We've been using an Motion J3500 for our surveys, probably not suitable as it's going to be considerably more costly than the surface but we did it purely for battery reasons. There's dual hot-swappable batteries plus we have a charger and a 3rd batter going. This way we can do survey's all day should we need without having to break for charging. We also disable hand recognition and use the pen for accuracy.
They are quite heavy though so we use one of these http://connect-a-desk.com/ Have also had a number of issues with USB connectivity loss causing issues with needing to restart ESS. A USB extension lead and Velcro cable ties can help quite a bit. -- Jason Cook The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric T. Barnett Sent: Saturday, 1 August 2015 12:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet So the Surface Pro 3 so far. I'm really just looking at using this for active surveys. I can do analysis on my laptop. Thanks for the responses so far! --Eric From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rowell Dionicio Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 8:52 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet We're currently using the Surface Pro 3 for conducting wireless surveys with Ekahau. Works great. I would recommend getting an external USB hub that you can velcro to it. I find that the USB port is a little finicky. If I nudge the USB adapter I sometimes have issues causing me to restart Ekahau. I use the pen during the survey and found it much more useful than using a trackpad or your finger. I don't use the keyboard attached to the surface during surveys. I also recommend using a bluetooth or USB mouse for analyzing the survey while at your desk. I still haven't gotten used to using the removable keyboard/cover we got with it. Rowell On Jul 31, 2015, at 6:05 AM, Trent Hurt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I know a few folks who use surface 3 for surveying without issues. Here is a nice blog with some performance recommendations for ekahau http://www.ekahau.com/wifidesign/blog/2015/07/24/boosting-ekahau-site-survey-and-3d-planner-performance/ Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Sachse, Hartmut <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Ask Jussi from Ekahau via Twitter @jussikiviniemi. If i remember right the recommend Surface Pro 3. Best Regards Hartmut Sachse Systems Engineer Von: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Eric T. Barnett Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. 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