2.Installation of i-PRO Active Guard

Download  i-PRO Active Guard server software

Download setup manual
Download "Integration with i-PRO’s Active Guard " .
Refer to "Installing Active Guard" and "Set up Luxriot EVO Monitor to use it with the Active Guard" in the manual.
 

3. Watchlist and action configuration

3-1. Creating a Watch List

Start [Luxriot EVO Monitor], select [VA Investigation] and select [Setup watchlists].

 

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

 

Click "Manage groups".

 

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

 

Click "New license plate".

 

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

 

Click the "×" 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 the "×" 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. Enable Active Guard Events inside the Luxriot EVO Console

After you connect the Active Guard instance with the Luxriot EVO server, add the cameras, and create watchlists using Active Guard, you can set up Events inside the Luxriot EVO Console. Without this step, you will not receive notifications
from Active Guard inside the Luxriot EVO Monitor or use Active Guard generated events with the Luxriot EVO Console Events and Actions.

3-2-1. Open [Luxriot EVO Console] - [configuration] - [External services] and double-click on your Active Guard instance.

3-2-2. The External service window will pop up. Select the Events tab and click on the "+New" button.

3-2-3. Add the Event name, select [LPR watchlist detection] for Alarm type and click the "Apply changes" button inside the Edit event details section.

3-2-4. Click the "Change..." button to select the preferred watchlist.

3-2-5. Inside the new pop-up window - select the previously created watchlist and click the "Add" button. Add as many watchlists as you need and confirm your selection with the "OK" button.

3-2-6. Back inside the [External service] window - [Edit event Details] section - click the "Apply changes" button. After that, confirm your choice once again with the "OK" button.

 

3-3. Creating new External event and Action

Create a new External Event inside the Events & Actions section to use Active Guard-generated alarms.
 

3-3-1. [Event & Actions] - [Events] and press the "+ New Event" button on the top-left corner of the Event section

3-3-2. Inside the Select event type pop-up window, find the [External events] - [External service] and confirm the choice with the "OK" button

3-3-3. In the next pop-up window, fill in the Title field

3-3-4. Inside the Source field, select the device with the attached Active Guard watchlists

3-3-5. Select a previously created Group inside the Service group field

3-3-6. From the Target event dropdown menu, select the previously created event inside the [External Server] - [Events] section.

 

3-3-7. [Event & Actions] - [Actions] and press the "+ New action" button.
Inside the new pop-up window, select Send Event to the client for Action type, add a meaningful Title.
You can also configure where this notification should be displayed. Check the checkboxes correspondingly. In the example below, the notification will be shown in the notification panel. 
Confirm your choice with the "OK" button.

 

3-4. Configuring Rules

The best way to do this is to use Events and Actions Configurator.
 

3-4-1. Go to [Events & Actions] - [Rules] and find the "Open Configurator" button at the top of the section. This will bring up the Events and Actions configurator window.

3-4-2. You will see three subsections (from left to right): Events, Rules, and Actions. In the Events section, locate the Channel you used to create an External event and double-click it. This will bring your Event inside the Rules subsection.

3-4-3. Select actions you created and add to the selected channel. Confirm your configuration with the "OK" button.

 

4. Monitoring and searching watchlist events

4-1. Monitoring watchlist events

Start [Luxriot EVO Monitor] and select [Live] tab. To display Notification Panel, click button at the bottom right on the screen.
When an alarm that matches the watchlist occurs, it will be displayed in the list.
Event name (Registered license plate detection, Unregistered license plate detection, Registered advanced vehicle detection), and watchlist name are shown.

 

4-2. Searching watchlist events

Start [Luxriot EVO Monitor], select [VA Investigation] and [Event] tab.
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 [Forensic] tab.

5-2. Set the date, camera, and LPR filter options, then click "Search".

 

The filter options are as follows

Features and controls	Description
License plate	Specify a license plate number. Note:  Use '%' for wildcard 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 Truck, Motorcycle
Color	Black, Gray, White, Beige, Brown, Orange, Golden, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Red
Brand	Specify the brand
Model *2	Specify the model
Additional 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.

 

5-5. 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 gear icon in the top right corner and select "Preferences".

 

Choose "Show only license plate" and click "Save."

 

The search results will display thumbnails showing only the license plates.