Importing a Floorplan Map

The controller provides a user-friendly workflow for importing a map of your venue floorplan, placing APs in their respective physical locations on the map, and scaling the map to match the actual dimensions of your venue.

Floorplan maps allow you to view site/venue/floor-specific details such as:

  • AP status, performance, and health conditions
  • Client connections to an AP
  • Location-specific trouble spots related to AP or client connectivity

To import a floorplan map:

  1. Go to Network > Wireless > Maps.
  2. From the System tree hierarchy, select the location where you want to create a map and click the Add icon button. The Add Map form appears.
  3. On the Details tab, enter a Name and optionally a Description to identify the map.
  4. Enter a Location for the map. Alternatively, you can choose the location from the auto-completion options. After you select the location, the GPS Coordinates are automatically updated.
  5. For GPS Coordinates, you can enter the Latitude and Longitude values.

    Creating the Add Map form

  6. To add a Map Image, click Browse and select a site, venue, or floor map in jpg, jpeg, png, bmp or svg file formats.

    Note: The maximum file size per indoor map is 5MB.

  7. Click Next, the Scale Map tab is displayed.
  8. Click two points on the map between which you know the distance. Blue dots appear to show the points you selected.

    Indicating the Selected Points on the Map

  9. Enter the Physical Distance between the two points and select the unit of measurement (mm, cm, m, ft, yard).
  10. Click Save & Next. The Place APs tab appears.
  11. From the Available list, drag the APs and place them in their physical locations on the map. Click the Placed tab to see the list of placed APs.

    Dragging and dripping to place APs on the Floorplan

  12. Once you are happy with the placement of your APs on the map, click OK to save your map.

Your venue now appears as an icon on the world map on the Dashboard, located at your venue's actual physical location (if you entered the GPS coordinates correctly). The Dashboard icon that represents your venue provides an overview of the number of APs in the venue and their status. Hover over the icon to view more details, or click one of the links to zoom in to the venue floorplan map you imported.

Importing Venue Map Icon

Note: You can also edit or delete a map. To do so, select the map from the list and click the Edit or Delete icons respectively.
Parent topic: Working with Maps