To adjust how license plates captured by Sharp are matched to license plates in a
hotlist or permit list, you must configure the ALPR matcher logic.
What you should know
You configure ALPR matcher settings in the MatcherSettings.xml file, and then apply
your changes in Server Admin and the Server Admin console.
The overtime matcher is used as an example, but the same steps apply to all the matchers in
the XML file.
Procedure
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On the computer hosting the Security Center
Directory role, open Windows Explorer and then go to C:\Program Files\Genetec Security Center 5.11
.
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Open MatcherSettings.xml in Notepad or a similar text editor.
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Add or remove OCR equivalent characters from the list.
The default OCR equivalent characters are listed between the
<OCR>
and </OCR>
tags. Add new
<Equivalent>____</Equivalent>
lines, or delete the lines
you do not want.
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Specify the number of character differences that you want to allow.
Edit the
PerLengthSetting
line that applies to the plates in your
region. For example, Quebec plates typically have six or seven characters, so edit the
NumberOfDifferencesAllowed
value in the sixth and seventh
PerLengthSetting
lines.
NOTE: A value of “0” turns the
setting off.
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Specify the number of OCR equivalent characters that you want to allow by editing the
NumberOCREquiAllowed
value. This turns on OCR equivalence.
NOTE: A value of “0” turns the setting off.
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(Overtime only) Specify the number of common and contiguous characters.
For common characters, edit the NecessaryCommonLength
value. For
contiguous characters, edit the NecessaryContiguousLength
value.
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Save and close the text editor.
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Apply the ALPR matcher settings in Server Admin, as follows:
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From a web browser, open Server Admin typing
http://<server>/genetec.
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From the Servers section on the
Overview page, select the server that hosts the Directory
role.
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Next to the server name, click .
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Click the Commands tab.
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Clear the User commands only
checkbox.
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From the list of commands, click
UpdateAutoVuGlobalSettings.
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Close Server Admin.
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Restart the Security Center Directory role, as follows:
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From a web browser, open Server Admin typing
http://<server>/genetec
.
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Click Directory and select
Restart.
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After the Directory restarts, close Server Admin.
Results
ALPR matcher settings are now configured and applied to all the ALPR Manager roles on your
system.
Genetec Patroller™ units
are updated the next time they connect to Security Center wirelessly, or when you manually transfer
Patroller settings using a USB key.
After you finish
Verify that your ALPR Manager roles have been updated by looking at the
MatcherSettings.xml file in their corresponding root folders
(
C:\Genetec\AutoVu\RootFolder\ManualTransfer\General). You can also tell by the XML
file’s
Date modified field that it has been updated.