SIWENOID v2 — Map

This page describes the map feature in SIWENOID v2. Maps provide a graphical representation of a physical site — floor plans, building layouts, or area diagrams — with live datapoint status icons overlaid on the image. Operators can use maps to monitor the status of detectors, zones, and other datapoints at a glance by their physical location, rather than by navigating the datapoint hierarchy tree.

Maps in SIWENOID v2 are fully interactive. Datapoint icons on a map reflect real-time status changes — they change colour and blink when a datapoint enters a non-normal state. Engineers can also send commands directly to datapoints from the map view without switching to the datapoint hierarchy screen.

Maps are created and configured by engineers. Once configured, maps are available to all operators with the appropriate view permissions.

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To create a new map, click the + button at the top of any workspace panel on the main screen. From the popup menu, select Map, then select New map.

The map editor will open in the workspace panel with a blank canvas.

Before adding a map image, switch the panel to edit mode by clicking the Edit button (pencil or pliers icon) in the toolbar. Edit mode must be active to make any changes to the map configuration.

Once in edit mode:

1. In the field marked 1, enter a name for the map. Choose a name that clearly identifies the physical area this map represents (for example: “Ground Floor”, “Server Room”, “Parking Level B1”). The map name is visible to all operators and appears in the workspace tab.
2. The white canvas area marked 2 is where the background map image will be placed. The size of the canvas can be adjusted by dragging its edges to match the proportions of the image you intend to use.
3. To set the background image, drag an image file (JPEG or PNG) from your file system and drop it onto the white canvas area. When the image appears on the canvas, the background has been set correctly.

After setting the map name and background image, click the Save button (floppy disk icon) next to the map name to save the map. The map is now available to open in any workspace panel.

The map screen contains the following areas and controls:

1 — Map Name
The name of the currently open map, as set during map creation. The name is displayed at the top of the map panel.

2 — Map Canvas
The main display area showing the background image with datapoint icons overlaid. The map can be zoomed using the mouse scroll wheel — the zoom centre follows the mouse cursor position. The map can be panned by clicking and dragging. If the map has been zoomed or panned out of view, use the Reset button (4) to restore the default view.

3 — Minimap
A small overview panel showing the full extent of the map image with a highlight indicating the currently visible area. The minimap is useful when working with large maps that cannot be displayed in full at the current zoom level. Clicking anywhere on the minimap immediately pans the main canvas to that location.

4 — Reset Button
Resets the map view to its default state: zoom level 100%, top-left corner of the map image aligned to position 0,0 in the canvas. Use this to recover the view after accidental panning or excessive zoom.

5 — Datapoint Icon (Non-Normal Status)
Datapoints placed on the map are represented by type-specific icons. When a datapoint's status changes from normal to any other state (alarm, fault, excluded, tamper, etc.), its icon is highlighted with the colour of the event category that the status belongs to. If the event has not yet been acknowledged by an operator, the icon blinks continuously. In the example screenshot, an intrusion zone in alarm state is shown with a highlighted, blinking icon.

6 — Datapoint Icon (Normal Status)
When a datapoint is in its normal state, its icon is displayed without any colour highlight. This allows operators to focus immediately on highlighted icons, which represent active events.

7 — Map Settings
With appropriate permissions, the map name and assigned category can be edited here. Click Save after making any changes.

8 — Map Management Toolbar
Contains the main map management options including edit mode toggle, save, and print controls.

9 — Map Name Field
The editable field for changing the map name. Changes must be saved using the Save button (11).

10 — Map Group
Maps can be organised into named groups for easier navigation in installations with many maps. The map group for the current map is selected here.

11 — Save Button
Saves all changes made to the map configuration, including name, group, datapoint positions, and layer settings.

12 — Print Button
Prints the current map view including all visible datapoint icons and their current status.

13 — Edit Mode Checkbox
When checked, the map is in edit mode and all editing tools are active. When unchecked, the map is in view-only mode. Always uncheck edit mode after finishing configuration to prevent accidental changes during normal operation.

14 — Map Editor Tools
The editing toolbar contains tools for placing and configuring datapoints, drawing shapes, adding text labels, and managing layers on the map.

15 — Layers
Datapoints on a map can be organised into named layers. Each layer can be individually shown or hidden. This is useful on complex maps with many datapoints — for example, separating fire detectors and intrusion zones onto different layers so operators can focus on one system at a time.

16 — Popup Map
A datapoint icon on a map can be configured to open a second map as a popup when clicked. This is used to create drill-down navigation — for example, clicking on a building outline on a site overview map opens a detailed floor plan for that building.

17 — Text Tool
Allows the engineer to place text labels directly on the map canvas. Use this to label rooms, areas, doors, or other features of the background image that are not represented by datapoints.

18 — Picture Tool
Allows additional images or icons to be placed on the map canvas as static decorative or informational elements, independent of any datapoint.

19 — Shape Tool
Allows the engineer to draw geometric shapes (circles, rectangles, polygons) on the map canvas. Shapes can be used to highlight areas, draw zone boundaries, or annotate the map layout.

Two navigation methods are available on any map:

• Zoom — scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in or out. The zoom is centred on the current mouse cursor position, allowing precise zooming into a specific area of the map.
• Pan — click and drag the map canvas with the mouse to move the view in any direction.

If the map view has been moved or zoomed to a point where the map image is no longer visible, click the Reset button (4) to immediately return to the default full-map view.

Datapoints are placed on maps by dragging them from the Datapoint Hierarchy screen onto the map canvas. Both the map and the datapoint hierarchy must be open simultaneously in separate workspace panels to perform this operation.

To place datapoints on a map:

Step 1 — Open the map in edit mode

Open the target map in one workspace panel. Click the + button at the top of a second workspace panel, select Map, then select the same map from the list. This opens the map in the second panel.

Switch the map to edit mode by clicking the pliers/screwdriver icon in the map toolbar and selecting Edit from the popup menu.

Step 2 — Open the Datapoint Hierarchy in the adjacent panel

In the other workspace panel, open the Datapoint Hierarchy tab. Navigate the tree to locate the datapoint you want to place on the map.

Step 3 — Drag the datapoint onto the map

Click and hold the datapoint in the hierarchy tree, then drag it across to the map canvas and drop it at the correct physical location on the map image. The datapoint icon will appear at the drop position on the map.

Step 4 — Resize or reshape the datapoint zone (optional)

By default, a placed datapoint appears as a small point icon. For zones that cover a physical area (such as a PIR detector covering a room), the icon can be expanded into an Active Zone shape that visually represents the covered area.

To convert a datapoint icon to an active zone:

1. Right-click the datapoint icon on the map.
2. Select Layout Style, then select Active Zone.

The datapoint will change to a polygon shape. Resize and reshape the polygon using the following controls:

• Drag the circle handle at any corner of the polygon to move that corner and adjust the shape.
• Hold Ctrl and click on any edge of the polygon to add a new vertex at that point, creating a more complex shape.
• Hold Ctrl and click on an existing vertex to remove it, simplifying the shape.

Step 5 — Save the map

After placing all datapoints, click the Save button to save the map configuration. Disable edit mode by unchecking the Edit checkbox to return the map to normal operational view.

A single datapoint can be placed on any number of maps simultaneously. There is no limit to how many maps a datapoint icon can appear on, and placing a datapoint on additional maps does not affect its existing positions on other maps.

This is useful in many real-world scenarios:

• A smoke detector near a staircase sits on the boundary between two floor plans — it can appear on both the ground floor map and the first floor map so operators monitoring either map see its status.
• A main entrance door contact is relevant both on the building overview map and on the detailed ground floor plan — it can be placed on both.
• A shared plant room serves multiple tenants — the same HVAC fault output datapoint can appear on each tenant's dedicated map as well as on the engineer's system overview map.

To place a datapoint on an additional map, simply open that map in edit mode and drag the same datapoint from the Datapoint Hierarchy onto the canvas, exactly as described in the steps above. The icon will appear independently on each map at whatever position and size the engineer sets for that map.

Important: All instances of the same datapoint across all maps reflect the same live status. When the datapoint enters an alarm or fault state, its icon will be highlighted and blinking on every map it appears on simultaneously. Sending a command to the datapoint from any map sends it to the same physical device — the command is not map-specific.

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