Private Network Site Survey Readiness Checklist — Manufacturing
Before commissioning an RF survey or engaging a deployment partner, confirm your site is ready. This tool diagnoses your readiness across six domains, flags information gaps and deployment blockers, and generates a manufacturing-specific site survey checklist, required documents list, and field validation sequence.
2 phases · 20 questions
~8 minutes
Manufacturing-specific output
Printable checklist + PDF
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Phase 1 · Site Profile
Tell us about your manufacturing site
These six questions establish the site context that shapes your entire readiness checklist. Answer based on your current operational state — not your target architecture.
Question 1 of 6
What type of manufacturing site is this?
Select the option that best describes the primary environment where coverage is needed.
Question 2 of 6
What stage is your deployment at?
Question 3 of 6
Which use cases will the private network need to support?
Select all that apply — your selection drives the survey checklist and performance requirements.
Question 4 of 6
What is the deployment urgency and programme stage?
Question 5 of 6
Are AGVs, AMRs, or collaborative robots currently deployed or actively planned on this site?
AGV and cobot connectivity requires seamless handover across the full vehicle route — this is the most demanding RF design requirement in manufacturing environments and must be confirmed before survey design.
Question 6 of 6
Are there ATEX / IECEx classified zones, hazardous process areas, or washdown environments on this site that affect equipment selection?
ATEX/Ex-rated radio equipment is a different product category from standard industrial radios — confirming this early prevents specification errors and procurement delays.
Phase 1 of 2
Domain A · Physical Environment
Site layout and physical conditions
The physical environment is the primary input to RF design. Construction materials, ceiling heights, dynamic obstructions, and environmental conditions all directly affect how many radios are needed and where they must be placed. Gaps here lead to coverage failures after deployment.
Question 7 of 20
Are accurate site maps or drawings available for the areas requiring coverage?
CAD drawings, floor plans, or as-built documents are required for RF propagation modelling. Surveys without accurate maps rely on field measurement only, increasing design risk.
Question 8 of 20
How would you describe the RF propagation environment in the primary coverage areas?
Question 9 of 20
Are there significant dynamic obstructions that will affect coverage during normal operations?
Dynamic obstructions — moving machinery, vehicles, stacked materials — create coverage variability that static RF surveys can underestimate.
Question 10 of 20
Are there known sources of RF interference on or adjacent to the site?
Select all that apply
Domain A of 5
Domain B · Power & Backhaul
Power and connectivity at planned radio locations
Power and backhaul availability at each planned radio location is one of the most common deployment blockers in manufacturing. Identifying gaps early determines whether additional civil work, cabling, or wireless backhaul is required — all of which affect timeline and cost.
Question 11 of 20
What is the power availability at your planned radio access point locations?
Question 12 of 20
What is the fibre or Ethernet backhaul availability at planned radio locations?
Each radio access point requires a backhaul connection to the core network. In dense factory environments, running new cable is often the longest-lead civil works item.
Question 13 of 20
What connectivity infrastructure already exists on site that may be reused or integrated?
Select all that apply
Domain C · OT Systems & Devices
Operational technology, systems integration and device landscape
OT integration is the most consistent source of manufacturing private network project delays. Confirming which systems need to connect, what protocols they use, and what the device inventory looks like before survey determines whether the design needs to accommodate OT network segmentation, protocol bridging, or specialist integration work.
Question 14 of 20
Which OT or production systems need to connect to or integrate with the private network?
Select all that apply
Question 15 of 20
What is the approximate number of devices that need to connect to the private network, and has a device inventory been documented?
Question 16 of 20
Have latency, throughput, and reliability requirements been defined for your most demanding use case?
AGV handover, machine vision, and safety-critical applications each have specific performance requirements that must be defined before RF design begins.
Domain D · Spectrum & Compliance
Spectrum status and regulatory requirements
Spectrum availability directly determines which radio technology can be deployed and when. Regulatory compliance requirements — particularly for OT-connected systems — affect security architecture, segmentation design, and vendor selection. Both must be confirmed before RF design is finalised.
Question 17 of 20
What is the current status of spectrum for this deployment?
Question 18 of 20
Which compliance or security standards apply to this deployment?
Select all that apply — these determine security architecture requirements before vendor engagement
Domain E · Survey Logistics & Stakeholder Approvals
Access, approvals and operational constraints
Survey logistics failures — access not arranged, safety inductions not completed, stakeholders not aligned — are the most common cause of wasted survey visits. Confirm these before the survey team arrives on site.
Question 19 of 20
What is the site access situation for the survey team?
Question 20 of 20
Which internal stakeholder approvals are needed before deployment can proceed?
Select all that still need to be secured
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