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Wireless Infrastructures

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile?

1. Open the Visp Web App

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

2. Click the nine-dot menu in the upper right corner to open the VISP Admin Page.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

3. Click on Equipment

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

4. Select Infrastructure Profile

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

5. Click on Infrastructure Profile

An Infrastructure Profile is only a framework or blueprint with pre-designed metadata fields for filling in custom and relevant information about specific warehouses.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

6. Click on Infrastructure Profile

An Infrastructure Profile is only a framework or blueprint with pre-designed metadata fields for filling in custom and relevant information about specific wireless sites or towers.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

7. Input the Warehouse Infrastructure Name

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

8. Input a Brief Summary

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

9. Click on Type

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

10. Use the dropdown and select Wireless.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

11. Input a Description for the profile.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

12. Input the Metadata field/s relevant your ISP’s Wireless Sites or Towers.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

13. Click on the Data Type field.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

14. Use the dropdown to select a data type.

A data type is a classification or a category that determines the type of data that a value (that the field) can hold.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

15. Input a Default Value, that the field displays.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

16. Click on Add to save the changes.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

How to Add a Wireless Infrastructure?

17. Click on the plus icon.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

18. Input the Wireless Tower Name or Label

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

19. Click on the Infrastructure Profile Field.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

20. Search or use the dropdown to select the Fixed Wireless Profile created.

Enter the above-ground level elevation of the tower.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

21. Input the value for the metadata field.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

22. Click on the Address 1 field.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

23. Type the Address of the Wireless Tower

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

24. Use the auto-suggested locations and select the address of the Wireless Tower.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

25. Click on the refresh icon to the right of the Longitude field, to auto-populate the coordinates.

If the Address 1 field does not provide a valid location, you can use the coordinates of the Wireless Tower as an alternative.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

26 (Optional) Upload a picture of the warehouse, for reference.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

27. Save your work when done.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

How to Add Sub-Locations or Sectors on Your Wireless Tower?

28. What are sub-locations?

In the context of infrastructure, sub-locations refer to the smaller, more specific components, rooms, or areas within a larger infrastructure system.

Within communication networks like Internet Service Providers (ISPs), sub-locations can include data exchange points (DEPs), network operation centers (NOCs), fiber optic distribution points, equipment rooms, and tower sectors.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

 

29. Click on IRM

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

30. Click on Wireless

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

31. Select the Wireless Tower recently added.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

32. Click on the Pencil icon.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

33. Click and rename the Sub-Location.

Use Sector to denote a specific direction that the AP and Antenna assembly will be providing coverage. In this example, the sector or sub-location is facing North.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

34. Input the above ground level elevation of the sector or sub-location.

35. Click on the X icon to close the panel.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

36. Save your work.

💡 For more information about this and all other features in Visp, reach out to your Visp Client Success Team today.
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37. Click and input the above-ground level elevation.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

38. Input the Name of the sector or sub-location.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

39. Click on Add Sub-Location

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

40. Input the elevation.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

41. Input the name of the new sector or sub-location.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

42. Click on Add Sub-Location

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

43. Save your work.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

44. Input the Name of the new sector or sub-location.
Input the above-ground level elevation of the sub-location or sector.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

45. Click on Add Sub-Location

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

46. Save your work.

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? - Visp App

 

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13. Wireless Infrastructures

How to Create a Wireless Infrastructure Profile? 1. Open the Visp Web App 2. Click the nine-dot menu in the upper right corner to open the VISP Admin Page. 3. Click on Equipment 4. Select Infrastructure Profile 5. Click on Infrastructure Profile An Infrastructure…

14.How to Access the Infrastructure Resource Management (IRM)

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17. Infrastructure Resource Management (IRM)

The IRM or the Infrastructure Resource Management feature in Visp allows you to efficiently manage and optimize the infrastructures (sites, warehouses, etc.) and infrastructure resources (network devices, servers, etc) in a centralized platform. 1. Outline of Setup…

18. Add Inventory Profiles and Equipment

Create and manage equipment profiles to streamline your inventory system, ensuring data accuracy, improved tracking, and simplified workflows before adding new devices.

19. Add Infrastructures in Visp

Add infrastructure profiles in Visp to standardize and organize locations, streamline workflows, and enable compatibility for seamless network management and data integration.

20. Purchase Order Management

Manage purchase orders efficiently with Visp, from order creation and vendor management to seamless integration with inventory tracking and real-time progress monitoring.

21. IRM: Transfer Equipment

Follow these steps to transfer equipment between locations in the IRM, selecting devices from one infrastructure and saving the changes for efficient equipment management.
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