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First Time Setup

Matt LaPaglia edited this page Jun 30, 2021 · 3 revisions

OpenALPR Watchman Agent Configuration

On the OpenALPR Watchman Agent settings page fill out all of the details. Each setting has a ? icon with tips for how to get the values from the agent. On the Cameras settings page add the cameras that are linked with OpenALPR,

OpenALPR Integration controls the link between the OpenALPR agent and the cameras. Enter the required Name and Id fields.

Overlays controls displaying the license plate data through the camera's overlay functionality.

Day/Night Toggle controls changing the cameras between day and night mode using the sunrise sunset of the given the supplied GPS coordinates. Included is the ability to modify the camera's zoom and focus values. Current Zoom and Current Focus can be used to temporarily find the desired focus and zoom values during day and night mode. Copy the values into the Day or Night fields to execute those values during the day night transition. Trigger Night Mode and Trigger Day Mode can be used to temporarily toggle cameras between the two for testing.

OpenALPR Agent Configuration

If you wish to use the "scrape" functionality the following settings must be enabled in agent's alprd.conf:

web_server_enabled = 1
websockets_enabled = 1
web_server_debug = 1
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