About the WiFiPlatformService

The WiFiPlatformService is automatically created in the PlatformServices container of any station running on the JACE with WiFi adapter option, and provides the equivalent functions of the two platform WiFi views. The default view of this service is the WiFi Platform Service Plugin (Figure 13).

Figure 17. WiFiPlatformService default view

This view works identically to the platform WiFi Configuration view. For more details, see WiFi Configuration.

The secondary view on the WiFiPlatformService is the WiFi Certificate Manager—again, which works identically to the platform WiFi Certificate Manager. Access it by right-clicking the service and selecting Views->WiFi Certificate Manager, or by using the view selector (Figure 14).

Figure 18. View selector on WiFiPlatformService to access secondary view and property sheet

For more details, see WiFi Certificate Manager.

The property sheet for the WiFiPlatformService contains a number of read-only properties that reflect the current configuration of the WiFi adapter (Figure 19).

Figure 19. Property sheet of example WiFiPlatformService

Any wireless network included under the “Network Database” container has a number of polled properties (not shown expanded above), including values for network state and signal strength.

A “Poll” action is available on the WiFiPlatformService, which can be accessed by right-clicking the service either in the Nav tree (Figure 20), or on the top node in its property sheet.

Figure 20. Poll action available on WiFiPlatformService

A invoked poll forces immediate updates of values like signal strength and network state, as seen in the default view of the service. Otherwise, these values update periodically from ongoing WiFi daemon activity.