Adding cameras to your maps - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12
Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
Language
English
Last updated
2024-09-13

You can add cameras to your maps to allow Security Desk operators to monitor live video and camera events, manage alarms, and control PTZ cameras and recordings from maps.

Before you begin

  • Create the map where you want to add your cameras.
  • Make sure you have cameras in your Security Center system.

What you should know

To create a more realistic effect when the map is displayed in the Maps task or Monitoring task in Security Desk, you can block the field of view of your cameras by drawing walls and other obstacles on your map.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Map designer task.
  2. Select a recent map or click Browse all maps to open an existing map.
    The selected map fills the Map designer workspace.
  3. In the toolbar, click Area view (), select the camera you want to add, and drag it to where you want it to be on the map.
    The widgets for configuring the map object appear in the right panel. The map object always takes on the identity of the entity that it represents.
  4. Click Preview video to show a live video preview in a tile bubble.
  5. Select Show field of view, and set the FOV properties.
    Tip: Alternatively, you can adjust the orientation and the length of the FOV with the mouse.
    NOTE: If the map that you are adding the camera to is an imported image file, you must set the scale of the map to give meaning to the distances in the field of view properties. You can do this by georeferencing the map, or by setting the scale of the map.
    Distance
    Length of the FOV as it appears on the map.
    Orientation
    Direction the camera is pointing.
    Width
    Width of the FOV as it appears on the map.
    Max. distance
    Distance the camera can see. Mainly for PTZ calculations.
    Elevation
    Height of the camera off the ground.
    Tip: Clicking Start test field of view shows blind spots created by other objects on the map.
    Color
    Color of the FOV indicator.
  6. Select the camera events that you wish to monitor on the map.
    Show motion
    Shows the camera icon with a green ripple effect () on Motion on event.
    Show recording
    Shows the camera icon with a red button () when recording is on.
  7. In the Map designer toolbar, click Save ().
Browse