User`s guide

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 33
Defining Areas
Before you advance to the AP and AM Planning pages you will want to define special areas.
In this section you will learn how to define areas where you either do not want to physically
deploy (Don’t Deploy) an AP, or where you don’t care if there is coverage or not.
In this exercise we will assume that we:
z Don’t care if we have coverage in the Shipping and Receiving areas.
z Don’t want to deploy APs or AMs in the Lobby Area
Create A Don’t Care Area
Go back to the AP Planning page.
Click on AP Plan in the Feature Tree at the left side of the browser window.
Click the “New” link in the Areas box.
The link is located below the lower left corner of the floor plan in the AP Planning window.
This opens the Area Editor.
Type Shipping and Receiving in the Name text box in the Area Editor.
Select “Don’t Care” from the Type pull-down menu box.
Click the Apply button.
Notice that an orange box appears near the center of the floor plan.
Use your mouse (or other pointing device) to place the cursor over the box.
Notice that the information you typed in the editor appears in the box. You will see the name
and type of area, as well as the coordinates of the lower left corner and upper right corner of
the box.
N
OTE—The x = 0 and y = 0 coordinates correspond to the lower left corner of the layout
space.
Using your mouse, left-click and drag the box over the Shipping and Receiving area.
Drag one corner of the box to a corresponding corner of the Shipping and Receiving area and
using one of the corner handles of the box, stretch it to fit exactly over the Shipping and
Receiving area.
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