2.Installation of i-PRO Active Guard

Refer to the "Milestone" - "1. i-PRO Active Guard" manual on the following page to perform the installation.
Useful links for i-PRO Active Guard system configuration | i-PRO Products

You can also download the software from this page.

• i-PRO Active Guard Plug-in for XProtect
• i-PRO Active Guard Server Software for VMS

For new installation of i-PRO Active Guard server, required configuration will be done by installer.
For adding new camera or app on existing Active Guard server,  refer to the manual, "Register Cameras".

 

3. Watchlist and action configuration

3-1. Creating a Watch List

Open [Smart Client] and select [i-PRO Active Guard].
Select the "Setup watchlists".

 

Choose [LPR].
Click "Manage license plate" in the top right corner.

 

Click "Manage groups".

 

Enter the group name and click "Add" button.
Click "Save group" button, then click "×" button in the top right corner to close.

 

Click "New license plate".

 

Enter the license plate, select the group and country, then click "Save" button.
Click "×" button in the top right corner to close.

 

Click "×" button in the top right corner to close.

 

Click "Create New watchlists".
Disable "Detect by vehicle appearance only".
In the group section, select the group you created earlier.
Under Trigger, choose "When license plate in the selected group is detected".
Click "Save watchlist", then click "×" button in the top right corner to close.

Note: If you want to "detect license plates that are not registered", select "When other license plate which is not in the selected group is detected" under Trigger.

 

When using "Registered Advanced Vehicle Detection," enable "Detect by vehicle appearance only" and select conditions such as "Vehicle type", "Vehicle color", and "Vehicle brand".

 

3-2. Action configration

Open "Management Client".
Select [Rules and Events] - [Rules], right-click, and click [add Rules].
In Step 1, set the name of the rule.
Click "event".

 

Select [Analytics Events] - [Analytics Events] and then select the target event based on the trigger chosen when creating the watchlist.

Events	Trigger in watchlist
Registered license plate detection (Analytics Events)	When license plate which is not in the selected group was detected
Unegistered license plate detection (Analytics Events)	When other license plate which is not in the selected group was detected
Registered advanced vehicle detection (Analytics Events)	Detect by vehicle appearance only

 

 

Click "OK".
Select the target camera and click ”Next”.

In Step 2, click "Next." If you want to specify a time, make the necessary changes.

 

In Step 3, select the action you want to execute. After specifying the action, click "Next."
In the example, the action is to open AUX on the camera created using i-PRO Maximizer.

 

By using i-PRO Maximizer, users can send CGI commands defined by them. For more details, please refer to this page.    
The CGI for Aux Open/Close is as follows.  

• Aux Open: /cgi-bin/pioctrl?almctrl=no
• Aux Close: /cgi-bin/pioctrl?almctrl=nc

    
In Step 4, click "Finish." If you want to set an exit condition, specify it.    

 

4. Monitoring and searching watchlist events

4-1. Monitoring watchlist events

Open [Smart Client] and select [Alarm Manager].
Right-click on the row displaying the item name in the list, and check both "Tag" and "Object."

 

When an alarm that matches the watchlist occurs, it will be displayed in the list.
The "Type" column displays the alarm types (Registered license plate detection, Unregistered license plate detection, Registered advanced vehicle detection), the "Tag" column shows the group name, and the "Object" column shows the license number.

 

4-2. Searching watchlist events

Select [Smart Client] - [i-PRO Active Guard] - [Event].
Select conditions such as "Time range", "Cameras", "LPR", and click "Search" to display the reports. In LPR, filtering is possible using the created watchlists. 

 

A list of events that match the conditions will be displayed.

 

You can play it by clicking on the thumbnail.

 

5. Search for license plates by plate number, MMC, etc

5-1. Select [Smart Client] - [i-PRO Active Guard].

5-2. Select [Forensic] and set the date, camera, and LPR filter options, then click Search.

 

The filter options are as follows

Features and controls	Description
License plate	Secify a License plate number. Note:  Use '%' for wild card search (Example : for plates starting with 'A', enter 'A%'
Country	Specify the country or ADR
State *1	Specify the state
Moving Direction	Towards/in, Away/out, Stopped
Type	Car, Van, Mini-Van, SUV, Truck, Bus, Pickup Truch, Motercycle
Color	Black, Gray, White, Beige, Brown, Orange, Golden, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Red
Brand	Specify the brand
Model *2	Specify the model
Additonal filters	Color image only Note: Black & white images may show in the search results even if only Color image only is specified.

*1 : State is displayed when Country is set to "United States" or "Australia"
*2 : Model is displayed after setting Brand.

 

5-3. The search results matching the criteria will be displayed in a list.

 

5-4. You can play it by clicking on the thumbnail.

 

5. Change the thumbnail display option to "Show only license plate" (Optional)
As an option, it is possible to display only the license plate as a thumbnail.
Click the more menu in the top right corner and select "Settings".

 

In "Thumbnail content," choose "License plate" and click "Close."

 

Restart Smart Client. After restarting, the search results will display thumbnails showing only the license plates.

 

 

Milestone XProtect Management Client 2024 R1 /DP 13.2a