Maps
Maps are resources that allow you to use an image of the building plan or some area and place interactive markers on it. Cameras, doors, user buttons, and other items put on maps can then be clicked in the Macula Monitor application to provide the desired interaction and facilitate the operators' work. Links to other maps help create multi-layered building plans for better navigation.
To access map management via Macula Console, select the Configuration section from the bottom-left-hand menu and then click Maps in the menu on the left.
Two types of maps are available at this point: maps based on user image, and geo maps.
Create Map
Click the + New map button on the upper panel to bring up the map configuration dialog box.
On the map Details tab, enter a user-friendly name for your new map, then select the Folder it represents, if applicable, and upload a picture that will be used as plan basis. All major raster picture formats are supported: JPG/JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIF/TIFF and GIF.
If you are using organizations, you can also attach the map to one of the organizations.
There are the following limitative requirements for the pictures loaded as maps:
picture resolution should be less than 8.25MP
file size should be less than 5MB
Files not meeting these limitations will not be uploaded.
Place Camera and Markings
Switch to the Marking tab to place cameras and other markers onto the map.
While no markers are selected (or even placed on the map), you will see map properties on the right side:
Manipulate your map picture by zooming IN and OUT with the mouse wheel, dragging the picture with the left mouse button and using the Reset and Fit buttons below. Reset a show non-zoomed 100% size picture (or a picture fragment, if it is larger than the window), and Fit zooms your picture so that it fits into the preview window.
To place a camera marker, drag the 
camera icon from the upper-left-hand corner and drop it on the scene. Camera markers will allow you to pop up channels by double-clicking the markers in Macula Monitor. They will also have a red mark on them in the Macula Monitor application if the target channel is offline (if the Video lost event has been triggered): the channel's Video loss parameter is used as a timeout, which is 15s by default. The following actions are possible:
select the camera by clicking the
camera icon on the plan (and not the blue sector representing the viewing area)move the camera around by dragging it (the sensitive area is within the pink circle)
change coverage sector by dragging two pink dots on the sides of the blue sector: drag to the sides to adjust the vertical angle up to fisheye (full circle)
correct camera position: drag central pink dot to the sides to rotate camera, drag to/from the center to change radius
remove the marking by selecting it and pressing the Delete button on your keyboard or the recycle bin button on the upper panel
The properties window on the right enables you to:
choose target device for the currently selected marking
view information about marking angles and radius
turn ON/OFF displaying of coverage area
change the marker icon color and size
adjust the marker title color and size
Camera Marker Binding with Indicators
You can attach indicators to cameras in order to change the camera icon color on the map's viewport according to the preset Indicator.
First, you need to create the Indicator itself, then set up rules for the previously created Indicator, and then you can attach the previously created Indicator to the camera. After that, your Camera cone color will change according to your rules set for the Indicator.
Go to Configuration -> Maps -> Your particular map
In the map window, select Marking from the left menu
Drag and drop the camera icon from the menu over the viewport
On the top of the Properties menu, select the Channel you want to attach to the already placed camera icon.
At the bottom of the Properties menu, select the previously created Indicator.
Other Markers
Several other marker types turn your map into a fully featured control panel. To place any marker, drag the corresponding icon from the upper-left-hand corner and drop it onto the scene.
Click a map marking and use the properties window on the right to browse for a map that you wish to be a target for the current shortcut. Remove markers by selecting them and then hitting the Delete button on the keyboard.
Add map markers and use them as shortcuts to other maps: target maps will pop up when the corresponding map markers are clicked in Macula Monitor. Thus, you will have multilayered / multidimensional maps.
In the same way you can also add user buttons 
to your map and trigger assigned actions by double-clicking the buttons in Macula Monitor. Select your desired user button on the map and then use the properties section on the right to bind a user button to the marking.
Similarly to individual channels, it is possible to place layout markers for shared layouts to be displayed when double-clicked on the map in Macula Monitor. The target shared layout and the icon style can be defined in the properties section on the right.
Door markers are intended to be bound to doors from the access control integration: door statuses are then displayed on the map in the Macula Monitor application. The target door and icon styles for different door stated is to be defined in the properties section on the right.
Indicators are multi-state entities that can change their state - and, therefore, their colors on the maps - based on events. These may be temperature ranges, condition states, or any other system component states that have related events.
Links to Web pages and data channels are similar to channel links and lead to your configured webpages and data channels connected to data sources.
Polygon (Indicator zone) marker
You can draw a free-form polygon, attach to indicator to change color correspondingly or combine this marking with the user button. Polygon will be displayed in Macula Monitor with the attached functionality.
Copy Markings/Indicators
You can duplicate any indicator on Maps. To do so, select the indicator/marking you want to copy. At the top-right corner of the Marking section, you will find two buttons: one for deleting the indicator/marking and the second for duplicating. Click on the duplicate button. This will create a copy of the selected overlay.
Marker Customization
Each marker has a customizable icon, size, color, outline, and the same options are available for its text label. To edit the marker, click the marker on the map: its properties will appear on the right. As you change the properties, the changes will be immediately reflected.
Marking Arrangement
By default, you can place camera markings and other icons freely. But, for some purposes, using a grid for marker arrangement can be useful. For example, when you do not use an actual map but rather create a control panel with action buttons, and when the number of markers is big, use grid arrangement to facilitate the creation process.
While in the Markings section of the map management, click anywhere on the background (not an icon). If a marker was selected, the selection will disappear, and you will see map properties on the right. In the properties section, mark the corresponding option to enable it:
Show grid: will show the grid lines; all added markers can only be placed at intersections
Lock grid: if enabled, the grid size will be locked at the current zoom level, and zooming the image in/out will zoom the grid as well
Membership and Permissions
Just as other resources, maps can be grouped and assigned user permissions.
In the Membership tab, you choose groups for this map to become a member of: select groups by double-clicking items in both columns or by using the Add/Remove buttons below.
Permissions tab enables you to choose the users and user groups that will have access to this resource. Select at least one permission to select a user/user group; uncheck all manually or using Clear button below to deselect. Administer permission means user will be able to see, open and edit map via Macula Console, and View only allows user to load the map in Macula Monitor.
When you have finished, click OK to save and close the dialog box. The newly created map will appear in the item list of the Maps section.
Use the buttons on the upper panels to perform item-specific actions: remove, edit and quickly assign map group; the filters on the bottom panel will help you switch between recently created/updated items and display maps/map groups only.
Create Geo Map
It is also possible to use any part of the world map instead of user-defined pictures to put the markings on it. To create a new geo map, click the drop-down arrow near the + New map button and select New geo map to bring up the geo map creation dialog box.
Geo map functionality requires that constant Internet connection is present in order the world map to be loaded from the remote server. Internet connection is required from Macula Monitor as well to load the map and present it to the end user.
Geo map creation is similar to the creation of a regular map, with the difference that you do not need to specify the image to be used: instead, the world map is loaded from the server provided by GSF. You just need to find the right place on the map by zooming IN/OUT and moving the map:
use your mouse wheel to zoom IN and OUT
click and drag with your left mouse button to move the map around
Markers of all available kinds can be placed on the geo map in the same manner as with the regular map, and the rest of the tabs also provide the same functionality.
Create Map Group
Map groups can be used for easier management in Macula Console. Note that map groups are not displayed in Macula Monitor; to group maps and geo maps in Macula Console, use Visual Groups.
Click the drop-down arrow near the + New map button and select New map group to bring up the map configuration dialog box.
Enter group name on the Details tab and proceed with selecting maps for this group on the Members tab.
You can select both maps and map groups to be members of any map group.
On the Membership tab, choose groups to contain target map group as a member, thus creating nested groups.
Switch to the Permissions tab to assign user privileges for the target map group. Select at least one permission to select user/user group; deselect by unchecking manually or by using the Clear button below to remove all. Administer permission means user will be able to see, open and edit all maps in this and nested groups via Macula Console, and View only allows user to load the maps in Macula Monitor.
When you have finished, click OK to save and close the dialog box. The newly created map group will appear in the item list in the Maps section. Use the buttons on the upper panels to perform item-specific actions: remove, edit and quickly assign map group; filters on the bottom panel will help you switch between recently created/updated items and load maps/map groups only.
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