D-Link DWS-4026 [652/741] Setting up the graph

VisualizingtheWirelessNetwork

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page652

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

Sett ingUpthe Graph

TostarttheWLANVisualizationtool,clickWLANVisualization>Launch...Thisopensanewbrowserwindow

andstartstheJavaapplet.

ThefirsttimeyoulaunchtheWLANVisualizationtool,thereisnobackgroundimage,andalldiscoveredWLAN

componentsareungraphed.Thescreenissplitintotwopanes.Theleftpa

nehasfourcontainerviewsthatare

usedtoholdun‐graphedcomponents.Therightpaneisanareawheregraphdefinitionsareshown.Thisgraph

paneisinitiallyblankandmustbedefinedbeforeWLANcomponentscanbeplaced.

CreatingaNewGraph

Youcancreateagraphforeachfloorofeachbuildingwithinthewirelesssystem.Graphscanbecreatedand

editedonlywhenLiveVisualizationisdisabled.TodisableLiveVisualization,clicktheLiveVisualizationcontrol

buttonsothatitflashesred.

Figure421:LiveVisualizationControl

Tocreateanewgraphandloa

dthebackgroundimage,launchtheWLANVisualizationtoolandusethe

followingsteps.

1. EnsurethatLiveVisualizationisdisabled(red).

2. FromtheWLANVisualizationmenubar,clickEdit>NewGraph.

TheNewGraphDefinitiondialogueboxopens.

3. Enteranametoidentifythebuildingandfloor,andselecttheappr

opriatenumbersforthebuildingand

floor.

4. Selecttheimagetouseasthebackground.

Forinformationabouthowtouploadanimagetouseasagraphbackground,see“Importingand

ConfiguringaBackgroundImage”onpage651

Note:Yourbrowsermustallowpop‐upwindowstoopenfromtheswitch.

LiveVisualizationDisabled LiveVisualizationEnabled