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Chapter 4 HiveManager Examples
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The selected .png file is transferred from your management system to the HiveManager as shown in Figure3.
Figure 3 Uploading a Map of a Building Floor Plan
5.Repeat this for all the .png files that you need to load. In this example, you load 21 files:
• 8 maps for the eight floors in HQ-B1 (Headquarters Building 1)
• 8 maps for the eight floors in HQ-B2 (Headquarters Building 2)
• 4 maps for the four floors in Branch-1
• 1 file (named "corp_offices.png" in this example) that shows a picture of the three buildings
6.In the Map level setting section of the HiveAP Map Setting window, enter the following, and then click OK:
• Total Level: 2
• Level 1:
• Level Name: CorpOffices (Note that spaces are not allowed in map level names.)
• Default Icon: floor
• Default Map: Click Browse, select corp_offices.png, and then click Select.
• Level 2:
• Level Name: HQ-B1-F1 (Note that spaces are not allowed in map level names.)
• Default Icon: floor
• Default Map: Click Browse, select HQ-B1-F1.png, and then click Select.
After you click OK, a message appears explaining that you must restart the GUI client for the new settings take
effect.
7.Click File > Exit.
Naming and Arranging Maps within a Structure
1.Launch the GUI client again and log back in
2.Click HiveAP Maps > CorpOffices > Topology > Add Submap.
3.In the Add HQ-B1-F1 dialog box, enter the following, and then click OK:
• Name: HQ-B1-F1
• Icon: floor
• Background Map: HQ-B1-F1.png
• Location: HQ-B1-F1
A green floor icon () labeled "HQ-B1-F1" appears on the CorpOffices image, and a new entry named
"HQ-B1-F1" appears nested under "CorpOffices" in the menu tree.
Management System HiveManager
Map showing one
of the floor plans
Uploads map to HiveManager