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MENTUM
PRODUCTS
List of products 2
2
CONTACTING
MENTUM
Getting technical support 4
Send us your comments 4
INTRODUCTION Features of Mentum Planet 6
Using this documentation 7User documentation updates 8
Online Help 8
Documentation library 10
Notational conventions 11
CHAPTER1Working with
Sites and Sectors
Displaying and formatting site labels 14
To display site labels 14
To format site labels 14
Choosing sites 16
To choose sites and sectors from the Project Explorer 16
To choose sites and sectors using the Select tools 17
Grouping sites 17
To group sites by properties in the Project Explorer 17
To copy grouped sites in the Project Explorer 18
To ungroup sites in the Project Explorer 19
Finding and selecting sites and sectors in the Map window 19
To find a site in the Map window 19
To find a sector in the Map window 19
To find and display a site with user-selected zoom 19
To select a site or sector in the Map window 20
Working with sites 20
To display information about a site 21
To copy a site or sector into a group 21
To clone a sector at a site 21
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To swap site and sector parameters 22
To rename a site 22
To refresh the sites list 22To delete sites from the Project Explorer 22
To delete sites from the Map window 23
To change the antenna for a sector 23
Using sector placement tools 24
To use the Find Maximum Point tool 24
To use the Angle From Line tool 25
To use the Draw Angle tool 25
Working with sector groups 26
To create a sector group 26To display a group in a Map window 27
Editing sector groups 27
To rename a group 27
To remove a site or sector from a group 28
To delete a group 28
To refresh the groups list 28
To invert a group selection 28
To edit groups from the Site Properties dialog box 28
Working with flags 29Example 29
To create a flag 30
To add a condition 30
To apply a flag condition to a sector 31
To apply flag conditions to one or more sites 31
To display sectors based on flag conditions 31
Editing flags and conditions 32
To rename a flag 32
To rename a condition 32To delete a flag or condition 32
To invert flag conditions 32
Modifying sector symbols for individual sites 33
To modify color and symbol settings for individual sites 33
Customizing sector symbols for multiple sites 33
To create a sector display scheme 35
To define an active sector display scheme 38
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To add a sector display scheme 39
To apply a sector display scheme 39
To apply the default sector symbol 40To update sector relationships 40
Adding user-defined data 41
To add user-defined data 41
CHAPTER2Managing
Antenna Systems
Understanding antenna systems 44
How antenna systems are used in network planning 44
Required accuracy for antenna patterns 46
Antenna pattern formats 47Workflow for adding antenna patterns to a project 48
Importing antenna patterns in the NSMA or Planet format 48
To import an antenna pattern in .dpa format 49
Downloading antenna patterns from the Antenna Server 49
To download antenna patterns 49
Opening and viewing antenna patterns 51
To open an antenna pattern 51
To open an antenna pattern from the Project Explorer 51
Editing antenna algorithm parameters 52To edit algorithm parameters 52
Editing antenna patterns 53
To edit antenna patterns 55
Printing antenna patterns 57
To preview an antenna pattern 57
To print an antenna pattern 57
Adding antenna patterns to a project 57
To add antenna pattern files to a project 57
To view or hide unassigned antenna patterns 58To refresh antenna patterns 58
To rename antenna patterns 58
To remove an antenna pattern from the Project Explorer 58
Grouping antenna patterns 59
To group antenna patterns 59
To ungroup antenna patterns 60
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CHAPTER3Managing Survey
Data
Understanding surveys 62
How survey data is organized in the Project Explorer 62Workflow for surveys 63
Collecting survey data 64
Adding surveys to a project 65
To add surveys to the project 66
To import surveys 66
To modify the properties of a survey 67
Adding survey header information 68
To update survey header information using sector properties 68
Saving a copy of a survey 69To save a copy of a survey 69
Displaying survey data 69
To view a survey in the Map window 70
To find survey data points in the Map window 70
To view survey data in tabular format 71
To create a thematic map of survey data 71
To modify display options for thematically mapped surveys 72
Viewing survey statistics 73
To view a survey histogram 74To view a survey clutter distribution histogram 75
To view a survey regression analysis 76
Assigning surveys 78
To assign a survey to a sector 78
To create a survey assignment file 78
To assign multiple surveys using an assignment file 79
To view and update survey assignments 80
To export a survey assignment file 80
To clear all survey assignments 80Creating survey reports 81
To create survey assignment reports 81
Modifying survey data 82
To average survey data 82
To filter survey data 84
To filter survey data by selection 87
To filter survey data by polygon 87
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To remove survey data points from the Map window 88
Combining and comparing surveys 88
To combine surveys 89To compare two surveys 89
To compare a survey with a numeric grid 91
To compare a survey with a modeled prediction 92
CHAPTER4Managing Test
Mobile Data
Understanding test mobile data 94
Input file requirements for test mobile data 94
Test mobile data file header 95
Workflow for test mobile data 95Importing test mobile data 96
To import test mobile data 96
Viewing information about a test mobile data file 100
To view information about a test mobile data file 101
Viewing and locating test mobile data 101
To view the test mobile data locations in a Map window 101
To find test mobile data in a Map window 102
To view test mobile data in tabular format 102
Displaying test mobile data in a Map window 103Understanding point display settings 104
Understanding how display information is organized 104
To define map view settings for a test mobile data file 105
To define individual point display settings 107
To define point display settings for ranges of values 108
To display the test mobile data points in a Map window 110
To create a map view template for test mobile data 111
Viewing test mobile data in graph format 112
To view test mobile data in graph format 113To print the data in the Test Mobile Graph window 115
Allocating test mobile data to sectors 115
Looking up sectors for test mobile data 115
Allocating test mobile records to sectors 116
To look up sectors for test mobile data automatically 116
To assign sectors to test mobile carrier nodes manually 118
To add a virtual test mobile sector 118
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To view or modify sector information 119
To allocate test mobile records to sectors 120
To view the test mobile records 121To unassign sectors 121
To modify the display in the Test Mobile tree view 121
Exporting test mobile data to surveys 121
To export test mobile data to surveys 122
CHAPTER5Managing Scan
Receiver Data
Understanding scan receiver data 124
Input file requirements for scan receiver data 124
Scan receiver data file header 125Workflow for scan receiver data 125
Importing scan receiver data 126
To import scan receiver data 126
Viewing information about a scan receiver data file 130
To view information about a scan receiver data file 131
Viewing scan receiver data 131
To view the scan receiver data locations in a Map window 131
To find scan receiver data in a Map window 132
To view scan receiver data in tabular format 132Displaying scan receiver data in a Map window 133
Understanding point display settings 134
Understanding how display information is organized 134
To define map view settings for a scan receiver data file 135
To define individual point display settings 137
To define point display settings for ranges of values 138
To display the scan receiver data points in a Map window 140
To create a map view template for scan receiver data 141
Viewing scan receiver data in graph format 142To view scan receiver data in graph format 143
To print the data in the Scan Receiver Graph window 145
Allocating scan receiver data to sectors 145
Looking up sectors for scan receiver data 145
Allocating scan receiver records to sectors 145
To look up sectors for scan receiver data automatically 146
To assign sectors to scan receiver carrier nodes manually 147
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To add a virtual scan receiver sector 148
To view or modify sector information 149
To allocate scan receiver records to sectors 150To view the scan receiver records 151
To unassign sectors 151
To modify the display in the Scan Receiver tree view 151
Exporting scan receiver data to surveys 151
To export scan receiver data to surveys 152
CHAPTER6Generating
Predictions
Understanding path loss and signal strength predictions 156
Path loss and signal strength files 156Path loss files 156
Signal strength files 157
Combined signal strength files 157
Choosing a prediction mode 158
Modeled predictions 158
Merged predictions 158
Defining output settings 159
Advanced prediction layers 159
Bin file size and resolution 160To define analysis output settings 162
Generating predictions 163
To generate predictions 163
Viewing predictions from the Project Explorer 165
To view predictions for a sector 165
Viewing predictions from the View menu 166
To view predictions using the View menu 166
Displaying, filtering, and deleting predictions 168
To display, filter, and delete predictions 168
CHAPTER7Generating Signal
Strength
Predictions
Between Two
Points
Understanding point-to-point analyses 172
The Fresnel zone 172
Workflow for point-to-point analyses 173
Understanding the Point-to-Point Profile Tool dialog box 174
Generating point-to-point profiles 176
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To generate a point-to-point profile 177
Understanding how to interpret a point-to-point profile 180
What you see 181What you can do 181
Customizing the point-to-point profile graph window 182
To customize the Point-to-Point profile graph window 182
To inspect individual points on a profile 183
Viewing the height of clutter above the elevation profile 183
To define clutter height values 183
To view clutter heights 184
Displaying reflection points 184
To display reflection points 184Exporting a point-to-point graph 185
To export a point-to-point graph as an image 185
To export a point-to-point graph to a text file 186
Printing point-to-point graphs 186
To print a point-to-point graph 186
Saving and opening point-to-point profiles 186
To save a point-to-point profile 187
To open a point-to-point profile 187
CHAPTER8Working with
Traffic Maps
Understanding traffic maps 190
Types of input traffic data 191
Conversion factors for input traffic data 191
Understanding clutter weighting 192
Including vectors in clutter 193
Workflow for creating and editing a traffic map 194
Creating traffic maps from regions, vectors, and classified grids 194
To create a traffic map from regions or vectors 194To create a traffic map from a classified grid 196
Creating a traffic map from network data 197
To create a traffic map from network data 198
Applying clutter weighting 200
To apply clutter weighting using a clutter file 200
To apply clutter weighting using a merged clutter/vector file 201
Modifying clutter relative weightings 203
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Viewing traffic maps 203
To view a traffic map 203Adding traffic maps to the Project Explorer 203
To add a traffic map to the Project Explorer 204
Modifying traffic maps 204
Converting traffic maps 204
To convert a traffic map 204
Scaling traffic maps 205
To scale a traffic map by percentage 205
To scale a traffic map by offset 206
To scale a traffic map using clutter scaling factors 206Combining traffic maps 207
To combine traffic maps 207
Deleting traffic maps 208
To delete a traffic map 208
CHAPTER9Working with
Interference
Matrices
Understanding interference matrices 210
Histogram interference matrices 210
Workflow for creating interference matrices 211Creating interference matrices 212
To create a histogram interference matrix 212
To create a histogram interference matrix using existing settings 213
To update an existing histogram interference matrix 214
Viewing interference matrices 215
To view a histogram interference matrix 215
To view histogram interference matrix settings 216
Exporting an interference matrix 217
To export an interference matrix 217Deleting interference matrices 217
To delete interference matrices 217
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CHAPTER10Working with
Neighbor L ists
Understanding neighbor lists 220
Workflow for creating neighbor lists 221Creating neighbor lists 222
To create a neighbor list from a best server grid 222
To create a neighbor list from an interference matrix 223
Comparing neighbor lists 225
To compare neighbor lists 226
Editing neighbor lists 227
To edit a neighbor list 230
To add neighbor relationships to a neighbor list 231
To remove neighbor relationships from a neighbor list 232To edit a neighbor list graphically 232
Viewing neighbor lists 234
To view a neighbor list in a Map window 235
Exporting neighbor lists 236
To export an entire neighbor list or a neighbor list for one sector 236
Copying neighbor lists 237
To copy a neighbor list 237
Adding neighbor lists to the Project Explorer 238
To add a neighbor list to the Project Explorer 238Changing the active neighbor list 238
To change the active neighbor list 238
Merging neighbor lists 239
To merge neighbor lists 239
Deleting neighbor lists 239
To delete a neighbor list 239
CHAPTER11
Using theExtension
Manager
Customizing Mentum Planet using the Extension Manager 242To add an extension 242
To uninstall an extension 243
To save the extension 243
To enable or disable an extension 243
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CHAPTER12Working with
Grids
Getting information about a grid 246
To view a grid legend 246To use the Grid Manager Info function 247
To use the Grid Info tool 247
To use the Region Info tool 248
To use the Line Info tool 248
Contouring a grid 249
Creating contours for a numeric grid 249
To define contour polylines or regions 250
Creating contours for a classified grid 251
To create contours for a classified grid 251Creating smooth grid contours 252
How smooth grid contours are created 253
To create smooth grid contours 256
Creating slope and aspect grids 258
To create a slope and aspect grid 259
Working with area grids 259
To create an area grid 260
To add an area grid 261
To rename an area grid 261To view an area grid 261
To delete an area grid 261
Analyzing visibility on a grid 262
Point-to-Point Visibility function 262
To determine point-to-point visibility 262
Viewshed function 264
To perform a single-point viewshed analysis 264
To perform a multi-point viewshed analysis 266
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CHAPTER13Generating
Coverage Reports
Producing coverage map reports 268
To create a print layout 268To add a frame 269
To change the border of a frame 269
To open a graphic file 270
Creating and printing legends 270
To create and print a grid legend 270
To create and print a thematic map legend 271
APPENDIXA 277Survey to
Numeric Grid
Calculations
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Mentum Products
This chapter contains the
following section:
List of products
The Mentum Product portfolio provides a range of
products for planning and maintaining wireless
networks.
This section describes the products that are available
as part of the portfolio. For additional details about
any of these products, see the Mentumweb site at
http://www.mentum.com.
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List of products
Mentum continues to add to its comprehensive RF planning software
portfolio. Figure 1.1shows available planning and optimization products.
In Mentum Planet 5, the new Extension Manager delivers online access toBETA versions of products before they have been released. For more
information, click the image below to visit the Mentum web site.
Figure 1.1 Mentum products
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Contacting
Mentum
This chapter contains the
following sections:
Getting technical support Send us your comments
Mentum is committed to providing fast, responsive
technical support. This section provides an extensive
list of contacts to help you through any issues you
may have.
We also welcome any comments about our
documentation. Customer feedback is an essential
element of product development and supports our
efforts to provide the best products, services, and
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Getting technical support
You can get technical support by phone or email, or by visiting the Self-
Service Portal on the Mentum website at
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Phone: +1 866 921-9219 (toll free), +1 819 483-7094
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Hours: 9am 6pm CET/CEST (Monday-Friday, excluding local holidays)
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Fax: +852 2824 8358
Email: [email protected]: 9am 6pm HKT (Monday-Friday, excluding local holidays)
When you call for technical support, ensure that you have your product ID
number and know which version of the software you are running. You can
obtain this information using the About command from the Help menu.
When you request technical support outside of regular business hours, a
Product Support Specialist will respond the next working day by telephone or
email, depending upon the nature of the request.
Send us your comments
Feedback is important to us. Please take the time to send comments and
suggestions on the product you received and on the user documentation
shipped with it. Send your comments to:
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Introduction
This introduction contains the
following sections:
Features of Mentum Planet Using this documentation
This User Guide provides an overview of the full life
cycle of a wireless network, and includes information
on the tools and procedures that are common to all
network technologies. Many procedures, for example
network analyses, are dependent on the technology
being used, and are not included in this User Guide.
For more information on technology-specific
procedures, see the appropriate User Guide.
This chapter explains the features of Mentum Planet
and covers the documentation provided.
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Features of Mentum Planet
Mentum Planet provides you with all the tools you need to accurately design,
analyze, and optimize wireless networks. You can add extensions and enable
additional technologies to support the planning functions that you require. Formore information, see List of products onpage 2.
Below is a list of some of the main features of Mentum Planet. This list is not
comprehensive. For a detailed feature list, go to the Mentum web site at http:/
/www.mentum.com.
Project Explorer
The Project Explorer organizes all components of a project into a hierarchical
structure, enabling you to easily manage all project-related data including
sites, project information, network analyses, network data, and surveys. Youcan sort components such as sites and antenna patterns by their characteristics
and manage support documents such as census tract data, capacity planning
information, or RF design review documents. Shortcut menus give you quick
access to a wide variety of commands.
Site Editor
The Site Editor brings together all the parameters you need to specify when
defining base station technologies, sites, and sectors. This includes the link
configuration, the implementation settings as well as general site and sectorsettings.
Traffic Map Generator
Using the Traffic Map Generator, you can create traffic maps based on various
sources of data, including market information, demographics, vehicular
traffic, and switch statistics. You can combine this information with clutter
information for your coverage area for an even more accurate assessment of
traffic loading for your wireless network. You can also scale traffic maps to
better meet your requirements.
Interference Matrix Generator
The Interference Matrix Generator analyzes the potential for co-channel and
adjacent-channel interference in your wireless network. If required, you can
include traffic map information in the interference matrix calculations.
Interference matrices are required input for the Neighbor List Generator and
the Automatic Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Planning tool.
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Neighbor List Generator
You can use the Neighbor List Generator to create, view, edit, and compare
neighbor lists for single-technology networks and for multi-technology
networks. Neighbor lists can be based on cell adjacency or interference.Multiple user-defined criteria determine neighbor selection. You can also
import and export neighbor lists.
Network Data Import Wizard
You can import switch statistics for use in traffic maps, interference matrices,
neighbor lists, and other Mentum Planet analysis tools. Performance-related
data you can import includes dropped call rates, blocked call rates, and traffic
levels. The Network Data tool can also produce a thematically mapped
display of the imported data by sector.
Survey Data tool
Using the Survey Data node in the Project Explorer, you can import, manage,
and visualize survey data.
Subscriber Settings
The Subscriber Settings dialog box contains all the parameters you need to
define the characteristics of your network subscribers including the mobile
equipment and services they use as well as the Quality of Service thresholds.
Data Manager
The Data Manager enables you to store data centrally and manage projects
more efficiently, thus facilitating project collaboration and data sharing.
MapInfo Professional
Mentum Planet includes a full version of MapInfo Professional, an industry
standard mapping tool that gives you access to a full suite of raster and vector
analysis tools, cartographic-quality tools, and advanced thematic mappingcapabilities. For a list of new features in MapInfo 9.5, see theMapInfo
Professional User Guide.
Using this documentation
Before using this documentation, you should be familiar with the Windows
environment. It is assumed that you are using the standard Windows XP
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desktop, and that you know how to access ToolTips and shortcut menus,
move and copy objects, select multiple objects using the Shift or Ctrl key,
resize dialog boxes, expand and collapse folder trees. It is also assumed that
you are familiar with the basic functions of MapInfo Professional. MapInfo
Professional functions are not documented in this User Guide. Forinformation about MapInfo Professional, see the MapInfo online Help and
MapInfo Professional User Guide. You can access additional MapInfo user
documentation from the Pitney Bowes Business Insight website at
http://www.pbinsight.com/support/product-documentation/m/details/
mapinfo-professional.
All product information is available through the online Help. You access
online Help using the Help menu or context-sensitive Help from within a
dialog box by pressing the F1 key. If you want to view the online Help for a
specific panel or tab, click in a field or list box to activate the panel or tabbefore you press the F1 key. The following sections describe the structure of
the online Help.
User documentation updates
User documentation is continually evolving to address feedback or introduce
improvements. You can download the latest user documentation from the
Customer Care Product Downloadspage where it is available as a separate
download from the software.
Online Help
From the Help menu, you can access online Help for Mentum Planet software
and for MapInfo Professional. This section describes the structure of the
Mentum Planet online Help.
The online Help provides extensive help on all aspects of software use. It
provides
help on all dialog boxes
procedures for using the software
an extensive Mentum Planet documentation library in PDF
format
User Guides
The following sections provide details about the resources available through
the online Help.
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Resource Roadmap
When you first use the online Help, start with the Resource Roadmap. It
describes the types of resources available in the online Help and explains how
best to use them. It includes a step-by-step guide that walks you through the
available resources.
Knowledge Base
You can access the Knowledge Base maintained by the Customer Care group
by clicking the Knowledge Base button on the online Help toolbar. The
Knowledge Base contains current information on Mentum products such as
Frequently Asked Questions, How To procedures as well as solutions to
issues.
Printing
You have two basic options for printing documents:
If you want a good quality print of a single procedure or section,
you can print from the Help window. Click Printin the Help
window.
If you want a higher quality print of a complete User Guide, use
Adobe Reader to print the supplied print-ready PDF file
contained in the Mentum Planet documentation library. Open the
PDF file and choose FilePrint.
Library Search
You can perform a full-text search on all PDF files contained in the Mentum
Planet documentation library if you are using a version of Adobe Reader that
supports full-text searches. The PDF files are located in the
Mentum\Planet\Help\User Guides folder.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Frequently Asked Questions section provides answers to common
questions about Mentum Planet. For easy navigation, the section is divided
into categories related to product functionality.
You can also perform a search on all online Help topics by clicking the
Search tab in the Help window. Type a keyword, and click List Topics to
display all Help topics that contain the keyword. The online Help duplicates
the information found in the User Guide PDF files in order to provide more
complete results. It does not duplicate the information in the Release Notes,or Glossary.
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Whats This? Help
Whats This? Help provides detailed explanations of all dialog boxes.
User Guides
All User Guides for Mentum Planet software is easily accessible as part of theonline Help.
Documentation library
Mentum Planet comes with an extensive library of User Guides in PDF
format. The following table provides details about the documentation
supplied with Mentum Planet.
Additional documents, including Application Notes and Technical
Notes, are available at http://www.mentum.com.
Document Enables you to
Mentum Planet User Guide Plan and analyze simulated wireless
communication networks.
WiMAX User Guide Plan and analyze WiMAX networks. This User
Guide contains the main tasks required to model
and analyze a network using Mentum Planet.
Fixed WiMAX User Guide Plan and analyze Fixed WiMAX networks. This
User Guide contains the main tasks required to
model and analyze a network using Mentum
Planet.
LTE User Guide Plan and analyze LTE networks. This User Guide
contains the main tasks required to model and
analyze a network using Mentum Planet
Grid Analysis User Guide Perform operations on spatial data that is stored
in grids, and display, analyze, and export digital
terrain models (DTM) and other grid-based data.
Indoor/Outdoor Integration User
Guide
Integrate indoor networks into Mentum Planet
and learn how to view, edit, and manage indoor
projects.
Data Manager User Guide Learn how to use the Data Manager.
The Data Manager enables users to work with
centralized Mentum Planet data stored in an
Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server database.
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Notational conventions
This section describes the textual conventions and icons used throughout this
documentation.
Textual conventions
Special text formats are used to highlight different types of information. The
following table describes the special text conventions used in this document.
Data Manager Server
Administrator Guide
Learn how to install and configure the Data
Manager Server on database and file servers in a
network environment, and how to manageaccess to project data.
Installation Guide Install Wireless Network Planning software.
Mentum Planet Release Note Learn about new features and known issues with
the current release of software.
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Note
Learn about new features and known issues with
the current release of Data Manager Server
software.
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Professional, as well as basic and advancedmapping concepts.
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Professional product as well as customer issues
that have been resolved.
bold text Bold text is used in procedure steps to identify a user interface
element such as a dialog box, menu item, or button.
For example:
In the Select Interpolation Method dialog box, choose the
Inverse Distance Weighting option , and click Next.
cour i er t ext Courier text is used in procedures to identify text that you musttype.
For example:
In the File Namebox, type El evat i on. gr d.
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Icons
Throughout this documentation, icons are used to identify text that requires
special attention.
Menu arrows are used in procedures to identify a sequence of
menu items that you must follow.
For example, if a step reads Choose FileOpen, you
would click File and then click Open.
< > Angle brackets are used to identify variables.
For example, if a menu item changes depending on the
chosen unit of measurement, the menu structure would
appear as Display.
This icon identifies a workflow summary, which explains a series of
actions that you will need to carry out in the specified order to
complete a complex task.
This icon identifies a cautionary statement, which contains
information required to avoid potential loss of data, time, or
resources.
This icon identifies a tip, which contains shortcut information,
alternative ways of performing a task, or methods that save time orresources.
This icon identifies a note, which highlights important information or
provides information that is useful but not essential.
This icon identifies references such as books or web sites where you
can find useful information.
This icon identifies examples that illustrate how to use features of the
product in your everyday work.
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Chapter 1: Working with Sites and Sectors
1.Working with Sites
and Sectors
This chapter contains the
following sections:
Displaying and formatting sitelabels
Choosing sites
Grouping sites
Finding and selecting sites
and sectors in the Map
window
Working with sites
Using sector placement tools
Working with sector groups
Working with flags
Modifying sector symbols for
individual sites
Customizing sector symbols
for multiple sites
Adding user-defined data
After you define site and sector properties, you can
place your sites. If you are using the same site
configuration for many sites, you can save a site
template, which simplifies the process of site
placement.
This chapter covers additional features related to the
configuration and placement of sites. See the
appropriate User Guide for the technology you are
using for procedures relating to the main workflow.
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Displaying and formatting site labels
You can display and format site labels in order to improve the readability of a
map.
To display site labels
In the Project Explorer, in the Windowscategory, expand the Map
Windowsnode, right-click the active site file and choose Auto Label
if there is not already a check mark indicating the feature is turned on.
To format site labels
1 Right-click in the Map window and choose Layer Control.
The Layer Control dialog box opens.
2 From the Layerlist, choose your site file, and click Label.
The Label Options dialog box opens.
3 From the Label Withlist, choose the information you want to appear inthe label.
4 In the Visibilitysection, choose one of the following options to display
labels:
Offlabels are not displayed.
Onlabels are always displayed.
Display Within Rangelabels are displayed only when the
Map window zoom width is between the values you specify in
the Min Zoom and Max Zoomboxes.
5 Enable any of the following options as needed:
Allow Duplicate Textthe same label can appear on a map
more than once. This is useful if you want to display sector
To remove site labels, in the Windows category of the Project Explorer,
expand the Map Windows node, right-click the site file and choose Auto
Label to remove the check mark.
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labels such as technology where more than one site would have
the same label.
Allow Overlapping Textlabels near each other can overlap.
Maximum Labelsthe total number of labels in the Mapwindow is limited to the number in the box, unless you leave the
box blank.
The Label Partial Objects check box does not apply to labels for sites or
other point objects.
6 If you want to change the text style of the labels, click Aain the Stylessection to open the Text Styledialog box, modify the following settings,
and click OK:
Fontlabel typeface and size can be chosen from the lists.
Text Colorlabel color can be chosen from the list.
Backgroundlabel can have a rectangular background or a
halo effect in a selectable color to increase readability.
Effectslabel can have text styles such as bold or italic.
For more information on these settings, press the F1 key.
7 If you want to adjust the position of the labels, in the Positionsection, doany of the following:
To change the relative position of the label to the site, click the
Anchor Pointbutton that corresponds to the label placement
you prefer.
To change the distance between the label and the site, type a
value in points in the Label Offsetbox.
The Rotate Label With Line check box has no effect on labels for sites or
other point objects.
8 In the Label Optionsdialog box, click OK.
9 In the Layer Controldialog box, click OK.
You can create complex labels that combine several pieces of
information by choosing Expression from the Label With list. For
information on how to create the expression you need, press the F1 key.
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Choosing sites
There are several methods available in Mentum Planet for choosing sites. You
can:
choose sites and sectors from the Project Explorer. See Tochoose sites and sectors from the Project Explorer onpage 16.
use the shortcut commands from the Project Explorer. See To
find and display a site with user-selected zoom onpage 19and
To select a site or sector in the Map window onpage 20.
use the Select, Marquee, Radius, or Polygon Select tools on the
Main toolbar. See To choose sites and sectors using the Select
tools onpage 17.
use the Select All From Site Table button on the Site toolbar toselect all sites or the Unselect All button from the Main toolbar
to unselect all sites. See To choose sites and sectors using the
Select tools onpage 17.
To choose sites and sectors from the Project Explorer
The recommended method for choosing sites and sectors is using the Project
Explorer.
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand the Sitesnode.
2 Do one of the following:
To choose a site, click on the site node.
To choose multiple sites, press the Ctrl key and click on multiple
sites. To choose a sector, expand the site node and click a sector.
To choose multiple sectors, expand the sites node, press the Ctrl
key and click on multiple sectors.
When you choose a site using the Select tool, only one sector is
selected. If you want to choose all of the sectors in a site, you must
choose the sectors using the Marquee, Radius, or Polygon Select tools or use
the Select in Map window command from the Project Explorer.
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To choose sites and sectors using the Select tools
You can also use the Select tools on the Main toolbar to choose sites and
sectors. You can also use the Select All in Site Table button and the Find Site
button on the Site toolbar.When more than one layer is displayed in a Map window, you can only make
selections using the Select tools on objects that are on the uppermost layer.
Mentum Planet automatically sets the project defaults so that the site table and
editable map layers added to the Map window are selectable. Therefore, if
you have opened several map layers, use the Layer Control to make these
layers unselectable in order to facilitate the selection process or ensure the site
table is the uppermost selectable layer.
Click any of the following buttons on the Maintoolbar and then click
in the Map window or drag the mouse pointer to select multiple sites:
Select tool
Polygon Selecttool
Marquee Selecttool
Grouping sites
By grouping sites, you can organize how sites are displayed in the Project
Explorer. This makes it easier to work with sites. You can group sites by the
following properties:
antenna pattern
propagation model
technology
To group sites by properties in the Project Explorer
You can quickly view which sites have specific properties using the Group By
option in the Project Explorer. For example, if you want to view sites
organized according to antenna pattern, you can choose the Antenna Pattern
You can also view currently selected objects in a Browser window to
ensure that the correct objects (sites and sectors) are chosen. Choose
WindowNew Browser Window and choose Selection in the Browser Table
dialog box.
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option. This creates nodes under the Sites node for each antenna pattern in the
project, and groups the sites according to which pattern they use.
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Sites,
choose Group By, and then choose the property by which you want
the sites grouped.
To copy grouped sites in the Project Explorer
You can quickly copy all sectors from a grouped sites node to a new group in
the Project Explorer. Only those sectors with the grouped by property will be
copied. In Figure 1.1, sites are grouped by Antenna type. To add all sectors
assigned the 60_degree antenna, you can drag the 60_degree node onto the
Sixty_degrees node under the Local group node. Sectors assigned an antenna
other than 60_degree will not be copied to the group.
Figure 1.1 Example of sites grouped by Antenna
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Sites, chooseGroup By, and then choose the property by which you want the sites
grouped.
2 Right-click the grouped by node that you want to copy and choose Copy.
3 Right-click the group to which you want to add the copied sectors andchoose Paste.
You can also drag the grouped sites to the new group.
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To ungroup sites in the Project Explorer
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Sitesand
choose Group ByNone.
Finding and selecting sites and sectors in the Map window
Mentum Planet provides many methods for finding and selecting sites and
sectors in the Map window. The Locate command is useful if you have many
sites in your project and you want to select one particular site and center it in
the Map window or if you have co-located sectors in your project and you
want to select a co-located sector. The Select in Map Window command
enables you to choose several sites or sectors in the Project Explorer and
highlight them in the Map window.
To find a site in the Map window
Do one of the following:
In the Site Editor, click Locate.
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the site
and choose Locate.
The site is selected and centered in the Map window.
To find a sector in the Map window Do one of the following:
In the Site Editor, in the tree view, choose a sector and click
Locate.
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand a site
node, right-click a sector, and choose Locate.
The sector is selected and centered in the Map window.
To find and display a site with user-selected zoom
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Sitesandchoose Find Site.
2 In the Find Sitedialog box, do one of the following:
Enable theSelect From Listcheck box and, in the Findlist,
choose the site you want to find.
Type the Site ID in the Findbox.
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3 In the Zoom Widthbox, define the width of the map view.
4 Click Findto display your chosen site.
To select a site or sector in the Map window
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, do one of the
following:
Right-click the Sitesnode, select a site, and choose Select
in Map Window.
Expand a site node, select a sector, and choose Select inMap Window.
At the site level, all the sectors will be selected in the Map window. At the
sector level, the chosen sector will be selected in the Map window.
Working with sites
The Project Explorer provides easy access to functions that help you manage
your sites. You can
display information about a site. See To display information
about a site
copy a site or sector into a group. See To copy a site or sector
into a group onpage 21
delete a site. See To delete sites from the Project Explorer on
page 22and To delete sites from the Map window onpage 23.
swap site parameters. See To swap site and sector parameters
onpage 22
You can also choose Edit Find Site from the main menu to open the
Find Site dialog box.
Due to a MapInfo limitation, sites that consist of an even number of
sectors do not appear to be selected in the Map window. The
workaround is to select a sector instead of a site.
You can select multiple sites or sectors in the Project Explorer by
pressing the Ctrl key and selecting multiple sites or sectors. When you
choose Select in Map Window, the chosen sites or sectors will be highlighted.
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To display information about a site
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the site and
choose Edit.
The Site Editor opens.
To copy a site or sector into a group
You can quickly add sites or sectors to a group in the Project Explorer using
the Copy and Paste commands.
1 In the Project Explorer, expand the Sitesnode, right-click the sites orsectors you want to copy into a group, and choose Copy.
2 Expand the Groupsnode.
3 Right-click the group to which you want to add the sites or sectors, andchoose Paste.
The selected sites are added to the group or the selected sectors are added
to the group under the original site name.
To clone a sector at a site
You can quickly clone a sector to create a copy of an existing sector at a site.
All sector settings, carrier assignments, and base station link budget
parameters are copied to the new sector.
1 In the Project Explorer, expand the Sitesnode.
2 Right-click the sector upon which you want the new sector based and
choose Clone.
3 In the Clone Sectordialog box, in theNew Sector Namebox, type a
name for the sector.
4 Click OK.
The new sector is added to the same site as the original sector.
You can also double-click on a site to open the Site Editor.
To add sites or sectors to a group, you can also drag sites or sectors
onto a group under the Groups node.
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To swap site and sector parameters
In the Project Explorer, right-click the two sites for which you want
site and sector parameters swapped and choose Swap Sites.
All site and sector parameters will be swapped (i.e., the site and sectorparameters for Site A will be copied to Site B and vice-versa).
To rename a site
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the site and
choose Rename.2 Type a new name for the site and press ENTER.
3 In the confirmation dialog box, click Yesto acknowledge that existing
predictions will be deleted.
To refresh the sites list
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Sitesand
choose Refresh.
The sites list is ordered alphabetically or numerically, depending on thesite ID.
To delete sites from the Project Explorer
Do one of the following:
To delete one site, in the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory,
right-click a site, choose Delete, and click Yesto confirm the
deletion.
To delete multiple sites, in the Project Explorer, in the Sites
category, choose a site and holding-down the Ctrl key, choose
the other sites you want to delete. Right-click and choose Delete,
and click Yesto confirm the deletion.
Groups, flags, and assigned repeaters are not swapped.
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To delete sites from the Map window
Do one of the following:
To delete one site, in the Map window, choose the site,
right-click and choose Delete, and then click Deleteto confirmthe deletion.
To delete multiple sites, in the Map window, use the selection
tools to choose the sites you want to delete, and then right-click
and choose Delete. In the Delete dialog box, click Delete for
each site you want to delete.
To change the antenna for a sector
Each sector assigned to a site must have a valid antenna pattern associated
with it in order to generate predictions. Mentum Planet includes some defaultantenna patterns, but you can add antenna patterns to your project as required.
For more information, see To add antenna pattern files to a project on
page 57.
1 Do one of the following:
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click a site
and choose Edit.
Click the Edit Sitebutton on the Sitetoolbar and choose a site in
the Map window.2 In the Site Editor, in the tree view, choose the sector you want to modify.
3 Click the Linktab.
4 From the Antennalist, choose the antenna you want to use with thesector.
Only antennas that are displayed in the Antennas node are available.
5 If you are using a smart of MIMO antenna, from the Antenna Algorithmlist, choose the algorithm you want to associated with the antenna.
For information on using the Antenna Editor, see the appropriate User
Guide for the technology you are using.
6 Click Applyto apply the changes.
7 Click Closeto close the Site Editor.
Antenna patterns are organized in the Project Data category of the Project
Explorer. The icons of antenna patterns that have been assigned to a
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sector are displayed in color. The icons of antenna patterns that have not
been assigned to sectors, but are located in the Antennas folder of the
project, are displayed in gray.
Using sector placement tools
The Grid Analysis toolbar includes tools that will help you with the placement
of sectors and the positioning of directional antennas.
Find Maximum Point toolfinds the highest point in a region.
This is an aid to finding good locations for sites.
Angle From Line toolmeasures the direction of a line relative
to true north. This can help in the placement of a directional
antenna to serve a section of highway.
Draw Angle tooldraws a line at a specified direction with
respect to true north.
To use the Find Maximum Point tool
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Windowscategory, right-click theCosmetic layer for the Map window and choose Editableif the check box
is not already enabled.
2 If the Grid Analysisand Drawingtoolbars are not visible, choose
View Toolbars, enable the Grid Analysisand Drawingcheck boxesin the Showcolumn, and click OK.
3 If the Map window does not contain a suitable polygon object, such as acounty or census district, click the Polygonbutton on the Drawing
toolbar, and draw a polygon enclosing the area in which you want to find
the highest point.
4 On the Grid Analysistoolbar, click the Find Maximum Pointbuttonand choose the polygon in the Map window.
A point object is generated on the cosmetic layer, showing the point of
highest elevation within the polygon. To obtain the location coordinates,
double-click on the point object.
If you drew the polygon, select it in the Map window, press the DELETE
key to remove it, and make the location of the highest point more
visible.
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To use the Angle From Line tool1 In the Project Explorer, in the Windowscategory, right-click the
Cosmetic layer for the Map window and choose Editableif the check box
is not already enabled.
2 If the Grid Analysisand Drawingtoolbars are not visible, choose
View Toolbars, enable the Grid Analysisand Drawingcheck boxes
in the Showcolumn, and click OK.
3 If the Map window does not contain a suitable line object, such as a road,
click the Linebutton on the Drawingtoolbar, and draw the line for whichyou want to measure the direction.
4 On the Grid Analysistoolbar, click the Angle From Linebutton, andchoose the line in the Map window.
A label is added to the Map window showing the angle of the line with
respect to true north.
To use the Draw Angle tool
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Windowscategory, right-click the
Cosmetic layer for the Map window and choose Editableif the check box
is not already enabled.
2 If the Grid Analysistoolbar is not visible, choose View Toolbars,enable the Grid Analysischeck box in the Showcolumn, and click OK.
3 On the Grid Analysistoolbar, click the Draw Anglebutton, and then
click anywhere in the Map window.
The Draw Angle dialog box opens.
4 In the Anglebox, type the direction of the line in degrees with respect totrue north.
5 In the Distancebox, type the length of the line in kilometers.
To delete the point object, choose the object in the Map window, and
press the DELETE key to remove it.
To delete the label, in the Windows category of the Project Explorer,
expand the Windows node, and choose the cosmetic layer. Right-click
and choose Clear Objects.
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6 Click in the Map window where you want the line to begin.
The line is drawn in the Map window.
7 If you want to draw another line, modify the Angleand Distancevalues
as needed, and click in the Map window at the start point of the line.
8 When you have finished drawing lines, close the Draw Angledialog box.
Working with sector groups
You can create groups and assign sites or individual sectors to one or more
groups. You can then use these groups to make selections when performing
certain operations. For example, you could divide the sites in your project into
four groups: North, South, East, and West. You could then choose to generate
predictions only for the sectors that are part of the North and East groups. Anysectors that are not part of these two groups will be ignored.
Groups are organized in the Project Explorer according to whether or not they
are used with Data Manager:
Groups listed under the Shared node are stored in Data Manager
and will be available to other users.
Groups listed under the Local node are not stored in Data
Manager. Even if the project is stored in Data Manager, the
groups under the Local node will not be available to other users.
When you add or remove a site or sector from a group, or delete an entire
group, the sectors are not removed from the Sites list in the Project Explorer.
To create a sector group
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the Groupsnode and do one of the following:
Choose New Localto create a local group. The Add New
Local Group dialog box opens.
Choose New Sharedto create a shared group. The Add NewShared Group dialog box opens.
2 Type a name for the new group and click OK.
The group is added to either the Local or Shared node, under the Groups
node in the Project Explorer.
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3 Choose one or more sites or sectors from the Siteslist or from another
group and drag them to the group.
To display a group in a Map window
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click a group and
choose View.A new layer is created in the Map window that shows only the sites in the
group. For information on working with map layers, see the appropriate
User Guide for the technology you are using.
Editing sector groups
You can rename or delete groups. You can also remove sites and sectors from
groups. When you delete a group or remove sites or sectors from a group, the
sites or sectors are removed from the group or the Groups node, but remain
under the Sites node in the Project Explorer.
You can also use the Tabular Editor to quickly edit sector group assignments.
For more information, see the appropriate User Guide for the technology you
are using.
You can use the Invert Selection option to select all of the sites and sectors
that are notpart of a group. When the Invert Selection command is enabled
for a group, a check mark appears beside the menu command. When the
Invert Selection option is enabled, all sectors that are notpart of the group will
be selected.
To rename a group
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the group and
choose Rename.
2 Type a new name for the group and press ENTER.
You can also right-click either Local or Shared and choose New to
create a new group under the chosen node.
You can also choose one or more sites or sectors in the Project
Explorer, right-click and choose Copy, then right-click the group and
choose Paste.
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To remove a site or sector from a group
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand the group you wantto edit.
2 In the group, right-click the site or sector you want to remove and chooseRemove From Group.
To delete a group
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand Groups, right-
click the group and choose Delete.
2 In the Mentum Planet dialog box, click Yes.
The group is deleted from the Groups node in the Project Explorer, but the
sites and sectors in the group are not deleted.
To refresh the groups list
In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Groups
and choose Refresh.
The groups list is ordered alphabetically.
To invert a group selection
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand Groups, right-click the group and choose Invert Selection.
The Invert Selection option is enabled, and all sectors that are notpart of
the group will be selected.
2 To turn off the Invert Selection option, right-click the group and choose
Invert Selectionagain.
To edit groups from the Site Properties dialog box
You can assign sectors to groups or edit the groups to which a sector isassigned on the Sectors tab in the Site Properties dialog box.
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand Groupsor Sites,right-click the site you want to edit and choose Edit.
2 In the Site Propertiesdialog box, click the Sectorstab.
3 Click in the sector Groupfield, and then click the Browse (...) button.
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4 In the Group Optionsdialog box, do either of the following and click
OK:
To add a sector to a group, enable the check box beside the
group.
To remove a sector from a group, clear the check box beside the
group
5 In the Site Propertiesdialog box, click Apply, and then click Close.
Working with flags
Flags are properties that you can use to identify sectors as having certain
characteristics (conditions). You can create multiple flags, and each flag can
have multiple conditions, but you can assign only one condition per flag to asector. The conditions of a flag should be a set of related but mutually
exclusive values.
Once you have assigned flag conditions to your sectors, you can enable
specific flags using the check boxes under the Flags node in the Project
Explorer. When you enable a flag condition in the Project Explorer, the flag
icon changes from gray to color, indicating that the flag has active conditions.
When you right-click the Flags node in the Project Explorer and choose a
command, only the sectors that have been assigned conditions for the enabled
flags will be used.
Example
If you wanted to generate predictions for a new network based on sector status
and location, you could create the flags and conditions shown in Figure 1.2.
Figure 1.2 Flags node in the Project Explorer. In this example, there are 3 sites
(6 sectors) that satisfy the flag conditions.
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You would then assign one Status flag condition and one Location flag
condition to each sector in your network. Figure 1.3shows how you would
assign a Status of Active and a Location of South to a sector.
Figure 1.3 Assigning flag conditions to a sector
You could then generate predictions based on both the status and location of a
sector. For example, if you only wanted to generate predictions for active
sectors located in the central or south, you would enable the Active condition
for the Status flag and the Central and South conditions for the Location flag,
as shown in Figure 1.2. In this example, the flag filter would identify sites
where the Location flag is Central ORSouthANDthe Status flag is Active.
To create a flag
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click Flagsandchoose New.
2 In the Add New Flagdialog box, type a name for the flag, and click OK.The name must contain only alphanumeric characters with no spaces.
The new flag is added to the Project Explorer tree view in the Sites
category. The new empty flag appears in the tree view under Flags.
To add a condition
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click a flag andchoose New Condition.
2 In the Add New Conditiondialog box, type a name for the newcondition, and click OK.
The new condition is added to the Project Explorer tree view under the
flag node.
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To apply a flag condition to a sector
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the sector andchoose Set Flags.
The Flags dialog box opens.
2 In the Flag List, choose the flag conditions you want to apply from thelist in the Conditioncolumn.
3 When you have finished setting flag conditions, click OK.
To apply flag conditions to one or more sites
1 Do one of the following:
In the Project Explorer, choose one or more sites, right-click
and choose Global EditCommon.
In the Map window, use the Marquee Selecttool to choose one
or more sites, and then choose EditGlobal EditCommon.
The Common Global Edit dialog box opens.
2 From the Selectionlist, choose Selection, if it is not already chosen.
3 In the List of Columns to Update, expand the Flagsdata field.
4 Locate the row for the flag you want to assign, and from the list in the
Valuecolumn, choose the condition you want to apply.5 Enable the check box for the flag, if it is not already enabled.
6 When you have finished setting flag conditions, click OK.
7 In the Confirmdialog box, click Yes.
To display sectors based on flag conditions
You can quickly locate sectors identified with certain flags and conditions.
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, expand the Flagsnode,
then expand the individual flag nodes you want to view.
2 Enable the check boxes for the flag conditions you want to display.
3 Right-click the Flagsnode and choose View.
A new layer is added to the Map window, showing the sites with the
chosen flag conditions. For information on working with map layers, see
the appropriate User Guide for the technology you are using.
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Editing flags and conditions
You can edit flags and conditions when you need to refine them. You can also
use the Tabular Editor to quickly edit flags and conditions for a group of
sectors. For information on working with map layers, see the appropriate UserGuide for the technology you are using.
You can use the Invert Conditions option to select all of the sites and sectors
that have notbeen assigned the enabled flag conditions. When the Invert
Conditions option is enabled, a check mark appears beside the menu
command. The option remains enabled until you right-click the Flags node
and choose Invert Conditions again.
To rename a flag
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click a flag andchoose Rename.
2 Type a new name for the flag and press ENTER.
To rename a condition
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the conditionand choose Rename.
2 Type a new name for the condition and press ENTER.
To delete a flag or condition
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click a flag orcondition and choose Delete.
2 In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
To invert flag conditions
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the Flagsnode
and choose Invert Conditions.The Invert Conditions option is enabled, and all of the sites and sectors
that have notbeen assigned the enabled flag conditions will be selected.
2 To turn off the Invert Conditions option, right-click the Flags node andchoose Invert Conditionsagain.
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Modifying sector symbols for individual sites
Sites and sectors are displayed using the sector display scheme you associate
with the sector.
To modify sector symbols for multiple sites, you can define a sector displayscheme and use the Tabular Editor to associate it to multiple sectors. For more
see the appropriate User Guide for the technology you are using.
To modify color and symbol settings for individual sites
1 In theSite Editor, in the tree view, choose the sector you want to modify
in the tree view.
2 Click the Generaltab.
3 From the Sector Display Schemeslist, choose the scheme you want toassociate with the sector.
On those sector display schemes are appear beneath the Sector Display
Schemes node in the Project Explorer are available.
4 In the Site Editor, click Apply.
5 Click Close.
Customizing sector symbols for multiple sites
You can customize sector symbols by creating and applying sector display
schemes based on sector properties such as:
the antenna height
the antenna beamwidth
the PA power
Uplink loading
You can also use sector display schemes to show the relationship between
sectors and repeaters or between sectors and non co-located sectors. Sector
display schemes are saved as .xml files. Figure 1.4shows a sector display
scheme.
The rotation angle of sector symbols is defined by the azimuth of the
sector.
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Figure 1.4 Sector display scheme showing various symbol types, colors, and sizes.
Within one sector display scheme you can define settings for various
technologies. Sector display schemes are saved in the Sector Display Scheme
folder within your project.
You can apply sector display schemes to sector groups, to sectors assigned
specific flags, or to all sectors. Sector display schemes are not dynamic. If you
apply a sector display scheme but then change the value of the sector property
upon which the scheme is based, the sector symbol is not automatically
updated. You must reapply the sector display scheme in order to see your
changes reflected in the Map window.
You can also define an active sector display scheme that will be used when
you place new sites.
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To create a sector display scheme
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Datacategory, right-click theSector Display Schemesnode and choose New.
2 Type a name for the new sector display scheme and click OK.
The Sector Display Scheme dialog box opens.
3 From the Technologylist, choose the technology of the sectors for whichyou are creating the sector display scheme.
You can define sector display scheme settings for different technologies
within the same one sector display scheme.
4 In the Display Optionssection, enable the check boxes for the settingsyou want to specify for the sector display scheme.
If you clear a check box, settings for that display option are not used.
5 If you enabled the Symbolcheck box, click the Symboltab.
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6 From the Omni-directional Antennalist, choose the symbol you want to
use to represent omni-directional antennas (i.e., antennas that have a 360
degree horizontal beamwidth).
7 From the Sectorized Antennalist, choose the symbol you want to use torepresent antennas that have a horizontal beamwidth less than 360
degrees.
The Arrow symbol displays sectors based on the direction of the antenna
without any reference to the beamwidth. All other symbols display both
the direction of the antenna and the beamwidth. The width of the symbol
represents the horizontal beamwidth. The accuracy of the symbols is
within 10 degrees.
8 In the Backgroundsection, choose one of the following options:
Noneno background is displayed.
Halothe symbol is outlined with a white border.
Borderthe symbol is outlined with a black border.
9 In the Effectssection, enable any of the following check boxes:
Drop Shadowa drop shadow is displayed beneath the symbol.
Boldthe symbol is displayed in bold.
10 If you are creating a sector display scheme for statistical data, click the
Databutton to view detailed statistics and, once you have finishedviewing the data, click Close.
11 If you enabled the Colorcheck box, click the Colortab.
12 Do one of the following:
To base color on a property, choose the Based on Property
option, and then choose the sector property for which you want
to specify a color.
To base color on an identifier, choose the Based on Identifier
option, and then choose the setting for which you want to specifya color.
Default values are displayed for some properties and identifiers.
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13 Do any of the following:
To change the color associated with a value, click the color in
the Colorcolumn, choose a new color, and click OK.
To add a value, click Add, choose a value from the list ofavailable values or type a value in the box, and click OK.
To add multiple identifiers (e.g., based on propagation models,
antenna files, or technology), click the Lookup & Add All
button.
To delete a value, choose a row in the table and click Delete. If
the value you are deleting is a flag condition, all conditions in
the table are deleted.
14 Repeat Step 13to add, delete, or change a value.
15 If you enabled the Sizecheck box, click the Sizetab.
16 From the Propertyto Use list, choose the property you want to use todetermine the size of the sector symbol.
For more information on the properties available, press the F1 key.
17 In the Property Valuesection, specify the range of the property value inthe Fromand Toboxes.
18 In the Point Sizesection, specify the range of the symbol point size in the
Fromand Toboxes.The symbol size will be determined by the values you specified in Step
17. Values that fall outside the specified range will be increased up to the
minimum value or reduced to the maximum level. For example, if you
chose Height as the property value and defined the From value as 20
meters and the To value as 100 meters, then all sectors that have a
height of 20 or less will use the point size you defined in the From box
and all sectors that have a height of 100 or more will use the point size
you defined in the To box. The symbol size of sectors with a height that
falls between the From and To values will be interpolated linearly usingthe From and To values defined in the Point Size section.
19 If you enabled the Relationshipcheck box, click the Relationshiptab.
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20 If you want to define a display scheme to represent the relationship
between a site and a repeater, do the following in the Repeaterssection:
Choose a line style from the Styleslist.
Click the color square and choose a line color.
Choose the line width from the Widthlist.
21 If you want to define a display scheme to represent the relationshipbetween a site and a non co-located sector, do the following in the Non
Co-located Sectorssection:
Choose a line style from the Styleslist.
Click the color square and choose a line color.
Choose the line width from the Widthlist.
22 Repeat Step 3to Step 21to define sector display scheme settings foradditional technologies.
23 Click OKto save sector display scheme settings.
The sector display scheme is added under the Sector Display Schemes
node in the Project Explorer. Sector display schemes are saved as .xml
files.
To define an active sector display scheme
The active sector display scheme is used when you place a new site. If there isno active sector display scheme, the default symbol, size, and color are used.
1 In the Project Datacategory, expand the Sector Display Schemesnode.
2 Right-click a sector display scheme and choose Active.
The icons associated with sector display schemes indicate which sector
display scheme is currently active, as shown in Figure 1.5.
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Figure 1.5 Sector Display Schemes node in the Project Explorer
To add a sector display scheme
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Datacategory, right-click SectorDisplay Schemesand choose Add.
2 In the dialog box that opens, navigate to where the sector display scheme
file (.xml) is stored and click Open.
To apply a sector display scheme
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Datacategory, expand the Sector
Display Schemesnode.
2 Right-click the display scheme you want to apply and choose Apply.
3 In the Sector Selection dialog box, choose the group to which you wantto apply the scheme and click OK.
Sectors that meet the criteria defined in the sector display scheme are
modified accordingly.
You can also apply a sector display scheme from the Sites category of
the Project Explorer. Right-click the Flags node, a group within the
Groups node, or the Sites node, and choose Sector Display Scheme. In the
Select Scheme dialog box, choose the sector display scheme you want to
apply or choose Default Symbol, and click Apply.
Active sector display scheme
Inactive sector display scheme
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To apply the default sector symbol
You can apply the default sector symbol, size, and color to remove sector
display schemes that are visible in the Map window.
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the Sitesnodeand choose Sector Display SchemeApply.
2 In the Select Schemedialog box, choose Default Symbol, and click
Apply.
To update sector relationships
The SiteFile_Relation layer, which displays the relationship between sectors
and repeaters or sectors and non co-located sectors, does not automatically
update when you move the location of a site, repeater, or non co-located site.
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sitescategory, right-click the Sitesnode
and choose Sector Display SchemeRefresh Relationship.
Obsolete lines illustrating sector relationships are removed from the Mapwindow.
2 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Datacategory, expand the Sector
Display Schemesnode.
3 Right-click the display scheme you want to apply and choose Apply.
4 In the Sector Selection dialog box, choose the group to which you wantto apply the scheme and click OK.
Sectors that meet the criteria defined in the sector display scheme are
modified accordingly, and lines illustrating sector relationships are re-drawn.
When you get a project from Data Manager, the default sector symbol
is used. You must reapply the sector display scheme to see changes.
Similarly, if you make any changes to sector properties after you have applied
a sector display scheme, you will need to reapply the sector display scheme
to see changes.
To remove sector relationships from the Map window, in the Windows
category of the Project Explorer, expand the Windows node, expand
the Map Windows node, expand the Site File node, and choose
SiteFile_Relation. Right-click and choose Remove.
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Adding user-defined data
If you are u