The Settings panel of the Map object

1

ID*

Automatically

Displays the ID of the Map object in the digital distributed video surveillance system

Sequence of numbers

-

From 1 and above.

Depends on the number of Map objects in the digital distributed video surveillance system

2

Name*

Enter the value in the field

Displays the name of the Map object in the digital distributed video surveillance system

Latin, Cyrillic and service characters

Map

A line containing a sequence of any symbols (letters, digits, service characters apart from > and < symbols), not case-sensitive

Number of symbols – from 1 to 60

3

Disable

Set the checkbox

Sets the status of the Map object in the digital distributed video surveillance system

Boolean type

No

Yes – the Map object is disabled and is not in use

No – the Map object is enabled and is in use.

4

Display

Select in the list

Sets the parent Display object of the digital distributed system to which the given Map object refers

Names of the Display objects registered in the system.

Name of the parent Display object.

Depends on the number of Display objects in the digital distributed video surveillance system

5

Search alarmed links recursively

Set the checkbox

Defines, if recursive search for the objects in the layers is possible. The recursive search means a search, where the transfer from one layer, containing an object, to another layer, containing a symbol, follows a gradual pattern of moving to the neighboring layers, using consecutive links

Boolean type

No

Yes – a recursive search is enabled

No – a recursive search is disabled

6

Search for the shortest path

Set the checkbox

Enables the search for the shortest path to the alarmed layer.

If there are several paths from the active to the alarm layer, then the shortest path is defined automatically when the Alarm signal incomes (only one the Link to layer icon with the shortest path will blink in the active layer).

Can be enabled only along with the Search alarmed links recursively option

Boolean type

No

Yes – search for the shortest path is enabled

No – search for the shortest path is disabled

7

Over all windows when alarm

Set the checkbox

Sets, if the window of the Map interface object can be displayed over all active applications in case of the Alarm signal incomes from any object of the Map interface object.

Boolean type

No

Yes - the window of the Map interface object will be displayed over all active applications in case of the Alarm signal incomes from any object of the Map interface object

No - the window of the Map interface object will not be displayed over all active applications in case of the Alarm signal incomes from any object of the Map interface object

Yes – the commands to request live and archive video are available in the menu of Camera objects and objects linked with cameras

No – the commands to request live and archive video are not available in the menu of Camera objects and objects linked with cameras

Yes – the command to request frame are available in the menu of Camera objects and objects linked with cameras

The Settings group

10

X

Enter the value in the box

Sets a coordinate in the X horizontal axis for the upper left corner of the window of the Map interface object on the screen

% of the screen width

Not set

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of video monitors installed

11

Y

Enter the value in the box

Sets a coordinate in the Y vertical axis for the upper left corner of the window of the Map interface object on the screen

% of the screen height

Not set

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of video monitors installed

12

W

Enter the value in the box

Sets the width of the window of the Map interface object

% of the screen width

Not set

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of video monitors installed

13

H

Enter the value in the box

Sets the height of the window of the Map interface object

% of the screen width

Not set

From 0 to M*100, where M is the number of video monitors installed

14

Autoswitch

Set the checkbox

Activates autoswitch to the Alarm source layer in the Map interface object

Boolean type

No

Yes – in case of an alarm from an object, the system will switch to the source layer where the object is located

No – in case of an alarm from an object, the system will not switch to the source layer where the object is located

Yes – The Map window is displayed on top of all windows.

No – The Map window is displayed in standard mode.

17

Monitor

Select in the list

The number of monitor in OS for which coordinates are specified

Numbers of monitors

1

1-9

Yes – allows moving the Map interface window manually

No – disables the manual movement of the Map interface window

19

Create map copy

Click the button

Creates another Map object with all parameters identical to the given object

-

-

-

Select the object tracking monitor.

Find details in the Using absolute telemetry section of Installing and configuring security system components guide

Yes – the events are uploaded from database on Axxon PSIM startup, so the events before and after the Axxon PSIM start can be seen on the Map

No – only events emerged after the Axxon PSIM start are displayed on the Map

Sets the Map smoothing method when scaling

Note. Smoothing minimizes ladder-like diagonal edges of the image and gives the impression of softer borders and higher resolution

low quality

high quality

bilinear interpolation

bicubic interpolation

nearest neighbor method

high quality bilinear interpolation

high quality bicubic interpolation