USER S GUIDE. 201 Pastoral Shinyurigaoka Manpukuji, Asao-ku Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Japan

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1 USER S GUIDE 201 Pastoral Shinyurigaoka Manpukuji, Asao-ku Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Japan

2 isite Professional User s Guide Copyright Meritech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor or its representatives. No part of this document shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from Meritech Co., Ltd. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, Meritech Co., Ltd. and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Company Headquarters: 201 Pastoral Shinyurigaoka Manpukuji, Asao-ku Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Japan Tel: +81 (0) Fax: +81 (0) Customer Support: 201 Pastoral Shinyurigaoka Manpukuji, Asao-ku Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Japan Tel: +81 (0) Fax: +81 (0) Support@MeritechSolutions.com For further information, please visit our web site at: 2

3 Contents T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Preface... 5 Document Overview... 5 Conventions used in the Guide... 6 List of Abbreviations... 6 Chapter Introduction... 7 Chapter Overview... 7 Microcell etwork Survey and Design... 7 Chapter isite Professional Features... 8 Chapter Overview... 8 Layered Architecture... 8 Design Elements Layers... 9 Result Layers... 9 Workspace Elements... 9 Menu Bar... 9 Tool Bar Status Bar Project Explorer Layers View Materials View Transceivers View Antenna Pattern View Properties View Information View Measurement View Spectrum View Floor Plan Design Surface Customizing Workspace Full Screen View Showing and Hiding Toolbars Zoomed View Other Features Clipboard Functionality Undo-Redo Buffer File Types Chapter Using isite for Survey Chapter Overview Starting a ew Project Preparing to Survey Survey the etwork View the etwork Performance Chapter Using isite for Design Chapter Overview

4 Contents Starting a ew Project Preparing to Design Creating the Designing Optimizing the Designing Chapter Using isite in Mixed Mode Chapter Overview Mixed Mode Overview Starting a ew Project Getting the Mixed Mode Results Chapter Configuring Components Chapter Overview Configuring Layers Configuring Results Configuring Design Elements Configuring Materials Configuring Transceivers Configuring Antenna Patterns Configuring Project Properties Chapter Using Reports Chapter Overview Opening Report Dialog Generate Report in Survey Mode Generate Report in Design Mode Appendix A Setup isite Professional Appendix Overview System Requirements Installing isite Professional Updating isite Professional Uninstalling isite Professional Index

5 Preface Preface Welcome to isite Professional, an application used to survey and design WiFi networks. The isite application is a computer aided design (CAD) application. It allows the network coverage to be visualized before and after hardware is installed. The design can be easily adjusted to optimize coverage and minimize interference. Document Overview The isite Professional User s Guide details the features, functions, and use of isite Professional. This guide is divided into the following chapters. Chapter 1, Introduction This chapter gives an introduction to isite Professional. Chapter 2, isite Professional Features This chapter describes the isite Professional workspace, its basic elements, and file types. Chapter 3, Using isite Professional Survey This chapter lists and explains the steps required to configure isite Professional in survey mode and create a basic design. Chapter 4, Using isite Professional Design This chapter lists and explains the steps required to configure isite Professional in design mode, create a basic design, and optimize it. Chapter 5, Using isite Professional Mixed Mode This chapter lists and explains the steps required to configure isite Professional in mixed mode and create a basic mixed plot. Chapter 6, Configuring Components This chapter lists and explains the steps required to configure elements used in an isite Professional project. Chapter 7, Using Reports This chapter lists and explains the steps required to view Reports in an isite Professional project. Appendix A, Installing isite Professional This appendix describes the sequence of steps to install and uninstall isite Professional. 5

6 Preface Conventions used in the Guide Listed are the various typographical conventions followed throughout this guide: [Enter]: Square brackets denote specific keys or buttons on the keyboard. Italics: Indicates file names. Bold Italics: Indicates screen names that appear on the title bar of User Interface (UI) screens. Bold: Indicates names of menus, options, sub-options appearing in the UI, and field names appearing on UI screens. : Indicates that a note about the preceding information follows. A table, titled Screen Details, follows certain UI screens. This table provides the following details for each field on the screen. ame of the field Description of the field Field Font Size [List] [Display] Description The size of the text displayed in the UI. Valid Values: The values valid for this field * Values are displayed in a drop-down list. You can select a value from that list. * Values are displayed by the system for such fields. They cannot be modified. * List of Abbreviations * These are not available for all fields - only wherever they are relevant. Abbreviation WLAN RF RSSI VoWLAN Expansion Wireless Local Area Network Radio Frequency Received Signal Strength Indicator Voice over Wireless Local Area Network 6

7 Chapter 1 Introduction C H A P T E R 1 Introduction Chapter Overview This chapter introduces isite Professional defining its overall purpose. The following points are explained in this chapter. Microcell Network Survey and Design Microcell Network Survey and Design isite Professional is a microcell network survey and design application. It was created for microcell networks such as WLAN and other technologies with coverage areas of radius between 10 and 500 meters. isite Professional can be used in three modes, survey, design and mixed. In the survey mode, isite Professional records measurement points in an existing network and shows the coverage. In the design mode, isite Professional is used to design a network before hardware is installed. Mixed mode is the combination of design and survey modes. It can design a network along with recording measurement points in the existing network. isite Professional accelerates the process of WLAN design and simplifies network management. It was created for IT professionals who struggle with the complexities of WLAN deployment. Requiring minimal knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF) engineering, isite Professional implements an easy to use windows interface and fast RF propagation engine. isite Professional helps visualize the network before installation begins so that IT professionals can adjust the network configuration to maximize coverage and minimize interference. Network security is also improved by controlling excessive coverage. isite Professional provides the best solution for WLAN deployment and management. 7

8 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features C H A P T E R 2 isite Professional Features Chapter Overview This chapter introduces the architecture of isite Professional and its workspace elements. The workspace elements, such as menus, tool bars, and windows, are similar to most Microsoft Windows applications. The isite Professional workspace conforms to standard Microsoft Windows guidelines. You can customize the isite Professional workspace according to your preferences and requirements. The following points are explained in this chapter. Layered Architecture Workspace Elements Customizing Workspace Other Features Layered Architecture isite Professional provides a simple GUI to work upon, there are many elements which a user can draw on a drawing board type surface to emulate it like a floor and can add as many drawing surfaces as required to imitate it like a building with multiple floors. These drawing elements are called design elements. Various design elements provided by isite Professional are: Marker This element is used to mark up a specific location on a floor for proper alignment. When you add a marker on a floor plan it automatically gets drawn on the other floors for the symmetrical alignment. Image This element allows you to add a drawing on the floor. Barrier This element draws multiple lines on the floor to depict the barriers in a network. Access Point Emulates the Access Point to add on the floor. Floor Area This element is used to add a specific type of material to a floor that may affect the coverage of the network. Security Area To create a secure area for a floor. Measurement Point This element is available with survey mode of the application and used to get the network coverage in its region. GPS Reference Point This element is available with survey mode of the application and used to add GPS reference point on a floor. Comment To add a comment box for a floor. 8

9 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Like design elements, isite Professional provides some Result elements, such as coverage and interference that displays the plots generated due to access points enabled in a building. Design Elements Layers Every design element is categorized in the form of layers. One can control the functionality of a particular element by manipulating its associated layer or you can say that a layer describes the properties of the concerned element. For barriers a barrier layer is present, for manipulating access points an access point layer is provided. You need to select the concerned layer before manipulating elements, such as adding, editing properties, or deleting them. Result Layers Like design element layers, every result element also has a corresponding result layer. Selecting different results layers allows you to view different results or plots provided by isite Professional Workspace Elements The isite Professional workspace consists of the following workspace elements. Menu Bar isite Professional displays a menu bar as shown in Figures 2.1. Figure 2.1 Menu Bar The menu bar consists of the following menus and their corresponding options. File Menu The File menu consists of the following options. 9

10 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features ew: This option creates a new project. Figure 2.2 File Menu Options Open: This option opens an existing project. Close: This option closes the current project. Save: This option saves the current project using the current project name. Save As: This option saves the current project using a different project name. Import: This option imports materials and transceivers from an XML file. It also lets you import access point configuration from a CSV file, which is exported through Export->Access Point Configuration in isite Professional. Lastly, there are options to import measurement data for isite Professional Format and Brew Format. The measurement data import will only import measurement point data. This is useful when merging survey data into one project. Export: This option exports materials or transceivers to an XML file and the configuration of access points and measurement points to a CSV file. Access point configuration can be exported in two formats. Measurement point information can be exported based on following RSSI values: o o o o Median Maximum Minimum Average Lastly, there is an option to export an ipoint Radio Map. This export option is used in conjunction with Meritech s ipoint RTLS. Page Setup: This sets up the document configuration before printing. Print Preview: This option previews the document before printing. Print: This option prints the document. Recent Projects: This option is a list of previously opened projects. Choose a project to open it. Exit: This option exits the isite Professional application. Edit Menu The Edit menu consists of the following options. Figure 2.3 Edit Menu Options Undo: This option undoes the most recent edit operation. 10

11 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Redo: This option redoes the most recent edit operation that was undone. Cut: This option cuts the selected elements on the design surface. Copy: This option copies the selected elements on the design surface. Paste: This option pastes the current clipboard elements to the design surface. Delete: This option deletes the selected elements from the design surface. Copy Visible Area: This option copies the visible portion of the design surface area. View Menu The View menu consists of the following options. Figure 2.4 View Menu Options Project Explorer: This option displays the Project Explorer view. Layers: This option displays the Layers view. Materials: This option displays the Materials view. Transceivers: This option displays the Transceivers view. Antenna Patterns: This option displays the Antenna Pattern view. Properties: This option displays the Properties view. Information: This option displays the Information view. Measurement: This option displays the Measurement view. Spectrum: This option displays the Spectrum view. Zoom: This option is used to set the zoom level of the design surface. Fit to Window: This option sets the zoom level so that the full design surface fits in the current viewable window. Full Screen: This option changes the user interface to full screen mode. 11

12 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Refresh: This option recalculates the results and refreshes the result displays. Project Menu The Project menu consists of the following options. Figure 2.5 Project Menu Options ew Floor Plan: This option adds a new floor plan to the project. Marker Layer: This option sets the Marker Layer as the active layer. Image Layer: This option sets the Image Layer as the active layer. Barrier Layer: This option sets the Barrier Layer as the active layer. Access Point Layer: This option sets the Access Point Layer as the active layer. Floor Area Layer: This option sets the Floor Area Layer as the active layer. Security Area Layer: This option sets the Security Area Layer as the active layer. Measurement Layer: This option sets the Measurement Layer as the active layer. GPS Reference Layer: This option sets the GPS Reference Layer as the active layer. Comment Layer: This option sets the Comment Layer as the active layer. Project Properties: This option opens the Project Properties dialog. Tools Menu The Tools menu consists of the following options. 12

13 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Figure 2.6 Tools Menu Options Pointer: This option sets the Pointer Tool as the active tool. Rotation: This option sets the Rotation Tool as the active tool. Zoom: This option sets the Zoom Tool as the active tool. Measure Distance: This option sets the Measure Distance Tool as the active tool. Scale Image: This option sets the Scale Image Tool as the active tool. Add Element: This option sets the Add Element Tool as the active tool. The element that is added depends on the active layer. Result Menu The Results menu consists of the following options. Figure 2.7 Results Menu Options Coverage: This option shows the Coverage Result layer. Interference: This option shows the Interference Result layer. Throughput: This option shows the Throughput Result layer. VoWiFi: This option shows the VoWiFi Result layer. Best Server: This option shows the Best Server Result layer. Coverage Overlap: This option shows the Coverage Overlap Result layer. Security Leak: This option shows the Security Leak Result layer. 13

14 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features one: This option hides all result layers. Reports: This option shows the Reports. Windows Menu The Window menu consists of the following options. Window umber and ame Figure 2.8 Window Menu Options These options are used to activate a specific window. Help Menu The Help menu consists of the following options. Figure 2.9 Help Menu Options Contents: This option shows the isite Professional help table of contents. Index: This option shows the isite Professional help index. Search: This option shows the isite Professional help search. Show Quick Start Help: This option shows the Quick Start Help window. Check for Updates: This option checks if there are software updates available. Deactivate Serial umber: This option will deactivate the software serial number. The serial number can then be used to activate isite Professional on another machine. About: The About option displays information about isite Professional. It displays the name of the application, the version number, and the copyright information. The following screen is displayed when you click the About option. 14

15 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Figure 2.10 About Dialog Click [OK] to return to the isite Professional screen. Tool Bar The isite Professional tool bar comprises buttons that allow you to perform various tasks in the workspace. They allow quick access to commonly used functions. You can also perform these tasks by selecting the appropriate option in the various menus. There are six tool bar sections, as described below: Standard: contains buttons relating to standard project tasks. View: contains buttons used to show workspace views. Tools: contains buttons used to select the active tool. Element Layers: contains buttons used to select the active layer. Result Layers: contains buttons used to select the active results layer. f You can customize tool bars by right-clicking on the tool bar or by clicking on the Toolbar Options button at the right of the tool bar. The buttons, their meanings, and corresponding menu options are given in Table 2. Button Meaning New Corresponding Menu and Option File New 15

16 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Button Meaning Open Save Print Preview Print Cut Copy Paste Delete Copy Visible Area Prediction Corresponding Menu and Option File Open File Save File Print Preview File Print Edit Cut Edit Copy Edit Paste Edit Delete Edit Copy Visible Area Survey Mixed Project Explorer Layers View Materials View Transceiver View Antenna Pattern View Properties View Information View Measurement View Spectrum View Reports Pointer Tool Rotation Tool Zoom Tool View Project Explorer View Layers View Materials View Transceivers View Antenna Patterns View Properties View Information View Measurement View Spectrum Results Reports Tools Pointer Tools Rotation Tools Zoom 16

17 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Button Meaning Measure Distance Tool Scale Image Tool Add Element Marker Layer Image Layer Barrier Layer Access Point Layer Floor Area Layer Security Area Layer Measurement Layer GPS Reference Layer Comment Layer Coverage Result Interference Result Throughput Result VoWiFi Calls Result Best Server Result Coverage Overlap Result Security Leak Result Hide All Result Layers Corresponding Menu and Option Tools Measure Distance Tools Scale Image Tools Add Element Project Marker Layer Project Image Layer Project Barrier Layer Project Access Point Layer Project Floor Area Layer Project Security Area Layer Project Measurement Layer Project GPS Reference Layer Project Comment Layer Results Coverage Results Interference Results Throughput Results VoWiFi Calls Results Best Server Results Coverage Overlap Results Security Leak Results None Status Bar Table 2 isite Professional Tool Bar Buttons and Description The Status bar is situated at the bottom of the isite Professional screen. It communicates helpful information during the operation of isite Professional. The status bar contains following items: Selected Tool: shows current selected tool. Selected Layer: shows the current selected layer. Selected Result: shows the current selected results layer. 17

18 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Pointer Position: shows the current pointer position. Zoom Factor: shows the current zoom factor. Progress Bar: shows the progress of the refresh operation. Project Explorer Figure 2.11 Status Bar The Project Explorer is a dock window that shows an overall view of a project. Floor plans are listed in order so that the lower item is the bottom floor and the upper item is the top floor. Each floor contains a list of access points that are on the floor. Figure 2.12 Project Explorer Project explorer contains a context menu that allows different grouping options for access points displayed. The access points on different floors can be grouped on the following criteria: Mode Channel SSID None (default) Access points can also be displayed in different ways in project explorer as: Name (default) Name and SSID SSID and MAC Name and MAC Layers View The Layers View is a dock window that shows a list of design element layers supported by isite Professional. The selected row indicates the active layer in the floor plan. 18

19 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Figure 2.13 Layers View Materials View The Materials View is a dock window that shows a list of materials supported by isite Professional. To know more about Materials View, go to Configuring Materials. Figure 2.14 Materials View Transceivers View The Transceivers View is a dock window that shows a list of transceivers supported by isite Professional. To know more about Transceiver View, go to Configuring Transceivers. 19

20 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Figure 2.15 Transceivers View Antenna Pattern View The Antenna Pattern View is a dock window that shows a list of antenna patterns supported by isite Professional. To know more about Antenna Pattern View, go to Configuring Antenna Patterns. Figure 2.16 Antenna Patter View Properties View The Properties View is a dock window that shows the properties of the currently selected item. 20

21 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Information View Figure 2.17 Properties View The Information View is a dock window that shows the information results for the current project design. Figure 2.18 Information View 21

22 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Measurement View The Measurement View is a dock window that shows network measurement data. The measurement view will replay data if the Record Measurement option is enabled in the Project Properties dialog. When a measurement point is selected and recorded data is available, the red play button will be enabled. Pressing the red play button will start replay. Replay can be paused using the blue pause button. When all samples have been replayed, the view returns to the summary result for the measurement point. Figure 2.19 Measurement View(AP List) On right clicking you get the context menu. The various options are: View Graph You can select the graph (AP list or AP Count per Channel) whose data you want to view. AP List is the default generated graph in Fig Figure 2.20 Measurement View (AP Count/Channel) View Protocol This option allows you to select data from the given list of protocols. Copy This option helps you to copy list view data in.csv format. 22

23 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Spectrum View The Spectrum View is a dock window that shows network spectrum data. The spectrum view will replay data if the Record Measurement option is enabled in the Project Properties dialog. When a measurement point is selected and recorded data is available, the red play button will be enabled. Pressing the red play button will start replay. Replay can be paused using the blue pause button. When all samples have been replayed, the view returns to the summary result for the measurement point. Figure 2.21 Spectrum View On right clicking you get the context menu. The various options are: Protocol This option allows you to select which spectrum will be displayed. The options are a Low, a Middle, a High, and b/g. Recorded measurement points contain data for all protocols regardless of which is selected for view. Copy This option will copy the visible chart for pasting in other applications. Zoom This option will select the zoom tool. When the zoom tool is dragged across the chart, the chart will be zoomed to the section of the chart covered. To zoom out, double click on the chart or deselect the zoom tool. Show Channels This option shows a colored area on the chart representing commonly used channels. Floor Plan Design Surface The floor plan design surface is a window that shows the current project design. Each floor is shown in a separate window. 23

24 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features Customizing Workspace Other Features Figure 2.22 Floor Plan Design Surface You can customize the workspace elements as per your convenience. The views can be docked to any side of the Window, you can hide or show toolbars, switch the application to full screen mode, and many more. Full Screen View isite Professional provides full screen view of design surface, during this modes the design surface along with menu bar is enlarged to full screen size. This can be activated by clicking the menu option View Full Screen. To restore the application to normal mode, again click the View Full Screen menu option. Showing and Hiding Toolbars You can hide or show toolbars to optimize the layout of isite Professional user interface. To hide or show a toolbar, right click the toolbar area and from the popup menu check or uncheck the toolbar which you want to show or hide respectively. Zoomed View isite Professional provides the zoomed view of the design surface. To zoom the surface, select the Zoom tool from the Tools toolbar. Then zooming in or out is possible by using the left and right mouse buttons on design surface. You can also zoom in or zoom out the design surface by a specified factor by navigating View Zoom and then from the zoom submenus select a factor to zoom. Various other features supported by isite Professional are: Clipboard Functionality isite Professional supports clipboard functionality to cut, copy, and paste design elements to the same or the other floor plans. To cut the selected design elements, click Edit Cut or press Ctrl+X from keyboard. To invoke copy operation, click Edit Copy or press Ctrl+C. To paste the element in the clipboard, click Edit Paste or press Ctrl+V. An element added to the design surface can be deleted by selecting the element and clicking Edit Delete menu option or by just pressing the Delete key on the keyboard. These operations can be performed by selecting the appropriate menu options from the context menu of design 24

25 Chapter 2 isite Professional Features surface. The visible design surface can be copied by clicking Edit Copy Visible Area. It copies the visible area to the clipboard from where it can be pasted to other applications like MS Word etc. The copied visible area can also be pasted as an image element on any floor plan. You need to select the appropriate design layer before selecting the elements on the design surface. Undo-Redo Buffer isite Professional provides unlimited Undo/Redo functionality to the design surface elements. So it is possible to revert the modifications done on the design surface. To undo the recent modification, click Edit Undo or press Ctrl+Z. To redo the recently undone operation, click Edit Redo or press Ctrl+Y. File Types isite Professional utilizes a variety of file formats as follows: Project File: Used to store the current project. The file uses an IST extension. Materials File: Used to store a list of materials. The file uses an XML extension. Transceivers File: Used to store a list of transceivers. The file uses an XML extension. Antenna Patterns File: Used to store a list of antenna patterns. The file uses TXT extension. Image File: Used when adding an image to the design surface. The files types supported are BMP, JPG, JPEG, and GIF. Configuration File: Used to export the configuration for access points and measurement points. The file uses an CSV extension. 25

26 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey C H A P T E R 3 Using isite for Survey Chapter Overview The process of setting up and using isite Professional for network survey is simple and quick. This chapter explains the steps required to survey the network. The following points are explained in this chapter. Starting a New Project Preparing to Survey Survey the Network View the Network Performance Starting a New Project You must have the appropriate license to use the survey features described in this chapter. The process for setting up a new isite Professional project is described below. 1. Choose the File-> ew menu option. 2. Using the Project Explorer, add three new floor plans by pressing the Add Floor button three times. The project explorer with floor plans appears as shown in following figure. 26

27 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey Figure 3.1 Add Floor Plans 3. Right click project or floor plan node and choose Rename in the context menu to change the name of the project or floor plans respectively. 4. Select the Project->Project Properties menu option. 27

28 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey 5. Set the project properties as shown in the following dialog. Figure 3.2 Project Properties Preparing to Survey The process for preparing a new project for survey is described below. 6. Select the Marker Layer and click the [Add Marker] tool bar button. 7. Add a marker to the floor plan as shown in the following figure. The marker will be shown in the same location for every floor plan. The marker is used to align images when they are placed on the design surface. Figure 3.3 Add Marker 28

29 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey 8. Select the Image Layer and click the [Add Image] tool bar button. An Open File dialog will appear allowing you to select the desire floor plan image to add. 9. After selecting the file, an Image Quality dialog appears that allows you to change the quality of the image as shown in the following figure. Figure 3.4 Controlling Image Quality 10. Change the quality of the image if required and click OK button. Add that image to the floor plan as shown in the following figure. Figure 3.5 Add Image 29

30 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey 11. With the image selected, choose the Scale Image Tool. 12. Click and drag the scale image tool across the scale in the image as shown in the following figure. Figure 3.6 Scale Image 13. A dialog will appear as shown in the following image so that you can define the correct length of the scale. After pressing [Ok], the image size will change to the correct scale. Figure 3.7 Define Scale 14. Select the image and align it with the marker as shown in the following image. Figure 3.8 Align Image 15. Repeat these steps as desired for the other floor plans. 30

31 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey Survey the Network The process for surveying the network is described below. : Some WLA adaptors will return poor scan results if the PC is associated with an access point. It is recommended that the PC not be associated to any access points. 1. Select the Measurement Layer and click the [Add Measurement Point] tool bar button. 2. Select the Measurement view from the View menu and dock it at the right side of the screen. You will notice that the Measurement View begins to update with new measurement information. Any AP which is automatically detected will be added to the Unassigned group in the project explorer. 3. Locate your current position on the floor plan and click it. You will see a red circle added to the map, this color of the circle will change to green after the sample period duration which is 1 second for the current project. 4. Add a few more measurement points. After adding at least three points, you will see the coverage plot for all AP that are enabled. The figure below shows the floor plan after six measurement points are added. Figure 3.9 Add Access Point 5. Continue to add measurement points until the survey area is complete. It is recommended to record one measurement point every 3 meters. View the Network Performance The process for viewing network performance is described below. 1. Select the Coverage Result plot to see the coverage for all enabled AP. 31

32 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey Figure 3.10 Coverage Result Plot 2. Select the Interference Result plot to see interference for all enabled AP. Enable unassigned AP to see if they are interfering with the network. Figure 3.11 Interference Result Plot 3. Select the Best Server Result plot to see the coverage areas for each enabled AP. 32

33 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey Figure 3.12 Best Server Result Plot 4. Locate unknown AP by enabling them in the unassigned list and showing the coverage result plot. You can move Access Points from Unassigned floor to other visible floors by right-clicking the Access Points in the Project Explorer View. Figure 3.13 Locate Unknown AP 33

34 Chapter 3 Using isite Professional Survey 5. Select the VoWiFi Calls Result plot to see the Number of calls for each enabled AP. Figure 3.14 VoWiFi Calls Result Plot 34

35 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design C H A P T E R 4 Using isite for Design Chapter Overview The process of setting up and using isite Professional for network design is simple and quick. This chapter explains the steps required to create and optimize a basic design. The following points are explained in this chapter. Starting a New Project Preparing to Design Creating the Design Optimizing the Design Starting a New Project You must have the appropriate license to use the design features described in this chapter. The process for setting up a new isite Professional project is described below. 1. Choose the File-> ew menu option. 2. Using the Project Explorer, add three new floor plans by pressing the Add Floor button three times. The new floor plans are shown in the following image. 35

36 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design Figure 4.1 Add Floor Plans 3. Right click and choose Rename in the context menu to change the name of the project and floor plans. 4. Select the Project->Project Properties menu option. 5. Set the project properties as shown in the following dialog. 36

37 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design Figure 4.2 Project Properties Preparing to Design The process for preparing a new project for design is described below. 1. Select the Marker Layer and click the [Add Marker] tool bar button. 2. Add a marker to the floor plan as shown in the following figure. The marker will be shown in the same location for every floor plan. The marker is used to align images when they are placed on the design surface. Figure 4.3 Add Marker 3. Select the Image Layer and click the [Add Image] tool bar button. An Open file dialog will appear allowing you to select the desire floor plan image to add. 37

38 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design 4. After selecting the file, an Image Quality dialog appears that allows you to change the quality of the image as a lower quality image have better UI performance. 5. Change the quality of the image if required and add that image to the floor plan as shown in the following figure. Figure 4.4 Add Image 6. With the image selected, choose the Scale Image Tool. 7. Click and drag the scale image tool across the scale in the image as shown in the following figure. Figure 4.5 Scale Image 8. A dialog will appear as shown in the following image so that you can define the correct length of the scale. After pressing [Ok], the image size will change to the correct scale. 38

39 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design Figure 4.6 Define Scale 9. Select the image and align it with the marker as shown in the following image. Figure 4.7 Align Image 10. Select the Barrier Layer and click the [Add Barrier] tool bar button. 11. Add barriers by clicking and dragging the tool over the design surface. The following image shows barriers that were drawn to cover the image. Figure 4.8 Add Barrier 12. Repeat these steps as desired for the other floor plans. 39

40 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design Creating the Designing The process for creating a new isite Professional design is described below. 1. Select the Access Point Layer and click the [Add Access Point] tool bar button. 2. Add an access point to the design surface. The coverage for the access point will be automatically calculated and displayed as shown in the following image. Figure 4.9 Add Access Point 3. Add additional access points as desired. Optimizing the Designing The process for optimizing a design is described below. 1. Select the Coverage Result Layer and view the results. Adjust the access point positions as required to cover all desired area. The following image shows the coverage result layer with three access points. 40

41 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design Figure 4.10 Coverage Result Plot 2. Select the Interference Result Layer and view the results. Adjust the access point channel configuration as required to reduce interference. The following image shows the interference result layer with three access points. Interference was minimized by using channels 1, 6, and 11 for each access point. Figure 4.11 Interference Result Plot 3. Select the Best Server Result Layer and view the results. Adjust the access point location as required to control the load on each access point. The more users covered by an access point, the higher the load. 41

42 Chapter 4 Using isite Professional Design Figure 4.12 Best Server Result Plot 25. Select the VoWiFi Result Layer and view the results. Adjust the access point positions as required to cover all desired area. The following image shows the VoWiFi result layer with three access points. Figure 4.13 VoWiFi Result Plot 42

43 Chapter 5 Using isite Professional Mixed Mode C H A P T E R 5 Using isite in Mixed Mode Chapter Overview This chapter explains the steps required to run the application in mixed mode. The following points are explained in this chapter. Mixed Mode Overview. Starting a New Project. Getting the Mixed Mode Results. Mixed Mode Overview Every Access Point has a plot mode property associated to it. This property determines that if the access point is to be considered under prediction or survey mode. In the Design mode, all access points have their plot mode set to prediction while in survey mode, this property is set to Survey. In mixed mode, every access point can have plot mode either set to prediction or to survey. For access points in prediction mode, the signal strength is predicted on all floors. The access points detected in real time survey have their plot mode property set to survey. For these access points the signal strength is calculated on floor plan by interpolating between the values measured at the measurement point locations. The purpose of having a mixed mode project is to allow the user to have both survey and design capabilities simultaneously. Typically a user would conduct a survey by placing measurement points at various points on the floor plan and then he would add a few access points with plot mode set to prediction to have an idea how the measured coverage plot would change if there were more access points added on the floor at specific locations. Starting a New Project You must have the appropriate license to use the design and survey feature. The process for setting up a new isite Professional project is described below. 1. Choose the File-> ew menu option. 43

44 Chapter 5 Using isite Professional Mixed Mode 2. Using the Project Explorer, add three new floor plans by pressing the Add Floor button three times. The new floor plans are shown in the following image. Figure 5.1 Project Explorer 3. Right click and choose Rename in the context menu to change the name of the project and floor plans. 4. Select the Project->Project Properties menu option. 5. Set the project properties as shown in the following dialog: 44

45 Chapter 5 Using isite Professional Mixed Mode Figure 5.2 Project Properties Getting the Mixed Mode Results The process for preparing a new project for mixed results is described below. 6. Select the Marker Layer and click the [Add Marker] tool bar button. 7. Add a marker to the floor plan as shown in the following figure. The marker will be shown in the same location for every floor plan. The marker is used to align images when they are placed on the design surface. Figure 5.3 Add Marker 45

46 Chapter 5 Using isite Professional Mixed Mode 8. Select the Image Layer and click the [Add Image] tool bar button. An Open file dialog will appear allowing you to select the desire floor plan image to add. 9. After selecting the file, an Image Quality dialog appears that allows you to change the quality of the image as a lower quality image have better UI performance. 10. Change the quality of the image if required and add that image to the floor plan as shown in the following figure. Figure 5.4 Add Image 11. With the image selected, choose the Scale Image Tool. 12. Click and drag the scale image tool across the scale in the image as shown in the following figure. Figure 5.5 Scale Image 13. A dialog will appear as shown in the following image so that you can define the correct length of the scale. After pressing [Ok], the image size will change to the correct scale. 46

47 Chapter 5 Using isite Professional Mixed Mode Figure 5.6 Define Scale 14. Select the image and align it with the marker as shown in the following image. Figure 5.7 Align Image 15. Select the Barrier Layer and click the [Add Barrier] tool bar button. Add barriers by clicking and dragging the tool over the design surface. 16. Select the Access Point Layer and click the [Add Access Point] tool bar button. Add an access point to the design surface. By default, the plot mode of the access point is set to survey. 17. Add two more access points to the floor with their plot mode property set to prediction. 18. Select the Measurement Layer and click the [Add Measurement Point] tool bar button. 19. Select the Measurement view from the View menu and dock it at the right side of the screen. You will notice that the Measurement View begins to update with new measurement information. Any AP which is automatically detected will be added to the Unassigned group in the project explorer. 20. Locate your current position on the floor plan and click it.this adds a measurement point to the floor plan. 21. Add a few more measurement points. After adding at least three points, you will see the coverage plot for all AP that are detected in real time survey and are enabled. The figure below shows the floor plan after three measurement points have been added. It also shows two access points placed on the floor and have their plot mode property set to design. 47

48 Chapter 5 Using isite Professional Mixed Mode Figure 5.8 Coverage Plot 22. Similarly, other result layers can be selected to view the results i.e. Interference, Best Server, Throughput, VoWiFi, Coverage Overlap and Security Leak. 48

49 Chapter 6 Configuring Components C H A P T E R 6 Configuring Components Chapter Overview This chapter explains the procedure to organize and manage an isite Professional project. The following points are explained in this chapter. Configuring Layers Configuring Results Configuring Design Elements Configuring Materials Configuring Transceivers Configuring Antenna Patterns Configuring Project Properties Configuring Layers As in isite Professional every design and result element has an associated layer on which they operate. You can change the appearance of the elements by changing the properties of their corresponding layer. For example, you can make the floor area on the design surface invisible by changing its layer s properties. Properties associated with layers are: Property ame Name Opacity Printable Visible Description It is a read only property that displays name of the layer. Allows you to change the transparency of corresponding elements from 0 (completely transparent) to 100 (completely opaque). Boolean value, set to true to make the corresponding elements printable. Boolean value, set to false to make corresponding elements invisible. Table 6.1 Properties of a Layer 49

50 Chapter 6 Configuring Components To change the property of a layer, select that desired layer from Elements or Results Layer toolbar. Properties View will reflect the properties associated with that layer and allow you to change the properties. The properties of Floor Area Layer will appear as shown in following figure. Figure 6.1 Configuring Layers The Layer View is used to select the active layer and change layer properties. Configuring Results Figure 6.2 Configuring design elements Layers Results for Coverage and Interference generated by isite Professional in prediction or survey mode can be configured. To configure these results, click Configure Legend button of Project Properties dialog or right click the design surface and from the context menu, select Legend Configuration menu option. The legend Configuration dialog appears as shown in following figure. 50

51 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Figure 6.3 Legend Configuration Dialog From this dialog, select plot type for which you want to configure the legend and then select type of legend, as it can be either Graded or Discrete. Select the appropriate legend type and set the range, click OK button to save the changes. Configuring Design Elements Every design element has some user configurable properties, for example for an Access Point you can change, the type of the Access Point, channel on which it is operating, its MAC address, and many more. To change the property corresponding to an element drawn on the design surface, select that element using pointer tool and the Properties View will reflect the properties corresponding to that element. You can also view the properties by right clicking that element and from the pop up menu select Properties menu option. Following figure displays the properties corresponding to an Access Point. 51

52 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Configuring Materials Figure 6.4 Configuring Element s Properties As every isite Professional project has a list of materials that are used to draw barrier and floor area on the design surface. Materials can be added or removed. The whole list of materials can be imported or exported as well as you can configure a material as per your requirements. Material View appears as shown in following figure: 52

53 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Figure 6.5 Materials View Material View has a toolbar that allows you to perform operation on the list of materials. The items provided by toolbar are described in the following table. Toolbar Item Add Remove Import Export Set Default Description Click thisite Professional m to add a new material to the project. Click thisite Professional m to delete the selected material from the project. Click thisite Professional m to import the materials list to an xml file. Click thisite Professional m to export the materials list from an xml file. Click thisite Professional m to set the selected material as a default material. Table 6.2 Material View Toolbar To change the property of a material, select the required material from the Materials View and the Properties View will displays the configurable properties of the selected material. The following figure displays the properties of Concrete. 53

54 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Figure 6.6 Configuring Materials You can change the color, material name, and transmission loss for a material. Configuring Transceivers Like the materials, an isite Professional project also supports a list of transceivers that are used to draw access points on the design surface. Transceivers can be added, deleted, and configured as per requirements. The whole list of transceivers can be imported or exported. The Transceiver View appears as shown in following figure. Figure 6.7 Transceivers View Transceivers View contains a toolbar that allows you to perform operation on the list. The items provided by toolbar are described in the following table. Toolbar Item Description Click thisite Professional m to Add add a new transceiver to the 54

55 Chapter 6 Configuring Components project. Remove Import Export Set Default Click thisite Professional m to delete the selected transceiver from the project. Click thisite Professional m to import the transceivers list to an xml file. Click thisite Professional m to export the transceivers list from an xml file. Click thisite Professional m to set the selected transceiver as a default transceiver. Table 6.3 Transceivers View Toolbar To change the property of a transceiver, select the required transceiver from the Transceivers View and the Properties View will displays the configurable properties of the selected transceiver. The following figure displays the properties of a Cisco transceiver. Figure 6.8 Configuring Transceivers You can change the Antenna gain of the transceiver, its Antenna Pattern, protocol, RF Power, and many other important properties. 55

56 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Configuring Antenna Patterns As every transceiver has an antenna pattern associated to it, isite Professional allows you to have a list of different antenna patterns Antenna patterns can be added, edited and deleted from the list. Antenna Pattern list can be imported and exported in text format. Antenna Pattern View appears as below: Figure 6.9 Configuring Antenna Patterns Omni Directional antenna pattern cannot be removed from the list. You cannot even change its name. Antenna Pattern View has a toolbar that lets you perform different operations to the list. Following table describes the various options provided on toolbar: Toolbar Item Add Remove Import Export Set Default Edit Description Click this item to add a new antenna pattern to the project. Click this item to delete the selected antenna pattern from the project. Click this item to import the antenna patterns list to a txt file. Click this item to export the antenna patterns list from a txt file. Click this item to set the selected antenna pattern as the default one. Click this item to edit the selected antenna pattern. Table 6.4 Antenna Pattern View Toolbar 56

57 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Clicking the Add button adds a new antenna pattern to the list. This pattern has the default settings of omni directional antenna pattern. These settings can be changed by editing the pattern. A pattern can be edited by selecting the pattern and clicking the Edit button or selecting Edit option from the context menu. Properties of an antenna pattern can be set through the following dialog: Figure 6.10 Editing antenna pattern The different antenna pattern properties are explained below: Name Item Azimuth Data Points Elevation Data Points Description Allows you to change the name of antenna pattern. Allows you to enter the gain value corresponding to different degrees for Azimuth view. Allows you to enter the gain value corresponding to different degrees for Elevation view. Table 6.5 Antenna Pattern Properties As you enter the degree and its corresponding gain value in the grids, values get displayed on the respective graphs. Clicking OK saves the changes made. The patterns formed for the Azimuth and Elevation planes can also be viewed in the properties grid. Selecting an antenna pattern displays its graphs in the properties grid as: 57

58 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Figure 6.11 Antenna Pattern Properties Configuring Project Properties The Project Properties dialog is used to configure items that effect the overall operation of isite Professional for the current project. The properties can be configured as: 58

59 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Figure 6.12 Project Properties The elements of project properties are explained below: Item Regulatory Domain Unit Width Length Resolution Bin Size Access Point Size Measurement Point Size Show Grid Grid Scale Sample Period Description Allows you to change the regulatory domain from America, EMEA, Japan, and Rest of world. Allows you to select measurement unit as meter or feet. Allows you to set the width of the design surface. Allows you to set the length of the design surface. Allows you to change the resolution of the design surface. Allows you to change the size of bin. A bin is the smallest size for which engine calculate results. Allows you to change the size of access point. Allows you to change the size of measurement point. Check this checkbox to show gridlines on design surface. Uncheck it to hide the gridlines Allows you to change the distance between the grid lines on the design surface. This feature is available in survey mode only and allows you to set 59

60 Chapter 6 Configuring Components Record Measurement Measurement Offset Measurement Display Spectrum Scan On GPS On VoWiFi Codec Path Loss Coefficient Application Mode Auto Refresh Configure Legend the duration of sample period for measurement points. Sample period specifies the duration for which measurement are taken for a measurement point If enabled, all measurement data will be recorded within each sample period. If disabled, only the summary data will be recorded for each sample period. Allows you to make changes to measured RSSI values. Survey data result plots will use this measurement value type If enabled, spectrum data will be recorded. A spectrum scanner device must be installed for this option to function properly. Allows you to select COM port for the GPS device attached. Once COM port is selected, GPS position will start showing on floor plan. GPS device must be installed and connected to the PC for this option to function properly. Allows you to select a VoWiFi Codec. Allows you to set the value of path loss coefficient. Allows you to change the application mode as survey, prediction or mixed. If enabled, results will be updated when the project is modified. Click this button if you want to configure the color of result legends. Table 6.6 Project Properties 60

61 Chapter 7 Reports C H A P T E R 7 Using Reports Chapter Overview The following points are explained in this chapter. Opening Report Dialog Generate Report in Survey Mode Generate Report in Design Mode Opening Report Dialog User should have one or more floor plans with Access Points and Measurement Points to generate a Report. To open Reports Dialog, left click the [Reports View] button on View Toolbar. You can also open Reports Dialog by navigating Results Reports. Generate Report in Survey Mode isite Professional Provides Summary Report and Measurement Point Report to in Survey Mode. To Open Report in Survey mode, you should have floor plans configured as explained in Chapter 3 above. You can select Summary Report or Measurement Report in Survey Mode. Summary Report shows images of all the Floor Plans in project and details of all the access points on all the floors. Measurement Report shows the details of all the measurement points drawn on all the floors. The process for opening Reports Dialog is described below. 1. Click Reports View in View tool bar. 2. Select [Summary Report] to generate Summary Report containing image of all floor plans and details of all access points on all the floors. 3. Click [Generate Report]. 61

62 Chapter 7 Reports Figure 7.1 Summary Report showing Floor Image Summary Report displays following result plots of all floors in a page wise manner. i.e. One page of the report displays one of following result plot for each floor. Coverage. Interference. Throughput. VoWiFi calls. Best Server. Coverage Overlap. Security leak. Name of the floor plan is displayed at the top of the image. Figure 7.2 Summary Report Access Points Last page of the report shows the details of all the access points present on all the floors. It lists the following properties of the access point: ame of the Access point. Type of the Access point. 62

63 Chapter 7 Reports Channel associated to the Access point. X position of the Access point. Y position of the Access point. MAC Address of the Access point. SSID value of the Access point. Antenna Gain associated to the Access point. Make associated to the Access point. Model associated to the Access point. Protocol associated to the Access point. RF Power associated to the Access point. Floor on which Access point is present. Enabled state of the Access point. It appears as shown in the following figure: Figure 7.3 Measurement Point Report This report shows the details of all the measurement points present on all the floors. The details include the following measurement point properties: ame of the measurement point. Floor on which the measurement point is present. X position of the measurement point. Generate Report in Design Mode isite Professional provides Summary Report in the Design Mode To open report in Survey mode, you should have floor plans configured as explained in Chapter 4 above. The process for opening Reports Dialog is described below. 1. Click Reports View in View tool bar. 63

64 Chapter 7 Reports 2. Select [Summary Report] to generate Summary Report containing image of all floor plans and details of all access points on all the floors. 3. Click [Generate Report]. Figure 7.4 Summary Report showing Image of Floor Plan The report displays following result plots generated for each floor from access points present in the project. Coverage. Interference. Throughput VoWiFi calls. Best Server. Coverage Overlap. Security leak. The results are displayed in a page wise manner. i.e. One page of the report displays one of the result plot for each floor. 64

65 Chapter 7 Reports Figure 7.5 Summary Report showing Access Points on Floor Plan 65

66 Appendix A Setup isite A P P E N D I X A Setup isite Professional This appendix describes the procedure for installing and uninstalling isite Professional. Appendix Overview The following points are explained in this appendix. System Requirements Installing isite Professional Updating isite Professional Uninstalling isite Professional System Requirements The following table lists the minimum system requirements essential to use isite Professional on your computer. Component Processor Processor Speed Memory Hard Drive Specification Intel Pentium III Processor 250 MHz 256 MB 250 MB Display 1024 x 768 Operating System IO Ports MS Windows XP/Vista 1 USB Port Installing isite Professional Table A.1 System Requirements 66

67 Appendix A Setup isite The process of installing isite Professional is described below. The Microsoft. ET Framework version 2.0 must be installed on your computer to run isite Professional. The framework is pre-installed with most Windows XP operating systems. If your system does not have the framework, please visit the Microsoft update web site to install the framework. 4. Insert the isite Professional CD ROM into your computer. 5. Run the setup.exe application to install isite Professional. 6. The following screen is displayed. Figure A.2 isite Professional Setup 7. Click [ ext >] to continue with the installation or [Cancel] to discontinue. 8. Upon clicking [ ext >], the following screen is displayed. 67

68 Appendix A Setup isite Figure A.3 License Agreement 9. This screen comprises the license agreement for the Meritech Co., Ltd. software. 10. If you agree to the terms of the agreement, select [I Agree] and press [ ext]. Otherwise, press [Cancel]. 11. Upon clicking [ ext], the following screen is displayed. Figure A.4 Installation Folder 68

69 Appendix A Setup isite 12. By default, the wizard stores the isite Professional application in the path displayed in the Destination Folder area. You can select a different file by clicking [Browse]. 13. Click [ ext]. The following screen is displayed. Figure A.5 Confirm Installation 14. Click [ ext]. The following screen is displayed. 69

70 Appendix A Setup isite Figure A.6 Installing isite Professional Progress Dialog 15. Upon completion, the following screen is displayed. Press [Close] to complete the installation procedure. Figure A.7 Setup Completion Screen 16. You can start isite Professional by selecting the relevant program in the Start menu or on the desktop. 70

71 Appendix A Setup isite Updating isite Professional Incremental updates will be released with new and enhanced functionality. To install these updates, first uninstall isite Professional from you computer. Next, install the isite Professional update release. All existing data files and the user license dongle can be used with the update release. Uninstalling isite Professional You can uninstall isite Professional by selecting [Remove] for the isite Professional item in the Add or Remove Programs dialog. This dialog can be found in the Control Panel. 1. When [Remove] is selected, the following screen is displayed. Press [Yes] to continue. Figure B.9 Uninstalling isite Professional 2. During removal of isite Professional, the following progress dialog is shown. Figure B.10 Uninstall Message Box 3. After isite Professional is removed, the dialog will close automatically. 71