Layout of surveillance windows on the Video surveillance monitor

The layout determines the number and location of surveillance windows on the video surveillance monitor. You can change the location of surveillance windows on the video surveillance monitor using the mouse. If the operator has permissions to control the Monitor object, they can create custom layouts of surveillance windows.

To control the layout, use the menu that you can open by clicking the Displays button on the toolbar of the video surveillance monitor.

Creating and deleting layouts

To create a new layout, do the following:

1. Click the Displays button on the video surveillance monitor.
2. Select the Add option in the menu.
3. Enter the name of the new layout in the window that opens.

Then a new layout appears in the layout list.

To select a layout, click its name in the list. To delete an existing layout, use the Delete option in the menu.

The Add and Delete options can be unavailable depending on the user permissions (see Limiting access to administration, control, and monitoring).

Default layout

The Displays menu also allows assigning default layouts. The default layout is displayed when you start Axxon PSIM. Use the UseDefaultLayoutOnlyAtStartup registry key to display the default layout each time the corresponding screen with the video surveillance monitor is displayed (see Registry keys reference guide).

To select a default layout, go to Displays → Set by default.

The default layout is highlighted in bold in the list.