Basic Quickview Navigation; Display Toggles - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Basic QuickView Navigation

QuickView is designed to be very intuitive with easy-to-use drop-down menus. The RF drop-down menus are split
into two major categories: display toggles and editing tools, as shown in
can cause other submenus to appear.
Figure 2 Display and Edit Menus (Fully Extended)

Display Toggles

Overlays - select which overlay to view:
Channel - provides channel interferences by color and PHY
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Wired Range - Displays the distance an Ethernet cable can be pulled from an IDF. The max range is equal to
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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 -70 dBm of
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signal and assuming a client transmit power of 100 mW.
Sensor Coverage - provides the farthest area which a sensor can hear.
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Heatmap - provides the highest dBm (energy level) for all areas of a floor plan.
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Data Rate - provides the highest data rate a user will receive for all areas of a floor plan.
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Show Overlays From - combines all floors APs selected to show the highest achievable signal for each grid cell
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on the floor.
Floor Above - show the heatmap from APs located on the floor above
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This Floor (default)
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Floor Below - show the heatmap from APs located on the floor below
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Overlays Widget - provides ability to increase or decrease the current overlay
Heatmap (RSSI Ring) - Evaluate coverage based on signal levels.
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Channel Overlay (Data Rate Slider) - Evaluate coverage based on data rate.
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Data Rate (User Xmit) - Evaluate coverage based on xmit power of client.
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Channel Utilization - When you select Current or Maximum, a new menu appears to select Total, Receive,
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Transmit or Interference information.
Display
Sensors - Toggle sensors on or off. Off by default on all views.
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Regions - Toggle regions on or off. Off by default on all views.
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Surveys - Toggle surveys on or off. Off by default on all views.
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Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | VisualRF User Guide
Figure 2. Selecting some of these options
Overview of VisualRF | 7