens the Select Drawing Floors to Hide dialog . After selecting a floor to ● hide, the software hides layers associated with the chosen floor. View Menu - Shade The commands under this submenu allows users to modify the way the display is rendered. Select the Refresh Screen command to return to normal operation.
Page 33: Advanced - Set Displayed Drawing Information Dialog
2D Wireframe - The default view of the drawing. All surfaces will appear transparent, allowing you ● to see through walls and visualization results. 2D Wireframe is best used with bitmap and JPEG images. Hidden - Shades and displays the object like Flat Shaded, Edges On except that it hides the lines ●...
Page 34 WMScanner GUI and Menus When this checkbox is activated, the complete antenna system of all access Display Transmitters points on all floors will be visible at all times. When not checked, only access on Other Floors points on the current floor will be visible. When this checkbox is activated, the legend in the drawing will be visible, Display Legend displaying information about the meaning of colors of partitions and of...
Page 35: Format Building Menu
Some commands in Summit WMScanner will display a dialog box containing Reset Display of helpful hints on using the command when it is accessed for the first time. Informational These dialog windows, known as information windows, provide detailed Windows information about the command. It is highly recommended that you carefully review each information window before continuing to use the corresponding command.
Page 36 WMScanner GUI and Menus This command launches the Building Wizard, which is used to format, edit, Building Wizard and assemble building floors. The Building Wizard operates within the current Project Workspace and does not necessarily perform operations in the currently open drawing.
Page 37: Edit Sub-Menu
The Scale Drawing command allows you to resize entities within the Scale Drawing environment. You can scale the entire drawing (both formatted and unformatted), or only the formatted entities of one drawing or each entity-by- entity. You will be prompted to select two points in the drawing (by clicking with the mouse) and you can then enter the actual physical distance between the two locations you picked.
Page 38: Advanced Sub-Menu
WMScanner GUI and Menus Advanced Sub-menu The Advanced sub-menu provides functionality for modifying different aspects of a drawing, drawing entities, and objects. Building Manager The Building Manager dialog box provides advanced functionality for managing and navigating floors in the current drawing. Most users will not require these features. Adds a new floor to the current drawing.
Page 39: Drawing Limits
Hides a selected floor. Hide Floor Aligns floors vertically if a building has multiple floors. Align Floors Opens the Ceiling Editor dialog box, which allows you to select the floor, and Specify Ceiling Add Section of Ceiling, or Erase Section of Ceiling. If you are combining drawings of the same floor or are of two separate Set Reference Point buildings, use Set Reference Point on each drawing separately to position the...
Page 40 WMScanner GUI and Menus When layers are visible, you can make changes to entities on the layer. Hidden layers remain stored in the drawing file, but the objects on hidden layers are not accessible for selection. Layers that are hidden are generally unaffected by your actions.
Page 41: Lineweight Settings
existing layer. The Layer Properties Manager also allows you to create new layers by using the New button in the Layer Properties Manager dialog box. You can also select a particular layer and make it the current layer by clicking the Current button. Lineweight Settings Lineweight Settings are useful for increasing the thickness with which lines are drawn in 2D Wireframe and other wireframe views.
Page 42: Equipment Menu
WMScanner GUI and Menus Equipment Menu The Equipment menu encapsulates the ability to place, configure, and modify your network equipment within Summit WMScanner. Summit WMScanner allows you to place access points, sensors, and controllers in your network design. This command prompts you with a list of pre-configured access points that you Place Access Point may place in your drawing.
Page 43: Measurement Survey Data
This command opens a fly-out menu for placing, editing/removing, moving, and Sensor copying sensors. This command opens a fly-out menu for placing, editing/removing, and moving RFID RFID readers. The RFID readers come with a default antenna. You can add more antennas and also edit antennas. See “Adding/Editing the Antenna”...
Page 44: Reports Menu
WMScanner GUI and Menus This command allows you to view data based on real WLAN measurements. Visualize Survey Invoking this command opens the Visualization panel, allowing you to select Data from the following types of heat maps: Channel Grid Coverage Grid SNR Grid SSID Grid Data Rate Grid...
Page 45 1 Launch Microsoft Word. 2 From the top menu in Microsoft Word, select Tools > Templates and Add-ins... 3 In the Global templates and add-ins section, click on the Add... button 4 Browse to the c:\program files\Summit WMScanner\Template directory. 5 Select the rfreporting.dot file. 6 Click on the OK button.
Page 46 WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
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Page 48 WMScanner GUI and Menus When you are satisfied with the report parameters, select Generate Report, and chose an output file name from the Save As dialog: Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 49 After selecting the report parameters, Summit WMScanner generates the report. Depending on the complexity of the design, this may take several minutes. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 50 WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 51: Utilities Menu
Utilities Menu The Utilities menu provides access to commands that are useful through the entire software package. The commands allow you to do such things as: Enter project information ● Set/Create Project Workspace ● Alter the drawing legend ● Create text labels ●...
Page 52: Project Information
WMScanner GUI and Menus This command prompts the user to select points in a drawing; Summit Show Distance WMScanner draws temporary line segments between consecutive points. While Between Points the mouse cursor is moved around, a tool tip displays the sum of the lengths of the line segments.
Page 53 To select a project workspace to be the current workspace, you may first select a repository of workspaces, using the Browse button. The current workspace repository is indicated to the left of the Browse button. The default repository directory is “C:\Program Files\Summit WMScanner\Workspaces”.
Page 54: Creating A New Project Workspace
WMScanner GUI and Menus You can also delete a project workspace by selecting the Erase button. Creating a New Project Workspace To create a new project workspace, select File > Set/Create Project Workspace. The Project Workspace selection dialog appears: Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 55 From the Project Workspace selection dialog box, you can create, erase and choose between currently defined project workspaces. At the top of the dialog box, the Current Project Workspace is shown. The Current Project Workspace can be changed, a new project workspace can be created, and project workspaces can be deleted from with the Project Workspace dialog.
Page 56 WMScanner GUI and Menus In addition, a subdirectory with the new project name will be created under the Workspaces Directory and the local project workspace directory structure will be established within it. In general, you are free to add your own directories or subdirectories to any project workspace as the job demands. Keep in mind that changes to files in the global workspace may directly impact all project workspaces.
Page 57: Utilities - Geo-Reference Building
After you have created the new project workspace, select Done to exit the Project Workspace dialog. Now, the active project workspace is the one you just created. Utilities - Geo-Reference Building Summit WMScanner enables you to geo-reference your drawing. Summit WMScanner allows you to record the latitude and longitude coordinates for a given set of points in your drawing, effectively geo- referencing these points.
Page 58 WMScanner GUI and Menus NOTE The latitude value must be within the range -90 to +90 and the longitude value must be within the range -180 to +180. You can enter up to six decimal places in the latitude and longitude field. Summit WMScanner rounds the seventh digit after the decimal point.
Page 59: Utilities - Drawing Legend
Click the Pick Point button and then click on the drawing to re-record the x, y points. Enter the WGS84 latitude and longitude for these newly recorded points. Click the OK button to exit the dialog box by recording the edited values; click the Cancel button to exit the dialog box without recording the new values and ignore the new changes.
Page 60 WMScanner GUI and Menus drawing to set the new legend position. Choose the point in the drawing where you want the lower left corner of the legend to appear. Once you have finished configuring and placing the legend, press the OK button to dismiss the ●...
Page 61: Preferences Dialog
Preferences Dialog Summit WMScanner offers many different configuration preferences for your convenience. These preferences allow you to configure the file paths, printers, autosave, pointer devices, fonts, colors, and many other settings. This section describes each of the tabs in the Preferences dialog. Preferences - Files The Files tab in the Preferences dialog box presents the options noted on the next page.
Page 62: Preferences - Display
WMScanner GUI and Menus Preferences - Display This tab, controls various options related to how the drawing is rendered to the screen. For example, the Colors button allows you to customize the user interface colors to suit your personal preferences. Display scroll bars in drawing window - Enables horizontal and vertical scrollbars in drawing window.
Page 63 Fonts - The following dialog allows you to choose a font for the Command Line pane and the Session ● History window. This only affects the appearance of text within the lower command prompt area. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 64: Preferences - Open And Save
WMScanner GUI and Menus Preferences - Open and Save Preferences related to how Summit WMScanner opens and saves files are contained in the Open and Save tab under the Options dialog. Users will typically want to keep the “Save as:” preference set to “Summit WMScanner 2004 drawing”.
Page 65: Preferences - Plotting
Preferences - Plotting This tab controls the default settings for the printing and plotting subsystem. Use this functionality to control the way in which your designs are printed. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 66: Preferences - System
WMScanner GUI and Menus Preferences - System This tab enables you to adjust such properties as whether or not the software will generate an audible alert on errors, and to configure access to system pointing devices other than the Windows system mouse (example, a CAD drawing tablet).
Page 67: Preferences - User Preferences
Preferences - User Preferences The User Preferences tab contains a number of settings that are primarily of interest to users familiar with AutoCAD. The default settings for these values are generally the most beneficial. Windows Standard Behavior - Enables you to select whether to use the standard Windows accelerator ●...
Page 68: Preferences - Drafting
WMScanner GUI and Menus operation by activating or deactivating Object Sorting. Except in extremely specialized applications (example, you wish to have certain drawing entities plotted prior to others), this functionality should not affect your work in Summit WMScanner. Lineweight Settings - Enables you to activate, deactivate, or adjust the settings for the display of ●...
Page 69: Preferences - 3D Modelling Tab
Preferences - 3D Modelling Tab set options for working The options in the 3D modelling tab are useful if Summit WMScanner to with solids and surfaces in 3D. controls settings for the display style of the crosshairs pointer 3D crosshairs: this option ●...
Page 70: Preferences - Selection
WMScanner GUI and Menus Displays the UCS icon in model space when the Display in 3D Perspective Projection: ■ current visual style is set to 3D Hidden, 3D Wireframe, Conceptual, or Realistic, and the projection style is set to Perspective. Dynamic Input: Controls the display of dynamic input fields for coordinate entry.
Page 71: Utilities Menu - Wms Configuration
Noun/Verb Selection To specify objects for a command to operate upon, you can either make the ● selection and invoke the command, or invoke the command and then make the selection. The former is considered a noun/verb selection (the selection occurs before specifying the action) and is enabled by this checkbox.
Page 72: Help Menu
WMScanner GUI and Menus IP Address: Specify the IP address of the WMS server. ● Port Number: Specify the port numbers for secured and unsecured communication protocols. The ● default port number for secured communication (HTTPS) is 8443, and for unsecured communication (HTTP) is 9090.
Page 73 This command launches Extreme Networks Website. Extreme Networks Website This command opens the About Summit WMScanner screen, which shows About information about the software. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 74 WMScanner GUI and Menus Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 75: Chapter 3: Measurement Surveys
Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner eliminates the hassles involved in collecting data acquisition by implementing a point-and-click method of acquiring measurement data from your PC’s wireless LAN (WLAN) card. The following workflow diagram provides an overview of the primary measurement survey steps for recording measurements and visualizing the results.
Page 76: Taking Measurements
Measurement Surveys NOTE Before recording measurements, run File > Scale Floor Plan and identify a measured area in the floorplan to provide Summit WMScanner with an accurate representation of distances within the drawing file. Taking Measurements The recommended method of taking measurements is by the use of a notebook, laptop or pen-tablet computer with a preferred PCMCIA wireless LAN adapter card or USB card.
Page 77 ● description that you provide in this edit box. The measurement description must consist of alphanumeric characters. Extreme Networks recommends using this option to label the floor to be measured and to document the person collecting the data. Building Notes - Provides a small scratch space to enter quick notes regarding the measurement ●...
Page 78 Measurement Surveys 3 From the Select Measurement Mode drop-down list, select WLAN Device. 4 Click the Next button. The Measurements Options dialog box appears. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 79: Specifying Channel Width
The Measurements Options dialog box contains three options: RF Monitoring - Collects data passively by sniffing the packets from the surrounding access ■ points. AP Performance - Collects data directly from an access point. This option is also known as ■...
Page 80 Measurement Surveys In 20 MHz mode, only APs working in the 20 MHz channel width are detected. Setting the ● advanced Channel Width Settings option detects 40 MHz APs while scanning for channels with 20 MHz channel width. This option is disabled by default when the channel width is set to 20/40 MHz or 40 MHz.
Page 81 The drawing map window is divided into two parts: Access Point Information - The Access Point area contains the following information about the ● detected access points: MAC Address - Media Access Control address for the corresponding access point. ■ SSID - Service Set Identifier for the corresponding access point.
Page 82: Setting Measurement Points
Measurement Surveys Setting Measurement Points While Summit WMScanner is polling the wireless network, you can record single marker or complete track run measurement points. This is performed from within the Mode section of the measurement survey control panel: Select a mode for setting measurement points. Mode options are: Single Marker - To correlate a measurement with a specific location, select Marker Mode, then left- ■...
Page 83 In the next example, the user clicks the ending point of the track run. Note the intermediate measurement points displayed along the track run path: Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 84: Configure Visible Data
Measurement Surveys 2 To delete measurement Single Marker or Track Run data points, click the Undo button. Track runs are deleted one segment at a time. Select Pause to halt network measurement, Resume to continue the measurement survey session. Configure Visible Data By default, the Measurement Scan List panel shows all the available visible Access Point information.
Page 85 Click the Configure Visible Data button to configure the displayed information/columns. The Select Scan List Columns to be Displayed dialog box appears. Select the columns to be displayed in the Panel. You can also change the order in which the columns need to be displayed. The Select Scan List Columns to be Displayed dialog box contains the following controls: Hidden Columns List Box: Contains the columns which you do not want to display on the ●...
Page 86: Configuring The Authorized List
Measurement Surveys Configuring the Authorized List Knowing and categorizing all access points broadcasting throughout your facility is a critical portion of a measurement survey. Summit WMScanner allows you to select and control which access points are categorized as Authorized (green AP icon), Rogue (red circle icon), or Unauthorized (yellow exclamation point icon).
Page 87 2 To categorize the access points, select the Configure Authorized List button and select the access points you wish to remove from the Rogue MAC address list: 3 Next, the selected access points are moved to the Unauthorized MAC Addresses list. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 88 Measurement Surveys In the next example, access points are also move to the Authorized MAC Addresses list. 4 If you need to remove MAC addresses from any of the lists, select the desired MAC address, then click the Remove MAC button below the respective list. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 89: Manual Data Entry
NOTE Best practice tip: Document the MAC Address and SSID on a sheet of paper before removing the access point from Summit WMScanner. This information can be added using one of the ADD buttons. 5 When finished modifying the Authorized List, click the OK button. The Measurement control panel will display the new state of each access point.
Page 90: Ap Performance Mode
Measurement Surveys often measurements are automatically flushed to the logfile. For receivers that support configurable averaging of data points, the Options dialog box provides control over the type of averaging and the averaging interval. (Note that linear averaging converts values to linear power units such as Watts before averaging, while the dB averaging algorithm averages the dB values directly.) The Record Data dialog box has a Center on Marker check box that controls the display of the screen as measurements are recorded.
Page 91: Enforcing Data Transfer And Server-Coupled Measurements
1 Select the AP Performance option and then click the Next button. 2 The Select WLAN Adapter dialog box appears. Select the Measurements (or other) WLAN adapter. 3 Click the OK button. Summit WMScanner polls the wireless network, and displays the visible access points in real-time.
Page 92: Enforcing Data Transfer Manually
Measurement Surveys You can specify different ways to enforce data transfer by selecting an option in the “Data transfer method”. You can enforce data transfer either manually or by starting a AP Performance Server measurement session. Enforcing Data Transfer Manually By selecting User Selected Application from the drop-down list you can start the data transfer you want.
Page 93 6 Choose the server type as Local Server and click the Connect button to start the session. The software attempts to start the client and server on the same laptop, in such a way that any data exchange that happens between the two actually traverses the AP - client link. NOTE In this process, under one of its steps the software tries to auto detect the IP of the gateway on the network or the IP of the AP.
Page 94: Starting A Remote Ap Performance Server Session
Measurement Surveys Starting a Remote AP Performance Server Session To start a remote measurement server session, choose the Server option in Measurement Options dialog The Select Server Port dialog box prompts for the server port number. After you specify the port number, the Measurement Server window appears. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 95 If you are not running in standalone mode, there are two ways to connect to a server: Using a client to connect to the server - From the client, in the Network tab, click Connect. Select ● Remote Server as the Server type.Enter the IP address of the server to connect to it. Using a server to connect to a client - From the server, choose the menu option End Point >...
Page 96 Measurement Surveys Enter the IP address of the server you wish to connect to and the port that the server is running on, then click Connect button. Servers that you have recently connected to will be remembered. In future runs, you can reconnect to a server, by choosing one from the history list on the Connect to Server dialog box.
Page 97: Configuration And Statistics Panel
Configuration and Statistics Panel Link Information Tab. The Link Information tab shows the performance of the current link. This tab contains the following information: information: SSID - The SSID of the AP. ● BSSID – The BSSID of the AP. ●...
Page 98 Measurement Surveys NOTE These fields are only displayed when data transfer is happening between the Client – AP link. Data transfer must be enforced by the user. For more information, check the section “Enforcing data transfer and Server-coupled Measurements”. Data Tab. This tab appears while using AP Performance Server data transfer method only.
Page 99 UDP Stream: Configure - Opens the UDP Stream Setup dialog box. From this dialog box, you can ● modify the Client/Server Packet Size, specify the UDP packet Timeout, and adjust the packet Averaging Interval. The UDP Stream protocol is a set of rules that the client and server follow to exchange UDP data packets across the network.
Page 100 Measurement Surveys Packet Error Rate - Percentage of packets that the client sent, but the server never returned. Possible ● causes for lost packets include: the packet was mis-routed from the client to the server, the packet was mis-routed from the server to the client, or the network latency was too high and the packet did not return in the given timeout interval.
Page 101 Chat Tab. This tab appears while using AP Performance Server data transfer method only. The Chat tab allows you to send messages to the server and other Summit WMScanner clients. To use this facility you must be connected to a server. Then, type your message into the Message field and click the Send button.
Page 102: Visualizing Survey Data
Measurement Surveys Visualizing Survey Data To display survey data: Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 103: Visualization Panel
Visualization Panel This section describes the options in the Visualization panel. The Visualization panel provides the following options for configuring and viewing the post- measurement results: Display Options - Select the type of measurement data you want to display: ● Channel - See “Channel Visualization”...
Page 104 Measurement Surveys Noise - See “Noise Visualization” on page 110 ■ Channel Width Performance - See “Channel Width Performance” on page 114 ■ Data Rate Performance - See “Data Rate Performance” on page 115 ■ Hybrid Network Overlap - See “Hybrid Network Overlap Visualization”...
Page 105 Grid Options - Opens the Visualization Options dialog box. ● Filter Measured Values - The pull-down menu allows you to display the visualization based upon ● access point/base station Channels, SSID, or Association status. Standard - This General Settings option allows you to select the Air Interface Standard such as IEEE ●...
Page 106: Configuring Measurement Visualizations
Measurement Surveys Configuring Measurement Visualizations Summit WMScanner automatically picks an area of your drawing over which to generate measurement visualizations. You may configure this area as well as other grid visualization options such as the resolution of the display. To configure these options, click the Grid Options button on the measurement visualization panel: Selecting Grid Options opens the Visualization Options dialog box: The Visualization Options dialog box allows you to do the following:...
Page 107: Channel Visualization
Configure Grid Bin Size - The Grid Bin Size sets the resolution of the visualization grid. Increasing this ● number produces more points in the building over which data is calculated and displayed. This will increase the amount of time required to draw the heat map. For typical indoor office environments, a value of one meter generally works well.
Page 108: Coverage Visualization
Measurement Surveys An example of channel visualization is shown on the next page. Hovering the mouse over the grid vertices displays more information about the data at particular points in the visualization: This visualization, by default, colors the 20 MHz 802.11 channels and all combinations of their 40 MHz 802.11 channels in the same color.
Page 109: Snr Visualization
verify the location and channel settings of the APs within your infrastructure. To open coverage visualization, choose the Coverage option: NOTE Coverage grids are only displayed as shaded when in Flat Shaded, Edges On mode (View > Shade > Flat Shaded, Edges On).
Page 110: Ssid Visualization
Measurement Surveys Visualization panel filters. Using the filters allows you to identify areas of good or poor signal quality for specific networks, or specific MAC addresses. NOTE SNR grids are displayed as shaded when visualized in the Flat Shaded, Edges On mode (View > Shade > Flat Shaded, Edges On).
Page 111: Expected Legacy Data Rate Visualization
You may wish to also fine tune the signal strength cutoff criteria for displaying the SSID coverage regions. This can be done on the Visualization Panel by adjusting the Signal Power limits. NOTE SSID grids are displayed as shaded when visualized in the Flat Shaded, Edges On mode (View > Shade > Flat Shaded, Edges On).
Page 112: Noise Visualization
Measurement Surveys The following is an example of Expected Legacy Data Rate visualization. Hovering the mouse over the grid vertices displays the data at particular points in the visualization: NOTE Data Rate grids are displayed as shaded if visualized in the Flat Shaded, Edges On mode (View > Shade > Flat Shaded, Edges On).
Page 113 If the noise is on a channel that will not affect your network, then you can filter the channels - to be considered in the visualization - by selecting or deselecting the appropriate channels. The following example shows a noise visualization. Hovering the mouse over the grid vertices displays the data at particular points in the visualization.
Page 114: Noise And Verification Of Network Operability
You can use tooltips to identify the precise channel where the noise is located. If an access point is in an area that has high noise in a specific channel, Extreme Networks recommends selecting an alternative channel for that access point.
Page 115: Channel Width Configuration Visualization
Channel Width Configuration Visualization The Channel Width Configuration visualization allows you to view the channel width that the client is able to use while communicating with the best serving AP. All 802.11 A/B/G APs can transmit/receive in a 20 MHz channel width while 802.11 N APs have the capacity to transmit/receive in 20 MHz channel width only or both 20/40 MHz channel width (depending upon its configuration).
Page 116: Channel Width Performance
Measurement Surveys Channel Width Performance The Channel Width Performance visualization allows the user to view the degree to which a client is able to consume the channel width while transmitting and receiving data packets when associated with an AP. You can use this visualization to verify whether clients associating and transmitting/receiving data with 802.11 N APs (configurable in 20/40 MHz channel) are able to use the full channel width.
Page 117: Data Rate Performance
Data Rate Performance This visualization shows the data rates that a client actually uses while transmitting and receiving data packets during its association with an AP. This visualization makes use of available measurement data only when data is being transferred. Thus, to view the heat map, it is mandatory for you to perform measurement surveys.
Page 118 Measurement Surveys You can select/deselect the MACs, for which the visualization is to be viewed, using the Association filter from the Filter By drop-down list. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 119: Verifying Network Coverage
Verifying Network Coverage On the Visualization panel, there will be a list of all the MAC addresses that were detected in the measurement runs loaded in the drawing. If you select only the MACs in the list that are a part of your network’s infrastructure, then the resulting grid shows the Network Coverage for only your access points.
Page 120: Verifying The Channel And Ssid Settings Of Access Points
Measurement Surveys Following the above steps will result in a grid coverage being displayed that will pin-point the location of the AP with the MAC you selected. If this MAC is not in your infrastructure, then this process will help you locate unauthorized or rogue APs. Otherwise, it will help you verify the location of an AP that is part of your infrastructure.
Page 121: Importing Measurement Logfiles
Importing Measurement Logfiles If you have measurement data from prior sessions, use the Measurement Survey > Import Measurement Data command to import a Summit WMScanner tab-delimited ASCII file, or other formats from specific measurement receivers, and visualize the data directly within the building drawing. Selecting Import Measurement Data opens the following dialog, which enables you to select the measurement type from the Select Type of Logfile to Import drop-down menu, and the location and name of the logfile:...
Page 122: Exporting Measurement Logfiles
Measurement Surveys Exporting Measurement Logfiles After you have collected measurement data, you can export measurement data for a select measurement run into an ASCII log file by using the Measurement Survey > Export Measurement Data command. After each measurement run, use File > Save Project to save the measurement data in the drawing file. Selecting Export Measurement Data opens the following dialog, which enables you to select the measurement you wish to export and the location and name of the logfile: Use the Browse button to choose the destination of the ASCII measurement file, and then select OK to...
Page 123: Deleting Measurement Data
Deleting Measurement Data Use the Measurement Survey > Delete Measurement Data command to remove measurement data from the current drawing file. The Measurement Run Delete dialog box appears: Select the measurement run from the list that you want to remove from the drawing. Next, press OK to have the measurement data erased from the drawing.
Page 124: Access Point Associations
Measurement Surveys Access Point Associations Summit WMScanner utilizes a site-specific model of the measurement environment to associate measurements with a location based upon a 3D X, Y, Z-based coordinate system. Associating with an access point is necessary if you choose to optimize your WLAN plan. In order to optimize, the planning tool must know which access point you were connected to when taking measurements so that it can accurately compare measured values to the prediction from the correct access point in the drawing.
Page 125 the field. This information will then be carried over when bringing measurement data back to your design product. The fundamental idea of access point association is that in order to compare measured values to predicted values, the software needs to know which virtual transmitter in the drawing produced the measured values.
Page 126: Display Measurement Data
Measurement Surveys Display Measurement Data After recording measurements, you can display or hide both text and graphical markers on the building drawing by using the Measurement Survey > Display Measurement Data command. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 127: Text Display
Text Display To display measurement data as text in the drawing, click Measurement Survey > Display Measurement Data > Text Display. Choose the measurement run you wish to display form the drop-down box and click Next. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 128: Set Text Height
Measurement Surveys Set Text Height To control the height of text markers, click Measurement Survey > Display Measurement Data > Set Text Height. This will modify the size of the measurement data text in the drawing. This value can be set in feet or meters.
Page 129 From the Graphical Measurement Display dialog box, you can select the measurement data you wish to display. Select one or more measurement runs from the list and choose the data value you would like to display from the pull down list. There are many options for the pull down data display, but not all of them will apply to your measurement data.
Page 130 Measurement Surveys The following example shows a measurement session with Graphical Markers enabled: Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 131 The following example shows a measurement session with Text Markers enabled: Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 132: Show All Markers
Measurement Surveys Show All Markers To show the display of all measurement text in the drawing, click Measurement Survey > Display Measurement Data > Show All Markers. Reposition and Scale Selecting the Measurement Survey > Display Measurement Data > Reposition and Scale command allows you to move existing measurement points in the drawing.
Page 133: Access Point Placement
Access Point Placement and Configuration Select Access Points · Select Access Points · Select Building Floor Place Access Points · Place Access Points · View Placed Hardware Configure Access Points · Edit Access Points · Configure Air Interface Standards and General Settings Access Point Placement Selecting Equipment >...
Page 134 Measurement Surveys To place hardware in the drawing, double left click the hardware description in the Place Access Point dialog box and then left click at the location in the drawing where you would like the access point placed. If the access point you are placing has antenna’s that are attached via cables, then click again in the drawing to specify the location of the antenna relative to the access point.
Page 135 To exit manual placement, press the ESC key, which will return you to the Place Access Point dialog box. The example on the next page shows the result of manual access point placement. Note that when you place the mouse cursor over an access point or right-click, a tool tip window provides details about the access point hardware: Once you are satisfied with access point placement, you are ready to configure the channel and power settings.
Page 136: Edit/Remove Access Point
Measurement Surveys Edit/Remove Access Point The Equipment > Edit/Remove Access Point command allows you to edit, remove, move, or copy any access point in the drawing. The Edit/Remove Access Point dialog box shows a list of every access point in the drawing, a description of the Access point, its floor location, air interface standard, channel number, and transmit power.
Page 137: Edit
Copy — To copy an access point, select it from the list and press the Copy button. You may then ● click on the drawing to place a copy of the access point the same way you use the Place Access Point command.
Page 138 Measurement Surveys The Access Point Power tab allows for the configuration of the transmit powers and frequencies of an ● access point. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 139 The transmit power of an access point is configured via two fields: Input (mW) power, and Gain. The sum (dB terms) or product (absolute Watt terms) of the Input power and the Gain is displayed as the Tx Power. The Tx Power is the signal power that is supplied to the distribution system, e.g. to the cable or antenna attached to the access point.
Page 140 Measurement Surveys If you select the 11n air interface standard from the View Settings for list, the Operational Mode drop down and the Use Short Guard Interval check box appears in the Performance tab. Operational Mode: This option allows you to select any one of the two operational modes - HT Mixed ●...
Page 141 Access Point Hardware Tab - The Access Point Hardware tab enables you to specify a description of ● the selected access point. This is only for your reference in distinguishing the transmitter from other transmitters. The access point description may be up to 128 characters: Access Point Style Tab - The Access Point Style tab enables you to specify the color, display settings, ●...
Page 142: Access Point Colors
Measurement Surveys Access Point Position Tab - The Access Point Position section configures the location of the access point. ● This enables you to enter the absolute position of the access point on the floor within the building. All coordinates are given relative to the origin (also called the Floor Alignment Point) of the building coordinate system.
Page 143: Move Access Point
Move Access Point Selecting Equipment > Move Access Point is a quick way to change the location of an access point which has already been configured. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 144: Copy Access Point
Measurement Surveys From the Move Access Point dialog box, select the access point that you wish to move and click Move. Only access points on the current floor may be moved with this command. To move access points to a different floor, use the Move command on the Edit/Remove Access Point dialog box.
Page 145: Clone Attributes
Select the access point you want to copy from the Copy Access Point dialog box and then press the Copy button. Click in the drawing to specify the location where you want the access point copied to. Continue clicking to make additional copies, or end the operation by right-clicking or by pressing the ESC key.
Page 146: Network Controllers
Measurement Surveys Network Controllers This section describes the tasks involved in controller placement. Placing Controllers Selecting Equipment > Wireless LAN Controller > Place Wireless LAN Controller displays the Place WLAN Controller dialog box. This dialog box allows you to directly place equipment at a desired location in the drawing by clicking in the preferred location.
Page 147: Editing/Removing Controllers
To place a controller in the drawing, double left click the hardware description in the Place WLAN Controller dialog box and then left click at the location in the drawing where you would like the device placed. You may continue to place multiple devices by clicking in the drawing again. To exit placement, press the ESC key, which will return you to the Place WLAN Controller dialog box.
Page 148: Edit Controller
Measurement Surveys The Edit/Remove WLAN Controller dialog box shows a list of every controller in the drawing. The following options are available from the Edit/Remove WLAN Controller dialog box: Edit - The Edit button allows you to configure a controller. See “Edit Controller”...
Page 149: Managing Sensors
Within a drawing file, all the controllers must have a unique name. That is, the name entered in the Name Edit Box cannot be used for any other controller within the drawing. If you accidentally enter a duplicate name in the box, Summit WMScanner will display a warning message. Note that the MAC Address field must be entered correctly if you plan to export your design to WMS.
Page 150: Placing Sensors
Measurement Surveys Placing Sensors Sensors are RF detectors used in a wireless network designs to monitor RF activity in your network environment. This feature is a key enabler for wireless asset tracking. Summit WMScanner allows you to place sensors within your building drawing. To do this, select Equipment > Sensor > Place Sensor: To place sensors in the drawing, double left click the hardware description in the Place Network Sensor dialog box and then left click at the location in the drawing where you would like the sensor placed.
Page 151: Editing/Removing Sensors
During sensor placement, your mouse cursor takes on the appearance of a sensor. Click on the areas in your drawing where you want sensors placed. When finished, right-click or press the ESC button. Editing/Removing Sensors After manual sensor placement, you can edit and remove sensors from your building drawing by selecting Equipment >...
Page 152 Measurement Surveys Choose the sensor you wish to remove, then select Remove Sensor. Double click on a sensor to edit its name, location, or sensor height. You can also toggle the sensor display on or off by selecting the Show Network Sensors on drawing checkbox.
Page 153: Moving Sensors
Moving Sensors The Move Sensor command is a quick way to change the location of a sensor which has already been placed. To do this, select Equipment > Sensor > Move Sensor. The Move Sensor dialog box displays. From the Move Sensor dialog box, select the sensor that you wish to move and click Move. Your pointer will take on the appearance of the sensor that you selected from the list.
Page 154: Managing Rfid Devices
RFID devices are used to read RFID tags and capture 1D and 2D bar codes and images. When used with existing Extreme Networks wireless infrastructure devices, RFID readers help ensure a seamless integration throughout the enterprise — even when multiple types of product identification and tracking systems are deployed.
Page 155: Placing Rfid
Placing RFID Summit WMScanner allows you to place RFID devices within your building drawing. To do this, select Equipment > RFID > Place RFID. The Place RFID dialog box lists the RFID readers supported by Summit WMScanner, along with the max antenna limit.
Page 156: Editing/Removing Rfid Devices
Measurement Surveys XR440 ● XP480 ● XR450 ● MC 9090G ● The following example shows the result of manual RFID reader placement. The name of the RFID reader appears in the location placed. When finished, Right-Click or Press the ESC button.
Page 157: Editing Rfid
The following options are available in the Edit/Remove RFID dialog box: Edit – the edit option allows you to edit an individual RFID’s name, description, IP address, MAC ● address, floor, height of floor, x-coordinate, y- coordinate, and marker size. You can also double-click any field of the RFID row to bring up the Edit RFID dialog box.
Page 158 Measurement Surveys The Name field: Within a drawing file, all RFID readers must have a unique name. That is, the name ● entered in the Name Edit Dialog Box cannot be used for any other RFID reader within the drawing. If you accidentally enter a duplicate name in the box, Summit WMScanner displays a warning message.
Page 159: Adding/Editing The Antenna
Adding/Editing the Antenna Clicking on the Antenna button on the Edit RFID dialog box displays the Antenna Association dialog box. This allows you to add a new antenna, and edit, remove, move the existing antennas. This dialog box displays the RFID information such as the model of RFID reader and the maximum number of antennas that can be associated with the RFID reader.
Page 160: Reference Tags
Measurement Surveys Remove: To remove an antenna, select the antenna and then click the remove button. To remove ● multiple antennas, press the CTRL key and select multiple antennas and then click the Remove button. Move: To move an antenna, select the antenna and then click at the location in the drawing where ●...
Page 161 Selecting the Place Reference-Tag command displays the following dialog box: The Place Reference-Tag dialog box allows you to place the reference-tag of your choice - active tag or passive tag. Active-Tags: These are WiFi tags whose location is provided to the RTLS engine. This information is ●...
Page 162: Editing/Removing Reference-Tag
Measurement Surveys To get back to the Place Reference-Tag dialog box, right-click or press the ESC key. Once you are satisfied with reference-tag placement, you are ready to configure the reference-tag settings. Editing/Removing Reference-Tag The Equipment > Reference-Tag > Edit/Remove Reference-Tag command allows you to edit, remove, move, or copy any reference-tags in the drawing.
Page 163: Editing Reference Tag
Edit – the edit option allows you to edit an individual reference tag’s name, description, reference ● code, floor, height of floor, x-coordinate, y- coordinate, and marker size. You can also double-click the reference-tag to bring up the Edit Reference-Tag dialog box. See more options on “Editing Reference Tag”...
Page 164 Measurement Surveys The Name Field - Within a drawing file, all reference-tags must have a unique name. That is, the ● name entered in the name field cannot be used for any other reference-tag within the drawing. If you accidentally enter a duplicate name in the box, Summit WMScanner displays a warning message.
Page 165 Hardware Position - The hardware position field defines the location of the reference-tag. This ● enables you to enter the absolute position of the reference-tag on the floor within the building. All coordinates are given relative to the origin (also called the Floor Alignment Point) of the building coordinate system.
Page 166 Measurement Surveys Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 167: Chapter 4: Model Building
Model Building Summit WMScanner allows you to format your drawings using the Format Building menu. To create the 3D virtual model, you use the Building Wizard utility from within the Format Building menu. Building Wizard provides powerful functionality for modeling a building quickly and easily. The process of modeling a building includes specifying the location, height, and type of materials that make up the building floor plan.
Page 168: Using The Building Wizard
Wizard manually, select Format Building > Building Wizard from the Summit WMScanner toolbar. If you have CAD drawing files with MANY curves, circles (AutoCAD arcs) Extreme Networks recommends you use the Scale Drawing command prior to launching the Building Wizard: open the drawing, scale it, save it, and move to the next floor.
Page 169: Add Floor
The Building Wizard contains a list of floors ordered by floor number. A green circle next to a floor specifies that the floor has been properly formatted using the Format Floor Wizard. Selecting the floor causes the Edit Floor button to display. See “Editing Floors in an Existing Building Model”...
Page 170 Model Building You will be asked to perform two tasks when you press the Assemble Floors button: (1) Set the legend position and (2) Verify the drawing. These two steps are described in detail in the sections that follow. Drawing Legend. When you assemble the building floors, the Drawing Legend dialog box appears.
Page 171: Formatting Floors Using The Floor Formatting Wizard
Use the buttons to view the building from each of several different angles. Hovering your mouse over a button will give you a tool tip telling you what action the button performs. If you are not satisfied with how your drawing looks, press the No button to return to the Building Floor Manager where you can correct any errors.
Page 172 Model Building The Floor Formatting Wizard supports the following methods as a starting point for entering information about a floor: Leave Floor Empty - This option allows you to defer formatting this floor until a later time. ● Sketch Floor Plan - Use this option to freehand sketch the layout of a building floor plan. Summit ●...
Page 173: Leave Floor Empty
and your work will be lost). Press the Next button on the wizard to continue to the next step. Use the Back button to repeat previous steps. Detailed instructions on formatting floors by various methods are described in the following sections. Leave Floor Empty Selecting the Leave Floor Empty option on the first dialog box of the Floor Formatting Wizard is the same as pressing the Cancel button on the Floor Formatting Wizard dialog box.
Page 174 Model Building a Press the Sketch Floor button to begin sketching the floor plan. Pressing the Sketch Floor button will cause you to temporarily leave the Floor Formatting Wizard, but once you are finished sketching the floor plan you will automatically be taken back to where you left off in the Floor Formatting Wizard.
Page 175 b Press Sketch Floor to display the Draw Partition dialog box. The Draw Partition dialog box enables you to add new partitions to the drawing. This is used most frequently when tracing over an imported raster image of a blueprint, but may also be used to sketch a floor plan from scratch.
Page 176 Model Building You are prompted to select two locations by left clicking your mouse at two different points in the drawing. After selecting two points, you will then be prompted to enter the physical real world distance between those two points. The check box option to Lock cursor to line endpoints during scale enables you to accurately scale the drawing based on the distance from the end point of one wall to the end point of another wall.
Page 177 You may check the option to Lock cursor to line endpoints during align before setting the floor alignment point. This option will allow you to set the origin at the end point of a line with exact mouse click precision. 6 Verify the Formatting Steps.
Page 178: Making A Copy Of A Floor
Model Building Making a Copy of a Floor Select the Make Copy of Floor option on the first dialog of the Floor Formatting Wizard to create an exact copy of an already formatted floor. Select the floor you wish to copy from in the pull down box to the right of the Make a Copy option.
Page 179 Complete the following steps to properly format an unformatted drawing file: 1 Select File Import Location. Choosing to import an unformatted floor will display an additional option where you must select the location of the unformatted file you wish to import. Use the Browse button to locate your unformatted file on disk, then press Next to proceed to step two.
Page 180 Model Building For more information on processing a CAD drawing file with the Process Unformatted dialog box, see “Format CAD Drawing” on page 192. For more information on processing a raster image with the Draw Partition dialog box, see “Drawing Partitions”...
Page 181 5 Set the floor Alignment Point. Step five requires that you set an alignment point for the floor. The alignment point you choose will become the origin for the x-y plane represented by a top-down view of the drawing. The Building Floor Manager uses the origin of the x-y plane to align building floors vertically with the Assemble Floors command.
Page 182: Import Preformatted File
Model Building 6 Verify Formatting Steps Should you wish to redo any of the steps, use the Back button to go back to a previous step. Otherwise, press the Finish button to complete the formatting of the current floor and return to the Building Floor Manager.
Page 183: Editing Floors In An Existing Building Model
Choosing to import a preformatted floor will display an additional option where you must select the location of the formatted file you wish to import. Use the Browse button to locate your unformatted file on disk, then press Next to proceed to step two. If the file you choose to import has more than one floor, you will be prompted to select which floor number you would like to import from the already formatted file.
Page 184: Rescale Floor
Model Building Rescale Floor The Rescale Floor button allows you to set the scale for the floor you have chosen to edit from the Building Floor Manager’s main dialog. The scaling command will resize all entities within the floor. You will be prompted to select two points in the drawing (by clicking with the mouse) and then you will be prompted to enter the actual physical real world distance between the two locations.
Page 185: Convert Partition Type
Convert Partition Type The Convert Partition Type button lets you convert individual wall entities from one type of partition to another. Select the type of partition you want to convert to using the pull down menu on the Change Partition Type dialog box, then press the Select button. Individual entities must first be selected by left- clicking on them.
Page 186 Model Building Attach/Detach Raster Image - This command opens the Image dialog. A user can then insert a raster or bit-mapped black and white, 8-bit gray, 8-bit color or 24-bit color image file into the drawing. Users can insert images in a variety of formats, including Bitmap (.bmp), Tagged-Image File Format (.tif), Joint Photographic Experts Group files (.jpg) and Portable Network Graphics (*.png).
Page 187: Drawing Zones
7 Click the Attach button and locate the drawing that you wish to import or attach. In the subsequent dialog box, Attach Image, click OK. You will be prompted to enter the (x, y) coordinates of the insertion location of the drawing, as well as the scale of the drawing. The default insertion location is (0,0), and the default value for the scale is 1:1.
Page 188 Model Building Zones are of the following three types: Reader: The logical reader zones are polygons that contain the “read” zones of one or more RFID ● readers. The RFID tag is mapped to a zone based on the coordinates of the antenna that actually read the tag.
Page 189: Adding Zones
Adding Zones Click the Add button from the Add/Edit/Remove dialog box, to add a zone in the floor plan. This command displays the following dialog box: Zone Details ● Zone Type: Summit WMScanner allows you to place three types of zones in the drawing: Reader, ■...
Page 190: Editing/Removing Zones
Model Building ‘ Name: This option allows you to name the zone. ■ Draw: This option allows you to draw a zone of the selected type. To draw a zone, click on the ● drawing and draw a polygon. NOTE Summit WMScanner does not allow two zones of the same type to overlap and displays a warning message.
Page 191 This dialog lists the number of zones along with the Zone Name, the Zone Type, the Floor, and the Visibility of the existing zones. Edit Zones – This option is same as Add Zone functionality of the drawing. You can redraw the ●...
Page 192: Toggling The Visibility Of The Zones
Model Building Toggling the Visibility of the Zones Summit WMScanner allows you to toggle the visibility of the zones. You can choose to hide or show the zones with the following two options: The Toggle Visibility Option – this option allows you to toggle the visibility of the existing zones, ●...
Page 193 This dialog box allows you to define a color for each zone type. It also allows you to edit the existing color of the zone. NOTE By default all zones are displayed in brown color. Defining Colors: To define the color of the zone, double-click the value or the color field. This ●...
Page 194: Show/Hide All Zones
Model Building Remove Button: this option allows you to remove the color definition for a particular zone type. ● Show/Hide All Zones You can choose to view or hide all the zones in the drawing. To toggle the zones from the menu directly, select Format Building >...
Page 195 To format an AutoCAD file without using the Building Floor Manager: Select File > Open Drawing to open the AutoCAD file. Next, choose the Format Building > Format CAD Drawing menu command to launch the dialog box. This dialog allows you to manually format the layers in an AutoCAD file. When the Format CAD Drawing command is initiated, some preparatory work will be performed on the open AutoCAD file.
Page 196 Model Building The main list box in this dialog displays all the layers that are present in the AutoCAD file. Formatting an AutoCAD file involves going through the list of layers and deciding which need to be kept and which ones can be safely removed. Double clicking on a layer causes the other unformatted layers to be hidden so you can see what is on that layer.
Page 197 As the layers are formatted, they will disappear from the main list box. If you format a layer and it does not disappear from the list box then there are some entities left on that layer that are not lines and can not be processed.
Page 198: Drawing Partitions
Model Building Make multiple layers visible Set drawing scale Set origin The Add New Partitions button displays a dialog that allows you to draw completely new walls (see “Drawing Partitions” on page 196). Convert Individual Entities displays a dialog that allows you to select individual lines in the AutoCAD file and convert them to partitions (see “Change Partition”...
Page 199 View/Edit Partitions - Use the View/Edit Partitions button to examine or change partition attenuation ● factors. Draw Partition - This button allows you to add partitions. To do this, select the desired partition type ● from the pull-down list in the dialog box and then click the Draw Partition button. The pull-down list displays the eight partition types you choose within Format Building >...
Page 200 Model Building colored box highlights the end of previously drawn lines when your cursor is nearby. If you click your mouse while the end of a nearby line is highlighted, the software will behave as though you had in fact clicked exactly on the end of the nearby line, thereby creating perfectly joined partitions with no gap.
Page 201: Drawing Tips
Drawing Tips The main Summit WMScanner window has quick access buttons at the bottom of the screen that can aid the process of drawing. The figure that follows shows the ORTHO and OSNAP buttons at the bottom right of the main program screen. The quick access buttons, when left-clicked, toggle the Orthogonal cursor mode and Object Snap on and off.
Page 202: Current Partition Categories
Model Building This dialog lets you pick a new partition type to assign to one or many partitions on the drawing. After selecting this menu command, you will be prompted to select the new partition type and the floor upon which the changed partitions should appear. Keep in mind that all of the selected objects will be formatted to one of the choices available in this dialog box and all of the objects will be placed on the floor specified in the combo box at the top of the dialog box.
Page 203 To change a partition category, select a new partition from the drop-down list. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 204 Model Building To change the default color for that category, click on the color square next to a partition category. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 205: Editing The Partition Library
Editing the Partition Library Although Summit WMScanner comes with default names for partitions and default colors for partition objects, they are configurable to fit your specific needs. Selecting Format Building > Edit Partition Library opens a dialog which lets you create and edit partition types. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 206 Model Building The Partition Library dialog box assists you in customizing the color, attenuation values, and name of each type of partition. This dialog box also allows you to determine the location of your global partition library file. You can use the text box at the top of the dialog or the Browse button to enter a directory where the software should store the partition information.
Page 207 The Partition Library panel includes the following options: Global Library Directory - You can use the text box at the top of the dialog box or the Browse button to ● enter a directory for storing the partition information. This can be used to share one copy of the partition library with several installations of Summit WMScanner, for example, on a centralized file server.
Page 208 Model Building Remove - Allows you to delete the selected partition category. Selecting this option opens a prompt ● dialog confirm the partition category delete. Edit - You can change the value for a frequency, add a new frequency, rename the partition category, ●...
Page 209 Import - There may be instances when you need to import partition category information from ● another partition library (.xml file) or a propagation parameter file (.xpt file). Selecting the Import button from the Partition Library dialog opens the Partition Import Filter, which provides you the option to chose the source file by using the Browse button.
Page 210: Scale Drawing
Format Building > Scale Drawing command. NOTE If you have CAD drawing files with MANY curves, circles (AutoCAD arcs) Extreme Networks recommends you use the Scale Drawing command prior to launching the Building Wizard: open the drawing, scale it, save it, and move to the next floor.
Page 211 If your building or facility contains multiple floors, change the view to a different floor using several different methods: Hotkeys (F5 up one floor, F4 down one floor) ● Through the View > Building Floor menu from the Summit WMScanner toolbar. ●...
Page 212: Viewing In 3D
Model Building • You can also toggle floor selection by using the Current Floor link in the Legend Data window. Viewing In 3D The best way to get a full perspective of RF obstructions is to view your building model in 3D. Summit WMScanner’s virtual environment models are inherently three dimensional.
Page 213 To return to the 2D view, select View > 3D Views > Top. A building that has been fully formatted and displayed in SW Isometric View with View > Shade > Flat Shaded, Edges On enabled. You can also view your building model in 2D wireframe mode by selecting View > Shade > 2D Wireframe.
Page 214 Model Building Selecting View > Shade > Hidden makes “hidden lines” invisible while displaying a drawing in 3D. “Hidden lines” refer to lines in a drawing that would not be visible if the objects in the 3D drawing were visualized in real-life, true 3D. Summit WMScanner Users Guide...
Page 215: Appendix A: Customer Support
Customer Support NOTE Services can be purchased from Extreme Networks or through one of its channel partners. If you are an end-user who has purchased service through an Extreme Networks channel partner, please contact your partner first for support. Extreme Networks Technical Assistance Centers (TAC) provide 24x7x365 worldwide coverage. These centers are the focal point of contact for post-sales technical and network-related questions or issues.
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Extreme Networks Summit WMScanner User Manual

Chapter 1: Summit Wmscanner Overview

Chapter 2: Wmscanner GUI and Menus

Chapter 3: Measurement Surveys

Chapter 4: Model Building

Appendix A: Customer Support

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