Milestone XProtect Smart Client 2013 - Manual (Page 83)

Milestone XProtect ® Smart Client
2014
User's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 83 Defining your views
Name Description
Home map and camera
Displays the map and default camera that your camera navigator is
based on. You can change these settings, by clicking the
button
to open the Select Home Map and Camera window.
Maximum camera indicators
Select the maximum number of cameras that you want to include in
your main view. Each camera is shown with a camera icon
. You
can display an unlimited number of cameras.
Camera indicator orientation
Select Relative to selected camera if you want to display the
location and orientation of the cameras as seen from the camera's
perspective
or
Select Relative to map if you want the location and orientation of
the cameras to always reflect the layout of the map as seen from
above.
The selected camera is always the centered one.
Maximum preview cameras
Select the maximum number of cameras that you want to display in
your preview pane. Only the cameras that are visible on the screen
will use your system's resources. The maximum number of cameras
that you can display is 20.
Note that the more cameras that you preview, the more of your
system resources they will take up.
Using the camera navigator
Before you can use the camera navigator, you must set up a map (see "Add a map to a view" on page
74) and add cameras to it. When you have added the camera navigator to a view (see "Add the
camera navigator to a view" on page 83), you can define properties (see "Camera navigator settings"
on page 82) for how you want the camera navigator to display the views.
Add the camera navigator to a view
1. In setup mode, set up a new view.
To get the most out of the camera navigator and to be able to see the camera views in the
pane on the right, select a 1 x 1 view.
2. In the System Overview pane, select and drag the Camera Navigator onto your view.
3. In the Select Home Map and Camera window that appears, select the map that you want to
base your navigation on.
4. Click the camera that you want to select as the default camera whenever you open the
Camera Navigator, and then click OK.