Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 77)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 77 Defining your views
Add a hot zone to a map
1. In setup mode, right-click the map and select Toolbox (see "The toolbox" on page 72).
2. In the toolbox, select the Hot zone tool:
3. Move the mouse pointer onto the map. The mouse pointer now displays the hot zone icon and
a small white cross to indicate that hot zone drawing is enabled.
To draw the hot zone, click the map where you want to start drawing the hot zone. The starting
point is now indicated by a large blue dot
—also known as an anchor—on the map:
The hot zone drawing tool makes straight lines only; if you want a rounded hot zone border,
you must use several small straight lines.
4. Click the hot zone starting point to complete drawing the hot zone. The hot zone is now
outlined with a dotted line, indicating that no sub-map has been attached to the hot zone.
Tip: You can alter the outline of a hot zone by pulling the hot zone anchors.
5. To attach a sub-map to the hot zone, double-click the dotted hot zone to open the Map Setup
window.
You can change the color of the hot zone using the color tool. Using different colors for hot zones
helps users differentiate between adjacent hot zones.
If you are connected to a surveillance system that supports Milestone Federated Architecture (see
"Surveillance system differences" on page 42), for technical and performance reasons, a maximum of
20 hot zones on a single map can point to maps from other surveillance system servers than the one
to which you are logged in. There is no such limit for hot zones pointing to maps belonging on the
server to which you are logged in. Milestone Federated Architecture is a parent/child setup of related
but physically separate surveillance systems. Such a setup can be relevant for, for example, chains of
shops with many separate
—but related—surveillance systems.
Change the appearance of map elements
1. You can change the color of texts, backgrounds, hot zones, etc. on maps to differentiate map
elements from each other.In setup mode, right-click the map and select Toolbox..
2. Select the element that you want to change.
3. In the toolbox, select the color fill tool . This will open the Color Selection window.
Tip: Use the color picker tool to use an existing color from the map.
4. Only relevant for text elements: Select whether you want the color change to apply to text or
background.