Pre-planning coverage estimation

The Pre-Planning tool allows for a rapid and precise coverage estimation of a customer's forest location. The output is a set of Packets for use during Silvanet deployments.

Use the Pre-Planning tool to quickly generate a rapid and precise coverage estimation of a Site. It provides a set of tools for rapidly estimating the number of Wildfire Sensors and Silvanet Gateways needed to cover a Site.

• Path tool: Define high-density deployment areas such as hiking paths, rail lines, power lines.

• Area tool: Define lower density deployment areas such as forested areas.

• Connectivity tool: Define number and placement of Border Gateways and Mesh Gateways to build up a successful Mesh Network in the Site.

• Comment tool: Add relevant comments to the plan.

Saving your work

Frequently save your work to a drive. The Site Management app saves it as Pre-Planning - Site ##.dryad.

See Also

For a detailed description, see Pre-planning tool.

For an example using the Pre-planning tool, see Tutorial - Pre-planning a Site.