Patent ID: 8861476

Claim:
A path setting apparatus that sets wireless paths fixed by a wireless network formed by a wireless access point device and a plurality of wireless devices, the path setting apparatus comprising: an editing unit configured to edit and set positions of the wireless access point device and the wireless devices and wireless paths between the wireless access point device and the wireless devices and between the wireless devices, and to edit and set communication timings of the wireless access point device and the wireless devices where the wireless paths are set, based on an input instruction; a storage unit configured to store power performance information of the wireless devices; a calculating unit configured to receive the wireless paths and the communication timings set by the editing unit and configured to calculate transmission delays between the wireless devices and the wireless access point device or transmission delays between the wireless devices based on the wireless paths and the communication timings, the calculating unit being configured to receive the communication timings set by the editing unit and the power performance information stored in the storage unit and configured to calculate consumption power of the wireless devices and battery life of batteries used as power supplies of the wireless devices based on the communication timings and the power performance information; and a display unit configured to display the wireless access point device, the wireless devices, the wireless paths, and structures, which are positioned around the wireless access point device and the wireless devices, in a state in which the wireless access point device, the wireless devices, the wireless paths, and the structures overlap in a side view, wherein the display unit is configured to display heights and distances of positions of the wireless access point device and the wireless devices in the side view.