Configuring Camera FOVs on a Floor Plan

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Overview

Cameras placed on a map or floor plan can now display their Field of View (FOV) to provide additional context, such as:

Visualize camera orientation
Easily differentiate between different camera types based upon their cone-shaped FOV or circular FOV (MV32)
Easily identify the operation state of any camera
Observe which areas of your location may have poor coverage
Device identification during emergencies
- For any area of interest (example indicated in blue below), we can easily identify which camera(s) offer coverage of that area.
- We can easily identify which cameras provide coverage for any area of interest (example indicated in blue below).

This image illustrates how camera fields of view (FOVs) are represented on a floor plan, with the blue area highlighting the coverage provided by specific cameras.

For information on how to upload custom Floor Plans and place devices, refer to Using a Floor Plan or Custom Map in Dashboard article.

Configuration

Updating the FOV rotation angle

To get started, navigate to Network-wide > Map & floorplans > Place Devices on [floor plan name].

This image demonstrates the process of navigating to Place Devices on floor plan name to position devices on a floor plan for better network visualization.

Click and drag the cones to indicate the direction of cameras:

This image illustrates how to click and drag cones to adjust the direction of cameras on a floor plan for accurate field of view representation.

Clicking "Save device placement" redirects the user to the maps marker overlay page, where changes to the FOV rotation angle are displayed.

This image shows the updated Field of View (FOV) rotation angle for cameras, as displayed on the maps marker overlay page after saving device placement.

Hide cones during zoom

Cones are hidden when zoomed out to prevent cluttering. To view camera FOV cones, simply zoom into the Maps & Floorplans until they are represented on the map.

This image demonstrates how camera FOV cones are hidden when zoomed out to reduce clutter and reappear when zooming into the Maps & Floorplans view.

Circular vs. cone-shaped FOV

Cone-shaped FOVs are used to represent MV12N, MV12W, MV22, MV72, etc. Circular FOVs are used to represent MV32 fisheye cameras.

This image illustrates the use of cone-shaped FOVs for cameras like MV12N, MV12W, MV22, and MV72, and circular FOVs for MV32 fisheye cameras to differentiate camera types and their coverage areas.

Colored FOVs represent camera status

Camera FOV cones are colored to match their current online status: green for online, yellow for alerting, red for recently offline, and grey for dormant devices. This helps users to quickly be able to notice when something’s gone wrong with a camera.

This image displays Device status.

This image shows how camera FOV cones are color-coded to indicate their online status: green for online, yellow for alerting, red for recently offline, and grey for dormant devices, helping users quickly identify camera issues.

Final Product

Once camera FOV cones are configured in Maps & Floorplans, you can easily identify which cameras are directed toward an area of interest.

The image is displayed to help users identify which cameras are directed toward an area of interest after configuring camera FOV cones in Maps & Floorplans.

You can then use Maps & floorplans to easily identify which camera will have the best view of an incident:

The image is displayed to help users identify which camera provides the best view of an incident using Maps & Floorplans.

Refer to FAQs for more information