How do you create a floorplan and add resources?
- Go to Setup – Floorplans – Configure.
- Select add new from the drop-down list in the Floorplan section.
- Select from the Background drop-down in the Floorplan Details section the jpeg image of that floor. The Background drop-down lists all previously uploaded floorplan jpegs. If you need to upload a jpeg file to use as a background: see Uploading Floorplans.
- Enter a name for this floorplan in the Nametextbox under Floorplan Details. This name will be added to the drop-down list in the Floorplansection when you click SaveFloorplan.
- To add resources to the floorplan image move the pointer over the floorplan image. The pointer changes to a hand icon. Click on the background image and a portal resource image appears by default. You can click and drag the icons to the correct location on the floorplan.
- Select from the Typedrop-down in the Resourcesection the appropriate resource type. The selected resource image changes to that resource type.
- The Namedrop-down in the Resource section lists all previously configured resources of that type.
Examples: if you select Camerafrom the Typedrop-down the Namedrop-down lists all defined cameras in the system, if you select Linkfrom the Typedrop-down the Namedrop-down lists all other defined floorplans.
- Click Save Floorplan.
To edit an existing floorplan
- Go to Setup – Floorplans – Configure.
- Select from the drop-down list in the Floorplan section the floorplan you wish to change.
- You can edit the Name of the floorplan in the Name text box.
- Any system resource in the floorplan can be selected. In the Resourcesection in the upper right of the page you can:
·Change the resource type by selecting from the Typedrop-down list.
·Delete the resource by clicking the Deletebutton. The floorplan turns gray and you must confirm the deletion by clicking Delete Icons, which appears on the gray background.
·Select a different name for the resource from the Namedrop-down list.
You can also click and drag any resource to a new location.
Click Save Floorplan.
To delete a floorplan
- Go to Setup – Floorplans – Configure.
- Select from the drop-down list in the Floorplan section the floorplan you wish to delete.
- Click Delete Floorplan. The floorplan turns gray and you must confirm the deletion by clicking Delete, which appears on the gray background.
NOTE: This deletes the defined floorplan but does not delete the uploaded floorplan jpeg. The floorplan jpeg image is still available from the Backgrounddrop-down for inclusion in a new floorplan definition.
Uploading Floorplans
Go to Setup – Floorplans -- Upload.
On this page you can upload a jpeg or jpg image to the Network Controller to use as part of a floor plan.
NOTE: The maximum size of a floor plan jpeg image is 256K. The upload function enforces this limit.
To upload a floorplan image
- Go to Setup – Floorplans – Upload.
2.Click the Browsebutton.
3.In the File Uploaddialog browse to the jpeg or jpg file you want to upload, select it and click Save.
4.The full path to the file now displays in the Select filetext box.
5.Click Save.
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