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1. Go to the Interfaces tab of the System settings dialog box (1).
2. Create a Layer object on the base of under the Map object or select the existing Layer object in the objects tree if in the Interfaces tab of the System settings dialog box (2).
   
3. Specify the id ID and name for the Layer object, and select the Map object to become the parent of the layer Layer object (3).

4. To edit the image represented by the Layer, click the Edit selected layer button (4). The Map editor utility will open allowing the graphical image to be edited.

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   title Note.
   When the Map editor utility is started, then the System settings dialog box is inactive. Close the Map editor utility to continue working with the System settings dialog box.  You cannot start the Map editor utility for several layers.

   
   

5. To display this layer on top of all other layers, click the Activate on map button (5).
6. To save all the changes click the Apply button (6).

After a new layer is created and set upconfigured, a graphical image of the area is to be attached to it or the layer background color is to be selected. 

To attach Attach the image , do the followingor select the background color as follows:

1. Move Go to the settings panel of the Layer object.

2. Open the Map editor application.

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   title Note.
   The Map editor application allows selecting the plan of guarded area, creating the symbols for devices icons and placing them on the map, as well as other settings.

   To open the Map editor, click the Edit selected layer button on the settings panel of the Layer object.
   
   3. In the main menu of the Map editor, select Map -> General settings.
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   As a result the dialog box , allowing selecting to select the image file for the layer, used as a graphical plan of the guarded area will open.
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   This dialog box can also be accessed from the Set background item of the context menu of the map area.
   

   4. Select the background file as follows:

   a. Press the  button in the Settings dialog box.
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   As a result the standard dialog box , allowing to select the image file for the layer, used as a graphical plan of the guarded area will open.
   
   Open the BMP .bmp file and click the Open button.
   When the layer file is selected, it is copied to the Bmp folder in INTELLECT™ installation folder.

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   title Attention!
   For For proper operation of the interactive map in the distributed configuration, the Bmp folders are to be synchronized at on all computers in the distributed system. Folders are synchronized manually – by copying their contents.The folders are synchronized automatically - start the Client under the Administrator.

   b. In the Settings dialog box specify the resolution of the image used as a graphical plan of the guarded area.
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   The values specified in the Width and Height fields are to match actual real resolution of the image file.

3. Specify the dimensions of the real area represented by the image, in meters.
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4. 5. Set the layer background as follows;

   a. Clear the File field in the Settings dialog box.

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   b. Select the required background color in the Background dropdown list.

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   The background color will be applied only after shutting down the Map editor utility and opening it once again.

   6. To apply all the

   To apply all

   changes click the OK button in the Settings dialog box.

The Map editor will display the new graphical plan of the guarded area.