Introduction
This page deals with the Layout tab on the User Details screen.
There are five User Interface layouts:
Live screen without Config Function enabled
Live screen with Config Function enabled
Playback screen
Alarm Dashboard (you can only amend the Time Period on this screen)
Topology screen
These layouts can be adapted to suit the individual user as per the instructions on this page: User Interface Layout.
There are also live camera Viewers which can be docked on a PPI window, and for AdvanceGuardĀ®, additional PPI windows - see New PPI Pane - AdvanceGuardĀ®.
The Layout tab allows the user to save all of these layouts and features together into one Available Layout, and to also switch between them.
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Add a Layout
When you have configured a new layout you can add and save it to the Layout tab. To add a new layout:
Select the Edit Button:
Select the Add icon:
The Layout Name dialogue will be displayed. By default, the Layout Name field will be populated with a name that includes the current date and time:
You can rename the Layout as required:
Click OK:
The current UI Layout will be displayed under Available Layouts, and the Active check box will show if this is the Active layout or not.
Click Save to save the layout:
Repeat the process with different layouts as required:
Apply Current Layout
To change the layout of the UI, select the layout you wish to switch to and click the Apply current layout to PPI button:
Alternatively, Double-Click the layout you wish to use.
The Active check box will be selected to show that this is the currently applied layout:
Update Current Layout
If you decide that you want to update a layout, then you can do this by by:
Select the layout you wish to update as Active:
Close the User Details screen and amend the layout.
Open the User Details screen and go to the Layout tab. Click the Edit button:
Click the Update Current Layout button:
Click Save:
This will save the updated layout.
If you have not clicked on an Active layout when clicking the Update Current Layout button a warning will be displayed:
If you change your layout on any of the five layouts, and then open the Layout tab and click the Update Current Layout button then this warning will be displayed:
Delete Layout
It is simple to delete an unwanted layout:
Click Edit:
Select the Layout you wish to delete by clicking on it and click the Delete icon:
To save the change click Save:
Reset Settings
Clicking the Reset Settings button will reset all of your settings including the layouts to the default settings:
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Advanced User Interface (Witness 4.0)
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UI Stream (Witness 4.0)
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Layout (Witness 4.0)
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Engineer (Products)
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Users (Witness 4.0)
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Tracks (Witness 4.0)
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Alarm Settings (Witness 4.0)
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Carriageway (Witness 4.0)