A maintenance release of VisiWave (v7.0.2 ) is now available for download. If you already own v7.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v7.0.2:
- Issue when Collecting Spectrum Data But No Spectrum Analyzer is Plugged In
If you have Collect Spectrum checked but you don't have either
a WiPry or Wi-Spy device plugged in, VisiWave will ask you to
Retry or Cancel. Cancel wasn't working in this case.
New features in v7.0.1:
- Added Signal Strength Labels to Heatmaps and Coverage Maps
Instead of just having a dot where a data point is collected,
the signal strength collected at that point can be displayed
in reports. To do this, select the Overlay Data Points
report property and set it to "Wi-Fi Data with Signal
Strength."
- Adjust Size of Report Icons and Labels
The size of icons and labels included on report pages can be
increased or decreased using the Marker Size option found
under File->Options. You can choose a size from tiny to
large.
- Options Delay Removed
Bringing up the Options window (File->Options) could take
many seconds on some computers. This delay was removed.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Patterns Improved
In Predict View, an access point set to use a half power
beamwidth antenna pattern wasn't showing a modified pattern.
Original new features found in v7.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v7.0.1 ) is now available for download. If you already own v7.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v7.0.1:
- Added Signal Strength Labels to Heatmaps and Coverage Maps
Instead of just having a dot where a data point is collected,
the signal strength collected at that point can be displayed
in reports. To do this, select the Overlay Data Points
report property and set it to "Wi-Fi Data with Signal
Strength."
- Adjust Size of Report Icons and Labels
The size of icons and labels included on report pages can be
increased or decreased using the Marker Size option found
under File->Options. You can choose a size from tiny to
large.
- Options Delay Removed
Bringing up the Options window (File->Options) could take
many seconds on some computers. This delay was removed.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Patterns Improved
In Predict View, an access point set to use a half power
beamwidth antenna pattern wasn't showing a modified pattern.
Original new features found in v7.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.9 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.9:
- Fixed Installer Issue
The installer now includes a DLL if your computer doesn't
already have it installed.
New features in v6.0.8:
- Satellite Positioning Now Supports Glosnass
Devices that support Glosnass satellite positioning now work
the same as GPS-only devices.
- Max Data Rates Updated
802.11ax max data rates were updated to use max operational
data rates for an AP rather than the max data rate that the
AP is capable of.
- Added Notification About the Release of VisiWave v7.0
When you first start VisiWave, a notice pops up informing you
that VisiWave v7.0 is now available and you can upgrade to it.
You are given a chance to upgrade immediately within the
program.
New features in v6.0.7:
- AP Numbers in Exported CSV and XML Files Were Off By One
The numbers that are used to uniquely identify access points
when exporting survey data in CSV or XML files were off by one.
For example, AP #1 was listed as "0" in the exported data.
- Improved Handling of Radios with Half Power Beamwidth Antennas
For Predictive Surveys, you can select the antenna pattern used
by the access point. Half Power Beamwidth antennas had issues
handling vertical rotations near 90 or -90 degrees. Also, a
Gain must be specified for the simulation to have any effect.
- Improved Predictive Coverage with Non-Floor-to-Ceiling Barriers
When using barriers that don't go all the way to the ceiling
and using access points that are mounted high, the predictive
coverage maps weren't showing sufficient signal loss near the
barrier on the side opposite from the access point.
New features in v6.0.6:
- Long Data Collection Times
A wireless adapter that suddenly took a long time to return
AP scan results and then on the next scan quickly returned
scan results could cause VisiWave to get out of sync. This
would then make VisiWave wait about 10 seconds for all
future scan results.
- Memory Leak in Report View
A memory leak was fixed in Report View. This leak could
have caused stability issues after checking or unchecking
many (hundred+) access points in the AP Filter for a
Heatmap or coverage graph.
New features in v6.0.5:
- Chanalyzer Not Showing 5GHz DATA
In some circumstances, VisiWave wasn't showing the 5GHz
spectrum data when you selected "View in Chanalyzer".
- Saving PDF Report Files
The last version introduced an issue with saving PDF
generated reports. This was fixed with this release.
New features in v6.0.4:
- Performance Issue with Changing "Group By" in AP List
When a large number of APs are selected in the AP List and then
"Group By" is changed, it can take a long time to switch how
the APs are grouped. This has been fixed.
- Out-of-Memory Error in Large Surveys When Selecting Many Data
Points
For very large surveys, loading all the discovered access
point readings in the Wi-Fi Details view below the map in the
Survey View could cause out-of-memory errors. VisiWave now
limits the number of rows that are added to this list.
- Generating PDF Reports with Non-ASCII Characters in Filenames
When generating a PDF report, if the filename you enter contains
non-ASCII characters, images in the report weren't being shown.
This is no longer a restriction.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.8 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.8:
- Satellite Positioning Now Supports Glosnass
Devices that support Glosnass satellite positioning now work
the same as GPS-only devices.
- Max Data Rates Updated
802.11ax max data rates were updated to use max operational
data rates for an AP rather than the max data rate that the
AP is capable of.
- Added Notification About the Release of VisiWave v7.0
When you first start VisiWave, a notice pops up informing you
that VisiWave v7.0 is now available and you can upgrade to it.
You are given a chance to upgrade immediately within the
program.
New features in v6.0.7:
- AP Numbers in Exported CSV and XML Files Were Off By One
The numbers that are used to uniquely identify access points
when exporting survey data in CSV or XML files were off by one.
For example, AP #1 was listed as "0" in the exported data.
- Improved Handling of Radios with Half Power Beamwidth Antennas
For Predictive Surveys, you can select the antenna pattern used
by the access point. Half Power Beamwidth antennas had issues
handling vertical rotations near 90 or -90 degrees. Also, a
Gain must be specified for the simulation to have any effect.
- Improved Predictive Coverage with Non-Floor-to-Ceiling Barriers
When using barriers that don't go all the way to the ceiling
and using access points that are mounted high, the predictive
coverage maps weren't showing sufficient signal loss near the
barrier on the side opposite from the access point.
New features in v6.0.6:
- Long Data Collection Times
A wireless adapter that suddenly took a long time to return
AP scan results and then on the next scan quickly returned
scan results could cause VisiWave to get out of sync. This
would then make VisiWave wait about 10 seconds for all
future scan results.
- Memory Leak in Report View
A memory leak was fixed in Report View. This leak could
have caused stability issues after checking or unchecking
many (hundred+) access points in the AP Filter for a
Heatmap or coverage graph.
New features in v6.0.5:
- Chanalyzer Not Showing 5GHz DATA
In some circumstances, VisiWave wasn't showing the 5GHz
spectrum data when you selected "View in Chanalyzer".
- Saving PDF Report Files
The last version introduced an issue with saving PDF
generated reports. This was fixed with this release.
New features in v6.0.4:
- Performance Issue with Changing "Group By" in AP List
When a large number of APs are selected in the AP List and then
"Group By" is changed, it can take a long time to switch how
the APs are grouped. This has been fixed.
- Out-of-Memory Error in Large Surveys When Selecting Many Data
Points
For very large surveys, loading all the discovered access
point readings in the Wi-Fi Details view below the map in the
Survey View could cause out-of-memory errors. VisiWave now
limits the number of rows that are added to this list.
- Generating PDF Reports with Non-ASCII Characters in Filenames
When generating a PDF report, if the filename you enter contains
non-ASCII characters, images in the report weren't being shown.
This is no longer a restriction.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.7 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.7:
- AP Numbers in Exported CSV and XML Files Were Off By One
The numbers that are used to uniquely identify access points
when exporting survey data in CSV or XML files were off by one.
For example, AP #1 was listed as "0" in the exported data.
- Improved Handling of Radios with Half Power Beamwidth Antennas
For Predictive Surveys, you can select the antenna pattern used
by the access point. Half Power Beamwidth antennas had issues
handling vertical rotations near 90 or -90 degrees. Also, a
Gain must be specified for the simulation to have any effect.
- Improved Predictive Coverage with Non-Floor-to-Ceiling Barriers
When using barriers that don't go all the way to the ceiling
and using access points that are mounted high, the predictive
coverage maps weren't showing sufficient signal loss near the
barrier on the side opposite from the access point.
New features in v6.0.6:
- Long Data Collection Times
A wireless adapter that suddenly took a long time to return
AP scan results and then on the next scan quickly returned
scan results could cause VisiWave to get out of sync. This
would then make VisiWave wait about 10 seconds for all
future scan results.
- Memory Leak in Report View
A memory leak was fixed in Report View. This leak could
have caused stability issues after checking or unchecking
many (hundred+) access points in the AP Filter for a
Heatmap or coverage graph.
New features in v6.0.5:
- Chanalyzer Not Showing 5GHz DATA
In some circumstances, VisiWave wasn't showing the 5GHz
spectrum data when you selected "View in Chanalyzer".
- Saving PDF Report Files
The last version introduced an issue with saving PDF
generated reports. This was fixed with this release.
New features in v6.0.4:
- Performance Issue with Changing "Group By" in AP List
When a large number of APs are selected in the AP List and then
"Group By" is changed, it can take a long time to switch how
the APs are grouped. This has been fixed.
- Out-of-Memory Error in Large Surveys When Selecting Many Data
Points
For very large surveys, loading all the discovered access
point readings in the Wi-Fi Details view below the map in the
Survey View could cause out-of-memory errors. VisiWave now
limits the number of rows that are added to this list.
- Generating PDF Reports with Non-ASCII Characters in Filenames
When generating a PDF report, if the filename you enter contains
non-ASCII characters, images in the report weren't being shown.
This is no longer a restriction.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.6 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.6:
- Long Data Collection Times
A wireless adapter that suddenly took a long time to return
AP scan results and then on the next scan quickly returned
scan results could cause VisiWave to get out of sync. This
would then make VisiWave wait about 10 seconds for all
future scan results.
- Memory Leak in Report View
A memory leak was fixed in Report View. This leak could
have caused stability issues after checking or unchecking
many (hundred+) access points in the AP Filter for a
Heatmap or coverage graph.
New features in v6.0.5:
- Chanalyzer Not Showing 5GHz DATA
In some circumstances, VisiWave wasn't showing the 5GHz
spectrum data when you selected "View in Chanalyzer".
- Saving PDF Report Files
The last version introduced an issue with saving PDF
generated reports. This was fixed with this release.
New features in v6.0.4:
- Performance Issue with Changing "Group By" in AP List
When a large number of APs are selected in the AP List and then
"Group By" is changed, it can take a long time to switch how
the APs are grouped. This has been fixed.
- Out-of-Memory Error in Large Surveys When Selecting Many Data
Points
For very large surveys, loading all the discovered access
point readings in the Wi-Fi Details view below the map in the
Survey View could cause out-of-memory errors. VisiWave now
limits the number of rows that are added to this list.
- Generating PDF Reports with Non-ASCII Characters in Filenames
When generating a PDF report, if the filename you enter contains
non-ASCII characters, images in the report weren't being shown.
This is no longer a restriction.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.5 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.5:
- Chanalyzer Not Showing 5GHz DATA
In some circumstances, VisiWave wasn't showing the 5GHz
spectrum data when you selected "View in Chanalyzer".
- Saving PDF Report Files
The last version introduced an issue with saving PDF
generated reports. This was fixed with this release.
New features in v6.0.4:
- Performance Issue with Changing "Group By" in AP List
When a large number of APs are selected in the AP List and then
"Group By" is changed, it can take a long time to switch how
the APs are grouped. This has been fixed.
- Out-of-Memory Error in Large Surveys When Selecting Many Data
Points
For very large surveys, loading all the discovered access
point readings in the Wi-Fi Details view below the map in the
Survey View could cause out-of-memory errors. VisiWave now
limits the number of rows that are added to this list.
- Generating PDF Reports with Non-ASCII Characters in Filenames
When generating a PDF report, if the filename you enter contains
non-ASCII characters, images in the report weren't being shown.
This is no longer a restriction.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.4 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.4:
- Performance Issue with Changing "Group By" in AP List
When a large number of APs are selected in the AP List and then
"Group By" is changed, it can take a long time to switch how
the APs are grouped. This has been fixed.
- Out-of-Memory Error in Large Surveys When Selecting Many Data
Points
For very large surveys, loading all the discovered access
point readings in the Wi-Fi Details view below the map in the
Survey View could cause out-of-memory errors. VisiWave now
limits the number of rows that are added to this list.
- Generating PDF Reports with Non-ASCII Characters in Filenames
When generating a PDF report, if the filename you enter contains
non-ASCII characters, images in the report weren't being shown.
This is no longer a restriction.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.3 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.3:
- Door & Window Issue With Predictive Surveys
In some rare cases, the order that doors or windows are
included was causing VisiWave to hang. The ordering is
now changed automatically.
- View in Chanalyzer Issue with Large Datasets
VisiWave had an issue when using the View in Chanalyzer
feature when the range included too many data points.
Chanalyzer would load but no data would be included. This
situation is now fixed.
- Google Earth Report Default Extension
If a file extension wasn't provided for the report file,
the file was given the extension of KML. But it needed to be
KMZ for the Google Earth files VisiWave creates. An extension
of KML would cause the embedded images to display as large
X's.
- Google Earth AP Coverage Maps Issue
If you generated an AP Coverage map for Google Earth and had
both "What to Map" set to "Strongest" and "Highlight Overlaps"
set to anything other than "None", then VisiWave couldn't
generate the Google Earth report. Note that there are never
highlighted overlaps when mapping the strongest APs so usually
this wasn't an issue.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.2 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.2:
- Set GPS Location Issue
If "Get Location from GPS Device" was selected from the "Set
GPS Location" menu item before any data was collected, then
the program would crash.
- Channels Under Noise Can't Be Selected When First Adding
Spectrum Data
In Survey View in the right pane, the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels
under "Noise" can't be selected when you collect the first set
of spectrum data points. The channels remained grayed out.
You had to save the survey file and re-load it before you
could access the noise channels.
- Predictive Heatmap Issue with Large Survey Areas
A large survey area (50m on a side or more) could have had
issues producing accurate predictions when the radio was placed
near the top of barriers. The simulation had a path over the
barriers which was making the signal strengths too generous.
- Channel Maps Weren't Handling Some In-Between Channel Numbers
Some channels that were "wide" (40MHz, 80MHz, or 160MHz) couldn't
be selected in a Channel map. Now VisiWave handles all common
channel numbers regardless of channel width.
- Rotate Horizontal Wasn't Working for Dipole Antennas
For predictive surveys with radios set to have dipole antennas,
the Rotate Horizontal setting wasn't affecting the heatmap
pattern. It is now functioning correctly.
- Predictive Heatmaps Had White or Gray Regions
With a few combinations of Min and Max color legend settings,
some regions of the colored heatmap would show up as white or
gray when they should be a dark red (when using the default
color scheme).
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v5.0.13 ) is now available for download. If you already own v5.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v5.0.13:
- Survey Notes Not Saved
Survey notes entered on the Notes tab on the Survey
Properties window were not being saved in the survey file.
They would show up in the report when initially entered,
but not after the survey had been saved and re-loaded.
- Incorrect Horizontal Surface Material for Predictive Heatmaps
When creating a barrier that has a horizontal surface (such
as a table, desk, or cabinet) the vertical material was used
instead of using the horizontal material.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Prdictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
New features in v5.0.12:
- Clear Data Points Issue Fixed
The previous version introduced a bug when either Data
Points or All was selected from the Survey->Clear menu and
then new data points were added. This has now been fixed.
- Invalid Automatically Detected AP Names Made Survey Files Unloadable
If the AP name provided by a Cisco compatible controller
contained invalid data, when that garbage AP name was written
to the survey file, it could cause the survey file to not
properly load in the future. Now these invalid AP names are
skipped so they are not written to the survey file.
New features in v5.0.11:
- Inferred AP Readings [New Feature]
When a wireless adapter performs a scan for all APs in the
area, it tries to hear them all but some are missed due to
interference, timing, or many other issues. VisiWave now has
the ability to examine surrounding data points to try to
detect AP readings that were missed. These are called
"Inferred AP Readings". When VisiWave believes an AP reading
was missed, it adds an inferred AP reading to that data point
and estimates what the signal strength would be for that AP.
In heatmaps, a data point with a green outside ring
indicates an inferred AP reading. Also, in the Wi-Fi Details
table, the AP Name or MAC address is colored green for
inferred AP readings and the tooltip label has ""
added to the end.
If you are seeing many of these inferred AP readings, then you
might consider trying a different wireless adapter or updating
your wireless adapter's drivers to the latest version released
by the manufacturer.
- In Predictive Mode, APs Appear Too Large in Large Survey Areas
When doing a predictive survey over a large survey area, the
access points added to the scene could become too big. They
are now a more reasonable sized in large survey areas.
- Merging Predictive Survey Files Caused a Crash
The Merge Survey Files feature wasn't working when trying to
merge a survey file with predictive data. This has now been
fixed. Note the resulting merged survey file will have an
identical copy of the Main Survey File's predictive data. The
barriers, APs, etc. from the other merged survey files will
not be included in the merged survey file.
- Predictive Heatmaps Were Shifted Right and Down in Large Areas
When doing a predictive survey over a large area, the heatmap
was shifted to the right and down.
- Linked AP Markers Were Not Included During a Survey File Merge
When merging survey files using the Merge Survey Files
feature, some AP Markers from the survey files being merged
were not copied over. The AP Markers that were linked to an
AP (colored red) were not included. All the AP Markers from
the main survey file and all the unlinked AP Markers were
correctly included.
- Wireless Adapter Names Could Have Been Wrong After a Merge
If the merged survey files used different wireless adapters
to collect survey data, the wireless adapter name listed
under the Wi-Fi details for each data point could have
been wrong.
- Predictive Surveys: Only First AP in Configuration was Loaded
When creating a Predictive Survey, you can create many radios,
access points, and configurations. However, when loading a
survey file with more than one AP under a configuration, only
the first one was successfully loaded. The others were
silently skipped.
New features in v5.0.10:
- Set Scale Wasn't Working with Decimal Numbers
v5.0.9 introduced a change that caused Set Scale to not work
if the scale contained a decimal point. This release fixed
that issue.
New features in v5.0.9:
- Running Simulations Failed if Windows Username Contained
non-ASCII Characters
If your Windows user account name contained non-US ASCII
characters, you would get an error saying "The simulation
could not be run." This has been fixed.
- Check for Supported 3D Graphics Drivers for Predict View
If your computer doesn't have a supported 3D graphics
system, then you will get an error message and Predict
View will be disabled.
- AP Name Master File Characters Not Case Insensitive
If the MAC addresses entered into the AP Name Master File
had uppercase characters, then when VisiWave went to update
the list, it wouldn't recognize the addresses with uppercase
characters so it would re-add the edits to the end.
- Updates to AP Name Master File are Immediately Seen in VisiWave
If the AP Name Master File is updated outside of VisiWave (or
by another running instance of VisiWave), the new names are
immediately shown in VisiWave's AP List.
- Unable to Create Report Templates
v5.0.8 introduced an issue that prevented Report Templates
from being created.
- Dates and Times Not Formatted According to Local Region
Dates and times displayed by VisiWave are now formatted
according to the computer's language and region.
- In PDF Report, Text from Long Descriptions Located Below
a Graph Might Have Duplicate Text
If you have a Description on a report page that is located
below the graph and carries over to a second page, text from
the description might be repeated and placed on extra pages.
New features in v5.0.8:
- Predictive Surveys
VisiWave Site Survey Pro now supports predictive surveys as
well as traditional surveys. A predictive survey is when you
describe the barriers (walls and other solid objects) in the
survey area and the location and characteristics of one or
more access points and then run a theoretical simulation of
how radio waves would propagate through the survey area.
It is a way of estimating wireless coverage without having to
collect survey measurements in the real world. This is
useful for dealing with buildings that haven't been built yet
or for doing what-if analysis for existing areas that can't be
easily modified.
- Difference Heatmap Legend Issue
There was an issue where the legend of a difference heatmap
would only allow you to see the positive values. Now the full
range of positive and negative numbers can be seen.
New features in v5.0.5:
- Issue with PDF Floor Plan Image File Names
If the name of a PDF file with non-ASCII characters was used
as a floor plan image, loading that image might have failed.
Now any characters can be used in the file name.
- Issue with Duplicate AP Names Appearing in AP List
When capturing survey data, the same APs could appear many
times in the AP List. This might happen if a virtual AP
continuously changes an AP's SSID in between scans. Now the
AP List is updated to show the most recent SSID for the AP.
- Issue Using Left/Right Arrow Keys to Move from Point to Point
Fixed an issue where VisiWave could randomly crash when
selecting a data point in Survey View and then pressing the
left or right arrow key to move to the previous or next data
point.
New features in v5.0.4:
- Support for Large Floor Plan Image Files
If an image file is too large for the amount of memory your
computer has, VisiWave now automatically reduces the size of
the image so it will work. Typically images that are 4000
pixels on a side or less work fine. Larger images might get
automatically resized to around this width or height. You can
see the final image size by selecting Set Scale.
- Wrong AP#'s Listed in AP List in PDF Reports
If you generated a PDF report, the numbers listed for each AP#
was off by one on AP List report pages.
- MAC Addresses Given Wrong Name for Locally Administered Names
If an access point generates a Locally Administered MAC
address, VisiWave would sometimes give this AP the wrong
manufacturer name. Now Locally Administered addresses
start "local:".
New features in v5.0.3:
- AP Marker Custom Names in Report View Were Incorrect
If you set a custom name on an AP Marker, save the survey file
then reload the survey file, the custom names won't be correct
when viewed on any report pages.
- Data Points Where Nothing Was Seen Were Not Contributing to
Heatmaps
If a data point that was collected but no access points where
seen at that location then that point was just skipped when
calculating a heatmap. Now that point contributes to the
heatmap by saying there is no coverage there.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
New features in v5.0.2:
- Failed to Load v4.0 Survey Files With "AP#'s" in Caption
Trying to load a survey file created with an earlier version
of VisiWave would fail if the string "AP#" occurred in
any caption or text description unless the string was
followed by a number.
- Issue When Generating Report With Legend Tab Outside Range
There was an issue with generating a report when the legend
for a heatmap had one of the tabs outside of the Min/Max
range of the color legend.
- Generating PDF Report Would Randomly Fail
An uninitialized variable would cause generating a PDF report
to randomly fail.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
- Loading v3.0 Survey Files Could Cause Data Points to be in the
Wrong Location
Survey files created using v3.0 or earlier of VisiWave did not
contain the floor plan image file, but rather the filename of
the image file. If that filename is no longer valid, then you
are prompted to pick the right image file. Doing this in v5.0
would cause the data points to not be located in the correct
locations.
New features in v5.0.1:
- Can't Add Data Points After Loading an Empty v4.0 Survey File
If you load a survey file created by v4.0 of VisiWave that
didn't have any data points in it already, then adding a data
point to it would give you the error message "Encountered an
improper argument".
- Issue Selecting Interference Tab After Stopping Continuous Capture
If you switched to the Interference Details Tab after stopping
a Continuous mode data capture it could cause a crash.
- Issue Setting the Name Property On a New Survey
On a new survey file, if you selected a floor plan image file
and set the "Name" property on the Name tab, then VisiWave
would show an error or crash.
- AP Names Sent from the AP Controller Were Not Presenting Correctly
The character conversion of AP Names sent by the AP controller
where not using the correct conversion and could end up
looking like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
- Issue Loading and Saving Report Templates
Loading or saving Report Templates by pressing the Templates
button in the Report View wasn't working correctly.
Original new features found in v5.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v6.0.1 ) is now available for download. If you already own v6.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v6.0.1:
- Added Support for Channel Bonding in Predictive Surveys
When doing a simulation, you can now set a radio's channel
width in addition to just its frequency in the 5GHz band.
You do this by right-clicking on a radio and selecting Edit
Radio. This allows you to simulate the effects of channel
bonding. For example, you can select channel 36 and say that
it is a 40MHz channel to bond channels 36 and 40 together.
- Issue Fixed with Exporting Simulation Data to CSV
VisiWave was exporting only half the simulated signal values
to the CSV file. Every other value in the X direction was
skipped. Now all the values are exported.
- Performance Improvements When Selecting Radios in Predictive Mode
There were a few cases where updating the heatmap in Predictive
mode took much longer than needed.
- Allow Merging of Survey Files When Floor Plan Sizes are
Slightly Different
Due to some rounding issues, some survey files couldn't be
merged even though they used the same floor plan image and
scale.
- Half Power Beamwidth Antenna Types Are More Effective
For Predictive Surveys, the effect of the horizontal and
vertical rotations for half power beamwidth antennas wasn't
strong enough. And the rotations didn't match the
documentation. These issues have been fixed.
Original new features found in v6.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v5.0.12 ) is now available for download. If you already own v5.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v5.0.12:
- Clear Data Points Issue Fixed
The previous version introduced a bug when either Data
Points or All was selected from the Survey->Clear menu and
then new data points were added. This has now been fixed.
- Invalid Automatically Detected AP Names Made Survey Files Unloadable
If the AP name provided by a Cisco compatible controller
contained invalid data, when that garbage AP name was written
to the survey file, it could cause the survey file to not
properly load in the future. Now these invalid AP names are
skipped so they are not written to the survey file.
New features in v5.0.11:
- Inferred AP Readings [New Feature]
When a wireless adapter performs a scan for all APs in the
area, it tries to hear them all but some are missed due to
interference, timing, or many other issues. VisiWave now has
the ability to examine surrounding data points to try to
detect AP readings that were missed. These are called
"Inferred AP Readings". When VisiWave believes an AP reading
was missed, it adds an inferred AP reading to that data point
and estimates what the signal strength would be for that AP.
In heatmaps, a data point with a green outside ring
indicates an inferred AP reading. Also, in the Wi-Fi Details
table, the AP Name or MAC address is colored green for
inferred AP readings and the tooltip label has ""
added to the end.
If you are seeing many of these inferred AP readings, then you
might consider trying a different wireless adapter or updating
your wireless adapter's drivers to the latest version released
by the manufacturer.
- In Predictive Mode, APs Appear Too Large in Large Survey Areas
When doing a predictive survey over a large survey area, the
access points added to the scene could become too big. They
are now a more reasonable sized in large survey areas.
- Merging Predictive Survey Files Caused a Crash
The Merge Survey Files feature wasn't working when trying to
merge a survey file with predictive data. This has now been
fixed. Note the resulting merged survey file will have an
identical copy of the Main Survey File's predictive data. The
barriers, APs, etc. from the other merged survey files will
not be included in the merged survey file.
- Predictive Heatmaps Were Shifted Right and Down in Large Areas
When doing a predictive survey over a large area, the heatmap
was shifted to the right and down.
- Linked AP Markers Were Not Included During a Survey File Merge
When merging survey files using the Merge Survey Files
feature, some AP Markers from the survey files being merged
were not copied over. The AP Markers that were linked to an
AP (colored red) were not included. All the AP Markers from
the main survey file and all the unlinked AP Markers were
correctly included.
- Wireless Adapter Names Could Have Been Wrong After a Merge
If the merged survey files used different wireless adapters
to collect survey data, the wireless adapter name listed
under the Wi-Fi details for each data point could have
been wrong.
- Predictive Surveys: Only First AP in Configuration was Loaded
When creating a Predictive Survey, you can create many radios,
access points, and configurations. However, when loading a
survey file with more than one AP under a configuration, only
the first one was successfully loaded. The others were
silently skipped.
New features in v5.0.10:
- Set Scale Wasn't Working with Decimal Numbers
v5.0.9 introduced a change that caused Set Scale to not work
if the scale contained a decimal point. This release fixed
that issue.
New features in v5.0.9:
- Running Simulations Failed if Windows Username Contained
non-ASCII Characters
If your Windows user account name contained non-US ASCII
characters, you would get an error saying "The simulation
could not be run." This has been fixed.
- Check for Supported 3D Graphics Drivers for Predict View
If your computer doesn't have a supported 3D graphics
system, then you will get an error message and Predict
View will be disabled.
- AP Name Master File Characters Not Case Insensitive
If the MAC addresses entered into the AP Name Master File
had uppercase characters, then when VisiWave went to update
the list, it wouldn't recognize the addresses with uppercase
characters so it would re-add the edits to the end.
- Updates to AP Name Master File are Immediately Seen in VisiWave
If the AP Name Master File is updated outside of VisiWave (or
by another running instance of VisiWave), the new names are
immediately shown in VisiWave's AP List.
- Unable to Create Report Templates
v5.0.8 introduced an issue that prevented Report Templates
from being created.
- Dates and Times Not Formatted According to Local Region
Dates and times displayed by VisiWave are now formatted
according to the computer's language and region.
- In PDF Report, Text from Long Descriptions Located Below
a Graph Might Have Duplicate Text
If you have a Description on a report page that is located
below the graph and carries over to a second page, text from
the description might be repeated and placed on extra pages.
New features in v5.0.8:
- Predictive Surveys
VisiWave Site Survey Pro now supports predictive surveys as
well as traditional surveys. A predictive survey is when you
describe the barriers (walls and other solid objects) in the
survey area and the location and characteristics of one or
more access points and then run a theoretical simulation of
how radio waves would propagate through the survey area.
It is a way of estimating wireless coverage without having to
collect survey measurements in the real world. This is
useful for dealing with buildings that haven't been built yet
or for doing what-if analysis for existing areas that can't be
easily modified.
- Difference Heatmap Legend Issue
There was an issue where the legend of a difference heatmap
would only allow you to see the positive values. Now the full
range of positive and negative numbers can be seen.
New features in v5.0.5:
- Issue with PDF Floor Plan Image File Names
If the name of a PDF file with non-ASCII characters was used
as a floor plan image, loading that image might have failed.
Now any characters can be used in the file name.
- Issue with Duplicate AP Names Appearing in AP List
When capturing survey data, the same APs could appear many
times in the AP List. This might happen if a virtual AP
continuously changes an AP's SSID in between scans. Now the
AP List is updated to show the most recent SSID for the AP.
- Issue Using Left/Right Arrow Keys to Move from Point to Point
Fixed an issue where VisiWave could randomly crash when
selecting a data point in Survey View and then pressing the
left or right arrow key to move to the previous or next data
point.
New features in v5.0.4:
- Support for Large Floor Plan Image Files
If an image file is too large for the amount of memory your
computer has, VisiWave now automatically reduces the size of
the image so it will work. Typically images that are 4000
pixels on a side or less work fine. Larger images might get
automatically resized to around this width or height. You can
see the final image size by selecting Set Scale.
- Wrong AP#'s Listed in AP List in PDF Reports
If you generated a PDF report, the numbers listed for each AP#
was off by one on AP List report pages.
- MAC Addresses Given Wrong Name for Locally Administered Names
If an access point generates a Locally Administered MAC
address, VisiWave would sometimes give this AP the wrong
manufacturer name. Now Locally Administered addresses
start "local:".
New features in v5.0.3:
- AP Marker Custom Names in Report View Were Incorrect
If you set a custom name on an AP Marker, save the survey file
then reload the survey file, the custom names won't be correct
when viewed on any report pages.
- Data Points Where Nothing Was Seen Were Not Contributing to
Heatmaps
If a data point that was collected but no access points where
seen at that location then that point was just skipped when
calculating a heatmap. Now that point contributes to the
heatmap by saying there is no coverage there.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
New features in v5.0.2:
- Failed to Load v4.0 Survey Files With "AP#'s" in Caption
Trying to load a survey file created with an earlier version
of VisiWave would fail if the string "AP#" occurred in
any caption or text description unless the string was
followed by a number.
- Issue When Generating Report With Legend Tab Outside Range
There was an issue with generating a report when the legend
for a heatmap had one of the tabs outside of the Min/Max
range of the color legend.
- Generating PDF Report Would Randomly Fail
An uninitialized variable would cause generating a PDF report
to randomly fail.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
- Loading v3.0 Survey Files Could Cause Data Points to be in the
Wrong Location
Survey files created using v3.0 or earlier of VisiWave did not
contain the floor plan image file, but rather the filename of
the image file. If that filename is no longer valid, then you
are prompted to pick the right image file. Doing this in v5.0
would cause the data points to not be located in the correct
locations.
New features in v5.0.1:
- Can't Add Data Points After Loading an Empty v4.0 Survey File
If you load a survey file created by v4.0 of VisiWave that
didn't have any data points in it already, then adding a data
point to it would give you the error message "Encountered an
improper argument".
- Issue Selecting Interference Tab After Stopping Continuous Capture
If you switched to the Interference Details Tab after stopping
a Continuous mode data capture it could cause a crash.
- Issue Setting the Name Property On a New Survey
On a new survey file, if you selected a floor plan image file
and set the "Name" property on the Name tab, then VisiWave
would show an error or crash.
- AP Names Sent from the AP Controller Were Not Presenting Correctly
The character conversion of AP Names sent by the AP controller
where not using the correct conversion and could end up
looking like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
- Issue Loading and Saving Report Templates
Loading or saving Report Templates by pressing the Templates
button in the Report View wasn't working correctly.
Original new features found in v5.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v5.0.11 ) is now available for download. If you already own v5.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v5.0.11:
- Inferred AP Readings [New Feature]
When a wireless adapter performs a scan for all APs in the
area, it tries to hear them all but some are missed due to
interference, timing, or many other issues. VisiWave now has
the ability to examine surrounding data points to try to
detect AP readings that were missed. These are called
"Inferred AP Readings". When VisiWave believes an AP reading
was missed, it adds an inferred AP reading to that data point
and estimates what the signal strength would be for that AP.
In heatmaps, a data point with a green outside ring
indicates an inferred AP reading. Also, in the Wi-Fi Details
table, the AP Name or MAC address is colored green for
inferred AP readings and the tooltip label has ""
added to the end.
If you are seeing many of these inferred AP readings, then you
might consider trying a different wireless adapter or updating
your wireless adapter's drivers to the latest version released
by the manufacturer.
- In Predictive Mode, APs Appear Too Large in Large Survey Areas
When doing a predictive survey over a large survey area, the
access points added to the scene could become too big. They
are now a more reasonable sized in large survey areas.
- Merging Predictive Survey Files Caused a Crash
The Merge Survey Files feature wasn't working when trying to
merge a survey file with predictive data. This has now been
fixed. Note the resulting merged survey file will have an
identical copy of the Main Survey File's predictive data. The
barriers, APs, etc. from the other merged survey files will
not be included in the merged survey file.
- Predictive Heatmaps Were Shifted Right and Down in Large Areas
When doing a predictive survey over a large area, the heatmap
was shifted to the right and down.
- Linked AP Markers Were Not Included During a Survey File Merge
When merging survey files using the Merge Survey Files
feature, some AP Markers from the survey files being merged
were not copied over. The AP Markers that were linked to an
AP (colored red) were not included. All the AP Markers from
the main survey file and all the unlinked AP Markers were
correctly included.
- Wireless Adapter Names Could Have Been Wrong After a Merge
If the merged survey files used different wireless adapters
to collect survey data, the wireless adapter name listed
under the Wi-Fi details for each data point could have
been wrong.
- Predictive Surveys: Only First AP in Configuration was Loaded
When creating a Predictive Survey, you can create many radios,
access points, and configurations. However, when loading a
survey file with more than one AP under a configuration, only
the first one was successfully loaded. The others were
silently skipped.
New features in v5.0.10:
- Set Scale Wasn't Working with Decimal Numbers
v5.0.9 introduced a change that caused Set Scale to not work
if the scale contained a decimal point. This release fixed
that issue.
New features in v5.0.9:
- Running Simulations Failed if Windows Username Contained
non-ASCII Characters
If your Windows user account name contained non-US ASCII
characters, you would get an error saying "The simulation
could not be run." This has been fixed.
- Check for Supported 3D Graphics Drivers for Predict View
If your computer doesn't have a supported 3D graphics
system, then you will get an error message and Predict
View will be disabled.
- AP Name Master File Characters Not Case Insensitive
If the MAC addresses entered into the AP Name Master File
had uppercase characters, then when VisiWave went to update
the list, it wouldn't recognize the addresses with uppercase
characters so it would re-add the edits to the end.
- Updates to AP Name Master File are Immediately Seen in VisiWave
If the AP Name Master File is updated outside of VisiWave (or
by another running instance of VisiWave), the new names are
immediately shown in VisiWave's AP List.
- Unable to Create Report Templates
v5.0.8 introduced an issue that prevented Report Templates
from being created.
- Dates and Times Not Formatted According to Local Region
Dates and times displayed by VisiWave are now formatted
according to the computer's language and region.
- In PDF Report, Text from Long Descriptions Located Below
a Graph Might Have Duplicate Text
If you have a Description on a report page that is located
below the graph and carries over to a second page, text from
the description might be repeated and placed on extra pages.
New features in v5.0.8:
- Predictive Surveys
VisiWave Site Survey Pro now supports predictive surveys as
well as traditional surveys. A predictive survey is when you
describe the barriers (walls and other solid objects) in the
survey area and the location and characteristics of one or
more access points and then run a theoretical simulation of
how radio waves would propagate through the survey area.
It is a way of estimating wireless coverage without having to
collect survey measurements in the real world. This is
useful for dealing with buildings that haven't been built yet
or for doing what-if analysis for existing areas that can't be
easily modified.
- Difference Heatmap Legend Issue
There was an issue where the legend of a difference heatmap
would only allow you to see the positive values. Now the full
range of positive and negative numbers can be seen.
New features in v5.0.5:
- Issue with PDF Floor Plan Image File Names
If the name of a PDF file with non-ASCII characters was used
as a floor plan image, loading that image might have failed.
Now any characters can be used in the file name.
- Issue with Duplicate AP Names Appearing in AP List
When capturing survey data, the same APs could appear many
times in the AP List. This might happen if a virtual AP
continuously changes an AP's SSID in between scans. Now the
AP List is updated to show the most recent SSID for the AP.
- Issue Using Left/Right Arrow Keys to Move from Point to Point
Fixed an issue where VisiWave could randomly crash when
selecting a data point in Survey View and then pressing the
left or right arrow key to move to the previous or next data
point.
New features in v5.0.4:
- Support for Large Floor Plan Image Files
If an image file is too large for the amount of memory your
computer has, VisiWave now automatically reduces the size of
the image so it will work. Typically images that are 4000
pixels on a side or less work fine. Larger images might get
automatically resized to around this width or height. You can
see the final image size by selecting Set Scale.
- Wrong AP#'s Listed in AP List in PDF Reports
If you generated a PDF report, the numbers listed for each AP#
was off by one on AP List report pages.
- MAC Addresses Given Wrong Name for Locally Administered Names
If an access point generates a Locally Administered MAC
address, VisiWave would sometimes give this AP the wrong
manufacturer name. Now Locally Administered addresses
start "local:".
New features in v5.0.3:
- AP Marker Custom Names in Report View Were Incorrect
If you set a custom name on an AP Marker, save the survey file
then reload the survey file, the custom names won't be correct
when viewed on any report pages.
- Data Points Where Nothing Was Seen Were Not Contributing to
Heatmaps
If a data point that was collected but no access points where
seen at that location then that point was just skipped when
calculating a heatmap. Now that point contributes to the
heatmap by saying there is no coverage there.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
New features in v5.0.2:
- Failed to Load v4.0 Survey Files With "AP#'s" in Caption
Trying to load a survey file created with an earlier version
of VisiWave would fail if the string "AP#" occurred in
any caption or text description unless the string was
followed by a number.
- Issue When Generating Report With Legend Tab Outside Range
There was an issue with generating a report when the legend
for a heatmap had one of the tabs outside of the Min/Max
range of the color legend.
- Generating PDF Report Would Randomly Fail
An uninitialized variable would cause generating a PDF report
to randomly fail.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
- Loading v3.0 Survey Files Could Cause Data Points to be in the
Wrong Location
Survey files created using v3.0 or earlier of VisiWave did not
contain the floor plan image file, but rather the filename of
the image file. If that filename is no longer valid, then you
are prompted to pick the right image file. Doing this in v5.0
would cause the data points to not be located in the correct
locations.
New features in v5.0.1:
- Can't Add Data Points After Loading an Empty v4.0 Survey File
If you load a survey file created by v4.0 of VisiWave that
didn't have any data points in it already, then adding a data
point to it would give you the error message "Encountered an
improper argument".
- Issue Selecting Interference Tab After Stopping Continuous Capture
If you switched to the Interference Details Tab after stopping
a Continuous mode data capture it could cause a crash.
- Issue Setting the Name Property On a New Survey
On a new survey file, if you selected a floor plan image file
and set the "Name" property on the Name tab, then VisiWave
would show an error or crash.
- AP Names Sent from the AP Controller Were Not Presenting Correctly
The character conversion of AP Names sent by the AP controller
where not using the correct conversion and could end up
looking like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
- Issue Loading and Saving Report Templates
Loading or saving Report Templates by pressing the Templates
button in the Report View wasn't working correctly.
Original new features found in v5.0
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v5.0.10 ) is now available for download. If you already own v5.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v5.0.10:
- Set Scale Wasn't Working with Decimal Numbers
v5.0.9 introduced a change that caused Set Scale to not work
if the scale contained a decimal point. This release fixed
that issue.
New features in v5.0.9:
- Running Simulations Failed if Windows Username Contained
non-ASCII Characters
If your Windows user account name contained non-US ASCII
characters, you would get an error saying "The simulation
could not be run." This has been fixed.
- Check for Supported 3D Graphics Drivers for Predict View
If your computer doesn't have a supported 3D graphics
system, then you will get an error message and Predict
View will be disabled.
- AP Name Master File Characters Not Case Insensitive
If the MAC addresses entered into the AP Name Master File
had uppercase characters, then when VisiWave went to update
the list, it wouldn't recognize the addresses with uppercase
characters so it would re-add the edits to the end.
- Updates to AP Name Master File are Immediately Seen in VisiWave
If the AP Name Master File is updated outside of VisiWave (or
by another running instance of VisiWave), the new names are
immediately shown in VisiWave's AP List.
- Unable to Create Report Templates
v5.0.8 introduced an issue that prevented Report Templates
from being created.
- Dates and Times Not Formatted According to Local Region
Dates and times displayed by VisiWave are now formatted
according to the computer's language and region.
- In PDF Report, Text from Long Descriptions Located Below
a Graph Might Have Duplicate Text
If you have a Description on a report page that is located
below the graph and carries over to a second page, text from
the description might be repeated and placed on extra pages.
New features in v5.0.8:
- Predictive Surveys
VisiWave Site Survey Pro now supports predictive surveys as
well as traditional surveys. A predictive survey is when you
describe the barriers (walls and other solid objects) in the
survey area and the location and characteristics of one or
more access points and then run a theoretical simulation of
how radio waves would propagate through the survey area.
It is a way of estimating wireless coverage without having to
collect survey measurements in the real world. This is
useful for dealing with buildings that haven't been built yet
or for doing what-if analysis for existing areas that can't be
easily modified.
- Difference Heatmap Legend Issue
There was an issue where the legend of a difference heatmap
would only allow you to see the positive values. Now the full
range of positive and negative numbers can be seen.
New features in v5.0.5:
- Issue with PDF Floor Plan Image File Names
If the name of a PDF file with non-ASCII characters was used
as a floor plan image, loading that image might have failed.
Now any characters can be used in the file name.
- Issue with Duplicate AP Names Appearing in AP List
When capturing survey data, the same APs could appear many
times in the AP List. This might happen if a virtual AP
continuously changes an AP's SSID in between scans. Now the
AP List is updated to show the most recent SSID for the AP.
- Issue Using Left/Right Arrow Keys to Move from Point to Point
Fixed an issue where VisiWave could randomly crash when
selecting a data point in Survey View and then pressing the
left or right arrow key to move to the previous or next data
point.
New features in v5.0.4:
- Support for Large Floor Plan Image Files
If an image file is too large for the amount of memory your
computer has, VisiWave now automatically reduces the size of
the image so it will work. Typically images that are 4000
pixels on a side or less work fine. Larger images might get
automatically resized to around this width or height. You can
see the final image size by selecting Set Scale.
- Wrong AP#'s Listed in AP List in PDF Reports
If you generated a PDF report, the numbers listed for each AP#
was off by one on AP List report pages.
- MAC Addresses Given Wrong Name for Locally Administered Names
If an access point generates a Locally Administered MAC
address, VisiWave would sometimes give this AP the wrong
manufacturer name. Now Locally Administered addresses
start "local:".
New features in v5.0.3:
- AP Marker Custom Names in Report View Were Incorrect
If you set a custom name on an AP Marker, save the survey file
then reload the survey file, the custom names won't be correct
when viewed on any report pages.
- Data Points Where Nothing Was Seen Were Not Contributing to
Heatmaps
If a data point that was collected but no access points where
seen at that location then that point was just skipped when
calculating a heatmap. Now that point contributes to the
heatmap by saying there is no coverage there.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
New features in v5.0.2:
- Failed to Load v4.0 Survey Files With "AP#'s" in Caption
Trying to load a survey file created with an earlier version
of VisiWave would fail if the string "AP#" occurred in
any caption or text description unless the string was
followed by a number.
- Issue When Generating Report With Legend Tab Outside Range
There was an issue with generating a report when the legend
for a heatmap had one of the tabs outside of the Min/Max
range of the color legend.
- Generating PDF Report Would Randomly Fail
An uninitialized variable would cause generating a PDF report
to randomly fail.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
- Loading v3.0 Survey Files Could Cause Data Points to be in the
Wrong Location
Survey files created using v3.0 or earlier of VisiWave did not
contain the floor plan image file, but rather the filename of
the image file. If that filename is no longer valid, then you
are prompted to pick the right image file. Doing this in v5.0
would cause the data points to not be located in the correct
locations.
New features in v5.0.1:
- Can't Add Data Points After Loading an Empty v4.0 Survey File
If you load a survey file created by v4.0 of VisiWave that
didn't have any data points in it already, then adding a data
point to it would give you the error message "Encountered an
improper argument".
- Issue Selecting Interference Tab After Stopping Continuous Capture
If you switched to the Interference Details Tab after stopping
a Continuous mode data capture it could cause a crash.
- Issue Setting the Name Property On a New Survey
On a new survey file, if you selected a floor plan image file
and set the "Name" property on the Name tab, then VisiWave
would show an error or crash.
- AP Names Sent from the AP Controller Were Not Presenting Correctly
The character conversion of AP Names sent by the AP controller
where not using the correct conversion and could end up
looking like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
- Issue Loading and Saving Report Templates
Loading or saving Report Templates by pressing the Templates
button in the Report View wasn't working correctly.
Original new features found in v5.0