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Launch 3VR System Manager.
In the Configure panel, click the plus sign beside the appliance name.
Right-click the Plug-ins folder and select Add Plug-in.
In the resulting Confirm dialog box, click Install to proceed.
Navigate to the folder containing the plug-in file (Plugin- HeatMap-3.0.0.xxxxx-en-us.3pg) and click to highlight the file.
Click OK. The plug-in will now begin installing.
When the plug-in is installed, it will appear below Plug-ins in System Manager.
Binding Cameras to Plug-Ins
Click the plug-in name to view its settings.
On the right side of System Manager, select the Bound Cameras field and click the ... button.
In the Bind Plug-in to Cameras dialog box, click the check box [√] beside each camera that should have Heat Map.
Click OK to return to the Configure panel.
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If advanced heat map data is not required for a channel, you can conserve system resources by disabling advanced heat maps by not selecting the [√]Enable Advanced Heat Map box.
Disabling Advanced Heat Map will make the Direction and Flow visualizations unavailable for the channel in the Customer Insights DashboardThe Advanced Heat Map Downscale Factor setting allows you to balance heat map resolution against resource usage. For finer resolution heat maps, use smaller values, down to a minimum of 4. To reduce resource usage, use greater values, up to a maximum of 64.
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Reducing the downscale factor may not necessarily improve the Direction and Flow visualizations in the Customer Insights Dashboard. We do not recommend adjusting this setting unless instructed to do so by 3VR. |
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If excessive background activity in the camera view affects the heat map, you may define one or more exclusion zones. Motion that occurs in the exclusion zones will be ignored by the Heat Map plug-in and will not show up in the heat map displayed on the
Dashboard.
To create a new exclusion zone:
Click the polygon icon.
Click the video player to begin drawing a zone. Each click of the mouse will create a new line segment. To complete the polygon, click the mouse over your start position.
Edit the polygon by clicking and dragging its end points. Sections of the polygon may not overlap.
Repeat for any remaining zones you wish to draw in the field of view.
Additionally, or alternatively, if you have already defined motion exclusion zones for the channel, you may also apply those zones to the Heat Map plug-in by enabling the [ ] Use Motion Exclusion Zone from Channel setting.
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