Note that if no messages with coordinates have been received from a unit, nothing happens when you double click on it.
There are three modes available for minimaps: video, info, and map modes. They can be switched using the buttons // in the right corner of the mini window header.
Besides the methods mentioned above, to switch to the video monitoring mode you can press the corresponding button in the Monitoring panel.
At the top of the mini window, there are Live and Archive modes switch buttons (on the left), as well as the button for video
display settings (on the right). By pressing the latter, it is possible
to choose the cameras (the maximum number of cameras is defined by the
settings of the device) and change their order by pulling the arrows on
the left from the camera name to the required position. By default, the
first camera is displayed.
In the Live mode, the video is displayed in
real time. Click on the video to stop the broadcasting; click again to
resume it. The button in the lower right corner of the video allows to
switch to full screen mode. At the same time, broadcasting from other
cameras stops.
The Archive mode allows to look through the
video for the past period. Select the date and time of the beginning of
the time interval, as well as its duration in the drop-down menu. Press
the button to initiate video loading. To stop it, press .
In addition to the standard player, video playback is also possible via a
third-party player. To do this, enter the player’s IP address and
protocol in the IP field in the Device configuration (Unit properties → General → Device type → Icon ).
Note that the protocol of the link to a third-party player must match the protocol of the monitoring site.
Info
Switch to the info mode using the corresponding button in the minimap header. This mode displays extended unit information selected in the right column of check boxes in the corresponding block of User Settings.
In the map mode, with the help of the corresponding buttons in the lower right corner of the mini-window, you can activate Google Street View or Yandex Panorama. These are sub modes which allow to track units along
the 'real' streets. Google Street View is a Google Maps feature that
allows you to view panoramic views of the streets of many cities around
the world from a height of about 2.5 meters. The service makes it
possible to view houses, roads and all surrounding objects on the
street, creating the illusion of a virtual presence. At the moment, the
service covers North America, Australia, New Zealand, Western Europe,
Japan, Indonesia and Brazil. Yandex Panorama is also a panoramic view
technology featured in Yandex maps. At the moment, Yandex Panorama
allows you to view the panoramas of the streets of Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Turkey.
Google Street View required the activation of Google Maps (User Settings) and requires the availability of coverage for the geographical area. For Yandex Panorama to work, activate the Yandex map and cover the corresponding viewing area.
Minimaps provide you with an alternative way of viewing online notifications.
Upon online notification triggering an opened minimap of a
corresponding unit is highlighted in red. If the minimap is hidden, then
it will be shown automatically upon receiving of a notification. To
receive and view online notifications in minimaps, it is necessary to
check the 'Blink minimap' flag while choosing a notification action.
An icon indicating a number of unread notifications appears in a
minimap's header near the mode switcher. Click the icon to view received
notifications. The concept of work with notification is identical to
the one used in online notifications window. To return to the initial
mode used, click the notifications icon once again. Note that a minimap is not synchronized to the online notifications
window, therefore an activity of reading or deleting notifications in a
minimap does not lead to any changes in the window of online
notifications.
The maximum number of minimaps corresponds to 9 items. That is why if
all the available windows are already opened, and a notification has
come for a unit not opened in a minimap, then a notification will be
available in the window of online notifications only.
There is a scaled icon and a unit name in the header of every help
window in order to simplify the search of the necessary one. A mode
switch and a close button are also situated in the header. You can open
up to 9 help windows in the tracking system. Besides, you can use only
one minimap per unit.
The button in the left corner of the bottom panel can be used to hide/show all minimaps at once. Apart from that, to
avoid excessive information, minimaps are automatically hidden when you
switch to the 'Reports', 'Messages', and 'Routes' panels (but even then,
they can be shown forcibly if necessary). Minimaps are shown
automatically upon leaving these panels.
The latest used layout of minimaps is restored each time a user authorizes in the system.