Home map

Displays the map that forms the basis of the particular map view. The field is read-only, but you can change the map by clicking the selection button to open the Map Setup window.

Change Background

Change the map, but keep the elements on the map in their relative positions to each other.

Rename Map

Edit the name of your map.

Icon size

The Icon size drop-down list lets you select the size of new elements added to the map, ranging from Tiny to Very large. You can re-size icons on the map by pulling the sizing handles in the corners of the icons.

Show name

The Name check box lets you enable/disable whether names of elements are displayed when adding new elements.

Tip: If you have added an element to the map and the element name is not displayed on the map, right-click the required element and select Name. If you do not want the element name displayed, right-click the name and select Delete Text. Icon size drop-down list lets you select the size of new elements added to the map, ranging from Tiny to Very large. You can re-size icons on the map by pulling the sizing handles in the corners of the icons.

Allow pan & zoom

Select to allow pan and zoom on the map in live mode.

Auto maximize map

Select to automatically maximize the map to full screen in Live mode when the XProtect Smart Client has not been used for the number of seconds defined in Timeout. The maximum number of timeout seconds is 99999.

On mouse over

Select to display a live video preview when you move the mouse over a camera.

Use default display settings

Select to define that the preview window looks the same as your other views. Clearing this check box lets you define the Title bar and Video indicator settings for previews.

Title bar: select to display a title bar with the name of the camera.

Video indicator: select to display the video indicator, which flashes green when the image is updated. You can only select Video indicator if you have also selected Title bar.

Status visualization

Select to graphically display the status of the elements added to a map.

Enable status details support

When selected, you can see status details on cameras and servers in live and playback mode.

Automatically change map on alarm

Select to automatically change the map in the preview when you select an alarm to display the map for the camera that the alarm relates to.

Only show on hover

Select to only show camera view zones and PTZ presets when you move your mouse over the camera, view zone or preset. This setting is useful if you have several cameras on a map with overlapping view zones or several presets. The default value is to show view zones and presets.