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XProtect Smart Client

Add a hot zone to a map

Last Updated: 1 minute read
Version2026r1
LanguageEnglish

  1. In setup mode, right-click the map and select Toolbox.

  2. In the toolbox, select the Hot zone tool:

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  3. Move the mouse pointer onto the map. The mouse pointer now displays the hot zone icon and a small white cross to indicate that hot zone drawing is enabled.

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    To draw the hot zone, click the map where you want to start drawing the hot zone. The starting point is now indicated by a large blue dot—also known as an anchor—on the map:

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    The hot zone drawing tool makes straight lines only; if you want a rounded hot zone border, you must use several small straight lines.

  4. Click the hot zone starting point to complete drawing the hot zone. The hot zone is now outlined with a dotted line, indicating that no sub-map has been attached to the hot zone.

    Tip

    You can alter the outline of a hot zone by pulling the hot zone anchors.

  5. To attach a sub-map to the hot zone, double-click the dotted hot zone to open the Map Setup window.

You can change the color of the hot zone using the color tool. Using different colors for hot zones helps users differentiate between adjacent hot zones.

Note

If you are connected to a surveillance system that supports Milestone Federated Architecture (see Your organization’s XProtect products and extensions), a maximum of 20 hot zones on a single map can point to maps from other surveillance system servers. There is no such limit for hot zones pointing to maps belonging on the server to which you are logged in.