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

2. Open the Map editor application.

   Info
   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:

   1. 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.

      Info
      title Note
      The graphical area plan should be saved as a bmp, gif, jpeg, jpg, png, tiff, emf or svg image file.

      
      
      Open the .bmp file and click the Open button.
      When the layer file is selected, it is copied to the Bmp folder in Axxon PSIM™ installation folder.

      Note
      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.

      
      

   2. In the Width and Height fields, 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:

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

      
      

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

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

      
      

6. To select an external map as a background, select the previously created and configured Map Server object from the Background server drop-down list (see Configuring the external map Map server).
   
   

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   title Note.
   If an external map is selected as a background, the layer is automatically binded to geographical coordinates – see also Configuring map binding to coordinate grid.

   
   

7. 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.