Metrici Observer Radar User manual

Metrici – Observer Radar
rev. 01 | June 2018
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Metrici Observer Radar
- User’s guide -
INTRODUCTION
Metrici Observer Radar is a hardware product developed by Metrici which is set
up to work with Metrici LPR detection engines as a rule enforcer for street traffic or
parkings.
The radar will record the speed of a vehicle which will be associated with the
detected number plate in Metrici database.
By default the radar is set to trigger a detection with Metrici LPR when a speed
over 30 km/h is detected.
INSTALLATION
When installing Observer Radar you must first link it to local network. In order to do
this please remove the front screws as in the next image.
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Introduce the LAN wire through the support of the Observer Radar and connect it to
the device as the arrow indicates in the next image.
NOTE!
The wire must be linked to a PoE switch as this Observer Radar is PoE powered.
In order to properly function you will need to set some data in radar menu and also
in Metrici Control Panel.
After connecting the Metrici Observer Radar, you can set the needed parameters
to communicate with Metrici system.
By default the IP address of Metrici Observer Radar is 192 168 1 80 You can
change it or leave as it is.
Usually the Observer Radar comes with the next settings already done. If it is not
the case please respect the following steps.
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SETTINGS
To connect to the Observer Radar type the IP address in a browser- 192.168.1.80.
In Barix Settings choose SERIAL tab. For RS-232 option fill in 10001 for Local port as in
the next image.
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Then go to CONTROL tab and fill in Web server port “80” and BCL Program
Name “metrici” if they are not already filed .
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CONNECTION TO METRICI
For the radar to send a trigger to Metrici you need to fill some more parameters. Go
to 192 168 1 80/metrici html
You will enter Metrici Observer Radar interface and the text “When the speed is
greater than 30 km/h send trigger over UDP to 0.0.0.0”. Choose Setup, Trigger option to
fill in the IP address.
A new window will open as in the next image. The IP adress to be filled in here is
the IP address of Metrici Server where the software is installed. The UDP port is the port
generated by Metrici Control Panel.
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Now go to Metrici LPR and for LPR Engine Working Mode and External Trigger,
we recommend using option Continuous and Started by TRIGGER.
At Trigger device and type choose Barix Barionet 50 and write down the UDP port
to be filled in Radar interface.
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Now go to Radar tab. A new window will open as in the next image.
Choose the Radar Type fill in its IP address (the default one is 192.168.1.80) and
the TCP port as it is in the Barix Serial Settings.
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When Metrici Observer Radar is connected after correctly filling the required data
(IP address and TCP Port) the image of the license plate detected by Metrici will be saved
together with the recorded speed of the vehicle.
All recorded data can be later seen in Metrici Web Interface. The speed of a vehicle
the image from the moment of license plate detection and if it’s the case an image from
companion camera are saved together and linked in database.
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