Define & Edit Service Zones for Robots | Marvelmind
Service Zones: What This Covers
A service zone is the area a submap is responsible for: inside it, the position of a mobile beacon is calculated by that submap's stationary beacons. This short tutorial shows how to define and edit service zones in the Dashboard: select a submap, then click on the map with Shift + left mouse button to set the points of its zone. The zone can be changed or deleted, and it cannot be defined in the modem view, which shows the whole map.
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A service zone is the area a submap is responsible for: inside it, the position of a mobile beacon is calculated by that submap's stationary beacons. This short tutorial shows how to define and edit service zones in the Dashboard: select a submap, then click on the map with Shift + left mouse button to set the points of its zone. The zone can be changed or deleted, and it cannot be defined in the modem view, which shows the whole map.
0:00 Hello colleagues. How to define the service zones? Now, first of all, a service zone belongs to a submap, so you must select a submap and then shift and left button click. That's it, that's your service zone. You can rock and increase it, or you can delete it again. Shift left click, left click, left click, left click. Notice that if I move to the modem, I won't be able to define the service zone because this is modem view. This is the whole map view. So, yeah, I must select once again a submap or another submap and select the service zone per submap. Thank you.
Key Takeaways
- A service zone belongs to a submap and is the area that submap is responsible for
- Service zones are defined in the Dashboard: select a submap, then click on the map with Shift + left mouse button
- A mobile beacon outside all service zones is not tracked
- Overlapping service zones of neighboring submaps form handover zones for smooth tracking from one submap to another
- Service zones cannot be defined in the modem view (whole map), only for a selected submap
Relevant For: Safety Compliance & Operations Managers
Warehouse managers and robotics engineers implementing Marvelmind indoor positioning systems need to set the area that each submap is responsible for. This guide shows how to define and edit the service zone of a submap in the Dashboard.
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Zone Management & Safety System
A Marvelmind map consists of submaps, and the service zone of a submap is the area that submap is responsible for: when a mobile beacon is inside it, its position is calculated from the distances to that submap's stationary beacons. A mobile beacon outside all service zones is not tracked. Where the service zones of neighboring submaps overlap, a handover zone passes the mobile beacon smoothly from one submap to the other. This video shows how to define and edit service zones in the Dashboard: select a submap, then click on the map with Shift + left mouse button to set the points of its zone; the zone can then be changed or deleted. In the modem view, which shows the whole map, service zones cannot be defined. A service zone does not replace the line of sight: inside it, the mobile beacon still needs a direct line of sight to the stationary beacons of the submap. Smaller service zones instead of the default 30 m can also increase the location update rate.
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