To set up a vehicle with Fleet Monitoring in Security Center after the necessary hardware has been
installed, you must create a vehicle layout map and associate the entities.
Before you begin
- Install GPS unit and cameras in your vehicle.
- Create an image of your vehicle map. The format can be .png, .jpg, .pdf, and so
on.
- Add a GPS unit and camera entities in Security Center.
What you should know
A vehicle layout map is a map area within the vehicle, such as a bus. Like other
map areas, you can position cameras and other entities in the map, define their fields
of view, and so on.
Procedure
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From the Config Tool home page, open the Area view
task.
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Click Add an entity
and select
Area.
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In the Name field, enter a name.
Tip: For better search indexing, it is a best
practice to include the vehicle type and identification number in the entity
name.
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Enter other information as needed, and then click
Apply.
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Click Create map.
The Map designer task opens.
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Click Select file, open your vehicle map image file in
the file browser window, and click Next.
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On the next page, select the Room option and click
Create.
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Place camera entities onto the map and configure the field of view (FOV) to
represent the view of each camera.
For more information about creating Security Center maps in Config Tool, refer to
the Security Center Administrator
Guide.
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(Optional) Place the GPS entity onto the map.
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In the entity tree of the Area view task, select the GPS
unit and all the cameras associated with the vehicle and drag them into the map
you just created.
After you finish
In Security Desk, validate the GPS signal and system status, and then create a
custom layout for the vehicle.