Telepathy - Monitoring your Facility

Telepathy - Monitoring your Facility

Once you have linked your map diagrams together and then linked your hardware to the diagrams you will then be ready to monitor your access control system in real-time.

 

General Monitoring

  1. From the home screen, click on the Maps tile.

    Maps Icon

  2. If your Telepathy client is setup as three-levels deep (i.e country, building then floors), the map diagrams will be displayed as below:

    Maps Images

  3. But, of course, the display will be different if you only have a single building or if you are monitoring multiple buildings but in the same approximate geographical area, such as a University campus or hospital.
  4. If you are using the default icons (taken from the icon library), the icons, in their normal, secure state, will be displayed in green.
  5. An icon will immediately go red if for example, the door is forced/held open, if an input goes active or if a controller goes offline (depending, of course on what hardware type the icon represents.

    Icon in Alarm

 

Using a Map Key

You can use a 'map key' so you can easily identify what each icon on your maps diagrams represents. Initially you have to create a separate image which has all your icons displayed on it - along with text that describes the purpose of the icons. For example, use Paint or Photoshop to produce a background image with the icons you will be using and text descriptions of your icons, such as shown below:

 

Map Capture

 

  1. From the Telepathy home screen, click on the map editor icon.

    Map Editor Icon

  2. Click the Add icon.

    Add Icon

  3. Enter a new name, for example; Map Key.
  4. Click the Load Background button and select the separate image that you created with the text descriptions added.

    Map Key Icons Added

  5. You now need to select the Map Key option.

    Set as Map Key

  6. Then save.
  7. Next, select a floor plan image that you wish the key to be displayed on.
  8. Depending on whether you wish the map key to display on the right of the floor plan or beneath it, select the new image from either the Map Key Right or the Map Key Bottom option.

    Map Key Chosen

  9. Click the Save Page icon, followed by Save Diagram, followed by Reload Pages.
  10. Open the floor plan in the Maps screen and you will see the new map key displayed alongside the floor plan.

    Map Key Displayed
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