Milestone M50 - Manual (Page 181)

Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
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About maps
With maps as an integrated part of alarms, you get a physical overview of your surveillance system:
with the possibility to assign cameras to a map, you can always tell where alarms originate, which
cameras are placed where, and in what direction are they pointing. Also, you can use maps to
navigate from large perspectives to detailed perspectives, and vice versa: for example, a state map
can have hot zones (small icons on the map) that point to more detailed maps of cities,
neighborhoods, streets, floor plans, and so on.
Example: Hierarchy of maps
All user-interaction with maps, including adding and maintaining maps, takes place in XProtect Smart
Client. For detailed information, see the XProtect Smart Client documentation.
Example: Map in XProtect Smart Client
In order to use maps, the Event Server service must be running. The Event Server service is
automatically included if you run a Typical installation of your surveillance server installation.
Add an alarm
For a detailed overview of Alarms and how the feature works, see About alarms (on page 179).
To add/configure an alarm, do the following:
1. In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand Alarms, right-click Alarm
Definition and select Create New.
2. Specify required properties (see "Alarms definition" on page 182).
3. Click OK.