📶Access Points

Learn about measured access points in Hamina Network Planner.

This article discusses Measured access points, which appear in the Survey view after completing a site survey with Hamina Onsite. To learn how to complete a site survey, see the Hamina Onsite knowledgebase.

Filtering Access Points and Heatmaps

There are two ways to filter which access points (and which heatmaps) will be visible:

• SSID filter

• Survey path filter

SSID Filter

The SSID filter in the Heatmap settings popover filters which access points are visible (and visualized with a heatmap). If an access point is broadcasting multiple SSIDs, you only need to select one of the SSIDs to make it visible. You can view all access points by selecting no SSIDs.

Survey Path Filter

Selecting the Survey paths tool opens the Survey paths pane on the right.

In the Survey paths pane, you can see each individual survey session that was performed. A survey session might be a Continuous site survey, a group of Line surveys, or a group of points from a Point survey.

Survey sessions are grouped by day, and each session includes:

• Name of the user

• Time of day

• Survey device

• Survey time for the session

• Distance walked for the session

Unchecking a survey point filters the heatmap, but it does not alter the location and visibility settings of access points.

Access Point Locations and Visibility

Access points have three possible states in regards to location:

State		Reason
Not located	❌	Not heard loudly enough Location manually removed by user
Automatically Located	✨	Heard above -60 dBm
Manually Located	🎯	By manually moving the AP By using the Place access point tool

When an access point is not located, there are two ways to locate it: Reset surveyed AP locations button, and the Place access point tool.

Reset surveyed AP locations button: Located in the Project Settings window, this button will reset the visibility and location states for all surveyed access points in the project.

Place access point tool: When an access point is in the Not located ❌ state, it can be manually placed with the Place access point tool. To activate it, select the Edit tool, right-click on the map, and click Place access point. If the Coverage heatmap is selected, Hamina Network Planner will show a heatmap for each access point on mouseover to assist with manual placement.

The Place access point tool will only show access points that are broadcasting at least one selected SSID. Be sure the SSID that you want to place access points for is selected in the Heatmap settings.

Automatically Locating Access Points

If an access point has been Manually Located 🎯, you can revert it to being Automatically Located ✨ in the Edit Access Point pane.

Select the access point with the Edit tool, and click the Auto-locate AP on map button. This also works if multiple access points are selected.

Remove an AP Location

To remove an access point location from the map, select the access point with the Edit tool, and click the Remove AP location from map button. This does not remove the access point or any of it's measurements from the project; it simply hides the access point pin. This also works if multiple access points are selected.