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Customers with Axis cameras can easily get Plate Recognizer LPR! Just follow the steps below:

Configure Object Analytics in Axis Camera

Before you begin, please make sure that the Axis camera clock is set up properly to the current time.

We recommend reading about AXIS Object Analytics.

Step 1.1. Find the IP address for the Axis camera using this IP Utility Tool.

Step 1.2. Log in to the Axis camera web server page with the IP address.

Step 1.3. Go to the Apps tab and click to open Axis Object Analytics app. If this is not already installed, you can download and install the app from the Axis website using the +Add app option.

Axis LPR Camera Setup

Step 1.4. Click the Open button. This window appears:

Axis ALPR motion detection license plates

Step 1.5. Create a New scenario. Choose Object in Area (you may also try Line crossing or other) and then select all vehicle types.

Step 1.6. Set the detection area of interest and exclusions. Object analytics sends an image as soon as the car enters the detection area, so make sure it is set up correctly.

Step 1.7. Once the scenario is set up, give it a descriptive name, like Cars Only, and close the new tab.

NOTE: If your camera does not support Object Analytics App, you may try using AXIS Video Motion Detection instead. However, this will greatly increase the amount of images sent to the Plate Recognizer

Axis License Plate Recognition

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Set Plate Recognizer HTTPS for Axis Camera

Now that you have set up Object Analytics on your Axis camera, you can now configure the camera to send the image over to Plate Recognizer when a vehicle is detected.

Step 2.1. Click on the System tab and select Events.

Axis ANPR Events Action Rules

USING SNAPSHOT CLOUD

NOTE: The Free Trial Snapshot Cloud has a 1 lookup per second limit. If you send more than 1 lookup per second, the other image(s) within that second will be ignored by our Snapshot Cloud.

Step 2.2.1. Click on Recipients and add a new Recipient. This is the endpoint that will receive the image when a vehicle is detected. Choose Type: HTTPS.

Copy/paste the code below into URL field. Make sure to change the blue terms below with your information.

URL: api.platerecognizer.com/v1/plate-reader-img/?Token=TOKEN&camera_id=YOUR_CAMERA_ID&regions=XX&mmc=true

  1. Get MY_TOKEN from Plate Rec Account Page.
  2. Replace YOUR_CAMERA_ID to whatever you desire.
  3. Replace XX and XY with the desired regions from our Countries list.
  4. The URL above includes Vehicle MMC detection.  If you don’t have Vehicle MMC in your plan, then omit &mmc=true.
  5. Full list of possible parameters can be found in the Snapshot API Reference.

Leave Account/Password sections blank.

Axis ANPR Action Recipient for license plate recognition
Axis ANPR Action Recipient for license plate recognition

USING SNAPSHOT SDK

Step 2.2.2. Click on Recipients and add a new Recipient. This is the endpoint that will receive the image when a vehicle is detected. Choose Type: HTTP.

Copy/paste the code below into URL field. Make sure to change the blue terms below with your information.

URL: sdk_ip_address:8080/v1/plate-reader/?camera_id=YOUR_CAMERA_ID&regions=XX&mmc=true

  1. Replace SDK_IP_ADDRESS to the IP address/domain name Snapshot SDK is running from. It must be reachable for the camera.
  2. Replace YOUR_CAMERA_ID to whatever you desire.
  3. Replace XX and XY with the desired regions from our Countries list.
  4. The URL above includes Vehicle MMC detection.  If you don’t have Vehicle MMC in your plan, then omit &mmc=true.
  5. Full list of possible parameters can be found in the Snapshot API Reference.

Leave Account/Password sections blank.

 

Axis LPR Camera Snapshot SDK

Step 2.3. Click on Events and create a new Rule. Select Object Analytics: Cars Only as a Condition.

Step 2.4. Select Send images through HTTP (for SDK) or Send images through HTTPS (for Cloud).

Step 2.5. Select the Recipient you’ve created.

 

Axis ALPR ANPR license plate verifier

Step 2.6. Set Maximum images (0 = ∞) to 1. Save the Rule.

Step 2.7. Activate the new trigger by checking the switch next to the Rule created.

You’re done! Go here to see some helpful Tips on Camera Setup for ALPR.

 

Axis Camera LPR On Edge Cloud

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See Results

Step 3.1. View the ALPR results in your Plate Recognizer Dashboard. To access the Dashboard, just sign in to your Plate Recognizer Account

ALPR license plate recognition dashboard

You can also easily forward the ALPR results over to ParkPow!  Our sister company, ParkPow provides a full ALPR Dashboard and Parking Management solution so you can:

  • Search vehicles by plate, timeframe, site, type, color, etc.
  • Enforce parking policies (e.g. 3 hour limit for guests).
  • Create custom alerts and get notified when specific vehicles (e.g. denied, visitor) arrive.
  • See and track full vehicle details with Vehicle CRM.
  • Easily integrate data from other systems, including our Gate Opener.

See the simple steps to integrate with ParkPow in under 5 seconds!

Alternatively, you can forward the ALPR results via webhooks to your system.

Need Help with LPR?

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