Adaptive Recognition Carmen ANPR BOX, Installation And User Manual

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Page 2: ...ion 1 3 0 84 Table of Contents 1 Overview 4 1 1 Default IP Address 5 1 2 Link Local IP Address 5 1 3 Finding Devices 5 2 AR Device Tool 6 2 1 Finding Devices Cameras 6 2 2 Firmware License and Engine Upload Manually 7 2 3 Firmware and Engine Checking for Updates 8 3 Overview of the Web Interface 9 4 Live 10 4 1 Full Screen Mode 10 4 2 Saving image 11 4 3 Switching Stream 11 4 4 Help 11 4 5 Overlay...

Page 3: ...s 22 7 2 System Device 23 7 3 SyStem Network 25 7 4 System Security 26 7 5 System Storage 28 7 6 I O 33 7 7 System Service 35 7 8 System Notifications 36 7 9 External 37 7 10 Media Video 38 7 11 Analytics Settings 41 7 12 Analytics Detectors 41 8 How to use the Carmen Box 52 8 1 Device Installation 52 8 2 Dimensions 55 8 3 I O Outlets 55 8 4 Reset to factory default 56 8 5 Install storage media 56...

Page 4: ...nterface through which you can access the settings the LIVE the PLAYBACK the EVENTS and the SETTINGS interfaces Accessing the web interface 1 Start a browser and enter the device IP address into the address bar of the browser 2 Type the username and the password on the displayed login interface and click on Login The default user account is the following Username admin Password admin It is recomme...

Page 5: ...cimal numbers that can be converted into the last two parts of a link local address 169 254 XX YY Example the device with the MAC address 48 B0 2D 3E 42 1A ends with 42 and 1A representing the decimal values 66 and 26 The link local address of this device is 169 254 66 26 1 3 FINDING DEVICES You canfind CarmenBox on the networkusing the AR DeviceTool Double clickon the selecteddevice and the Carme...

Page 6: ...he program lists the AR devices cameras detected on the local network if the devi ces cameras are in the same network segment as the computer The device camera name product family name type firmware version IP address MAC address and brief information about the current upload process will be displayed The currently available devices cameras are marked with green color in the first column The red c...

Page 7: ...t be uploaded in groups Select the device s camera s you want to update and press the Upload firmware Upload License or Upload engine buttons that become active In the window that appears enter the username and password to access the camera select the file you want to upload and click Start to start the upload If you want to save the username and password to access the device s camera s you can cr...

Page 8: ... you can check if newer firmware or engine are available for any of your cameras devices Press Check for updates button select device s camera s you want to update and press Start Confirmation and credentials must be provided AR DeviceTool downloads the appropriate firmware and or engine from a central server and uploads it to the selected device s camera s A new folder will be created in your Dow...

Page 9: ...ERFACE The following menu items are available on the web interface 1 LIVE Shows a live view of the connected camera streams 2 PLAYBACK Browse recordings on the configured storage device 3 EVENTS Browse the recorded events on the configured storage device 4 SETTINGS Under this menu you can access the following options SYSTEM Status Device Network Security Storage I O Service Notifications External ...

Page 10: ...WWW ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM 4 LIVE After login the interface navigates to the LIVE tab that shows a live feed of the connected camera stream 4 1 FULL SCREEN MODE The camera s live stream can be displayed on full screen by clicking on the icon located in the bottom right corner of the image To exit from the full screen mode press the ESC keyboard key or click on the icon mentioned above ...

Page 11: ... on it you can save an image of the current live stream with previously selected OSD information The CTRL S keyboard shortcut can be used as well 4 3 SWITCHING STREAM The Streams button is located next to the Save image icon By clicking on it you can select which stream will be displayed as LIVE 4 4 HELP Next to the Streams icon is the Help button It brings up keyboard shortcuts on how to use and ...

Page 12: ...enu of the SET TINGS menu where the video stream is visible e g External You can manage the associated Onvif devices in the External menu You can add a new device edit the data of existing devices and delete a device For the added ONVIF device the Video button will only appear if the device does support a video chan nel The IO button only appears if the added ONVIF device supports IO Clicking on t...

Page 13: ...Hungary Adaptive Recognition Nordic Adaptive Recognition Singapore REQUESTINFO ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM WWW ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM For many cameras the ONVIF Username and Password do not match the username and password used in the browser ONVIF may also need to be enabled on the camera ...

Page 14: ...in the ANPR mask not found means that the device tried it but did not detect any license plate in that image idle means that the device has not tried to detect plates The prefilter does not run on every images Carmen Engine found is displayed when the Carmen ANPR recognition module has processed an image no input means the engine do not receive image from the prefilter Plate Recognised license pla...

Page 15: ...tifications about the latest received events Basic events like ANPR are shown with a tan color and the EVENT text A dark red colored SIGNAL text indicates a start of a longer event that lasts for multiple frames A long end of event is marked with the green RESTORE text The list also contains the exact date and time an event was emitted Clicking on the row of event brings up a more detailed view of...

Page 16: ...ITION COM 5 PLAYBACK You can access the PLAYBACK interface if the storage is turned on By clicking on this tab the recor dings storedon the storagedevice will be listed Youcanthennavigate themby clicking on thetimeline below the video feed In case the storage is turned off but the storage device is available the previously recorded elements can be viewed and played if the storage function is switc...

Page 17: ...the video parts ready to be played In the middle of the timeline see image above there is a purple marker that shows where you are in the playback Under this section you can also see the current time of the playback The magnifying glasses located under the timeline are to increase magnifying glass with sign or decrease magnifying glass with sign the time interval found on the timeline In the middl...

Page 18: ... an event located in the list the detector related to the event is highlighted above the list It works vice versa by hovering the cursor over the detector the events related to the detector will be highlighted in the list below 5 3 EXPORTING THE RECORDINGS Video clips can be saved as mp4 files and can be viewed in most modern video player applications The Export button is located in the bottom rig...

Page 19: ...NTS You can access the EVENTS interface provided that the storage is turned on By clicking on this tab all events recorded by the device will be listed You can navigate between the recorded events in the event browser by scrolling through them with your scroll wheel The events appear as small images The latest events are at the top Use the buttons in the bottom left corner to switch between Grid v...

Page 20: ...hedetectorrelatedtothe eventis highlighted in thelist on theright Simultaneously a video clip of the event will be loaded and played automatically Clicking on an event brings up a detailed view of that event including a video clip and any related image The interface can be redirected to the PLAYBACK menu item by clicking on the Show in play back button The data belonging to the event can be saved ...

Page 21: ...tor will be highlighted in the event browser By clicking on the detector the display of its events can be turned on off A calendar appears by clicking on the time located in the bottom right corner After setting the appro priate time and clicking on the Apply button in the calendar the browser skips to the specified time An additional license plate search form is available Similar license plates c...

Page 22: ...ESTINFO ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM WWW ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM 7 SETTINGS The SETTINGS page contains all customizable parameters of the device 7 1 SYSTEM STATUS On this interface you can find a summary of the important data of the device the installed detectors the operating time the ANPR licenses etc API documentation can also be found here for integrating ...

Page 23: ...tings are restored except for the network settings Set the date and time Upload firmware ANPR engine and license Date time settings The device s current time is displayed at the Devicetime using your web browser s locale The device time can be set manually by clicking on the Calendar icon You can synchronize the device to the computer time with the Set local time button next to the calendar icon T...

Page 24: ...odified then select the Firmware ifw ANPR iep or License ukeys files to be uploaded Finally click on the corresponding upload button Theupdate process canbeinterruptedby clicking on the Cancel buttonlocatedonthe panel showing the upload status When the upload is finished in the case of uploading license before the update process the device asks a security question whether you are sure about the mo...

Page 25: ... SYSTEM NETWORK The Network menu item hides the network settings The IP address assigned to the device can be static or dynamic Default DNS 8 8 8 8 Fallback to static If the device is set to DHCP the Fallback to static option will be accessible The device will use the configured fallback address when obtaining a new address from a DHCP server fails Put the Carmen Box device and your camera in the ...

Page 26: ...e you can perform the maintenance of the user data like Adding new users Deleting users Modifying the already existing user profiles The default user name and password is admin When adding a new user you can set three levels of permissions 1 Administrator The administrator can access and edit all parameters of the device 2 User The user can view but not edit the parameters of the device Some pages...

Page 27: ...icy the maximum number of failed login attempts can be adjusted After reaching the specified number the device blocks that session By default after three failed login attempts the de vice blocks the IP address of theclient for aminute Notethatthe numberof Maximum attemptsmay vary between one and ten The duration of the block can be set between 30 seconds and seven days The Active sessions and Bloc...

Page 28: ...ill be saved based on this selection The following can be selected as a storage trigger Event Only those image sequences will be stored which have taken place during the signaling of one of the selected detector s Motion When the device detects motion the storage process starts and finishes when the motion is over Event Motion Storage is performed in cases of both an Event or Motion Continuous The...

Page 29: ...ignal s should trigger the recording Devices Under the Devices tab information about the data of the storage device the length of the recordings the available storage and the writing speed can be found Formatting the storage device With the Format button you can format the storage unit immediately After clicking on the Format button a window pops up Click on the Yes button to start the operation T...

Page 30: ...tent The following fields should be defined Server Address IPv4 of the GDS server Port Access port of the GDS server Path Access within the server Table name The name of the GDS table where the upload will be done Username Username required for the identification Auto obtain user The username can be queried automatically The device queries the user token which will be the user However it has to be...

Page 31: ...vent receiver A storage device is required for HTTP S upload to work The up loader sends data only from previously stored content In the Uploader status section you can view the status and the data of the uploader You can set which data should be uploaded in addition to the event data Event image A cropped image of the license plate Video of the event Reset Uploader Resets the uploader progress to...

Page 32: ...usly stored content The following fields should be defined Protocol the services that are supported by the uploader FTP ES FTPS SFTP can be se lected Server IP address IPv4 or hostname of the FTP server Port the service s port where it listens to requests Username password Username and password required for the identification Reset Uploader Resets the uploader progress to the current date Event th...

Page 33: ...r the state changes of the input output ports at IO log section On the input side you can change the Auto restore timeout value If the Input stays in Active state more than the given timeout in milliseconds then it will be restored to Deactive state You can also modify the Output ports at the Outputs tab The following parameters can be adjusted after clicking on the Edit button Work mode Impulse o...

Page 34: ...lenght ms In thecase of activating the output port the length of the active statecan be adjusted Thedetectors configuredin theAnalitycs Detectors menucanbeassociatedtothePorts of theadded ONVIF device in the Trigger configuration menu You can add an ONVIF device in the External menu For some cameras the IO port must also be enabled separately on the camera Select which ONVIF device the Detector sh...

Page 35: ... Secure service port Theserviceports oftheWebservercanbespecifiedby filling in the field RTSP Service port The serviceport of the RTSP can be specified by filling in the field Authentication required By selecting Enabled authentication is required when connecting to the RTSP stream UPnP Allow discovery Enable or disable the device discovery provided by the UPnP protocol IVS Service port The servic...

Page 36: ... specify the email settings for sending messages The following parame ters can be adjusted after clicking on the Enabled button Delay between messages After sending an email the device will wait at least the selected duration before it can send another email Exclude Notification types selected here are excluded from the email messages SMTP settings enter the required data to set the access of the ...

Page 37: ...he Video button will only appear if the device does support a video chan nel The IO button only appears if the added ONVIF device supports IO Clicking on the Video or IO button will switch to that menu item The following should be set when adding a new device Name optional The name of the device can be entered Adress IP address where the device is accessible ONVIF Username The device s ONVIF usern...

Page 38: ...the list or select Manual option If select the Manual option enter the video stream url of the connected camera Car men Box can receive H 264 stream only Put the Carmen Box device and your camera in the same network segment RTP over RTSP Determines the channel which is used to send video Enable this option to use the reliable TCP connection Userauthentication IfCarmenBoxneeds authenticationtorecei...

Page 39: ...re version 9 10 1 Bosch rtsp Camera_IP 554 rtsp_tunnel p 0 h26x 4 rtsp Camera_IP 554 rtsp_tunnel p 1 inst 2 h26x 4 tested with NBE 5503 AL Firmware version 6 60 0065 Dahua Main stream rtsp Camera_IP 554 cam realmonitor channel 1 subtype 0 unicast true rtsp Camera_IP 554 live Sub streams rtsp Camera_IP 554 cam realmonitor channel 1 subtype 1 unicast true if Sub Stream 1 is enabled in the camera rts...

Page 40: ...TIVERECOGNITION COM Video outputs Carmen Box can transfer the incoming video stream with a slight delay These stream urls can be seen here JPEG still images can be accessed with the following url and event image quality can be set here Videostream image URL links can be found on this interface such as H 264 stream rtsp CARMEN_BOX_IP 554 stream stream1 JPEG image http CARMEN_BOX_IP image stream1 ...

Page 41: ...y or delete the device s detectors in this window 7 12 1 Motion engine and general use of masks TheMotion engine is a fundamentalengine that regulates motion basedstorage Itcannot bedeleted If you click on the engine a mask can be applied to the live stream This can be set to exclusive or inclusive with the Masks Type option If the mask is set to Include the engine will only trigger when motion ha...

Page 42: ...itivity of the motion engine Trigger threshold You can use it to define the sufficient level of motion in the image to trigger the motion engine Further filtering can be done with the previously set sensitivity conditions to determine the degree of action intensity triggering recording The motion graph is the OSD belonging to the setting which can provide visual assistance See also Overlay Violati...

Page 43: ...reate events based on Motion engine The following can be ad justed on the Motion detector interface Name The name of the detector can be entered Description To add a brief description to the detector Trigger threshold You can use it to define the sufficient level of motion in the image to trigger the motion detector Violation time ms The time between sensing movement and the alarm event If the mov...

Page 44: ... to define the area where license plates are expected to appear in the image with the proper character size and from the proper angle of view the license plate should be visible from as straight direction as possible and should not be distorted or slanted The expected area of license plates can be plotted on the image with a polygon that contains a gi ven number of vertices Both the ANPR Engine an...

Page 45: ...iously read license plates This value deter mines a waiting time in seconds before the same license plate is read again Color recognition When color recognition is active the device will attempt to identify the plate and or vehicle colors This may slow down the speed of recognition Make Model recognition Whenmakeandmodel recognition is active thedevicewill attempt to identify the make model and co...

Page 46: ...ud visit https adaptiverecognition com anpr cloud You need to adjust the following parameters State Youcanenableor disable theANPR engineto send licenseplateimages to ANPR Cloud Minimum confidence Usetheslidertodefine whatreading confidencepercentage should trig ger an event A low value potentially results in more reading errors A high value potentially leads to missed reading cases Therefore valu...

Page 47: ...tion Whenmakeandmodel recognition is active thedevicewill attempt to identify the make model and color of the vehicle This may slow down the speed of recog nition Detect direction Attempttodetectdirectionofthevehiclemovementbylicenseplate Enabling this option license plates will only be recognized after 2 successful recognition ANPR Cloud URL Pastethe URL you received when subscribing to the field...

Page 48: ...red using an API call Analytics TriggerEngine See also API documentation in System Status Hardware GPIO port Input settings for the added ONVIF device can be specified Stop on firstrecognition Any further license plate detection is stoppped after the firstsuccesful plate detection Input port Select theinput port of the added ONVIF device Input port action Activation on input port can trigger detec...

Page 49: ... interface Name The name of the detector can be entered Description To add a brief description to the detector Filter The system can be set only to read certain license plates You can create additional ANPR detector s in addition to the Built in ANPR detector For example by enabling filters and adding license plates to them you can activate different detectors when certain license plates are detec...

Page 50: ...OM The individual masks defined in the different detectors can be used to determine where the recog nised license plate appeared In the example below a separate detector generates the license plates detected in the left lane and the license plates detected in the middle lane The ANPR Engine mask must have a common intersection with both detectors This can be checked by activating the corres pondin...

Page 51: ...me The name of the detector can be entered Description A brief description can be added to the detector Input port The selectable the added ONVIF device 7 12 6 Test detector The Test detector can be used to test the device s upload and storage capabilities We recommend to use it for testing purposes only not to put unnecessary load to the SD card and the device The following can be adjusted on the...

Page 52: ...to the device directly use either port d To store events in the device plug an USB drive into the device s USB3 port or use microSD card inserted inside the device e Carmen Neural Network Controller is installed in the device miniPCIe format Do not plug more Carmen NNC eg USB dongle into the device 2 Find the device on thenetwork then access the device s web interface a From the MAC address of the...

Page 53: ... camera s direction and angle of view to make the license plate visible for at least one but preferably two seconds with the right character size 4 Some simple but important basic settings a Upload the ANPR Engine file and LicenseKey to your device System Device accor ding to the email received when you purchased the device Check the ANPR Engine quarterly to ensure that the device is always runnin...

Page 54: ...andwidth of the video stream if the characters cannot be seen well c Check the settings of the ANPR engine ANPR engine Lowering the minimum confi dence parameter will increase the chance of misreading license plates but will also reduce the probability of missing an unrecognized plate d Set the country wherethe device is installed so that in the case of a type country code engine you increase the ...

Page 55: ...dic Adaptive Recognition Singapore REQUESTINFO ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM WWW ADAPTIVERECOGNITION COM 8 2 DIMENSIONS 8 3 I O OUTLETS PWR LED It lights up and will remain steady while the system is powered on HDD LED The Yellow LED is linked to Solid state Drive SSD activity signal LED flashes every time SSD is accessed ...

Page 56: ...nnect your camera here Power input 12 V DC jack with screw Firmly insert at least 60W adapter into this connector Loose connection may cause system instability and make sure all components devices are properly installed before connecting Grounding screw Ground the device using this screw 8 4 RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULT If you forget the password for the admin user you will need to reset the device to...

Page 57: ... COM 8 5 1 Installing the MicroSD card Step 1 Turn off the system and unplug the power adaptor Step 2 Turn the system upside down to locate screws at the bottom side as red marked and loosen four screws Step 3 Remove the bottom cover and locate MicroSD icon on the board Step 4 Turn the MicroSD card upside down and hold it with fingers at a 30 degree angle up from horizontal and then insert and pre...

Page 58: ...m cover and tighten the 4 screws Plug the power adaptor and the system automatically turns on Step 10 After login select MicroSD card as a storage media in System Storage menu 8 6 DEVICE RESTART The Pin1 AT mode of SSW1 is turn OFF the system will be automatically power on without pressing soft power button during power input this switch ensures achieve auto power The SSW1 switch is set as above i...

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