View and Operate Hot Spot

You can view locations of hot spots including cameras, alarm inputs, alarm outputs, access points, elevators, radars, sites, Under Vehicle Surveillance Systems (UVSS), etc. on the map. Also, you can set the arming control and view history alarms of monitoring scenarios through the hot spots. You can view latitude and longitude information and available operations of a certain resource by hovering over a resource on GIS map as well.

Configure the map settings via the Web Client. For details, see Map Management。

  1. In the top left corner of Home page, select > Visual Map > Map > Map Monitoring.
  2. On the top left of the map, select an area from the Select Map drop-down list.

    All maps of the area will be displayed.

  3. Select a map to enter the map.
  4. Optional: Perform the following operations on the map.
    Option Description

    Filter Resource on Map

    Click and check resource type(s) as desired.

    More Tools

    : Add a label on map.

    2D/3D: Switch the displaying dimension of the map.

    : Search hot spot or location on the map.
  5. Click the hot spot to open the dialog which displays its related functions.
    Note:

    • If there is an alarm triggered on the hot spot, the hot spot icon will turn into red alarm mode . Click the red icon, and you can view the detailed alarm information.

    • Click parking lot data, a panel of parking lot details will pop-up. You can view detailed parking lot information such as parking space occupancy rate and parking floor details.

  6. Operate in the dialog.
    Option Description

    Arm or Disarm Hot Spot

    You can arm or disarm the hot spots via the arming control function. After arming the device, the current Control Client can receive the triggered alarm information from the hot spot.

    Click a hot spot to open the dialog which displays its related functions. In the dialog, click Arm/Disarm to arm/disarm the hot spot.

    View History Alarm

    When an alarm is triggered, it will be recorded in the system. You can check the history log related to an alarm, including the alarm source details, alarm category, alarm triggered time, etc.

    Click a hot spot to open the dialog which displays its related functions. In the dialog, click to enter the event and alarm search page. Then you can search history alarms of the hot spot. See Search for Event and Alarm Logs for details.

    Broadcast via Hot Spot
    You can broadcast via hot spot through real-time speaking or playing the saved audio files.
    Note:

    Make sure you have added broadcast resources on the map.

    1. On the map, click the broadcast resource to view details such as Status, Area, and Remark.

    2. Click Broadcast to select the broadcast mode.

    3. Select Speak or Play Audio File as the broadcast mode.

      Note:

      Speak: Speak in real-time, and the audio will be recorded and uploaded to the server.

      Play Audio File: Play the files saved in the server. You can search or select a desired audio file to play. You can click Download to download a selected audio file, and the broadcast will be more fluent.

    4. Click Start.

      • If you select Speaking, the broadcast will start immediately.

      • If you select Play Audio File, it will start downloading the audio file from the cloud if you choose a cloud file, or to play the audio file immediately if it is a local file.
    Figure 1 Arm Hot Spot / View History Alarm
    Figure 2 Broadcast via Hot Spot