Network: Coverage Map Report

This Coverage Map report tallies all gateway network connectivity states within geographic areas and plots a coverage map (shaded map area squares), assigning a color between green (good) and red (bad).

This report is best used to show an aggregated result where one or (likely) more than one gateway visits each area more than once. It is intended as a means of identifying geographic regions where connectivity is a systemic issue.

For cases where there is only one gateway and where that gateway visits each area only once, use the Coverage Trail report instead.

There is a values-to-color legend at the bottom of the map.

By default, locations where the gateway spent less than 30 seconds are not shown.

Note: The Coverage Map report is supported for ALEOS devices in AMM 2.16 and above.

Clicking on shaded regions displays information pop-ups about values in that area:

Pop-up details:

# vehicles: shows the number of vehicles which contributed data to this area. Time up: time a call up was maintained as a percentage of the total time a gateway was in this area. Time running: total time a gateway was in this area. Earliest event: first event that contributed data to this square. Latest event: last event that contributed data to this square. # visits: number of separate data log transmissions in this area that contributed to this report. Events: click on the link to generate a more detailed report (below) on the activity in the square. The map shows the specific area while beneath it, is a list of each data point which contributed to the square. The date/time stamp shows how frequently reports were received. In the Text column, the GPS location is shown except for those events where the call up or call down status changed.

• Focus on this area: click on the link to produce a more detailed coverage map for the area covered by the original individual square. This feature is useful for highlighting exact locations of poor coverage. However, be aware that when focusing on a small area, the time spent by a gateway in the area to generate the data may be small.

Basic Configuration fields

• Gateway(s)^*: by default this is set to the gateway(s) selected in the gateway tree. Enter the name(s) manually to modify this field. Click on Filter to open the subfilter options.
• Report time range^*: use the drop-down menu to select from Previous Months, Previous Weeks, Previous Days or Range. Enter the numeric value in the field. When Range is selected, use the calendar pop-up to select the dates. Alternatively, enter the date and time manually (yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm).
• Limit to map area^*: select Not Limited to include data from any geographic location. Select Manually defined area to create a temporary zone for the analysis – only data from inside this zone will be included in the report. Select One or more zones to limit the analysis to one or more predefined zones (see the AMM Operation and Configuration guide for more information about zones).
• Exclusion Zones: allows the report to exclude data from one or more predefined zones (see the AMM Operation and Configuration guide for more information about zones). Leave this option checked (default setting) to include data from any geographic location. Uncheck this option to specify zones to exclude data from.
• Limit to network types: runs the report for a certain type of network. Click in the field to select the network type.
• Show the call as down when the VPN connection is down: shows all calls as down then a VPN connection is unavailable.
• Show friendly names if available: when enabled, shows WAN link names in the report if they have been set in the gateway’s configuration.
• Average call up %^*: this number determines the color shading scale used, with percentages above this number shown in green. The default is 95.0.
• Bad call up %*: this number determines the color shading scale. The better the coverage in your area, the higher these numbers should be to highlight results less than 100%. The default is 90.0.
• Output Format: select HTML to generate the report in the browser window. Select KML to display the generated report in Google Earth (requires that Google Earth is installed).
• Save for later or schedule a run time: enable to create reports that can be saved for future use. See Saving and Scheduling a Report for a Later Run Time for more information.

Advanced Configuration Fields

• Max bootup time^*: enter the amount of time (0 to 1800 seconds) to allow the gateway to boot before reporting CALLDOWN. The default is 180.
• Max time between events^*: enter the amount of time (0 to 86400 seconds) to allow between gateway events before considering the unit non-responsive. The default is 3600.
• Animate results by: animates the coverage over the specified report time range, in intervals defined by this dropdown. By default, ** None ** is selected which turns animation off.
• Map Resolution: defines the size of colored “blocks” presented in a map. The default resolution is auto.
• Max call up % to show: filters to show only those coverage areas which are less than or equal to the specified value. The default is 100.
• Min call up % to show: filters to show only those coverage areas which are greater than or equal to the specified value. The default is 0.
• Min time in area: filters to show only those coverage areas which have been in an area greater than or equal to the specified time. The default is 5 seconds.
• Map range colors: defines the different colors used on the map to represent strengths of coverage areas (used on some coverage related reports). Click on each color to access the color picker and to change the color.

^*denotes a required field