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Site Survey Administrator Guide
Site Survey Edit Menu 

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Site Survey Edit Menu

The Site Survey utility Edit menu contains Site Survey, Area, and Settings pull-down menus.

Use these menus to edit an open AirConnect site survey, display a list of coverage areas within the survey, and use the Setup, Meter Settings, Sounds and Logging property pages to configure surveyor, system sounds, and test data logging information.

Editing Site Survey Information

Select Site Survey in the Edit menu to display the Site Survey dialog box. Use the Site Survey dialog box to enter the site name, surveyor, and description. If a workspace is already open, the user is prompted to save the existing workspace. Click OK to display the new workspace name.

Surveyor.

Enter the surveyor name in the Surveyor field to automatically update the New Site Survey dialog box. Click OK to save the updated surveyor name in the registry for subsequent surveys.

ICMP Host Addr.

Enter an ICMP Host Address in the field provided (not needed for WNMP ping tests). The default address is the default address of the AP.

Ping Count.

Enter the number of pings to be transmitted during the ping test in the Ping Count field. The default Ping Count is 100, with a maximum of 2000.

Rerun Count.

Enter the number of times the ping test is transmitted in the Rerun Count field. The default Rerun Count is 100. The rerun can be continuous

Packet Size.

Enter the packet size transmitted during the ping test in the Packet Size field. The default Packet Size is 128 bytes, with a maximum of 1472 bytes.

Threshold Time.

Enter the maximum acceptable time to send out and receive the total number of pings for each test in the Threshold field. Choose a Threshold Time from1 second to 3600 seconds. The default Threshold Time for 100 pings is 13 seconds.

Auto Rerun.

If Auto Rerun is activated, the Site Survey utility test suite (in either Automatic or Manual mode) runs continually until the surveyor stops the tests.

Editing Site Survey Area Properties

Select Area in the Edit menu to display the Site Survey Area List dialog box. Use the Site Survey Area List dialog box to display a list and description of survey areas. Select an area and click Edit Area to display the Site Survey Area dialog box. Add new tests and survey area descriptions as needed. Click OK to save the changes to the site survey workspace. Click Delete to remove the area from the current site survey workspace.

Editing Setup Properties

Select Settings in the Edit menu to access the Setup, Meter Settings, Sounds, and Logging tabs. Use these dialog boxes to change default settings for the current site survey workspace.

Setup Property Page

Select the Setup tab to change the following default site survey workspace information:

Edit Note on Error.

Activate Edit Note on Error to display a pop-up dialog box for entering notes when an error condition is detected during the site survey ping test. Undocumented physical barriers (metal or block walls) could exist that the surveyor can describe as a possible reason for signal deflection and test failure. The reason for the error is automatically created as part of the note.

Override All Test ICMP Host Addresses.

Check this box to use the ICMP host address entered on this page for all tests. Checking this box does not replace the host address saved for each test

Meter Settings Property Page

Select the Meter Settings property page to set bounds (thresholds) for the signal quality gradient bars in the Round Trip, Missed Beacon, and Transmit Retry fields. The circular RTT Avg, Missed %, and Retry % indicators on the Site Survey Test dialog box show green if the average of the previous tests (20 tests for RTT Avg, 40 tests for Retry %, and 20 tests for Missed %) is below the lower threshold.

The circular indicators on the Site Survey Test dialog box show red if the average of the previous 30 tests is above the upper threshold. Test results between the bounds set on the Meter Settings property page result in Yellow displays on the circular indictors on the Site Survey Test dialog box.

Sounds Property Page

Select the Sounds property page to change the following default site survey workspace information:

Play on Timeout.

Select Play on Timeout to emit an audible timeout tone every time a ping test timeout is reached.

Play on Roam.

Select Play on Roam to emit an audible roaming tone every time an wireless client roams between APs.

Play on Threshold.

Select Play on Threshold to emit an audible threshold tone every time the threshold time is met or exceeded.

Play on Test Complete.

Select Play on Test Complete to emit an audible test complete tone every time a suite of ping tests has been transmitted.

The default for the Sounds property page is all sounds enabled. Set the volume level and/or sound by using the Windows Control Panel Volume and Sounds applet or the Sounds task tray applet.

Logging Property Page

Select the Logging property page to change the following default site survey workspace logging information.

Enable Logging.

Select Enable Logging to enable Short Logging Format or Detailed Logging Format. If unchecked, no logging takes place during the ping tests. The default is Short Logging Format. Short logging provides an overview of ping transmission test activity. Detailed logging provides a comprehensive review of ping test activity.

Short Logging Format.

Select Short Logging Format to generate a text file consisting of the site survey workspace and area name, the surveyor name, date, test start and end time, AP BSSID, packet size, ping count, and test totals. The test totals section indicates elapsed test time, the number of retries, roundtrip ping transmission time, and the number of timeouts. If an out-of-range condition exists, it is also logged.

Detailed Logging Format.

Select Detailed Logging to generate a text file added to the Short Log content. Device roaming information, survey and site area descriptions, and error log notes are included in the Detailed Log.

Clear Log contents before each test.

Select Clear Log contents before each test to automatically clear the content of the log before a test suite is run.

Confirm before log contents are cleared.

If activated, the surveyor is prompted to decided whether the log file should be cleared before the test suite is run.