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You can use coloring rules to quickly identify networks that meet specific criteria. For example, you can create a rule that colorizes all networks in the scan results with higher than 30% channel utilization. You can also create a rule that colorizes networks using an overlapping channel in the 2.4 GHz band. Each rule has a name, a (background) color, and a filter. The name allows you to distinguish the rule from other rules. The color is used as the background color for all Networks Table entries that match the rule’s filter. To learn more about filters, see Filter scan results.
WiFi Explorer Pro 3 colorizes a network using the first matching rule when a network matches multiple rules.
WiFi Explorer Pro 3 allows you to group rules into coloring rule sets. Thus, you can define coloring rule sets for specific troubleshooting activities or scenarios. For example, you can create a rule set for designing and validating networks for Apple devices and another rule set for assessing best practices in the 2.4 GHz band.
You can quickly switch between coloring rule sets by going to View > Apply Coloring Rules and choosing the desired coloring rule set. You can also use Option-0 to disable coloring rules or Option-N to enable the Nth coloring rule set.

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Create coloring rule sets

You can create coloring rule sets with different rules. You can also enable or disable rules in a rule set, add new rules, and reorder rules to change their precedence.
Rules at the top of the list have higher precedence.
WiFi Explorer Pro 3 includes a default empty coloring rule set. This coloring rule set cannot be deleted or renamed, but you can add rules to it as with any other coloring rule set.

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Create a coloring rule set

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Click the + button under the rule set list to create a new rule set.
  3. Add and customize rules in the new rule set.

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Manage coloring rule sets

You can switch between coloring rule sets. You can also rename, duplicate, import, or export a rule set.

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Switch between coloring rule sets

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select a rule set under Apply rule set.

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Rename a coloring rule set

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the rule set and press Enter, then type a new rule set name.

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Duplicate a coloring rule set

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the rule set you want to duplicate.
  3. Click the More button under the coloring rule set list, then choose Duplicate Rule Set.

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Import or export a coloring rule set

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To import a coloring rule set:

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Click the More button under the coloring rule set list, then choose Import Rule Set.
  3. Select the rule set you want to import and click Import.
You can also import a coloring rule set by dragging the file into the coloring rule set list in WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings > Coloring Rules.

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To export a coloring rule set:

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the rule set you want to export.
  3. Click the More button under the coloring rule set list, then choose Export.

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Customize coloring rule sets

You can add, customize, or reorder rules in a coloring rule set.

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Add a coloring rule

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the desired rule set.
  3. Click the + button found under the list of rules to add a new rule.
  4. Give the rule a new name and choose a different color if desired.
  5. Enter a filter for the new rule.
When adding a new rule, you only need to choose the background color. WiFi Explorer Pro 3 automatically selects the text color that gives the higher contrast.

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Enable or disable coloring rules

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the rule set, then click the Enable field for the rule you want to enable or disable.

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Rename a coloring rule

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the desired rule set.
  3. Select the rule and press Enter, then type a new rule name.

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Reorder rules

  1. Go to WiFi Explorer Pro 3 > Settings and click Coloring Rules.
  2. Select the desired rule set.
  3. Select the rule or rules and drag them to the new position.

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