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Uploading Maps to Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate

One of the first setup tasks is uploading maps that are exported from Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate. Typically, map data contains floor images, floor coordinates, access points (AP), calibration data, and details about APs on a floor.

Before you begin

If Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate is launched through Cisco Spaces, maps are automatically synchronized into through Cisco CMX tethering.

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate.

Step 2

From the left navigation pane, click Maps and then choose the Upload button.

Step 3

Browse to the location where the maps are stored (on your computer). Select the maps that were previously exported from Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

Step 4

Verify if the maps are uploaded successfully.

Viewing the Map on Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate

Procedure

Step 1

From the Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate dashboard, use the drop-down list to navigate to the desired campus, building, and floor.

Figure 1. Cisco Spaces: Detect and Locate Dashboard

Step 2

From the toolbar on the top, choose any combination of the icons to customize your view of the devices.

Figure 2. Dashboard: Total Count Toolbar

  • Clients: All client devices (connected and detected).

    • A red dot indicates probing clients. Click to see additional details about a client.

    • A dot associated with a number indicates a cluster of probing clients. Click to view details of all the clients in that cluster. You can also zoom in to view the clients individually.

    • A green dot indicates connected clients. Click to see additional details of a client.

  • Rogue Access Points: APs that are not part of or managed by the Cisco CMX infrastructure. Click to see additional details.

  • Rogue Clients: Clients that are connected to rogue access points.

  • Interferers: Devices that can create a radio frequency interference. .

  • Tags: Vendor-specific information that is related to Wi-Fi tags are displayed in raw format.

  • BLE Tags: Bluetooth Low Energy tags attached to track devices.

Step 3

(Optional) Click the icon to filter the displayed items. These filters are persistent and across sessions.

Step 4

Choose any combination of the following icons to enable or disable other elements on your dashboard, like zones, access points, and tags and heat maps.

Figure 3. Dashboard: Left Toolbar

  • Zones: Show or hide the zones on a specific floor.

  • Access Point: Show or hide all the APs that have been deployed on a specific floor. If the map has been uploaded to Detect and Locate, your map indicates which APs have device location () and which APs have issues with device location and hence may need troubleshooting.()

  • Heatmap: Display the movement of various clients as a heatmap.
    Figure 4. Heatmap
  • Clustering: Enable clustering to group devices that are closely located and possibly overlapping. Click on the clustered icon to view list of devices in a separate window.
    Figure 5. Clustering
  • Show/Hide Inclusion and Exclusion Regions: Enables the display of inclusion and exclusion regions.
    Figure 6. Show/Hide Inclusion and Exclusion Regions

    Note

     

    • Only one inclusion zone per floor is possible.

    • You can add multiple exlusion zones per floor for areas where device tracking is unnecesary.

Understand the Map Legend

Click Legend to understand the various markings on the map.
Figure 7. Understand the Map Legend

  • A green dot indicates connected clients. Click to see additional details of a client.

  • A red dot indicates probing clients. Click to see additional details about a client.

  • A dot associated with a number indicates a cluster of probing clients. Click to view details of all the clients in that cluster. You can also zoom in to view the clients individually.

  • Locally Administered Associated Client

  • Sticky Client

  • Stationary Device

Customize the Devices Viewed

The toolbar on the top lists the various types of devices. A device is represented by a name, icon, and a corresponding number that indicates the number of such devices on your network. Use the icon beside each device to show or hide a particular type of device, so that you customize your view of the devices.

Figure 8. Device Toolbar: Show or Hide Various Devices

The devices represented on this toolbar are described below:

  • Clients: All client devices. You can see the breakdown of this number into connected and detected devices.

    Figure 9. Connected and Detected Devices

  • Tags: Vendor-specific information that is related to Wi-Fi tags are displayed in raw format.

  • BLE Tags: Bluetooth Low Energy tags attached to track devices.

  • Rogue APs: APs that are not part of or managed by the Cisco CMX infrastructure. Click to see additional details.

  • Rogue Clients: Clients that are connected to rogue access points.

  • Interferers: Devices that can create a radio frequency interference. .

Create Zones

From the left navigation pane, click Maps, and browse to the location where you need to create a zone. Click the Create a Zone icon from the toolbar to the left and click on the map to create the zone boundaries. You can double-click to complete the creation of the zone. Add a name for the zone after placing it on the map. You can zoom into the zone and view it.

Figure 10. Create Zones