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The statistics recording time can be increased up to 24 days at the cost of increasing the metrics’
sample interval proportionally.
Figure 7.12: FMQuadro, Link Information
A table, placed at the bottom of the window, reports the network units address summary and can
be viewed by clicking on the proper button as reported in Figure 7.14. It is possible to assign a
name to each of the Fluidmesh units. This may be especially convenient with a large mesh
network.
Furthermore, through the “Network Settings” table, placed at the bottom of the window, you can
check whether the DFS settings are consistent the network, e.g., the DFS is enabled in the all the
units. The Network Settings table allows for harmonizing the DFS settings in the whole
network with a single mouse click.
FMQuadro is an accurate representation of the network, so it can be useful to add a map of the
area in which the Fluidmesh system is deployed
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. Map images can be uploaded to the Mesh End
unit using the proper button placed in the FMQuadro top toolbar. Image format supported is jpg.
The file has to be less than 100 KB in size and can be uploaded using IE only. The top toolbar
provides several intuitive buttons to drag & drop the background map and control its
transparency and scale. Once the map is set up, the FM units can be dragged to their actual installation
places. Finally, the modified layout can be saved and used again in the future.
The overall network status and individual device status can be monitored real-time through the
FMQuadro interface on Mesh End unit.
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Aerial images can be downloaded using Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/).