In-Building Wireless Design Software User’s Manual Version 2.1.1 Copyright 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions All Rights Reserved iBwave Solutions - Confidential The information contained herein is the property of iBwave Solutions and is strictly confidential Except as expressly authorized in writing by iBwave Solutions, the holder shall keep all information confidential, shall disclose it only to its employees with a need to know, and shall protect it, in whole or in part, from disclosure and dissemination to third parties with the same degree of care protect its own confidential information, but with no less than reasonable care Except as expressly authorized in writing by iBwave Solutions, the holder is granted no rights to use the information herein Information is subject to change without notice iBwave Solutions reserves the right to make changes in design or components as progress in engineering and manufacturing may warrant RF-vu Software Manual Version 2.1.1 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Table of Content About this document 0.1 Revision history .4 Introduction to RF-vu 1.1 Launch RF-vu 1.2 Workspace Configuration 1.3 Tools Options 1.3.1 General 1.3.2 Database synchronization 1.3.3 Preferred Parts 1.3.4 Image compression Design Plan 2.1 Create a new project 2.1.1 Project Properties 10 2.1.2 Security 11 2.1.3 Settings 11 2.1.4 Units 12 2.1.5 Calculations 13 2.1.6 CDMA Technology .13 2.1.7 Part ID 14 2.1.8 Back-off factors .17 2.1.9 Mobile Signal 17 2.2 Add Systems 19 2.2.1 Base Station 19 2.2.2 Off-Air Repeater with donor base station 21 2.2.3 Off-Air Repeater with measured RSSI at the donor antenna .26 2.2.4 Wi-Fi source 28 2.3 Remove a System 30 2.4 Add Components and interconnect them .31 2.4.1 Shape Cables 34 2.4.2 Add Shapes, Lines, Text Boxes .34 2.4.3 Inverse through / tap splitter ports 36 2.4.4 Rotate a component .36 2.5 Data View Filter window .37 2.5.1 Data View Filter definition 38 2.6 Show / Hide calculation and cable length labels 39 2.7 Part Info window 40 2.8 Debug Message List window .41 Layout Plans 42 3.1 Import a layout plan .42 3.1.1 Layout plan file – (*.dwg) .43 3.1.2 Layout plan file – image type 44 3.2 Configure Scale on a Layout Plan 45 3.2.1 Same Horizontal & Vertical Scale .46 3.2.2 Different Horizontal & Vertical Scale 47 3.3 Add components onto a Layout Plan 48 3.3.1 Push components from Design Plan to Layout Plan 48 3.3.2 Pull components from Design Plan onto Layout Plan 49 3.4 Position components onto Layout Plan 50 3.5 Display information onto Layout Plan 51 3.5.1 Show / Hide cable length labels 51 3.6 Show Design / Layout sibling 52 3.7 Design on Layout Plans 53 © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 3.7.1 Add a System .53 3.7.2 Remove a System 53 3.7.3 Add components and interconnect them 54 3.7.4 Remove or delete a component 54 3.7.5 Shape Cables 55 3.7.6 Add shapes, lines, text boxes 55 3.7.7 Inverse through / tap splitter ports 56 3.7.8 Data View Filters 56 3.7.9 Show predicted antenna contour 57 3.7.10 Via and cable length calculations 57 3.7.11 Add a Via .58 3.8 Measurement tools .59 3.8.1 Ruler 59 3.8.2 Area calculator .60 Picture Plans 62 4.1 Overlay components on a Picture Plan 62 4.2 Pull components from Design Plan onto Picture Plan 64 4.3 Display information on Picture Plan 65 Add legends to Design, Layout and Picture Plans .65 Reports 66 6.1 Equipment List 66 6.2 Cost Details 67 6.3 Cable Routing Report 69 6.4 Cross-Reference Report .70 Printing 71 7.1 Page setup 71 7.2 Print preview 73 7.3 Print Current page 74 7.4 Print Project 74 7.5 Print Selection .75 7.6 Insert reports into a PDF file 76 7.7 Export to Image .76 Database of components 77 Tricks and shortcuts .77 9.1 Toggle between Selector Cursor and Pan Cursor 77 9.2 Shortcut Key 77 © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 About this document 0.1 Issue 1.2 2.0 (pre) 2.0 2.1 (pre) 2.1 2.1.1 Revision history Date 2004-06-16 2004-10-16 2004-11-01 2005-02-22 2005-03-30 2005-06-07 Justification RF-vu – User’s Manual - Version 1.2 RF-vu – User’s Manual - Version 2.0 – Pre-release RF-vu – User’s Manual - Version 2.0 – Official release RF-vu – User’s Manual - Version 2.1 – Pre-release RF-vu – User’s Manual - Version 2.1 – Official release RF-vu – User’s Manual - Version 2.1.1 – Official release Introduction to RF-vu Basic operation of RF-vu software is covered in this chapter Refer to appropriate chapters in the Help File for in depth information Launch RF-vu 1.1 Double-click on RF-vu’s icon on the desktop Or Select Start -> All Programs –> iBwave Solutions –> RF-vu to launch the application © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 1.2 Workspace Configuration Toggle windows On / Off Open / Close / Lock Window Place cursor on the window tab to make it appear Remove cursor from that window to make it disappear Pin the window to lock it on the workspace © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 To superpose windows or more, Pin the desired windows Drag one of the windows on top of the other one until a grey rectangle appears Release mouse button To toggle between windows or more, Pin the desired windows Drag one of the windows on the window name until a grey rectangle appears Release mouse button Toggle between windows with the tabs © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Tools Options 1.3 1.3.1 General From to decimals Saves program environment settings (tool bars configuration and placement) © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 1.3.2 Database synchronization Configure the Shared database synchronization parameters Refer to DB Editor – User’s Manual for more details 1.3.3 Preferred Parts Available Shortcut Keys are from CTRL+0 to CTRL+9 Add a new part entry (will launch DB part selector window) Delete part entry Change order of an entry from the list Preferred Parts toolbar is populated as per the information contained in Tools -> Options -> Preferred Parts Enter a number from to and press Change When designing in RF-vu, preferred parts can be dropped on the Design Plan or Layout Plans by pressing the Shortcut Key (CTRL+ to 9) or simply by selecting the associated button from the preferred parts toolbar © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 1.3.4 Image compression Additional image compression settings can be configured to keep project file size to a minimum Design Plan 2.1 Create a new project © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.1.1 Project Properties Fill in project information fields and load your company logo if desired Project information appears on every project plan © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 10 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Select Image option Choose file location Open the file Resize the image to fit the page (use zoom option to see the full page) © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 63 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 4.2 Pull components from Design Plan onto Picture Plan Select the desired Picture Plan Right Click and select Pull from Design Plan Rotate component image if needed Resize component image in proportion with the picture © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 64 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 4.3 Display information on Picture Plan Select the Data View Filter window to display the desired information Select Line, Shape or Text Box to add more info (see section 2.4.2) Select the label and move it to the desired location Add legends to Design, Layout and Picture Plans Design Plan Layout Plans Picture Plans Calculations Legend Available Not Available Not Available Cables Legend Available Available Not Available Systems Legend Available Available Available Pictograms Legend Not Available Available Not Available © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 65 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Reports Reports can be generated from the Tool Bar or through the Reports menu 6.1 Equipment List The Equipment List report consists of an inventory of all the components present on the Design and Layout Plans Fill in the Report’s Options window prior to generate the report A safety margin cable be applied on any cable length © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 66 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 6.2 Cost Details The Cost Details report consists of an inventory of all the components including pricing information (Construction & Unit costs) Mark-up values can be added on top of the Equipment and Construction costs independently Additional line items can be added to the Cost Details report © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 67 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Project cost is broken down in (Equipment & Construction costs) © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 68 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 6.3 Cable Routing Report The Cable Routing Report consists of an inventory of each Cable run including details associated to components it connects to © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 69 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 6.4 Cross-Reference Report The Cross-Reference Report consists of an inventory of each component with its Part ID, part model and part description along with where it is being installed © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 70 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Printing 7.1 Page setup The following procedure is valid for configuring the page setup of all type of report or plan that can be printed using RF-vu: • Design Plan • Layout Plan • Picture Plan • Equipment List Report • Cost Details Report Configure Print Setup (printer paper) Use the drop down to resize info to be printed (ability to print on multiple pages) Define printer page Size and Orientation Select Fit to printer paper to automatically resize the information to be printed © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 71 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Configure Page Setup (on-screen display) Define displayed page Size and Orientation Configure Title Border (page border and project information) Toggle border On/Off Toggle Project info and Company logo (see section 2.1.1 on how to insert logo) © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 72 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 7.2 Print preview Select Print Preview option Select number of pages to preview Print © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 73 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 7.3 Print Current page Any report, plan or entire project printed will use the Print Setup configuration as defined in section 7.1 Will print only the active report or plan 7.4 Print Project This function prints all plans as per their respective print setup properties Selecting the print project function will print all plans in the following order: • Design Plan NOTA: Print Project function does • Layout Plans not print any report • Picture Plans (Equipment List nor Cost Details) Plans will be printed as per the Plans Info tree structure Prints all Design, Layout and Picture Plans © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 74 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 7.5 Print Selection This function offers the flexibility to customize which plans are to be printed and in what order NOTA: Reports must be printed seperately (Equipment List and Cost Details) Click on Selection on than click on List of available documents to add to the Documents selection list Ordered list of documents to print LEGEND Add one document to the selection Add all documents to the selection Remove selected document from the selection Remove all documents from the selection Move up selected document Move down selected document © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 75 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 7.6 Insert reports into a PDF file The current product release does not allow printing Reports as part of the Print Project or Print Selection functions To so, follow this procedure: • Print your project or selection in a PDF file by selecting Acrobat DistillerTM as your printer; • Print the report(s) using Acrobat DistillerTM as your printer; • With Adobe AcrobatTM, open your project or selection PDF file Using the Insert Pages function from the Document menu, select the report(s) PDF file(s) to insert and provide required information onto where to insert the report file(s); • Save the project or selection PDF file 7.7 Export to Image It is also possible to save the active Design, Layout or Picture Plan as an image file The page setup configuration is used to determine the area to save as part of the image Plans menu Export to image File name is entered automatically Specify file type (BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG) © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 76 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Database of components Please, refer to DB Editor – User’s Manual Tricks and shortcuts 9.1 Toggle between Selector Cursor and Pan Cursor When on a Design, Layout or Picture Plan, simply press the SPACE bar from the keyboard to change the mouse Selector cursor to the Pan cursor Press the SPACE bar again to change from the Pan cursor to the Selector cursor 9.2 Shortcut Key There are two types of shortcut keys that can be used in RF-vu The first one is commonly seen within any other application and typically uses the format CTRL+X (X being a letter) The second type represents a list of shortcut keys specific to RF-vu application and uses CTRL+SHIFT+Y format (Y being a letter or number) Shortcut Key Description CTRL + A CTRL + C CTRL + N CTRL + O CTRL + P CTRL + S CTRL + V CTRL + X Select All Copy New Project Open Project Print Project Save Project Paste Cut F6 Zoom Fit CTRL + SHIFT + I CTRL + SHIFT + L CTRL + SHIFT + O CTRL + SHIFT + P New Picture Plan New Layout Plan Tools Options Project Properties CTRL + … CTRL + Preferred Part #0 … Preferred Part #9 © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 77 [...]...USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.1.2 Security Ability to set a password protection to open and/or modify the project file Ability to prevent RFvu Field users from modifying the dataview filter 2.1.3 Settings Project settings can be exchanged amongst users and are found under C:\Program Files\iBwave \RF- vu\ Project Settings To configure the font size and color... Solutions inc All rights reserved 14 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 • # : Represents a one-digit numbering index RF- vu automatically increments that number; • ## : Represents a two-digit numbering index RF- vu automatically increments that number and applies as many digits as there are # symbols Zero’s will be used to fill in the numbering index when necessary • \ : RF- vu expects to see a variable name following... Ability to select how Mobile Signal Range and Mobile Signal RSSI calculations are performed © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 13 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.1.7 Part ID Generation options: • Auto-generate IDs for all parts: this mode generates part IDs automatically without offering the ability to manually modify an ID when desired; • Generate IDs for new parts only: this mode generates... variance (σ) Propagation parameters can be set per band of frequencies © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 17 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 18 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.2 Add Systems A system is an RF source defined per frequency band, technology and number of channels The user can add as many systems as needed and there’s no limitation... and press © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 15 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 Preset ID acronyms specific to each type of component Used in the template TAB Part numbering start index Ability to reset the part numbering index on each Layout Plan © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 16 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.1.8 Back-off factors Back-off factor are applied... size and color of Part ID, Part model and Calculation © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 11 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.1.4 Units Units can be selected on a per project basis and modified at any time © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 12 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.1.5 Calculations Ability to select if the Composite output power is being calculated on a Per... 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 19 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 6 Fill out the Uplink path 7 Fill out the Downlink path 8 Select Finish to go back to the Design Plan 9 Position the Base Station on the Design Plan * Base Station info is always in System Info window © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 20 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 2.2.2 Off-Air Repeater with donor... 21 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 11 Fill out the distance between the donor site and the off-air repeater 10 Fill out the donor tower info 13 Select the donor antenna 12 Add any other loss than free space (trees, buildings, etc) 14 Select the antenna manufacturer 15 Select the antenna model 16 Select Ok to go back to the wizard © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 22 USER’S MANUAL -... 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 23 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 19 Select Repeater category 20 Select the repeater manufacturer 21 Select the repeater model 22 Select Ok to go back to the wizard 24 Select Cable category 23 Position repeater on the design page © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 24 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 25 Select the cable manufacturer 26 Select... Select the donor antenna © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 26 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 9 Select the antenna manufacturer 10 Select the antenna model 11 Select Ok to go back to the wizard 12 Select Finish to go back to the Design Plan © 2003-2005 iBwave Solutions inc All rights reserved 27 USER’S MANUAL - VERSION 2.1.1 13 Position the system on the Design Plan * Donor Base Station