Configuring a Security Center permit for Pay-by-Plate Sync - Pay-by-Plate Sync 5.6

Parking provider permit data is saved to Security Center permit entities. You can use one permit entity to store all permit data, or use a separate permit entity for each parking provider. You must configure the properties (attributes, delimiters, and so on) of the permit entity so that Security Center can parse the data and send it to Genetec Patroller™.

1. Configure the permit’s properties as follows:

   Path

   The permit’s source file must be located on a drive that is accessible by the ALPR Manager and by the Pay-by-Plate Sync plugin role.

   NOTE: If your system is configured for failover, make sure that permit source files are located on a drive that is accessible by all potential failover servers. The failover servers must have both read and write permissions to the drive.

   Use delimiters

   Turn this ON, and use any type of delimiter supported by Security Center.

   Attributes

   You must have the attributes Category, PlateState, PlateNumber, and PermitID in the same order for static permits and in any order for dynamic permits. If you have any custom attributes, you can add them after the mandatory attributes are configured. The maximum number of custom attributes for a static permit is five. You can also keep the EffectiveDate and ExpiryDate attributes. If the plugin finds this data in the permit, it will be supported.

   If you are using the EffectiveDate and ExpiryDate attributes, note the following:

   • These two attributes must always be used together.
   • Ensure that the provider you are using supports these fields.
   • We recommend that you use a date time formatter that specifies Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time format such as: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ. Note that the Z at the end of the formatter indicates that the time is in UTC and will therefore be correctly transformed to local time by Patroller.
     
     
     

   If you want to set up other attributes, refer Configuring an additional attribute in Security Center permits for Pay-by-Plate Sync.

   NOTE: This feature currently supports additional attributes received only from the Generic REST Service API.

2. Click Apply.
   
3. In the Advanced tab, turn on Enable transfer on modification.
4. Click Apply.
5. Configure which permits are available to be selected in Patroller:
   1. Go to ALPR > Roles and units.
   2. Select the ALPR Manager you want to configure.
   3. Go to Properties > File association.
   4. If you are merging static permits with Pay-by-Plate Sync dynamic permits, you can clear those static permits from the list. They do not need to be displayed separately in Patroller.
   5. If you are using permits with permit restrictions applied to them, select those permits to make sure they are downloaded in Patroller. For more information on how permit restrictions work, see Creating permit restrictions.
      
      NOTE: When the system performs a last chance lookup to verify that the permit has not recently been added to the permit list, it does not take any active permit restrictions into consideration. Instead, it only verifies if a valid license plate is found on a permit list. Any time-based validity properties applied to the permit via a permit restriction are ignored.
   6. Click Apply.