User guide

AirMagnet Spectrum XT User Guide
Table of Contents vii
Chapter 4: Menus and Tools ...................................................................................................................................29
Chapter Summary...........................................................................................................................................................29
Selecting a Radio Band...................................................................................................................................................29
Add View .........................................................................................................................................................................30
Managing Live Data Capture........................................................................................................................................31
Pausing and Resuming Live Capture ..........................................................................................................31
Instantly Playing Back Captured Data ........................................................................................................31
Recording a Live Capture Data ....................................................................................................................32
Saving Recorded Data to File ........................................................................................................................32
Opening a Capture Data File.........................................................................................................................33
Resetting Collected Data................................................................................................................................33
Configuring AirMagnet Spectrum XT Settings ..........................................................................................................33
Configuring WiFi and Spectrum Parameters .............................................................................................33
Selecting Another WiFi Driver......................................................................................................................36
Specifying Band Settings................................................................................................................................36
Modifying Display Options...........................................................................................................................37
Specifying Record Settings ............................................................................................................................38
Virtual AP Grouping......................................................................................................................................40
Auto Group Rules...........................................................................................................................41
Manual Group Rules ......................................................................................................................41
Integration of AirMagnet Spectrum XT with SNMP Management Stations .........................................42
Remote Spectrum Analysis ...........................................................................................................................................44
Using Easy View Options ..............................................................................................................................................45
Using a Default Easy View Option ..............................................................................................................45
Creating a Custom View Option ..................................................................................................................46
Deleting a Custom View Option ..................................................................................................................47
Saving Current View ......................................................................................................................................47
Automatically Saving Current View............................................................................................48
Manually Saving Current View....................................................................................................48
Copying a Graph into Other Applications..................................................................................................................48
Saving Screen Data as Image Files ...............................................................................................................................49
Dwell Time (FFT Max Data Sampling Duration).......................................................................................................50
AirMagnet Spectrum XT Report...................................................................................................................................50
Chapter 5: Auto Pattern Detection and Custom Device Classification ..........................................................51
Chapter Summary...........................................................................................................................................................51
Auto Pattern Detection...................................................................................................................................................51
Best Practices ...................................................................................................................................................53
Custom Device Classification Manager.......................................................................................................................54
Verification.......................................................................................................................................................................57
Export/Import Custom Signatures..............................................................................................................58