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

4. To edit the image represented by the Layer, click the Edit 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).

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1. 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 devices icons and placing them on the map, as well as other settings.

   To open the Map editor, click the Edit layer button on the settings panel of the Layer object.
   
   3. In the main menu of the Map editor, select Map -> General settings.
   
   As a result the dialog box to select the image used as a graphical plan of the guarded area will open.
   
   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.
   
   As a result the standard dialog box to select the image used as a graphical plan of the guarded area will open.
   
   Open the .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 proper operation of the interactive map in the distributed configuration, the Bmp folders are to be synchronized on all computers in the distributed system. 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.
   
   The values specified in the Width and Height fields are to match real resolution of the image file.

   5. Set the layer background as follows;:

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

   b. Select the required background color in

   the

   the Background

   dropdown

    dropdown list.

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

   6. To apply all the changes click the OK button in the Settings dialog box.

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