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AirMagnet Survey PRO 8.2

Release Notes

September 2011

Table of Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................1

Special Notes ..................................................................................................................................1

New Features .................................................................................................................................3

System Requirements ...................................................................................................................6

Supported Wi-Fi Devices .............................................................................................................8

Bug Fixes ........................................................................................................................................8

Known Issues .................................................................................................................................9

Release History ............................................................................................................................10

Technical Support .......................................................................................................................10

Introduction

AirMagnet Survey is a powerful and easy-to-use survey tool that provides WLAN professionals with everything they need to perform scientifically accurate site surveys of any 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless network. These Release Notes cover all key features that have been added in this AirMagnet Survey 8.2 release (build 25408) as well as some known issues.

Special Notes

When using any of the USB wireless adapters, wireless profiles may need to be re-created when the adapter is plugged into a different USB port—as profiles are stored based on the port, not the adapter itself.

When installing the new Intel® and USB adapters, it is important that users uncheck the option to install the adapter‘s client utility in addition to the driver software.

In order to run AirMagnet Survey on Windows® Vista™ or Windows® 7 using a USB abgn adapter you must install the USB abgn adapter using the USB abgn Vista-Win7 Installer.exe found at https://www.airmagnet.com/my_airmagnet/public/documents/#3rdpartydriver.

User may see an error in Cisco WCS when importing a Cisco WCS Planner project which uses a CAD image. Please refer to the Cisco WCS Version 7.0 MR1 Release Note for the workaround.

https://www.airmagnet.com/my_airmagnet/public/documents/#3rdpartydriver


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Recommended drivers for certain 3rd party vendor adapters are available at https://www.airmagnet.com/my_airmagnet/public/documents/#3rdpartydriver (link accessible after logging into a valid MyAirMagnet account).

Ruckus Wireless recommends the use of active surveys within the AirMagnet Survey product while deploying their APs.

The user should configure the Roaming Control (Signal) feature when using the USB abgn adapters to perform a site survey by SSID.

The ―Delay‖ option for 1000 msec in Active Survey mode is not supported in this release.

In order to test roaming during an active survey, the user should set the Windows Wireless Profile to Automatically Connect and the other profiles to Manually Connect. Otherwise, Windows may activate the other profiles when the Roaming feature is enabled.

The 802.11n-specific portions of the Reports screen (e.g., Operating Mode, 20/40 data, etc.) are based on individual APs and will only be displayed on the Overall Coverage by AP and Per AP reports.

Integration with Virtual Earth requires Internet Explorer 7 (or higher) to be installed on the Survey machine. (21655)

APs placed on Survey‘s Display screen are ‗display-only‘ by default. Consequently, users will be unable to modify the AP power settings for APs placed on the Simulation screen. (22431)

Users running AirMagnet Survey on Windows Vista must have administrative rights in order to use the application.

Removing an active external WiFi adapter while running AirMagnet Survey may cause the application to become unstable.

Microsoft Virtual Earth is now Bing Maps. As a result, the map option for creating a GPS-Aided AirMagnet Survey project using Microsoft Virtual Earth has been changed to using Microsoft Bing.

AirMagnet Survey now supports Cisco Prime NCS integration in addition to our existing support for Cisco WCS integration. Users can create and export planner projects directly into Cisco Prime NCS as well as export real-world survey data to Cisco Prime NCS.

https://www.airmagnet.com/my_airmagnet/public/documents/#3rdpartydriver


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New Features

New wireless adapters supported

Calibrate Raw Data

Fluke Networks® OptiView XG® Network Analysis Tablet

New wireless adapters supported

AirMagnet Survey adds support for the following wireless adapters:

Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 (Microsoft Windows 7™ 32-bit & 64-bit only)

Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (Microsoft Windows 7™ 32-bit & 64-bit only)

Qualcomm Atheros™ XB112 AR9380 (Microsoft Windows 7™ 64-bit only)

Calibrate Raw Data

This feature allows the user to convert non-calibrated survey data into calibrated data —specific to the WiFi card used to capture the data.

Quick calibration of raw non-calibrated data may be performed using the right-click option on the data file in the project window. The user may need to select the card used to capture the data from the Calibrate Survey data window. The calibrated data will be saved to a new data file. If desired, the user can use the Network Card Simulation feature with the newly created calibrated data file.

This feature allows the user to calibrate a data file (.svd) from AirMagnet Survey 8.0 or greater.

The types of data files that may be calibrated are: Passive, Active, and IPerf.

VoFi, Merged, Filtered, and files that are already calibrated cannot be calibrated (the Calibrate Raw Data option will be grayed out).

Fluke Networks OptiView XG Network Analysis Tablet

AirMagnet mobility applications running on the Fluke Networks OptiView XG Network Analysis Tablet creates a powerful combination of industry leading WLAN analysis and troubleshooting solutions, and a unique, dedicated, purpose built portable platform. The Fluke Networks OptiView XG ―all-in-one‖ solution provides users comprehensive and complementary wire-line analysis, wireless analysis and troubleshooting capabilities. OptiView XG is a dedicated tablet for automated network and application analysis – the Network Engineer‘s fastest way to root cause

The platform features include:


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Tablet format with a large, outdoor-readable touch display that is optimized for use in the field.

Integrated radios including dual 3x3 802.11n internal WiFi adapters and a single internal spectrum RF adapter, as well as three USB ports to accommodate an optional third USB-based WiFi adapter for simultaneous monitoring of three WiFi channels when using AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer.

Built-in antenna connector and attachment mechanism for external directional and omni-directional antenna used by AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO and AirMagnet Spectrum XT applications.

Hot-swappable battery system for continuous operations.

Extensible battery life through advanced power management. This includes a power control application for turning on and off the many test ports available on the platform. See ―Enabling WiFi Adapters‖ section below for more detail.

LEDs indicators show WiFi adaptors are in use by AirMagnet applications and provide at-a-glance status about their use e.g., link speed and presence of traffic.

Unique features and operations

Survey PRO is pre-installed on your OptiView XG for your convenience. It can be launched from the OptiView XG desktop by selecting the respective product Icon from Windows All Programs menu and from inside the OptiView XG Application as shown here.

Continuous monitoring of multiple channels at a time is provided by two embedded 802.11n 3x3 via internal Wi-Fi adapters.

Support for multi-radio selection. When the application is launched, the user will be prompted to select adapters to be used:

AirMagnet Use Only adapter, ―Wi-Fi 2‖ is always selected by default

General Use adapter, ―Wi-Fi 1‖ is available for simultaneous multi-adapter analysis and is shared with the OptiView XG application. Survey PRO has priority over OptiView XG application. When General Use ―Wi-Fi 1‖ adapter is selected for scanning, OptiView XG will not have access to the adapter and any testing in process will stop.


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AirMagnet Survey PRO and OptiView XG can simultaneously use Wi-Fi 1 for linked operations. When running Survey PRO active tests, it is recommended that you discontinue OptiView XG use of the adapter to avoid skewing of those test results.

Each of the two Wi-Fi adapters has a single link status indicator. The LED illuminates when the Wi-Fi adapter is in use. The LED‘s color indicates the link speed (or that the Wi-Fi adapter is in use by an AirMagnet application). The LED flashes to indicate traffic is present on the link. See Table 1.

Color Link Speed Standard

Green Up to 11 Mbps 802.11b

Blue Up to 54 Mbps 802.11a/g

White Up to 300 Mbps 802.11n, with one or two spacial streams

Magenta 350 Mbps or more 802.11n, with three spatial streams (3x3)

Amber Wi-Fi adapter is in use by an AirMagnet application

Table 1: Wi-Fi Indicator Color Link Speed Standard

The user interface has been resized for OptiView XG screen resolution for improved usability.

Note: When viewing the Survey and Display views, some map view control buttons may not be visible on the OptiView display. These include Overlap, Overall, Per Channel and 3D. To access these controls, select the desired option from the View menu.

Many AirMagnet Survey PRO views support drag-and-drop. On the OptiView XG platform, the screens may scroll rather than move the icon. This occurs when the screen is zoomed and scrollbars are present. To disable single-finger panning, which is the function that controls this behavior, take the following steps:

1. Open Windows Control Panel

2. Open ―Pen and Touch‖

3. Select the ―Panning‖ tab

4. Uncheck ―Turn on Single Finger Panning‖


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System Requirements

Note: 64-bit Operating Systems supported on Windows 7 for certain wireless adapters. Please refer to supported adapter list for more details. Use Windows XP™ (SP2) if AirMagnet Spectrum Analyzer is installed and used as a standalone application on the laptop PC.

Laptop/Notebook PC/Tablet PC:

Microsoft® Windows 7 Enterprise/Professional/Ultimate, Vista™ Business/Ultimate (SP2), or XP™ Professional (SP3), or Microsoft® Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005 (SP3)

Intel® Pentium® M 1.6 GHz (Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.00 GHz or higher recommended)

1 GB memory (2 GB recommended) for Windows XP™. 2 GB or higher required for Windows Vista™ and Windows 7

800 MB free hard disk space Cardbus, ExpressCard slot, USB port, or mini PCI slot (whichever applicable) Multiple slots in the PC when using multiple adapters. AirMagnet recommends the

user of its multi-adapter-kit. AirMagnet-supported wireless network adapter(s) Optional spectrum adapter and license (required for viewing spectrum data and

heat map; Survey PRO only). Integration supported with AirMagnet Spectrum XT, AirMagnet Spectrum Analyzer, Fluke Networks AnalyzeAir or Cisco Spectrum Expert. Note: Spectrum XT adapter is in the USB form-factor, while the other spectrum products are based on a cardbus (PCMCIA) adapter.

Microsoft® MapPoint 2004 or higher (required for running large-scale outdoor survey using the MapPoint integration feature: Survey PRO only)

Internet connection for using Microsoft® Virtual Earth integration for outdoor surveys (Survey PRO only)

A site map in a format supported by AirMagnet Survey (supported formats are: .bmp, .dib, .dwg, .dxf, .emf, .gif, vsd, .jpg, .png, or .wmf.)

Google Earth must be installed in order to export the GPS data for outdoor surveys to Google Earth (Survey PRO only)

Apple® MacBook® Pro:

Operating Systems: MAC OS X Leopard™ [running Windows XP™ PRO (SP3) using Boot Camp®]

Intel® -based CPU 1.6 GHz or higher 1 GB memory (2 GB recommended) 800 MB free hard disk space Cardbus, ExpressCard slot, USB port or mini PCI slot (whichever applicable) Built-in Atheros-based Airport Extreme 802.11n wireless adapter or any

AirMagnetsupported wireless network adapter (whichever applicable) An AirMagnet Spectrum Analyzer Adapter and license (required for viewing spectrum

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Microsoft® MapPoint 2004 or higher (required for running large-scale outdoor survey using the MapPoint integration feature: (Survey PRO only)

Internet connection for using Microsoft® Virtual Earth integration for outdoor surveys: (Survey PRO only

A site map in a format supported by AirMagnet Survey (supported formats are: .bmp, .dib, .dwg, .dxf, .emf, .gif, vsd, .jpg, .png, or .wmf.)

Google Earth must be installed in order to export the GPS data for outdoor surveys to Google Earth (Survey PRO only)

Multiple slots in the PC when using multiple adapters. AirMagnet recommends the user of its multi-adapter-kit.

Optional spectrum adapter and license (required for viewing spectrum data and heat map; Survey PRO only). Integration supported with AirMagnet Spectrum XT, AirMagnet Spectrum Analyzer, Fluke Networks AnalyzeAir or Cisco Spectrum Expert. Note: Spectrum XT adapter is in the USB form-factor, while the other spectrum products are based on cardbus (PCMCIA) adapter.

Netbook (Survey Express Only)

Microsoft® Windows XP™ Home, Windows 7 Home Premium & Windows 7 Starter edition

Intel® Atom N270/1.6 GHz CPU or N470 Processor (1.83 GHz, 667MHz FSB)

1 GB (2 GB recommended) memory

200 MB free hard disk space 1024X600 resolution A CardBus, ExpressCard slot, USB port, or built-in slots (whichever applicable) AirMagnet-supported wireless network adapter

Fluke Networks OptiView® Series II/III Integrated Network Analyzer

Microsoft Windows XP™ Professional (SP3)

Intel® Pentium® M 600 MHz

512 MB memory 800 MB free hard disk space One of the following CardBus adapters: AirMagnet 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PC card,

Fluke Networks 802.11 a/b/g/n, or Fluke Networks 802.11 a/b/g Planner not supported on Fluke Networks OptiView®

Note: Multi-adapter not supported on Fluke Networks Optiview Integrated Network Analyzer

Fluke Networks OptiView® XG Network Analysis Tablet

Microsoft Windows 7™ Professional ( SP1) 64-bit

Intel® Pentium® 1.2 GHz

4 GB memory

128 GB removable solid state drive


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2 internal Atheros®-based 802.11a/b/g/n adapters

1 internal RF spectrum adapter

3 USB ports

1024 x 768 touch display

Supported Wi-Fi Devices

An AirMagnet-supported Wi-Fi card is required in order to operate the AirMagnet Survey/Planner software. For a complete, up-to-date listing of AirMagnet-supported wireless adapters, visit http://www.airmagnet.com/support/supported_adapters/.

The listing of AirMagnet supported wireless adapters does not apply to Fluke Networks OptiView XG. The platform has two 3x3 802.11n internal WiFi adapters and a single internal spectrum RF adapter used to operate AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer software.

Bug Fixes

This section documents some major bug fixes for AirMagnet Survey.

Build 25408

1. Enhanced the algorithm to help in recalculation of Heat Map on the simulation screen. (30845)

2. Corrected the issue where half the floor plan map was cut off in a report (30379).

3. Fixed the issue that caused the AirMagnet Survey software to crash when saving a simulation to the same existing simulation name. (30151)

4. Fixed the issue with the simulation tool where 5GHz APs are listed in 2.4GHz tab. (29538)

5. Corrected the issue where "Alias Name" was not included in the filtered data file. (30857)

6. Fixed the issue where AP power reset to 100 mWatt when creating a filtered data file. (30856)

7. Fixed the issue wherein the Simulation Data Allocation tab was not getting updated after adding AP. (30465)

8. Resolved the issue wherein Build #22442 broke the ability to detect ad-hoc devices during a passive survey. (30878)

9. Fixed the issues related to the image, site map and graph getting cut off in custom survey report. (30524)

10. Fixed the issue wherein the Individual Signal Distribution in a custom AirMagnet Survey report was showing duplicated images. (30477)

11. Fixed the AP Grouping issue where a newly added "OUI" didn't show up until after the application was relaunched. (30468)

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12. Resolved the issue wherein some active Surveys created using the ―AP on a stick‖ method did not show all the AP locations once multiple surveys where merged. (30338)

13. Fixed the issue which caused the Color legend changes to not appear in Reports. (30118)

14. Fixed the AutoCad DWG margin issue with non-U.S operating systems. This issue caused the importing of some DWG floor plans to shift the coverage heat map when overlaying on the FloorPlan. (30493)

Known Issues

This section documents some known issues with AirMagnet Survey 8.2.

1. Novell client may interfere with the softload process when launching AirMagnet Survey and cause it to fail. To resolve this, disable Novell Client. (11339)

2. Attempting to view 2nd and 3rd level heat maps (such as 2nd or 3rd Sig. Coverage) on projects where there are no secondary or tertiary data may cause primary heat maps to disappear. Closing and reopening the project will restore the data display. (15950)

3. Survey may close unexpectedly if the computer enters Standby mode while Survey is active. (18131)

4. Users may still experience roaming when conducting an active survey against a specific AP. (19712)

5. Using Diff View to compare noise levels for two survey files should display green regions for areas with less noise; currently, the heat map may appear inverted (red for lower noise, green for higher). (20109)

6. Users cannot export reports with capital letters in the filename. (20260)

7. Data type selections made in the ‗Before‘ portion of the Simulation screen may not be reflected properly in the ‗After‘ pane. (20401)

8. When using the Single Project Multi View feature, the data type selections for all views may reflect those of the most recently loaded survey data file (i.e., loading a passive survey in pane 1 and an active in pane 2 may result in the passive pane allowing the user to attempt to display active data). (20486)

9. Survey data files that contain spectrum information may not display correctly immediately after loading. To view spectrum data, uncheck and recheck the survey path. (20521)

10. When importing a new project into the Single Project Multi View feature, the screen may refresh several times before the user is able to click anywhere in the application. (20528)

11. Attempting to compare PHY Data Rate (Down) data using the Diff View feature may compare Signal strength between the two surveys instead. (20859)

12. Merged filenames cannot be longer than 64 characters. (21804)


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13. During installation, all existing AirWISE policies are set to read-only, including user-defined files, after which the Survey application cannot remove them. To work around this, manually delete the files from the AirMagnet Survey\RequirementPolicy directory. (21834)

14. The Roaming Success message window may appear when first starting a VoFi survey even though the phone has not roamed yet. (22918)

15. When first starting a VoFi survey, the SSID list may initially be populated with AP names until the SSIDs are detected. (22988)

16. When using the Locate Station feature, some stations may appear with incorrect signal level listings. (25399)

17. When any of the USB a/b/g/n network adapters are used, the Site Survey tool may not calculate loss. (25842)

18. Users may see a ―no email program present‖ error when attempting to export a custom report for the first time. The export process works after ignoring the error message and re-attempting. (28080)

19. The application may default to ―Ad-Hoc‖ mode in the 802.11 tab of the configuration menu upon first launch. (28258)

20. Data may not display in 3D in Windows 7 64-bit. (28637)

21. Range indicator may sometimes be black in color. (28732)

22. In certain cases, the Cisco Prime NCS/WCS may show the incorrect floor plan. The workaround for this is to remove the generated jpg files (rm -f <WCS DIR>/webnms/webacs/images/domainmaps/*_f.jpg)

23. With certain WCS CAD images, zooming in may cause details to disappear. (29604)

24. When using the Export to CAD feature, newer AutoCAD images may not export. (29660)

25. When performing an Active or Active Iperf survey to a Meru Virtual Port or Virtual Cell AP, the MAC address displayed will be the virtual BSSID. (31317)

Release History

09/07/2011: AirMagnet Survey PRO 8.2 Release (Build 25408).

Technical Support

Fluke Networks' Gold Support is our comprehensive support and maintenance program that offers expanded coverage for all AirMagnet products. All existing AirMagnet customers with products under the annual maintenance and support program are automatically migrated to the new Fluke Network's Gold Support program.

Benefits of the Gold Support program include:

Access to live 24 X 7 technical support.*


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Highly trained technical experts to help with product installation, configuration, best practices & troubleshooting on call 24 hrs a day including weekends and through the night.

Multilingual technical support team.**

Free software updates/upgrades (new features and product enhancements) when available.

Hardware support, repair and replacement for AirMagnet products.***

Free access to "AirMagnet Certified Professional" web-based training for certain AirMagnet products.

MAC Address Reset assistance.

* Except United States holidays (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas)

** Multilingual support not available on weekends

*** Must meet terms and conditions as defined in the hardware warranty

Contact Customer Support

Sign-in to MyAirMagnet to access the ―Exclusive‖ Gold-member only phone numbers for your region.

Submit a support request.

Send email to [email protected].

AirWISE Community

From the help menu, users can directly link to the AirWISE Community http://www.airwisecommunity.com created by AirMagnet for wireless experts. The AirWISE Community includes discussion forums, blogs and additional resources for the security, performance and compliance of wireless networks.

http://www.airmagnet.com/my_airmagnet/

http://www.airmagnet.com/support/submit-report.php

mailto:[email protected]

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