Axis P1445-LE-3 User manual

AXISP1445-LE-3LicensePlateVerierKit
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AXISP1445-LE-3LicensePlateVerifierKit
Tableofontents
Abouttheproduct..........................................3
Getstarted................................................4
Cameramountingrecommendations................................4
Howtoaccesstheproduct'swebpage...............................6
Adjustthecamerasettings........................................7
Installtheapplication............................................7
Adjusttheregionofinterest.......................................9
electregion...................................................9
Adjusttheimagecapturesettings..................................9
etupeventstorage.............................................10
Additionalsettings..........................................11
Importwhite-listedlicenseplatenumbers...........................11
Conguretextoverlay............................................1 1
Detectlicenseplatesinlow-lightconditions..........................12
Allowfewercharactersonlicenseplates.............................12
Allowonlyexactmatchesoflicenseplates...........................12
Allowmorethanonecharacterdeviationwhenmatchinglicenseplates...12
etupsecureconnection.........................................13
Vehicleentryandexitscenario................................14
Openabarrierforknownvehiclesusingarelaymodule.................14
Openabarrierforknownvehiclesusingthecamera'sI/O...............16
Getnotiedaboutanunauthorizedvehicle..........................16
Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario................................18
Connecttoadoorcontroller......................................18
Pusheventinformationtothird-partysoftware..................21
Troubleshooting............................................22
Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................22
Resettofactorydefaultsettings...................................23
Upgradethermware............................................24
Performanceconsiderations.......................................24
Hardwareoverview..........................................25
..............................................................25
Specications..............................................26
LEDIndicators..................................................26
Dcardslot....................................................26
Buttons.......................................................26
Connectors....................................................26
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AXISP1445-LE-3LicensePlateVerifierKit
Abouttheproduct
Abouttheproduct
AXIP1445-LE-3LicensePlateVerierKitconsistsofanAXIP1445-LENetworkCameraandpre-installedAXILicensePlateVerier
application,makingitakitforautomatedvehicleentryandexitmanagement.AXIP1445-LE-3usesawhitelistandablacklistto
verifyaccesstocontrolledareassuchasparkinglots.
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Getstarted
Thesesetupinstructionsarevalidforallscenarios:
1.Cameramountingrecommendationsonpage4
2.Adjustthecamerasettingsonpage7
3.Installtheapplicationonpage7
4.Adjusttheregionofinterestonpage9
5.Selectregiononpage9
6.Setupeventstorageonpage10
Cameramountingrecommendations
•Whenyouselectthemountinglocation,rememberthatdirectsunlightcandistorttheimage,forexample,duringsunrise
andsunset.
•Themountingheightshouldbehalfofthedistanceofthatbetweenthevehicleandthecamera.
Distancebetweenvehicleandcamera(x)Mountingheight(h)
2.0m(6.6ft)1.0m(3.3ft)
3.0m(9.8ft)1.5m(4.9ft)
4.0m(13ft)2.0m(6.6ft)
5.0m(16ft)2.5m(8.2ft)
7.0m(23ft)3.5m(1 1ft)
•Thecamera’smountingangleshouldnotbelargerthan30°.
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Mountinganglefromtheside.
Mountinganglefromabove.
•Theimageofthelicenseplateshouldnottiltmorethan5°horizontally.Iftheimageistiltedmorethan5°,we
recommendedtoadjustthecamerasothatthelicenseplateisdisplayedhorizontallyinthelivestream.
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orizontaltilt.
owtoaccesstheproduct'swebpage
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddressofyourproduct,useAXIIPUtilityorAXIDeviceManagertolocatetheproductonthenetwork.
Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
Werecommendthefollowingbrowsers:
•ChromeTM
•Firefox®
1.tartthewebbrowser.
2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.
3.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimeyouaccesstheproduct,youmustrstconguretherootpassword.
4.Ifthisisthersttimeyouaccesstheproduct,youarepromptedtodosomeinitialsettings.Whenyou’redone,the
product’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser..
FormoreinformationabouthowtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceontheproductpageataxis.com
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.eeSecurepasswordsonpage7.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
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Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Adjustthecamerasettings
Note
Thecamerahasbeenpreconguredaccordingtotheinstructionsbelow.Ifyou’vechangedsettingsinthecamera,resetto
defaultbyfollowingtheinstructions.
Toaccessthecamerasettings,goto.
1.Placeavehicleintheregionofinterest.
2.Tomakesurethelicenseplateisbigenoughfortheapplicationtodetectit,gotoSystem>Orientationandselect
thepixelcounter.Checkthatthewidthofthelicenseplateequalsatleast130pixelsforlicenseplateswithonerow
andatleast70pixelsforlicenseplateswithtworows.
3.Gotothecamera’swebpage,selecttheImagetabanddothefollowingadjustments:
-ettheautofocusareaonthelicenseplateandclickAutofocus.Ifthelicenseplateisstillnotinfocus,
ne-tuneusingthemanualfocus.
-TurnoffWidedynamicrange.
-etLocalcontrastto20.Thisreducesnoiseduringnighttime,butstilllightsupthelicenseplatesenoughto
makethemvisible.Ahigherlocalcontrastvaluemakesthelicenseplatesmorevisibleduringnighttime,but
increasesnoise.
-TurnofftheIR-cutlter.
-etMaxshutterto1/500.
-etMaxgainto24dBtooptimizetheblurandnoisetrade-offinmostscenes.Ifthelicenseplategets
overexposed,adjustthemaxgaindownto9dB.
-TurnoffLockaperture.Thissetstheiristoautomaticmode,whichwerecommendespeciallyifthevehicle
facesdirectsunlight.
4.Testtheabovesettingsbyrunningthroughthescenariowithavehicle.Forbestresults,testthesettingsinthedarkest
lightingconditions.Thisway,yougetagoodresultbothduringnighttimeanddaytime.
Installtheapplication
Note
Thecameracomeswiththeapplicationpreinstalled.Theseinstructionsareonlyvalidifyouhaveresetthecamerato
factorydefault.
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Note
Toinstalltheapplicationonthedevice,youneedadministratorrights.
1.Gotothedevice’swebpage.
2.GotoSettings>Apps.
3.ClickAddtouploadtheapplicationle(.eap)tothecamera.
Toactivatethelicense,youneedalicensekeythatisgeneratedbythelicensecodeandtheAxisdeviceserialnumber.Ifyou
don’thavealicensekeyonthecomputer,dothefollowing:
1.Gotoaxis.com/applications
2.GotoLicensekeyregistration.
3.Enterthelicensecodeandtheserialnumber.
4.avethelicensekeyleonthecomputer.BrowsetoselecttheleandthenclickActivate.
Accesstheapplicationsettings
1.Inthecamera’swebpage,gotoSettings>Apps,selecttheapplicationandclickOpen.
1Liveview
2Tabs
3Latestevent
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Adjusttheregionofinterest
Note
Ifyoumovetheregionofinterestmorethan60ºorifyouplaceitoutsidetheliveview,itwillautomaticallyjumpbackto
defaultposition.Makesuretheregionofintereststaysinpositionafteryouhavesavedthesettings.
1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselecttheSettingstab.
2.Forperformancereasons,keeptheregionofinterestassmallaspossible.
3.TogetthecorrectdirectionfeedbackintheEventlog,pointthearrowinthedrivingdirection.Thedirectionfeedback
showsupintheDirectioncolumn.
Examplewithoneregionofinterest.
Selectregion
1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselecttheSettingstab.
2.ClickAdvancedsettings.
3.IntheRegiondrop-downlist,selectyourregion.
4.ClickSave.
Adjusttheimagecapturesettings
1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselecttheSettingstab.
2.Tochangetheresolutionofcapturedimages,gotoImage>Resolution
3.Tochangetherotationofthecapturedimage,gotoImage>Rotation
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4.Tochangehowyousaveyourcapturedimages,gotoImage>FrameType:
-Licenseplatecropsavesonlythelicenseplate.
-Vehiclecropsavestheentirecapturedvehicle.
-Framedownsized480x270savestheentireimageandreducestheresolutionto480x270.
-Fullframesavestheentireimageatfullresolution.
Setupeventstorage
Thisexampleexplainshowtostoreeventsofwhite-listedlicenseplatenumbersfor30days.
Requirements:
•Cameraphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.
•AXILicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.
1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselecttheSettingstab.
2.GotoEventstorage.
3.UnderSaveevents,selectWhitelisted.
4.UnderDeleteeventsafter,select30days.
5.ClickSave.
ScreenshotofEventstorageintheSettingstab.
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Additionalsettings
Additionalsettings
Importwhite-listedlicenseplatenumbers
Youcanimportwhite-listedlicenseplatenumbersfroma.csvleonthecomputer.Inadditiontothelicenseplatenumber,youcan
alsoaddcommentsforeachlicenseplatenumberinthe.csvle.
Thestructureofthe.csvlemustlooklikethis:licenseplatenumber,comment
Example
AXIS123,Reception1
AXIS345,Reception2
AXIS456,Reception3
1.GotoSettings>Whitelist.
2.ClickImportfromle.
3.Browsetoselecta.csvleonthecomputer.
4.ClickOK.
5.CheckthattheimportedlicenseplatenumbersappearintheWhitelisteld.
6.ClickSave.
Sharelicenseplatelistswithothercameras
Youcansharethelicenseplatelistswithothercamerasonthenetwork.Thesynchronizationwilloverrideallcurrentlicenseplate
listsintheothercameras.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickSynchronizelists.
3.ClickAdd.
4.EnterIPaddress,usernameandpassword.
5.ClickSynchronize.
6.CheckthatthedateandtimeunderLastsyncupdatesaccordingly.
Conguretextoverlay
Atextoverlayshowsthefollowingeventinformationintheliveview:weekday,month,time,year,license
platenumber.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickAdvancedsettings.
3.CheckTurnontextoverlay.
4.etOverlaydurationtoavaluebetween1and9seconds.
5.ClickSave.
6.Checkthattheoverlayappearsintheliveview.
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Detectlicenseplatesinlow-lightconditions
Eachdetectiongetsascorebythealgorithm,thisiscalledthedetectionscore(condenceparameter).Detectionsthathavealower
scorethanthethresholdvaluewillnotshowupinthelistofevents.
Forsceneswithlowlightingyoucanlowerthedetectionscorethreshold.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickAdvancedsettings.
3.AdjustthedetectionscorethresholdvalueunderCondencethreshold.Toavoidfalsedetections,werecommendthatyou
lowerthethresholdvaluewith0.5atatime.
4.ClickSave.
5.Checkthatthealgorithmdetectsthelicenseplatesasexpected.
Allowfewercharactersonlicenseplates
Theapplicationhasadefaultminimumnumberofcharactersforalicenseplatetobedetected.Theminimumnumberofcharactersis
ve.Youcanconguretheapplicationtodetectlicenseplateswithfewercharacters.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickAdvancedsettings.
3.IntheMinnumberofcharacterseld,entertheminimumnumberofcharactersyouwanttoallow.
4.ClickSave.
5.Checkthattheapplicationdetectslicenseplatesasexpected.
Allowonlyexactmatchesoflicenseplates
Thematchingalgorithmautomaticallyallowsadeviationofonecharacterwhenmatchingthedetectedlicenseplateagainstthe
whitelistorblacklist.However,somescenariosneedanexactmatchofallcharactersofthelicenseplate.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickAdvancedsettings.
3.electStrictmatching.
4.ClickSave.
5.Checkthattheapplicationmatchesthelicenseplatesasexpected.
Allowmorethanonecharacterdeviationwhenmatchinglicenseplates
Thematchingalgorithmautomaticallyallowsadeviationofonecharacterwhenmatchingthedetectedlicenseplateagainstthe
whitelistorblacklist.However,youcanallowmorethanonecharacterdeviation.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickAdvancedsettings.
3.Inthedrop-downlist,selectthenumberofcharactersthatareallowedtobedifferent.
4.ClickSave.
5.Checkthattheapplicationmatchesthelicenseplatesasexpected.
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Setupsecureconnection
Toprotectcommunicationanddatabetweendevices,forexamplebetweenthecameraandthedoorcontroller,setupasecure
connectionwithHTTP.
1.GotoSettings.
2.ClickAdvancedsettingsandgotoSecurity.
3.electEnableHTTPS.
4.electAllowself-signedcerticates.
5.ClickSave.
FindoutmoreaboutHTTPandhowtouseitat.
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Vehicleentryandexitscenario
Vehicleentryandexitscenario
Inthescenarioforvehicleentryandexit,theapplicationreadsthevehiclelicenseplatecapturedbythecameraandveriesthe
licenseplateagainstalistofauthorizedorunauthorizedlicenseplatenumbersstoredinthecamera.
ThisscenariorequirestheapplicationembeddedinacamerawithI/OsupportoraconnectedI/Orelaymoduletoopenandclosethe
barrier.
Twopossiblesetupsforthevehicleentryandexitscenario.
1AxiscamerawithAXISLicensePlateVerier
2I/Ocommunication
3Barrier
4AxisI/Orelaymodule
5IPcommunication
Openabarrierforknownvehiclesusingarelaymodule
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupAXILicensePlateVeriertogetherarelaymoduletoopenabarrierforaknownvehicle
drivinginto,forexample,aparkingarea.
Requirements:
•Cameraphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.
•AXILicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.
•Cablesconnectedbetweenthebarrierandtherelaymodule.
•Basicsetupdone.ee.
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Vehicleentryandexitscenario
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/45019
Thisvideoshowshowtogettheapplicationupandrunning
withAXISA9188I/ORelayModule.
1.Gotothecamera’swebpage,selectSettingsandopenAXILicensePlateVerier.
2.Gototherelaymodule’swebpageandmakesuretherelayportisconnectedtothecamera’sI/Oport.
3.Copytherelaymodule’sIPaddress.
4.GobacktoAXILicensePlateVerierandselecttheRelaymoduletab.
5.Enterthefollowinginformation:
-theIPaddressfortherelaymoduleinformat192.168.0.0
-theusernamefortherelaymodule
-thepasswordfortherelaymodule
6.Tomakesuretheconnectionworks,clickConnect.
7.Toactivatetheconnection,clickEnableintegration.
8.ClickSave.
9.GototheSettingstab
10.EnterthelicenseplatenumberintheWhitelisteld.
11.IntheBarriermodedrop-downlist,selectopentowhitelisted.
12.IntheVehicledirectiondrop-downlist,selectin.
13.IntheRelaytypedrop-downlist,selectRelaymodule.
Note
Thephysicalinputports1to8ontherelaymodulecorrespondtoports1to8inthedrop-downlist.However,therelayports
1to8ontherelaymodulecorrespondtoports9to16inthedrop-downlist.Thisisvalideveniftherelaymoduleonly
has8ports.
14.IntheRelayI/Ooutputdrop-downlist,selecttheI/Oportthatisconnectedtothebarrier.
15.ClickSave.
16.Checkthattheapplicationidentiesthelicenseplatenumberinthewhitelistasaknownvehicleandthatthebarrier
opensasexpected.
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Openabarrierforknownvehiclesusingthecamera'sI/O
ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupAXILicensePlateVeriertogetherwiththecamera’sI/Oporttoopenabarrierforaknown
vehicleleaving,forexample,aparkingarea.
Requirements:
•Cameraphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.
•AXILicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.
•Cablesconnectedbetweenthebarrierandthecamera’sI/Oport.
•Basicsetupdone.ee.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/45019
Thisvideoshowshowtogettheapplicationupand
runningwiththecamera’sI/O.
1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselecttheSettingstab.
2.EntertheauthorizedlicenseplatenumbersintheWhitelisteld.
3.IntheRelaytypedrop-downlist,selectInternal.
4.IntheBarriermodedrop-downlist,selectopentowhitelisted.
5.IntheVehicledirectiondrop-downlist,selectout.
6.Enterthecamera’susernameandpassword.
7.ClickSave.
8.Checkthattheapplicationidentiesthelicenseplatenumberinthewhitelistasaknownvehicleandthatthebarrier
opensasexpected.
Getnotiedaboutanunauthorizedvehicle
Thisexampleexplainshowtosetuptheapplicationsothataneventthattriggersanoticationcanbecreatedinthecamera.
Requirements:
•Basicsetupdone.ee.
1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselectSettings.
2.EnterthelicenseplatenumberintheBlacklisteld.
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3.ClickSave.
4.Gotothecamera’swebpage.
5.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandsetupanactionrulewiththeapplicationasaconditionandwithanotication
asanaction.
6.Checkthattheapplicationidentiestheaddedlicenseplatenumberasanunauthorizedvehicleandthattheaction
rulerunsasexpected.
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Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario
Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario
Inthescenarioforvehicleaccesscontrol,theapplicationcanbeconnectedtoanAxisnetworkdoorcontrollertocongureaccess
rules,createschedulesforaccesstimes,andhandlevehicleaccessnotonlyforemployees,butalso,forexample,visitorsandsuppliers.
Forbackup,useanaccesssysteminvolvingadoorcontrollerandcardreader.Tosetupthedoorcontrollerandthecardreader,see
theuserdocumentationataxis.com
1AxiscamerawithAXISLicensePlateVerier
2IPcommunication
3Axisnetworkdoorcontrollerwithcardreader
4I/Ocommunication
5Barrier
6Optionalthird-partysoftware
Connecttoadoorcontroller
Inthisexampleweconnectthecameratoanetworkdoorcontrollerwhichmeansthecameraworksasasensor.Thecameraforwards
theinformationtothecontrollerwhichinturnanalyzestheinformationandtriggerstheevents.
Note
WhenswitchingbetweentheAXILicensePlateVerierandAXIEntryManager,makesuretorefreshthewebpagestoget
accesstoallparameters.
Requirements:
•Cameraanddoorcontrollerphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.
•AXILicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.
•Basicsetupdone.ee.
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Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/45019
Thisvideoshowshowtogettheapplicationupandrunning
withAXISA1001DoorController.
HardwarecongurationinAXISEntryManager
1.GotoAXIEntryManagerandstartanewhardwarecongurationunderSetup.
2.Inthehardwareconguration,renamethenetworkdoorcontrollerto“Gatecontroller”.
3.ClickNext.
4.InCongurelocksconnectedtothiscontroller,cleartheDoormonitoroption.
5.ClickNext.
6.InCongurereadersconnectedtothiscontroller,cleartheExitreaderoption.
7.ClickFinish.
CongurationinAXISLicensePlateVerier
1.GotheAXILicensePlateVerierwebpage.
2.electtheControllertabandenterthefollowinginformation:
-theIPaddressforthecontrollerinformat192.168.0.0
-theusernameforthecontroller
-thepasswordforthecontroller
3.ClickConnect.
4.Iftheconnectionissuccessful,“Gatecontroller”showsupintheNetworkDoorControllernamedrop-downlist.elect
“Gatecontroller”.
5.IntheReadernamedrop-downlist,selectthereaderconnectedtothedoor“Gatecontroller”,forexample“Reader
entrance”.ThesenamescanbechangedinAXIEntryManager.
6.Toactivatetheconnection,selectEnableintegration.
7.ClickSave.
8.electtheSettingstab.
9.IntheRelaytypedrop-downlist,selectController.
10.Enteroneoftheuser’slicenseplatenumberinthetesteldandclickTest.Checkthatthetestwassuccessful.
Congureusers,groups,doors,andschedulesinAXISEntryManager
1.GotoAXIEntryManager.
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2.GotoAccessManagement.
3.Addusersand,foreachuser,addthecredentialLicenseplate.
4.ClickAddcredentialagainandenterthelicenseplateinformation.
5.ClickAddnewgroupandentertheinformation.
6.Toaddusertoagroup,draganddropUserstoausergroup.
7.Togiveusersaccess,draganddroptheDoortotheusergroup.
8.Tolimittheaccesstime,draganddropaScheduletotheusergroup.
9.GotoDoors>Addidenticationtype.
10.IntheCredentialsneededdrop-downlist,selectLicenseplateonly.
11.Tosetlimitsforwhentheidenticationtypecanbeused,draganddropaScheduletothedoor.
OverviewofAXISEntryManageruserinterface.
1Users
2Doors
3Schedules
4Usergroups
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