Floor plans are a great way to plan and visualize your Verkada system. They can also be useful for a myriad of reasons, from historical activity hotspots to active motion detection.
Adding and Labeling a Floor Plan
Requirements
The floor plan file must be a .svg or .pdf file less than 5MB in size and less than 512 megapixels.
In order to add a floor plan, the user must be an Organization Admin.
Uploading and aligning your floor plan
From the Home page hover your mouse over the site's name that is in bold
Click the triple-dot icon on the left side of the site name and click Add a Floorplan
Select the file and wait a moment while the file uploads
Once the file is uploaded it needs to be assigned a location and oriented on the map
Note: Delimit each floor using a comma. For example floors 1, 2, and 3 would be entered as 1, 2, 3
Labeling a floor plan
Go to the top right, click the settings cog icon in the top right of the screen
Then go to Floor Settings and click the +Abc button
The label can then be dragged and dropped wherever you want on your floor plan
Adding and Removing a Camera
Adding a camera
Click the settings cog icon in the top right of the screen
Then click Add camera, this will pull up a window with available cameras
Select the camera(s) you would like to add to the floor plan
Drag and place the camera(s) where you want on your floor plan. After you add the camera you can then view the live feed from that camera from the floor plan
Note: Cameras placed on the floor plan will inherit the GPS coordinates from the underlying Google Map.
If you edit the location of a floor plan, Command will ask if you want to move all cameras placed on the floor plan as well. The cameras will be assigned new GPS coordinates based on the new position of the floor plan.
Removing a camera
Select the camera
In the top right, click the settings cog icon
Click Edit Camera
Click Remove Camera
Editing Existing Floor Plans
Editing Building Settings
From the Home page click on Maps in the bottom right-hand corner
Click the floor plan you want to edit
Click the settings cog icon in the top right corner
Click Floor Settings
Hover your mouse over the name of the floor plan under the Buildings header and click the settings cog icon that appears
You will now be able to change the building settings
Moving a camera and changing field of view
From the Home page click on Maps in the bottom right-hand corner
Click the floor plan you want to edit
Click the settings cog icon in the top right corner
Click on Edit Cameras
Click on the camera you would like to edit on that floor plan
From here the camera should turn blue, and you will be able to drag and drop to a new location
You can also click on the camera's field of view and drag it in the correct direction the camera is facing
Note: You may have to zoom the floor plan in to properly rotate the field of view.
Once finished, you can click the X located in the top right-hand corner to exit the edit window
Deleting a floor plan
Click the gear icon in the top right-hand corner
Click Floor Settings
Click the Delete button