🔁Introduction
Get an overview of project importing, exporting, and the Live View in Hamina Network Planner.
Hamina Network Planner and Planner Plus integrate with multiple Wi-Fi infrastructure vendors, either through API integrations or file exports to enable importing, exporting, and Live viewing of Wi-Fi networks.
Import
The Import function enables Hamina to import a wireless network, including the map, scale, and access points. Importing a network is useful for viewing the current network configuration, experimenting with changes to the network, or performing planning for new access points or major configuration changes.
In the case of importing from NetAlly, Hamina will import the map, scale, and site survey measurements from NetAlly Link-Live for analysis in Hamina Network Planner. Learn more about Importing from NetAlly.
In the case of importing an OpenIntent file, Hamina will import a network design, either exported by Hamina Network Planner or another design tool.
For supported vendors, importing a network to Hamina Network Planner Plus also automatically enables the Live View (beta) in the project.
Export
The Export function enables Hamina to export a wireless network design, including the map, scale, and access points. Exporting a network is useful for deploying a network design directly to infrastructure, without having to repeat any mapping or placement work outside of Hamina. It is also useful for remediation or making changes, as subsequent exports can move or replace access points.
In the case of exporting an OpenIntent file, Hamina will export the network design as a file, so it can be imported to another tool, imported to another Hamina project, or can be used to programmatically deploy a network (which is the central purpose of OpenIntent).
Live View
The Live View (beta) function imports the wireless network to Hamina Network Planner Plus to enable live monitoring of the network in the Live tab.
Unlike a network that has been imported to the Simulation tab, no modifications can be made in the Live tab. However, it is possible to make changes in the Simulation tab, and use the Export function to push the changes to the infrastructure, which will then immediately appear in the Live view.
Learn more about the Live View.
Export Workflow
If the new site is created in Hamina, it will create a new site on the infrastructure.
If a matching floorplan doesn't exist, Hamina will export maps from Hamina to the infrastructure site.
If the user has planned APs that are MAC-matched in Hamina, it will assign them to the site and place them on the map.
For APs that have been placed on map in Hamina but have not been MAC-matched:
If the Utilize unused access points from organization checkbox is checked, Hamina will commission all the non-MAC-matched planned APs to site (by picking APs of matching types from the inventory at random). Note: If there are more planned APs on the floor plan in Hamina than APs of the same type in the vendor inventory, then not all planned APs will be commissioned to the site or placed on the map.
If the Utilize unused access points from organization checkbox is unchecked, only MAC-matched APs will be commissioned to the site and placed on map.
If the floor plan on the vendor system has extra APs placed that don’t exist in Hamina, Hamina will remove the extra APs from map. Note: These APs will not be removed from the site, just from the map.
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