Configure Advanced Navigation

If the Navigation Item becomes cluttered with too many Maps, or if the project includes multiple buildings that require their own navigation sets, Advanced Navigation should be used. This feature allows you to create multiple different groups of Maps that can be displayed in the Navigation Item, rather than have every Map shown at once. Advanced Navigation should be used when navigation from a given Map in the project to another Map needs to be restricted, whether for security reasons or general ease of use. Too many Maps in the Navigation Item can quickly become overwhelming for the operator, so limiting the number of Maps at specific Workstations can help with this problem.

The Navigation Item allows multiple Maps to be accessible without needing to display a separate Map Container for each.

Note: For Example, a Workstation called Unit A Workstation may only need to navigate to the Unit A Maps. Similarly, another Workstation called Unit B Workstation may only need to navigate to Unit B Maps. Using Advanced Navigation, these two Workstations can be assigned their own Navigation Profiles that provide them with navigation restricted to their unit blocks.

To setup a Navigation Item using the Advanced Mode, complete the below steps.

  1. Go to Project Explorer and expand Display Layouts. Click the layout you want to edit to open it.
  2. In the Toolbox, drag and drop the Navigation Item to the work area. Designer will show four buttons. Runtime will automatically create as many navigation buttons as there are Maps. Each button will be labelled with the title of the Map it corresponds with.
  3. In Properties, under Navigation, click the ellipsis (...) beside Button Schemes Configuration.
  4. Click Advanced.
  5. In the Navigation Profiles page, click New.
  6. Select the Workstations to apply this navigation layout to. Click Next.
  7. In the Button Schemes pane, either select a scheme to edit, or Add a new one. To name the scheme, type in the field labeled Scheme Name.
  8. In the Origin Maps pane, select the Maps which you want to have the Destination Maps available from. When viewing one of the Origin Maps, Runtime will display buttons for the Destination Maps.
    Note: There is no limit to how many times a map can appear as a Destination Map.
  9. In the Destination Maps pane, select the Maps which you want to be accessible from the Origin Maps.
    Note: It is recommended that all Mapss are assigned as an Origin Map in some scheme somewhere. If this is not done, Runtime will not know which navigation buttons to display to the user while they are on that Map.
  10. Click Next. Set the Profile Name for the navigation layout, and any additional Notes. Click Finish.
    Note: A Map can only appear as an Origin Map once across all schemes. Once selected in a scheme it is greyed out and cannot be selected in another scheme.

  11. If there is more than one Map Container on the Display Layout, go to Properties > Map Container and select the Map Container to link to this Navigation Item.