After building the deployment plan, export it as a document and release it to the Deployment app.
When completed, the result is an estimation of the number of Wildfire Sensors, Border Gateways and Mesh Gateways.
The Device Counter keeps track in real time of all Border Gateways, Mesh Gateways and Sensors placed on the Site.
Once you have created all the paths and areas you wish to protect and have placed gateways to ensure sufficient mesh network coverage, the estimated number of Gateways and Wildfire Sensors are shown.
Estimation uses
This estimation can be used for quoting purposes. However, the Export Summary feature includes a detailed list of devices and their deployment locations.
After planning the coverage, you are ready for deployment:
Export Summary document: Export your plan which appears as a set of devices with their planned deployment locations.
Release Deployment Plan When finished, release the deployment plan. Any issues that need to be resolved before release are identified. After resolving these issues, the plan becomes available in the Deployment app.
After completing the Site plan, you can export a Planning Summary document as either a .docx file or a CSV file.
Selecting Site overview document (.docx) generates an editable .docx file that includes an overview of site planning, details of the connectivity network and a comprehensive view of each planned packet. It also provides an estimate of the deployment time.
After selecting Confirm, the Planning tool builds the .docx and/or CSV file and generates a .zip file that can be saved on a local or remote drive.
Dryad recommends opening the .docx file in Word, OpenOffice or GoogleDocs and exporting it as a PDF file.
Releasing the Deployment Plan exports the coverage estimate to the Silvanet Cloud which loads it into the Deployment app as well as the Device overview section of the Sites view.
However, before it can be released, the Planning tool analyzes the plan and ensures the plan does not have any connectivity issues. If any issues are detected, they need to be resolved before continuing.
For example, a Sensor may have been located outside a connectivity zone, which means it is not connected to the Mesh Network. Move the Sensor within a connectivity zone.
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A warning icon is displayed next to the Package containing the issue.
After resolving the issues, the Deployment Plan is ready to be released.
After releasing the Deployment Plan, the Packages appear in the Deployment app.
