VisiWave Site Survey
Walk or drive the survey area (building, city block, campground,
restaurant, airport, campus, ...) collecting 802.11a/b/g/n
Wi-Fi data--or interference data using the optional Wi-Spy
spectrum analyzer.
Design a report using the built-in reporting tool to create
a custom report or re-use an existing report template. Or
have VisiWave produce a KML file for viewing within
Google Earth.
Generate the report in PDF or HTML format. Or, bring
the data into Google Earth for an interactive view of your
coverage.
Show off the results! Show the visualized wireless coverage
to your boss, clients, peers, community, etc.
VisiWave Overview
VisiWave Site Survey is a complete Wi-Fi site surveying solution. Site surveys are performed more simply and quickly than competing products and produce more informative views of your wireless coverage.
The process of collecting site survey data is simplified by using a Windows laptop computer, a standard wireless network adapter, and an image of the survey area. You keep track of your location by clicking on the survey map image displayed on the computer's screen. As you walk around, every time you click on the display VisiWave associates the current radiowave characteristics with the location you clicked on the survey map.
Merely making it easy to collect site survey data is only half of what VisiWave Site Survey has to offer. Once you have collected that mountain of information, you need to easily interpret the data. This is accomplished using either the report and analysis tool provided with VisiWave or by creating a report that is viewed using the Google Earth viewer. Either way, you get rich and easily comprehensible views of the complex and voluminous data captured during a site survey. This allows you to quickly assess your overall coverage and to drill into great detail on specific areas of interest.
Wireless Report and Analysis
As an interactive analysis tool, VisiWave brings your site survey data to life. You are able to make small changes to your view of the data that immediately highlight significant characteristics of your wireless coverage.
In addition to being able to interactively analyze the site survey data, you can easily produce a comprehensive report of your findings. Using a set of standard views, supplemented by any interesting views you find during your analysis, you can create a professional looking report that documents the survey area's wireless coverage. In addition to the supporting graphs and tables automatically generated by VisiWave, you can integrate your notes, interpretations, and written analysis of the site survey results. The report is published as a PDF file or as an HTML web page. Either can easily be provided to your client or colleagues as documentation of your site survey.
Here are several views available to you during analysis and for your site survey reports.
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Visualize Wi-Fi Coverage using Google Earth
With VisiWave, you can use Google Earth to visualize your wireless networks. VisiWave directly creates a Google Earth KML file that fully depicts your WiFi coverage within Google Earth's free viewer. You can tilt, spin, and fly your way around graphic representations of your network's wireless characteristics within Google Earth.
Click on the above image for a larger sample. Or, if you have Google Earth installed, click here to view a fully operational sample site survey in Google Earth or click here to view a smaller example.
VisiWave Site Survey Pro
Those that opt to use the "Pro" version of VisiWave Site Survey also have the option of using our custom "navigation unit". The navigation unit electronically keeps track of your location as you walk around the survey area. VisiWave then combines your location with the collected radiowave characteristics to automatically map out your wireless network. Since this technology does not rely on GPS, it works both indoors and out. Your location is tracked using what is essentially a digital pedometer and compass. This hardware component is the only difference between the Pro and SO versions of VisiWave. To help select the right version for you, view our blog entry discussing the merits of each.
Summary
- Complete Wireless LAN Site Survey Solution
- Runs on a standard Windows laptop computer
- Uses standard 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network adapters
- Google Earth Integration
- Spectrum analyzer support for true interference detection
- GPS support for collecting data
- Effective for office buildings, warehouses, cafes, city-wide hotspots, campuses, and most any Wi-Fi deployments
- Simple location tracking by clicking on a floor plan image
- Instantious or continuous radiowave data collection
- Very affordable product for mapping your wireless coverage
- Electronically keeps track of your location--indoors and out
- Automatically maps out your wireless network
Additional Information
- Product Demos/Tutorials
Several interactive demos/tutorials on how to use VisiWave Site Survey. - Product Details
View the product components, system requirements, supported hardware, and support/maintenance policies. - Supported Wireless Adapters
View a list of wireless network adapters that are known to work with VisiWave Site Survey. - Purchase
If you are ready to purchase VisiWave Site Survey, click Purchase to easily place your order online.