Update:
I have tried to uninstall/reinstall VisualRF Plan on the virtual Win7 and also the Win8.1 laptop. Each device I followed the same procedure as follows:
1. Uninstall VisualRF Plan
2. Reboot PC
3. Install VisualRF Plan
This made no difference, and the errors/timeouts still exist.
Upon further reading in the VisualRF Data directory I noticed a file called VisualRF.txt. The contents contain several errors seeming to be related to Java. (Shown below:)
2014-02-08 09:20:32,354 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?108873
2014-02-08 09:20:32,355 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/getUserPref
2014-02-08 09:20:32,602 WARN erPreference com.airwave.svg.UserPreferenceServiceImpl loading default user preference from /user_preference_default.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:32,627 WARN erPreference com.airwave.svg.UserPreferenceServiceImpl loaded default preference.
2014-02-08 09:20:32,662 WARN erPreference com.airwave.svg.UserPreferenceServiceImpl Loaded customized user preference. Count = 1
2014-02-08 09:20:34,088 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/access_level.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:34,089 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/setUserPref?prefName=display_24GHz&value=true
2014-02-08 09:20:34,141 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/setUserPref?prefName=display_5GHz&value=true
2014-02-08 09:20:34,142 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Attempt to load sa_dummy//swf/overlay_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:34,142 ERROR HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Do not know how to handle: /swf/overlay_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:34,143 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Attempt to load sa_dummy//swf/tile_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:34,143 ERROR HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Do not know how to handle: /swf/tile_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:34,149 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/cluster.xml?id=undefined&images=1
2014-02-08 09:20:35,239 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?images=1
2014-02-08 09:20:35,329 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?17267
2014-02-08 09:20:41,781 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?campus_id=77abb85f-c8a6-4682-865e-38fc22c53b82&sites=1&buildings=1
2014-02-08 09:20:42,964 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/remove_campuses
2014-02-08 09:20:43,142 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.SiteCoordinatorImpl Plan datarate radius multiplier is 1.0
2014-02-08 09:20:43,142 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.SiteCoordinatorImpl Plan signal radius multiplier is 1.0
2014-02-08 09:20:43,142 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.SiteCoordinatorImpl Plan sensor radius multiplier is 1.0
2014-02-08 09:20:43,142 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.SiteCoordinatorImpl Plan sensor data rate is 6
2014-02-08 09:20:51,148 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/add_campuses
2014-02-08 09:20:51,185 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/add_campuses
2014-02-08 09:20:51,285 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/access_level.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:51,327 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?images=1
2014-02-08 09:20:51,373 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?308431
2014-02-08 09:20:53,928 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/add_campuses
2014-02-08 09:20:53,951 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/access_level.xml
2014-02-08 09:20:53,984 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?images=1
2014-02-08 09:20:54,032 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?478505
2014-02-08 09:20:55,344 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?campus_id=0f970a3f-a5c3-4c22-93ae-297a73ebf0bb&buildings=1&images=1
2014-02-08 09:20:55,397 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?808188
2014-02-08 09:20:56,783 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?images=1
2014-02-08 09:21:02,469 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?campus_id=0f970a3f-a5c3-4c22-93ae-297a73ebf0bb&buildings=1&images=1
2014-02-08 09:21:02,487 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/add_buildings
2014-02-08 09:21:06,353 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/add_buildings
2014-02-08 09:21:06,385 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/access_level.xml
2014-02-08 09:21:06,424 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?campus_id=0f970a3f-a5c3-4c22-93ae-297a73ebf0bb&buildings=1&images=1
2014-02-08 09:21:06,480 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?754410
2014-02-08 09:21:07,420 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/building.xml?building_id=e8e0c097-f1e8-4539-b043-05a7f8a4cd09&sites=1&images=1
2014-02-08 09:21:07,479 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?111194
2014-02-08 09:21:09,175 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/newTask?type=image&defeatcache=3100440
2014-02-08 09:21:21,150 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/uploadTaskResourceRedirect
2014-02-08 09:21:21,814 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/campus.xml?buildings=1&sites=1&defeatcache0.4157927371561527
2014-02-08 09:21:21,814 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/moveTask?taskId=cabc24b6-42a9-49ef-b631-3efc4bc5ed8d&defeatcache=0.7242063493467867
2014-02-08 09:21:22,105 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/getTaskResult?taskId=cabc24b6-42a9-49ef-b631-3efc4bc5ed8d&defeatcache=92274014
2014-02-08 09:21:22,106 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.itaskimpl.ImageTask Resource Input Name List inputName: file
2014-02-08 09:21:22,106 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.itaskimpl.ImageTask {file=com.airwave.svg.itaskimpl.AbstractITask$ResourceFile@2ff57c}
2014-02-08 09:21:54,598 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/updateTaskRequest
2014-02-08 09:21:54,630 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/moveTask?taskId=cabc24b6-42a9-49ef-b631-3efc4bc5ed8d&defeatcache=0.7324462090618908
2014-02-08 09:21:54,681 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/addSite
2014-02-08 09:21:54,993 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/getUserPref
2014-02-08 09:21:54,993 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?78292
2014-02-08 09:21:56,530 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/access_level.xml
2014-02-08 09:21:56,530 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/setUserPref?prefName=display_24GHz&value=true
2014-02-08 09:21:56,537 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/setUserPref?prefName=display_5GHz&value=true
2014-02-08 09:21:56,548 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Attempt to load sa_dummy//swf/overlay_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:21:56,548 ERROR HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Do not know how to handle: /swf/overlay_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:21:56,549 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Attempt to load sa_dummy//swf/tile_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:21:56,549 ERROR HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Do not know how to handle: /swf/tile_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:21:56,668 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/cluster.xml?id=undefined&images=1
2014-02-08 09:21:56,737 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/site.xml?site_id=854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0&defeatcache=9067802&aps=1&clients=1&rogues=1&surveys=1®ions=1&walls=1&rfids=1&properties=1&sensors=1&detail=1&idf=1&rack=1&interferer=1
2014-02-08 09:21:59,958 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?331146
2014-02-08 09:21:59,958 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=116629
2014-02-08 09:22:00,992 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=116629
2014-02-08 09:22:02,026 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=116629
2014-02-08 09:22:03,059 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=116629
2014-02-08 09:22:27,103 ERROR HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Exception sending resource: css/amp.css
java.io.IOException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write0(Native Method) at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(Unknown Source) at sun.net.httpserver.Request$WriteStream.write(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(Unknown Source) at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(Unknown Source) at sun.net.httpserver.ExchangeImpl.sendResponseHeaders(Unknown Source) at sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchangeImpl.sendResponseHeaders(Unknown Source) at com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler.handleResourceRequest(Unknown Source) at com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler.run(Unknown Source) at com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneLauncher$StandaloneDelegateHttpHandler.handle(Unknown Source) at com.sun.net.httpserver.Filter$Chain.doFilter(Unknown Source) at sun.net.httpserver.AuthFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source) at com.sun.net.httpserver.Filter$Chain.doFilter(Unknown Source) at sun.net.httpserver.ServerImpl$Exchange$LinkHandler.handle(Unknown Source) at com.sun.net.httpserver.Filter$Chain.doFilter(Unknown Source) at com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneLauncher$ContextFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source) at com.sun.net.httpserver.Filter$Chain.doFilter(Unknown Source) at sun.net.httpserver.ServerImpl$Exchange.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 2014-02-08 09:22:28,420 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?965950
2014-02-08 09:22:28,421 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/getUserPref
2014-02-08 09:22:28,827 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/access_level.xml
2014-02-08 09:22:28,827 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/setUserPref?prefName=display_24GHz&value=true
2014-02-08 09:22:28,838 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/setUserPref?prefName=display_5GHz&value=true
2014-02-08 09:22:28,847 WARN HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Attempt to load sa_dummy//swf/overlay_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:22:28,847 ERROR HTTP[5] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Do not know how to handle: /swf/overlay_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:22:28,849 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Attempt to load sa_dummy//swf/tile_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:22:28,850 ERROR HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneServerRequestHandler Do not know how to handle: /swf/tile_colors.xml
2014-02-08 09:22:28,970 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/cluster.xml?id=undefined&images=1
2014-02-08 09:22:29,033 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/site.xml?site_id=854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0&defeatcache=6479009&aps=1&clients=1&rogues=1&surveys=1®ions=1&walls=1&rfids=1&properties=1&sensors=1&detail=1&idf=1&rack=1&interferer=1
2014-02-08 09:22:29,127 WARN HTTP[3] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/visualrf_config.xml?616403
2014-02-08 09:22:29,127 WARN HTTP[2] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=8328194
2014-02-08 09:22:30,152 WARN HTTP[1] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=8328194
2014-02-08 09:22:31,185 WARN HTTP[4] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=8328194
2014-02-08 09:22:32,226 WARN HTTP[6] com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneVisualRFRequestHandler RequestURI:/visualrf/data/854e726a-a9c7-4aeb-903e-31af8b3a9ef0/background.jpg?defeatcache=8328194
2014-02-08 09:22:41,236 WARN Thread-10 com.airwave.svg.init.StandaloneLauncher VisualRF server shutting down
2014-02-08 09:22:41,326 WARN erPreference com.airwave.svg.UserPreferenceServiceImpl storing user preference data
2014-02-08 09:22:41,327 ERROR Inventory com.airwave.model.services.InventoryService persist threadpool size property
java.io.FileNotFoundException: svg.properties (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.airwave.core.PropertyServiceImpl.updatePropertiesFile(PropertyServiceImpl.java:151) at com.airwave.core.PropertyServiceImpl.setPropertyOverrides(PropertyServiceImpl.java:138) at com.airwave.core.PropertyServiceImpl.setPropertyOverrides(PropertyServiceImpl.java:125) at com.airwave.svg.InventoryServiceImpl.preShutdown(InventoryServiceImpl.java:525) at com.airwave.core.AbstractService.run(AbstractService.java:520) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 2014-02-08 09:22:41,327 WARN Database com.airwave.core.data.ConnectionManager shutting down derby database
2014-02-08 09:22:41,329 ERROR Event com.airwave.core.EventDispatcherImpl persist threadpool size property
java.io.FileNotFoundException: core.properties (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.airwave.core.PropertyServiceImpl.updatePropertiesFile(PropertyServiceImpl.java:151) at com.airwave.core.PropertyServiceImpl.setPropertyOverrides(PropertyServiceImpl.java:138) at com.airwave.core.PropertyServiceImpl.setPropertyOverrides(PropertyServiceImpl.java:125) at com.airwave.core.EventDispatcherImpl.preShutdown(EventDispatcherImpl.java:56) at com.airwave.core.AbstractService.run(AbstractService.java:520) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
These errors are all located around what the time entry would be for the last time I tried to execute VisualRF on this PC. The other PCs that I have tried to get VisualRF working on have also displayed the same results with different time stamps corresponding to when I have executed VisualRF Plan. There seems to be permissions errors in the logs, however I am logged in as Administrator and have also even explicitly applied NTFS permissions to all files (except system files) as full control.
I have also tried to update/remove/reinstall JRE. Additionally, I have also tried using older versions of VisualRF Plan in which the installer gives me an error about a command line switch that is illegally used. (The thinking was to upgrade an older version in which the only computer that I have where VisualRF is working correctly on.)