General

Table 1. Description of the buttons
Parameters	Function Introduction
Enable Detection	Enable/disable the LPR detection function.
Country/ Region (Only for LPR1, LPR4, LPR_AP and LPR_AM)	Select country/ region to detect the license plate.
Effective Region (Only for PTZ series)	Normal: configure the LPR detection regions for the current area. Advanced: configure different LPR detection regions for different PTZ presets(Only support Preset 1~4 so far).

Step1: Check the check box to enable the LPR detection function. Select country/ region to detect the license plate.

[Image Settings]

Step2: The LPR Night Mode supports the optimal LPR night recognition effect by adjusting different parameter levels. You can choose Customize to set effective time manually, or choose Auto Mode which can automatically switch to night mode according to illumination intensity.

Table 2. Description of the buttons
Parameters	Function Introduction
Enable LPR Image Mode	To enable LPR Image Mode, parameters of Backlight, Exposure and Day/Night Switch will be set to special values.
Level	Level 1~5 are available. Note: Minimum Shutter of each Level : 1- 1/250, 2- 1/500, 3- 1/750, 4- 1/1000, 5- 1/2000.

[Detection Settings]

Step3: Check the check box “Enable License Plate Recognition”, you can draw the screen to select area interested.

Note: The detection area can be drawn as an irregular quadrilateral, which greatly enhances the scene adaptability.

Table 3. Description of the buttons
Parameters	Function Introduction
Add	Draw the screen to select the area interested, then click “Add” button to add the area, only four recognition areas can be added. You can edit the name of the area or delete the area in the list below. Note: Only license plates larger than 150 pixels can be recognized.
Clear	Click the "Clear" button to clear the area being drawn.
Delete All	Click the "Delete All" button to delete all the added areas.

Step4: Set Detection Settings.

Table 4. Description of the buttons
Parameters	Function Introduction
Detection Mode	Plate Priority: Under this mode, the camera will first recognize the license plate and then locate the target as a vehicle with less delay. Vehicle Priority: Under this mode, the camera will first locate the target vehicle and then recognize the license plate to avoid some false detection. Note: Vehicle priority mode can identify vehicles without license plates.
Processing Resolution (Only for LPR1, LPR2, LPR3 and LPR4)	Resolution of the stream for LPR analysis, including 19201280, 1280720, 640360, 320176.
Detection Trigger	Always: in this mode, camera will always detect license plates. Alarm Input: in this mode, camera will only detect license plates during Alarm Input is being triggered.
Confidence Level (Only for LPR1, LPR2, LPR3 and LPR4)	You can set the confidence level from 1 to 10. When the confidence level of the license plate is higher than the set confidence level, it will push the license plate image to the logs interface.
Repeat Plate Checktime	Set the time interval for repeatedly reading license plates to effectively avoid duplicate identification of parking vehicles. You can set Repeat Plate Checktime from 0 to 60min or 0 to 60000ms.
License Plate Serial Format	License Plate Serial Format function supports formulating identification rules and can automatically do further processing, filter license plates in non-compliant formats to achieve more intelligent and accurate license plate recognition. Note: It supports up to 10 license plate characters.
Attributes Identification	Check Plate Color, Vehicle Type, Vehicle Color, Detection Region, Direction, Country/Region(Only for LPR2 and LPR_EU), orAll to enable Attributes Identification, it will display the corresponding information on the Smart Search interface. Vehicle Type: Car, SUV, Van, Bus, Forklift, Excavator, Tow truck, Truck, Fire engine, Ambulance, Police car, Motorbike, Bicycle, E-Bike and Other Vehicle Color: Black, White, Gray, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Plate Color: Black, White, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue

Step5: Set LPR Message Post Settings.

Table 5. Description of the buttons
Parameters	Function Introduction
Enable LPR Message Post	Check the checkbox to enable LPR Message Post. It will push information to some third-party devices or software that are compatible with ours.
Post Type	Information can be pushed by RTSP, TCP or HTTP.
HTTP Method	There are two HTTP push methods, including Post and Get.
Snapshot Type	Three kinds of snapshot can be chosen: All, License Plate and Full Snapshot. When you choose All, License Plate Snapshot and Full Snapshot will be pushed. Note: This option is available just for Post HTTP Method.
HTTP Notification URL	LPR camera can use the API URL to send LPR information to back-end devices when the license plate is recognized. API URL format fills as below: http://IP:Port/api/lpr?
User Name	Receiver name
Password	Receiver Password

[Schedule Settings]

Step6: Schedule Settings.

Table 6. Description of the buttons
Parameters	Function Introduction
	Copy the schedule area to another date.
	Select all schedule.
	Clear all schedule.