What is the Master tab?
The Master tab allows you to view the Master Layer graphic. The Master Layer graphic appears in the bottom-most layer of all Metasys UI graphics on your site unless you toggle off the Master Layer graphic.
To edit the Master Layer graphic or toggle of the Master Layer graphic, click the pencil button in the upper-right corner of the Master Layer graphic.
What is the Master Layer graphic?
The Master Layer graphic acts as a background layer for all graphics, so that you no longer have to manage separate background for every Metasys UI graphic on your site. The Master Layer graphic typically contains a company logo, background images or colors, and common data, including outdoor air temperature and outdoor air humidity.
How do I create a Master Layer graphic? How do I edit a Master Layer graphic?
By default, the Master tab displays a blank Master Layer graphic.
- Click the pencil button in the upper-right corner of the Master Layer graphic preview. The Master Layer graphic opens in the Graphics Editor.
- Click the layer button to open the Layer panel. Add a background image. Add additional layers for any elements, images, or symbols you would like to add to the Master Layer graphic.
- Add any elements, images, or symbols.
- Click the chain button to bind elements and symbols to explicit points. Binding to aliased points is not supported in the Master Layer graphic.
- Click SAVE. The Master Layer graphic preview opens in the Graphics Manager.
To edit an existing Master Layer graphic, follow the same steps.
How do I disable a Master Layer graphic? How do I enable the Master Layer graphic after disabling it?
You can disable a Master Layer graphic for a single Metasys UI graphic. You can also hide the Master Layer graphic. There are two settings for the Master Layer graphic layer in the Layers panel of the Graphics Editor: a toggle to disable the Master Layer graphic and a check box to hide the Master Layer graphic layer.
| Setting in Layers Panel for Metasys UI Graphic | Graphics Editor | Graphics Manager Preview | Graphics Widget (Viewer) | Graphics Widget Layers Panel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toggle On Check box Selected |
displayed | displayed | displayed | displayed |
| Toggle Off Check box Deselected |
not displayed | not displayed | not displayed | not displayed |
| Toggle On Check box Deselected |
not displayed | not displayed | not displayed | displayed |
| Toggle Off Check box Selected |
displayed | not displayed | not displayed | not displayed |
- In the Graphics tab, select the Metasys UI graphic from the Graphics List.
- Click the pencil button in the upper-right corner of the Metasys UI graphic preview.
- Click the layer button to open the Layer panel.
- Click OFF.
- Click SAVE.
- In the Graphics tab, select the Metasys UI graphic from the Graphics List.
- Click the pencil button in the upper-right corner of the Metasys UI graphic preview.
- Click the layer button to open the Layer panel.
- Deselect the check box.
- Click SAVE.
- In the Graphics tab, select the Metasys UI graphic from the Graphics List.
- Click the pencil button in the upper-right corner of the Metasys UI graphic preview.
- Click ON.
- Click SAVE.
Is the Master Layer graphic saved in my SCT archive?
Yes, the Master Layer graphic is stored in the SCT archive but not in a format that can be opened and viewed in the SCT. You can only view the Master Layer graphic in JCT (and the Metasys UI if you download to your site).
Where is the Master Layer graphic stored when working on the file in the Metasys UI?
When working on the Master Layer graphic in the Metasys UI, the Master Layer graphic is stored in the XMS database. You can view the Master Layer graphic in the Metasys UI only, and JCT only if you upload to the archive.
What happens if I have a Master Layer graphic configured in JCT and a different Master Layer graphic configured in the Metasys UI and I download my archive?
If you have a different Master Layer graphic configured in JCT than the Master Layer graphic configured in the Metasys UI, performing a download of your archive to your site replaces the Master Layer graphic in the Metasys UI with the Master Layer graphic from JCT. When you view or edit a Master Layer in JCT, you are viewing or editing the Master Layer on the Site Director. When you edit and save the Site Director Master Layer, a copy of that Master Layer is saved over all other graphic supporting devices' Master Layers.
How do edits made to a Master Layer on a Site Director propagate to other devices?
For Release 13.0, propagation of the Master Layer graphic and background images from the Site Director to child engines is available only in JCT. Propagation of the Master Layer and background images occurs in JCT's Graphics Manager as you save the Master Layer when editing it or when you perform a download of the child engine from SCT.
In Metasys UI’s Graphics Manager, when you edit the Master Layer on a server, it does not propagate any change to the child engines and results in viewing discrepancies. You must use the JCT Master Layer feature and save the Master Layer again. When this is done, all devices that support graphics have the master layer saved to them in the archive. When downloaded, the child engines Metasys UI displays the updated Master Layer and background images.
Any demotion operations that are performed also result in the engine having a Master Layer graphic that does not match the new sites Master Layer. To propagate the site's Master Layer to the demoted engine, you must complete the workflow outlined above.