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Cisco DNAC MAP (RF Calibration Methods)

Jay233
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Hi All,

Looking at DNAC and adding RF MAP's and access points, is there any RF calibration methods available like the ones in prime?

Seem to remember that in Prime/NCS you could physically send calibrated locations/linear points via a wireless client connection directly to the web gui. 

Anything in DNAC to help with RF MAP accuracy??..   

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balaji.bandi
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If you already have prime this information you can migrate that information to DNAC. if you creating in DNAC new you need add manually i guess.

 

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Hi Bandi,

That's the whole point of the question, how and where do you add/do this information?

Where is this feature in DNAC??.. I know there is no feature in DNAC to vertically align multiple floors like in Prime which I find very odd, but to live calibrate a floor I assumed this would be a basic feature for RF. Most of the competitors allow for this function.

In Prime you can:

Prime Infrastructure provides multiple RF models to characterize the attenuation characteristics of the floor
areas in the wireless site maps you create. These calibration models are used as RF overlays with measured
RF signal characteristics that can be applied to different floor areas. If none of these is precise enough for
your needs, you can create one or more custom calibration models that better represent the attenuation
characteristics of your actual floor areas and then apply them to your maps of these floor areas. This enables
your team to:
• Lay out one or more floors in a real-world building.
• Use the RF calibration tool to measure the RF attenuation characteristics of the actual floor.
• Save the RF characteristics of that floor as a new calibration model.
• Apply that calibration model to all the other floors with the same physical layout.

You can collect data for a calibration using one of two methods:
Point mode data collection—Calibration points are selected and their coverage area is calculated one
location at a time.
Linear mode data collection—A series of linear paths are selected and then calculated as you traverse
the path. This approach is generally faster than point mode. You can also employ point mode data
collection to augment data collection for locations missed by the linear paths.  

 

Cheers,   

 

Honestly i am still exploring the options part of migration (i am sure DNAC 100% can not replace Prime Infra --eventually it does - since cisco no development in cisco Prime)

we generally use ekhau site planner and upload the outcome

Note : let me explore if i get chance and feedback if i find one can directly use DNAC and add.

 

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Appreciate the reply, just to be clear I'm not migrating from Prime, seems DNAC is lacking on a lot of basic features regarding RF MAPs. 

I think I may need to upgrade CiscoDNA Center from Version 2.2.2.5 currently in production as I know the latest version now supports 3D maps along with other things.

 

 

if you looking to upgrade. go to 2.3.3.X has lot changed , even base line other troubleshooting tools

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