WindCatcher Training

Table of Contents

Module 1 ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
CREATING A NEW PROJECT ................................................................................................................................. 4
WORKING WITH LAYER CONTROL ........................................................................................................................ 5
PLOT A METRIC ................................................................................................................................................... 6
BACKGROUND ONLINE MAPS .............................................................................................................................. 6
3D Views ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
CREATING A CELL SITE FILE .................................................................................................................................. 8
IMPORTING A CELL SITE FILE ............................................................................................................................. 10
CELL SITE ADJUSTMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 11
LINK TO BIN FEATURE ........................................................................................................................................ 12
LINK TO SECTOR FEATURE ................................................................................................................................. 13
STREET VIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 14
SECTOR SEARCH ................................................................................................................................................ 15

Module 2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
CHANGING METRIC THRESHOLDS ...................................................................................................................... 17
WORKING WITH EVENTS ................................................................................................................................... 18
WORKING WITH DOCKED WINDOWS ................................................................................................................ 19

Module 3 ............................................................................................................................................................. 23
METRIC OFFSET FEATURE .................................................................................................................................. 24
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE WINDOWS .............................................................................................................. 25
TIME SERIES CHART VIEW .................................................................................................................................. 26
TABLE VIEW....................................................................................................................................................... 28
PDF/CDF CHARTS............................................................................................................................................... 29
X-Y CHARTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 29

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Module 4 ............................................................................................................................................................. 31
EVENT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................... 32
DELTA PLOTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
RF ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
NEIGHBOR LIST ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................. 36
USER DEFINED QUERIES AND REPORTED ........................................................................................................... 38

Module 5 ............................................................................................................................................................. 40
LTE ACCEPTANCE REPORT ................................................................................................................................. 41
LTE THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS REPORT ................................................................................................................ 44

Module 6 ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
INBUILDING DATA ............................................................................................................................................. 47
MAPPING BACKGROUND FILE USING IN_BUILDING PROFILER ............................................................................ 48

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Module 1
Creating New Project, Cell Sites and Background Maps

Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:

Process the Drive Test data in WindCatcher

Plot the basic metrics
Plot the Online maps in 2D
Use Google Earth to browse the maps in 3D
Create the Cell Sites
Use Cell Site Features

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CREATING A NEW PROJECT

1. Click on New DataSet button in the Home Menu

2. To select files for processing click on Add

New Data button in the Create New
Dataset Form.
3. Browse to the location \Training
Data\Basic Processing\Raw Data
4. Select all of the files and click on
Open.
5. Files selected for processing now
appear under Drive Test Files.
6. To be able to view all the devices in the
selected files, click on the Device
Filter button. All devices will be
checked by default. Then click OK.
7. To save the Project click on Browse
button at the bottom of the Create
New DataSet Window.
8. Browse to \Training Data\Basic
Processing\

9. Name as Data1 and click on Save

button and then click OK. Processing
will now begin.
10. Now you are in Map View.

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WORKING WITH LAYER CONTROL

1. Click on Layer Control button (icon) then click on Selection Tab to view the list of the devices
processed. You can select and unselect drive route/events for individual devices using the Selection
Tab.

Note: By double-clicking on Route button, you can unselect Route layer for all devices at once. By
double-clicking on Event button, you can unselect Event layer for all devices at once.
2. WindCatcher allows users to selectively process a particular device from the log file. (Yes/No)
Yes

No

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PLOT A METRIC
1. Under Maps tab, click on LTE 4G. The technology name shows up dynamically on the basis of the
type of data plotted.
2. Click on Dominant RSRP under LTE Phone/Scan Data group.
3. On the left side select Legend Dock Window and lock it by selecting the Push Pin Symbol.
4. Legend shows different colors with Ranges and the bin counts in these Ranges.

BACKGROUND ONLINE MAPS

1. Under Maps tab, click on Online Maps.
2. Click on Roads to plot the Roads map on the interface.
3. Do you see the online map plotted on the screen?(Yes/No)
Yes
No
4. Plot different map options available.
Note:
Make sure that you are connected to internet before plotting the
Online maps.

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3D Views
1.
2.
3.
4.

Users can also view data using 3D display.

To make it work user should have Google Earth Plug in installed in the machine.
Plot any metric
Click 3D option.

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CREATING A CELL SITE FILE

1. Click on the Create Cell Sites button LTE

2. From the create cell sites window browse to sample CSV file Cell Site File in your Training
Data\Data with Cell Sites\LTE Sites folder and click Open.

3. Drag the available fields in the cell site file to the required fields in Base Station (Required) box. All
the fields with * in their names in are mandatory to be mapped for cell site creation

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4. Users can save this mapping as a Cell Site Template by clicking on Save As option, the template will
be available for user in the drop down menu; WindCatcher will automatically fill in the fields under
Selected fields List.

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5. Click Save button to the right of Store Location field, then browse to the folder where you want
to save your file, enter name Training Cell Sites for cell site file and click OK to save the file.
6. Do you see the base station cell site preview? _____________
7. Exit the Preview by clicking on the Close button
8. Do all the fields under Selected Information need to be mapped manually to successfully generate
a Cell Site File if you are importing Cell Site file [CSV]? (Yes/No): ______________

IMPORTING A CELL SITE FILE

1. Under Home Tab Select Background button. Then Browse to folder where you placed the Training
Cells Sites file. Select the file and click Open

2. Do you see the cell sites appear in the Map View? (Yes/No)
Yes
No
3. Many features in WindCatcher such as Link to Bin, Color drive route by PCI etc. only work with
cell site file created in WindCatcher.(True/False)
True
False

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CELL SITE ADJUSTMENTS

1. Cell Site labels and options can be changed by selecting the cell site layer in Layer Control and
checking the Labels and Options as shown below.

2. Click on the sector and then do the right click. Select Sector
Display to see the same feature mentioned above in a
different way.

3. As an exercise, unselect site name from display.

4. Increase the cell size to 20 available in options tab

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LINK TO BIN FEATURE

1. To Sector feature will allow user to create physical links to dominant, serving and neighbors cells.
Available for both UMTS and LTE Technologies.

2. To create links, go to To Sector and select Dominant Cell from LTE option.
3. Click the bin for viewing link for dominant cell.

4. User can also replay the links using Replay Function

5. To remove links select Remove Link option shown below.

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6. Once link to bin function is no longer required, unselect the

option from To Sector to avoid unnecessary linking.

LINK TO SECTOR FEATURE

1. Select the Sector whose coverage is required and right click for options.

2. Multiple options will be available for plotting, like link to all serving, neighbors etc.
3. Select link LTE Sector to best Served Bin

4. To remove coverage, right click and select remove all links.

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5. Users can also view multiple sector coverage using this option.

STREET VIEW
1. Street view can be over interface using the BLUE drop down bar as shown below.
2. It can be used for virtual site audit.

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SECTOR SEARCH
1. This feature will allow user to search specific site or sector on the map.
2. To search sites, select Search option available under Map tab as shown below

3. User can search sites or PCI based on multiple criteria.

4. Once user selects a specific PCI, Search Results will show all the sites containing the selected PCI.
5. Click locate for viewing the location of selected site.

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Module 2
Working with User Interface

Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:

Customize Metrics Thresholds

Select Events for display
Use WindCatcher Docked Windows
Use different Map Views

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CHANGING METRIC THRESHOLDS

1. Click on Threshold Settings.

2. Under LTE select Dominant RF.

3. Select Dominant RSRP.

4.
5.
6.
7.

Click + to add a new range.

Click - to remove an existing range
Click on the color to see the whole range of colors.
Select a color for the new range.

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WORKING WITH EVENTS

1. Click on Event Settings and select LTE

2.
3.
4.
5.

Go through different Event Groups for LTE Technology.

Select check box under Show On Map for Event to see it on Map.
Select check box under Show On Event Tree for Event to see it on Event Window.
Double click on Event Symbol under Symbol Editor to change the symbol and its color.

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WORKING WITH DOCKED WINDOWS

1. Browse to the location \Training Data\Basic Processing and select dataset
Data1
2. On top left edge of the map workspace, take your cursor to the tab marked
Message Window.
3. Observe the window slide out for easy viewing.
4. Pin docked window by clicking Auto-Hide pin icon in top right corner of Message
Window.

5. To see more content you can expand the message window by dragging the right edge as show below

6. Click on Message Filter icon located in the top right corner of the Message fields.

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7. Scroll down the message list and select Tracking area update request message. Then Click OK
8. You can selectively view messages that are of interest to you.

9. To undo Message Filter, click on cross button at the bottom left. You can also undo Message Filter
by selecting all the messages in the Message List.
10. Keyword Search feature allows users to search for messages using keywords from the Message
Name or Channel Type or any other field from the Message Browser Grid. Type Measurement
Report in the search box and see the results.
Note: To search for exact string, use quotes [ ]. Search for a keyword without quotes will show all
the rows from the message browser which contain that keyword somewhere in that row.

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11. To undo search based filter, click on Clear button.

12. Now lets see if you can view only RRC Connection Reconfiguration messages using Keyword Search
or Message Filter.
13. Lets take a look at the message extraction feature, select targetPhysCellId field from RRC
Connection Reconfiguration message as shown below & Click on Copy as Param 1.

14. Click on Save button & then click on Refresh. Observe that custom 1 field is now showing the
selected value.

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15. Un-pin the Auto-Hide icon and observe how the Message Browser window slides back.

16. Next, take the pointer to Legend window

and click on the Pushpin on the top right
corner of Legend Browser.
17. Observe how the Legend Browser Window
docks. Now even if you move the pointer
outside of the Legend Window, the Legends
still remains visible.
18. Observe the counts of the Events and
Metric Thresholds if any metric is plotted.
19. Undock the Legend Window.
20. Now Dock the Event Window.
21. Observe logical flow of events is shown
under each call.
22. Time stamps of all events are shown along
with them.

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Module 3
Viewing Options

Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:

Offset different Map Layers

Work with Multiple Windows
Create PDF/CDF and X-Y Charts
Use Time Series Chart Feature
Use Tabular view

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METRIC OFFSET FEATURE

1. This feature is used to offset maximum of five
metrics.
2. The last five plotted metrics are available for
offset.
3. Browse to the location \Training Data\Basic
Processing and select dataset Data1.
4. Plot Dominant PCI, Dominant RSRP and
Dominant RSRQ.
5. Select device 1.
6. Select Metric Offset function from Map tab
and plot UMTS Dominant Pilot PSC as an offset
metric using arrow keys.
7. Select labels options from layer control to view metric values on individual bins.

8.

To remove offset, select the offset layer and click center button

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WORKING WITH MULTIPLE WINDOWS

1. Create a clone dataset window using New Window option from View tab.

2. Click and drag the window horizontally or vertically

3. Select the same or different device for comparison in the cloned dataset and plot appropriate metric.
4. Now if user zooms in one dataset the cloned dataset will be zoomed at the same level for
comparison.

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TIME SERIES CHART VIEW

1. Under the Views Tab Click on New Time Chart
2. Click on Chart Metrics
3. Under LTE Dominant Data group check on
Dominant RSRP and Dominant RSRQ and then
click OK

4. The chosen metric values appear along the graph as you move your pointer through the chart. The
green vertical line is positioned in time to be synchronized with the time bin selected in Map view.
Moving the cursor drags the Blue time line and clicking any point sets the green line to the new
desired position.

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5. Click on Select Device to select specific device.

6. Click on Scroll/Zoom. Here you can control Time axis Scroll and Time axis zoom with the knob. Click
on the Drop down arrow to select which device to sync to.
7. To Show both Map and Time Chart Right Click on Time Chart Tab and Drag to Four way button in
Center to choose where the Chart will sit.

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TABLE VIEW
1. The Data Table gives a Tablature view of the Processed metrics and events
2. Under the Windows View Tab Click on Data Table.

3. The Data Table is now visible. Under Available Fields panel expand LTE UE Serving RS Info then
check Physical CellID, Serving RSRP.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Note how the table columns are added as the checks are made.
Resize the Data Table then Click on any Bin.
See how the table view synchronizes with your bin selection.
Click on Start Replay button.
See how the link to bin and the table view give you synchronized information as the drive route is
retraced.
9. Stop the replay.

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PDF/CDF CHARTS
1. PDF/CDF charts are available under views option. Multiple metrics for specific devices can be
selected as shown below.

2. For exercise select Dominant RSRP and Dominant RSRQ under group LTE Dominant Data.
3. The PDF/CDF charts can be saved as an Excel file.
4. They can also be copied as image files.

X-Y CHARTS
1. X-Y charts are available under Views option. Metrics for X and Y axis can be selected from drop down
menu available on right column.
2. Under LTE UE RF group select UE RSRP on X-Axis and UE RSRQ on Y-Axis to see the X-Y chart
between them
3. User can also select specific devices from device filter drop down.

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Module 4
Analysis Tools

Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:

Use Event Analysis

Create Delta Plots
Use Neighbor List Analysis
Use RF Analysis
Work with User Defined Queries and Reports

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EVENT ANALYSIS
1. Browse to the location \Training Data\Data with Cell Sites and select dataset Data2.
2. Under Tools menu, click on Event Analysis Drop Call Analysis Device 1

3. Slide the blue bar to view the contents of Drop Call Analysis

4.
5.

Questions: What is the Root Cause of this LTE Connection Drop? _____________
The RSRP values for this drop are weak about -108.

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DELTA PLOTS
1. Browse to the location \Training Data\Data with Cell Sites and select dataset Data2.
2. Click on Delta Analysis under Tools menu.

3. Select the database name of Baseline Device as Baseline Dataset and database name of Compare
Device as Compare Dataset. Select LTE Power from the Baseline Metrics Group and Compared
Metrics Group menu. To compare the RSRP of both devices; select the Dominant RSRP metric.

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4. dB Offset can be applied to any device by checking the Operator and selecting the value of dB
Offset.
5. Click Run to generate the Delta Plot. Note how the tooltip shows you the values from Baseline and
Compare as well as the Delta for that bin.

6. Close Delta Plot window by clicking on the X in the top right corner of the Map Window.

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RF ANALYSIS
1. Browse to the location \Training Data\Data with Cell Sites and select dataset Data2.
2. Click on RF Analysis under Tools menu.

3. Select LTE technology to see the per PCI Analysis table.

4. Click on Device -1 LTE UE Count header to sort the columns in descending order.
5. Select a row or multiple rows by selecting CTRL on keyboard and mouse click.

6. Now click on Plot Map to see different plotting options.

7. Click on LTE RSRP by Serving PCI to see the plot of selected PCI when they were Servers.

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NEIGHBOR LIST ANALYSIS

1. Neighbor List Analysis provides the Possible Neighbors and Missing Neighbor information on the
basis of collected data and Cell Site Files
2. Cell Site file should contain neighbor information to exactly see the missing Neighbors otherwise
each Neighbor is considered as a Missing Neighbor.
3. Browse to the location \Training Data\Data with Cell Sites and select dataset Data2.
4. Open the Cell Sites created.
5. Run Map Cells to Route option available under Home tab

6. Map Site To Route imports the Cell Site information in the dataset and link each PCI to
corresponding Site name.
7. Click Neighbor list Analysis under Tools

8. Select parameters and adjust values as required for analysis

9. Select device for running analysis

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10. Run Analysis

11. First portion of analysis will provide summary for missing neighbor and later portion will provide
detailed information for each server.

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USER DEFINED QUERIES AND REPORTED

1. Browse to the location \Training Data\Data with Cell Sites and select dataset Data2.
2. Bring the User Defined Query window out and use push pin to make it permanent

3. Select Metrics from the option available at the bottom left corner.
4. Select New from the top middle portion and select metric for plotting along with threshold.

5. Leave the 1st selection blank (used in reports) and select metric in the 2nd selection bar. 3rd selection bar is
used for selecting thresholds.

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6. Once all the information is provided use Run button to execute UDQ

7. Now to apply conditions select Add New Conditions line in Select

Conditions column.
8. Select the metric from the drop down and apply conditions

9. Execute the metric using run button and get the desired result on the map.
10. Save the queries for the next time for the same or new data using save button.

11. Similarly, try to create new reports using conditions as an exercise.

NOTE: Multiple metrics can be selected for reports, however only 1 metric at a time is allowed in metric
options to be plotted on the map using multiple conditions.

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Module 5
Custom Reports

Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:

Use Available Custom Reports for LTE

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LTE ACCEPTANCE REPORT

1. Open Acceptance dataset from \Training Data\Report Data\Acceptance Report.
2. Take your cursor to the DataSetInfo Window, let it slide out and then note Internal Device ID.

3. Browse to following location and open LTE Acceptance Report

C:\Users\[Local User]\Documents\Xceed Technologies, Inc\CustomReport [For Windows 7]
C:\Documents and Settings\[Local User]\My Documents\Xceed Technologies, Inc\CustomReport [For XP]

4. Click on Device Configuration worksheet and make sure that the value in Device ID field for LTE
Mobility UE 1 matches Internal Device ID. In this case they match, but otherwise user should
update the value in this field to match Internal Device ID. Then save and close the report.
5. Now go back to WindCatcher Plus application and click on Open Custom Report button in Report
menu. Select LTE Acceptance Report and click Open to generate the report.

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6. Once the report is generated, go to UE LTE Acceptance worksheet. This provides a Dashboard View
or Summary View of key LTE KPIs. All of these KPIs are tested against user-settable thresholds for
Pass/Fail.

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Mandatory Check: User can select a KPI to be Mandatory/Non mandatory. All Mandatory KPIs
have to pass to get Overall Pass on a cluster [User can define this on Settings Page]
Threshold: Pass/Fail threshold set for the KPI [User can define this on Settings Page]
Target: Minimum percentage of samples that need to meet the threshold requirements [User can
define this on Settings Page]
Total: Total number of samples available for the KPI
Passed: Number of samples that met the threshold
Average: Average value of the KPI computed using all available samples
Meas: Measured percentage samples meeting the threshold requirements
Status: Pass/Fail determined using Meas and Target fields
7. Note that Uplink Application Throughput failed since Measured [84.81%] < Target [90%]. If the
default Thresholds or Targets need a change, user can easily modify them on Settings page.
8. Browse to following location and open LTE Acceptance Report template.
C:\Users\[Local User]\Documents\Xceed Technologies, Inc\CustomReport [For Windows 7]
C:\Documents and Settings\[Local User]\My Documents\Xceed Technologies, Inc\CustomReport [For XP]

9. On Settings page, change the Target for Uplink Application Throughput to 80% and then save the
report template.

10. Now go back to WindCatcher Plus application and generate LTE Acceptance Report once again. Did
your settings change take effect? Did Uplink Application Throughput Pass?
11. This report also provides metric plots for key KPIs such as Serving RSRP, Serving CINR, PDSCH
Throughput etc. You will find these plots on KPI Plots for LTE UE page.

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LTE THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS REPORT

1. Browse to \Training Data\Report Data\Throughput Report and open dataset Throughput Data.
2. Browse to following location and open LTE Throughput Analysis Report template
C:\Users\[Local User]\Documents\Xceed Technologies, Inc\CustomReport [For Windows 7]
C:\Documents and Settings\[Local User]\My Documents\Xceed Technologies, Inc\CustomReport [For XP]

3. Click on settings tab to review the predefined settings.

4. Now go back to WindCatcher Plus application and click on Open Custom Report button in Report
menu. Select LTE Throughput Analysis Report and click Open to generate the report.
5. Once the report is generated, go to Summary & Details tabs & review the available information.
6. Go through other Sample Reports located at \Sample Reports

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Module 6
In-Building Analysis

Objective
After completing this module you will be able to:

Process In-Building Data in WindCatcher

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INBUILDING DATA
1. Process the In Building LOG file located at \Training Data\InBuilding Data along with the JPG file.

2. Notice that in-building walk is automatically aligned with the floor plan Tab files.
3. Plot any metric and observe the output.

4. Close In-building Dataset.

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MAPPING BACKGROUND FILE USING IN_BUILDING PROFILER

1. Click in-Building profiler button available under Home Tab.

2. Click import image and import the jpeg Amway _Bowl.JPEG image available at \Training
Data\InBuilding Data.

3. Search for address 400 West Church, Orlando, FL using Find Location tab.

4. Select P1 and click on the image for getting Pixel position X and Y.

7. Now click on the Map available on the left and click on the same corner location of actual building.
8. Repeat the process for remaining 3 points.

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9. Click Apply when all the 4 points are mapped.

10. Click tab and save the MapInfo file at the same location where raw data is available.
11. Close In-Building profiler.
12. Process the in building raw file available at \Training Data\InBuilding Data without JPEG or TAB file.
13. Once the data file is processed, import the background profiler using Background or Layer Control.
14. User can now turn on the online maps option to view the in building data in actual location as shown
below.

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