AXIS P1455–LE-3 User Manual

AXISP1455–LE-3LicensePlateVerierKit

UserManual

AXISP1455–LE-3LicensePlateVerifierKit

Abouttheproduct

Abouttheproduct

AXISP1455-LE-3LicensePlateVerierKitconsistsofanAXISP1455-LENetworkCameraandpre-installedAXISLicensePlate
Verierapplication,makingitakitforlicenseplaterecognitionforslow-speedtrafc,aswellasautomatedvehicleentryandexit
management.AXISP1455-LE-3usesawhitelistandablacklisttoverifyaccesstocontrolledareassuchasparkinglots.

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Getstarted

Thesesetupinstructionsarevalidforallscenarios:

1.Cameramountingrecommendationsonpage3

2.Step-by-stepguideonpage5

3.Adjusttheareaofinterestonpage8

4.Selectregiononpage9

5.Setupeventstorageonpage9

Cameramountingrecommendations

•Whenyouselectthemountinglocation,rememberthatdirectsunlightcandistorttheimage,forexample,duringsunrise
andsunset.

•ThemountingheightforacamerainaAccesscontrolscenarioshouldbehalfofthedistanceofthatbetweenthe
vehicleandthecamera.

•ThemountingheightforcamerainaFreeow(slowtrafclicenseplaterecognition)scenarioshouldbelessthanhalfof
thedistanceofthatbetweenthevehicleandthecamera.

Accesscontrolcapturedistance:2–7m(6.6–23ft).ThisexampleisbasedontheAXISP3245–LVE-3LicensePlateVerierkit.

Capturedistance:(x)Mountingheight(y)

2.0m(6.6ft)1.0m(3.3ft)

3.0m(9.8ft)1.5m(4.9ft)

4.0m(13ft)2.0m(6.6ft)

5.0m(16ft)2.5m(8.2ft)

7.0m(23ft)3.5m(1 1ft)

Freeowcapturedistance:7–20m(23–65ft).ThisexampleisbasedontheAXISP1455–LE-3LicensePlateVerierkit.

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Capturedistance(x)Mountingheight(y)

7.0m(23ft)3.0m(9.8ft)

10.0m(33ft)4.0m(13ft)

15.0m(49ft)6.0m(19.5ft)

20.0m(65ft)10.0m(33ft)

•Thecamera’smountingangleshouldnotbelargerthan30°inanydirection.

Mountinganglefromtheside.

Mountinganglefromabove.

•Theimageofthelicenseplateshouldnottiltmorethan5°horizontally.Iftheimageistiltedmorethan5°,we
recommendedthatyouadjustthecamerasothatthelicenseplateisdisplayedhorizontallyinthelivestream.

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Horizontaltilt.

Step-by-stepguide

Whenyourstruntheapplication,setupFreeoworAccesscontrolusingthestep-by-stepguide.Ifyouwanttomakechanges
lateron,itcanbefoundintheSettingstabunderCongurationwizard.

Freeow

InFreeow,theapplicationcandetectandreadlicenseplatesinslowspeedtrafconlargeraccessroads,citycentersandenclosed
areaslikecampuses,portsorairports.ThisallowsforLPR-forensicsearchandLPRtriggeredeventsinaVMS.

1.SelectFreeowandclickNext.

2.Selecttheimagerotationthatcorrespondstohowyourcameraismounted.

3.Selectthenumberofareasofinterest.Notethatoneareacandetectplatesinbothdirections

4.Selecttheregionwherethecameraislocated.

5.Selectcapturetype.

-Licenseplatecropsavesonlythelicenseplate.

-Vehiclecropsavestheentirecapturedvehicle.

-Framedownsized480x270savestheentireimageandreducestheresolutionto480x270.

-Fullframesavestheentireimageatfullresolution.

6.Dragtheanchorpointstoadjusttheareaofinterest.SeeAdjusttheareaofinterestonpage8.

7.Adjustthedirectionoftheareaofinterest.Clickthearrowandrotatetosetthedirection.Thedirectiondetermineshow
theapplicationregistersvehiclesenteringorexitingthearea.

8.ClickNext

9.IntheProtocoldrop-downlist,selectoneofthefollowingprotocols:

-TCP

-HTTPPOST

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10.IntheServerURLeld,typetheserveraddressandportinthefollowingformat:127.0.0.1:8080

11.IntheDeviceIDeld,typethenameofthedeviceorleaveasis.

12.UnderEventtypes,selectoneormoreofthefollowingoptions:

-Newmeanstherstdetectionofalicenseplate.

-Updateiseitheracorrectionofacharacteronapreviouslydetectedlicenseplate,orwhenaadirectionis
detectedastheplatemovesandistrackedacrosstheimage.

-Lostisthelasttrackedeventofthelicenseplatebeforeitexitstheimage.Italsocontainsthedirectionof
thelicenseplate.

13.Toturnonthefeature,selectSendeventdatatoserver.

14.ToreducebandwidthwhenusingHTTPPOST,youcanselectDonottosendimagesthroughHTTPPOST.

15.ClickNext

16.Ifyoualreadyhavealistofregisteredplates,choosetoimportaseitherablocklistorallowlist.

17.ClickFinish.

Accesscontrol

Usethesetupwizardforquickandeasyconguration.YoucanchoosetoSkiptoleavetheguideatanytime.

1.SelectAccesscontrolandclickNext.

2.Selectthetypeofaccesscontroltouse:

-InternalI/Oifyouwantkeeplistmanagementinthecamera.SeeOpenabarrierforknownvehiclesusingthe

camera'sI/Oonpage14

-ControllerifyouwanttoconnectaDoorcontroller.SeeConnecttoadoorcontrolleronpage16

-Relayifyouwanttoconnecttoarelaymodule.SeeOpenabarrierforknownvehiclesusingarelaymodule

onpage13

3.IntheBarriermodedrop-downlist,underOpenfromlists,selectAllowlist.

4.IntheVehicledirectiondrop-downlist,selectout.

5.IntheROIdrop-down-list,selecttheareaofinterestyouwouldliketouse,orifyouwouldliketouseall.

6.ClickNext

Imagesettings

1.Selectthenumberofareasofinterest.

2.Selecttheregionwherethecameraislocated.

3.Selectcapturetype.SeeAdjusttheimagecapturesettingsonpage9.

4.Dragtheanchorpointstoadjusttheareaofinterest.SeeAdjusttheareaofinterestonpage8.

5.Adjustthedirectionoftheareaofinterest.Thedirectiondetermineshowtheapplicationregistersvehiclesentering
orexitingthearea.

6.ClickNext

EventdataSeePusheventinformationtothird-partysoftwareonpage19

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1.IntheProtocoldrop-downlist,selectoneofthefollowingprotocols:

-TCP

-HTTPPOST

2.IntheServerURLeld,typetheserveraddressandportinthefollowingformat:127.0.0.1:8080

3.IntheDeviceIDeld,typethenameofthedeviceorleaveasis.

4.UnderEventtypes,selectoneormoreofthefollowingoptions:

-Newmeanstherstdetectionofalicenseplate.

-Updateiseitheracorrectionofacharacteronapreviouslydetectedlicenseplate,orwhenaadirectionis
detectedastheplatemovesandistrackedacrosstheimage.

-Lostisthelasttrackedeventofthelicenseplatebeforeitexitstheimage.Italsocontainsthedirectionof
thelicenseplate.

5.Toturnonthefeature,selectSendeventdatatoserver.

6.ToreducebandwidthwhenusingHTTPPOST,youcanselectDonottosendimagesthroughHTTPPOST.

7.ClickNext

Importlistfroma.csvle.

1.Ifyoualreadyhavealistofregisteredplates,choosetoimportaseitherablocklistorallowlist.

2.ClickFinish.

Howtoaccesstheproduct'swebpage

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddressofyourproduct,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatetheproductonthenetwork.
Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Werecommendthefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

•Firefox

1.Startthewebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

3.Entertheusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimeyouaccesstheproduct,youmustrstconguretherootpassword.

4.Ifthisisthersttimeyouaccesstheproduct,youarepromptedtodosomeinitialsettings.Whenyou’redone,the

FormoreinformationabouthowtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyour
deviceontheproductpageataxis.com

TM

®

product’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser..

Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.See

Resettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage21

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Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/70394#t10098905

Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck

1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage8.

2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Securepasswords

Important

Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.

Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Accesstheapplicationsettings

1.Inthecamera’swebpage,gotoApps,starttheapplicationandclickOpen.

Adjusttheareaofinterest

Note

Ifyoumovetheareaofinterestmorethan60ºorifyouplaceitoutsidetheliveview,itwillautomaticallyjumpbackto
defaultposition.Makesuretheregionofintereststaysinpositionafteryouhavesavedthesettings.

1.GotoSettings.

2.ClickEditareaofinterest.

3.Toadjusttheareaofinterest,clickanywhereintheareaanddragtheanchorpointshighlightedinblue.

4.TogetthecorrectdirectionfeedbackintheEventlog,turnthearrowtothedrivingdirection.Clickoutsidetheareaof
interest,andthenclickthearrowandrotatetosetthedirection.ThedirectionfeedbackshowsupintheDirectioncolumn.
Notethatoneareacandetectplatesinbothdirections

•Toaddasecondofinterest,select2intheAreaofinterestdrop-downmenu.

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Examplewithoneareaofinterest.

Note

Forperformancereasons,keeptheareaofinterestassmallaspossible.

Selectregion

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.IntheRegiondrop-downlist,selectyourregion.

Adjusttheimagecapturesettings

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.Tochangetheresolutionofcapturedimages,gotoResolution

3.Tochangetherotationofthecapturedimage,gotoImagerotation

4.Tochangehowyousaveyourcapturedimages,gotoSavefullframe:

-Licenseplatecropsavesonlythelicenseplate.

-Vehiclecropsavestheentirecapturedvehicle.

-Framedownsized480x270savestheentireimageandreducestheresolutionto480x270.

-Fullframesavestheentireimageatfullresolution.

Setupeventstorage

Thisexampleusecaseexplainshowtostoreeventsofallowlistedlicenseplatenumbersfor30days.

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Requirements:

•Cameraphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.

•AXISLicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.

1.GotoSettings>Events.

2.UnderSaveevents,selectAllowlisted.

3.UnderDeleteeventsafter,select30days.

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Additionalsettings

Additionalsettings

Adddetectedlicenseplatetolist

Alicenseplatecanbeaddeddirectlytoalistafterbeingdetectedbytheapplication.

1.ClicktheEventlogtab

2.GotoLatestEvent

3.ClickAddtolistnexttothelicenseplatethatyou’dliketoadd.

4.Selectthelistyouwouldliketoaddthelicenseplateinthelistdropdownmenu.

5.ClickAppend

Importallowlistedlicenseplatenumbers

Youcanimportallowlistedlicenseplatenumbersfroma.csvleonthecomputer.Inadditiontothelicenseplatenumber,youcan
alsoaddcommentsforeachlicenseplatenumberinthe.csvle.

Thestructureofthe.csvlemustlooklikethis:licenseplatenumber,comment

Example

AXIS123,Reception1

AXIS345,Reception2

AXIS456,Reception3

1.GotoListmanagement

2.GotothecontextmenunexttoAllowlistandselectImportfromle.

3.Browsetoselecta.csvleonthecomputer.

4.ClickOK.

5.CheckthattheimportedlicenseplatenumbersappearintheAllowlist.

Sharelicenseplatelistswithothercameras

Youcansharethelicenseplatelistswithothercamerasonthenetwork.Thesynchronizationwilloverrideallcurrentlicenseplate
listsintheothercameras.

1.GotoListmanagement.

2.UnderCamerasynchronization,typetheIPaddress,usernameandpassword.

3.Click+.

4.ClickCamerasynchronization.

5.CheckthatthedateandtimeunderLastsyncupdatesaccordingly.

Conguretextoverlay

Atextoverlayshowsthefollowingeventinformationintheliveview:weekday,month,time,year,license
platenumber.

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Additionalsettings

1.GotoSettings>Image.

2.ActivateTextoverlay.

3.SetOverlaydurationtoavaluebetween1and9seconds.

4.Selecteitherdate,timeandlicenseplate(Datetime+LP),orjustthelicenseplate(LP).

5.Checkthattheoverlayappearsintheliveview.

Detectlicenseplatesinlow-lightconditions

Eachdetectiongetsascorebythealgorithm,thisiscalledthesensitivitylevel(condenceparameter).Detectionsthathavealower
scorethantheselectedlevelwillnotshowupinthelistofevents.

Forsceneswithlowlightingyoucanlowerthesensitivitylevel.

1.GotoSettings>Detectionparameters.

2.AdjustthesliderunderSensitivitylevel.Toavoidfalsedetections,werecommendthatyoulowerthethresholdvalue
with0.05atatime.

3.Checkthatthealgorithmdetectsthelicenseplatesasexpected.

Allowfewercharactersonlicenseplates

Theapplicationhasadefaultminimumnumberofcharactersforalicenseplatetobedetected.Thedefaultminimumnumberof
charactersisve.Youcanconguretheapplicationtodetectlicenseplateswithfewercharacters.

1.GotoSettings>Detectionparameters.

2.IntheMinimumnumberofcharacterseld,typetheminimumnumberofcharactersyouwanttoallow.

3.Checkthattheapplicationdetectslicenseplatesasexpected.

Allowmorethanonecharacterdeviationwhenmatchinglicenseplates

Thematchingalgorithmautomaticallyallowsadeviationofonecharacterwhenmatchingthedetectedlicenseplateagainstthe
allowlistorblocklist.However,youcanallowmorethanonecharacterdeviation.

1.GotoSettings>Detectionparameters.

2.UnderAllowedcharacterdeviation,selectthenumberofcharactersthatareallowedtobedifferent.

3.Checkthattheapplicationmatchesthelicenseplatesasexpected.

Setupsecureconnection

Toprotectcommunicationanddatabetweendevices,forexamplebetweenthecameraandthedoorcontroller,setupasecure
connectionwithHTTPSusingcerticates.

1.GotoSettings>Security.

2.UnderHTTPS,EnableHTTPS.

3.SelecteitherSelf-signedorCA-signed.

Note

FindoutmoreaboutHTTPSandhowtouseitat.

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Vehicleentryandexitscenario

Vehicleentryandexitscenario

Inthescenarioforvehicleentryandexit,theapplicationreadsthevehiclelicenseplatecapturedbythecameraandveriesthe
licenseplateagainstalistofauthorizedorunauthorizedlicenseplatenumbersstoredinthecamera.

ThisscenariorequirestheapplicationembeddedinacamerawithI/OsupportoraconnectedI/Orelaymoduletoopenandclosethe
barrier.

Twopossiblesetupsforthevehicleentryandexitscenario.

1

AxiscamerawithAXISLicensePlateVerier

2

I/Ocommunication

3

Barrier

4

AxisI/Orelaymodule

5

IPcommunication

Openabarrierforknownvehiclesusingarelaymodule

ThisexampleusecaseexplainshowtosetupAXISLicensePlateVeriertogetherwitharelaymoduletoopenabarrierforaknown
vehicledrivingthroughaspecicregionofinterest(ROI)into,let’ssayaparkingarea.

Requirements:

•Cameraphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.

•AXISLicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.

•Cablesconnectedbetweenthebarrierandtherelaymodule.

•Basicsetupdone.See.

1.Gotothecamera’swebpage,selectSettingsandopenAXISLicensePlateVerier.

2.Gototherelaymodule’swebpageandmakesuretherelayportisconnectedtothecamera’sI/Oport.

3.Copytherelaymodule’sIPaddress.

4.GobacktoAXISLicensePlateVerier.

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5.GototheSettings>Accesscontrol

6.GotoTypeandselectRelayinthedrop-downlist.

7.IntheI/Ooutputdrop-downlist,selecttheI/Oportthatisconnectedtothebarrier.

8.IntheBarriermodedrop-downlist,selectopentoallowlisted.

9.IntheVehicledirectiondrop-downlist,selectin.

10.IntheROIdrop-downlist,selecttheregionofinterestthatcoversthetrafclane.

11.Enterthefollowinginformation:

-theIPaddressfortherelaymoduleinformat192.168.0.0

-theusernamefortherelaymodule

-thepasswordfortherelaymodule

12.Tomakesuretheconnectionworks,clickConnect.

13.Toactivatetheconnection,clickTurnonintegration.

14.GototheListmanagementtab

15.EnterthelicenseplatenumberintheAllowlisteld.

Note

Thephysicalinputports1to8ontherelaymodulecorrespondtoports1to8inthedrop-downlist.However,therelayports
1to8ontherelaymodulecorrespondtoports9to16inthedrop-downlist.Thisisvalideveniftherelaymoduleonly
has8ports.

16.Checkthattheapplicationidentiesthelicenseplatenumberintheallowlistasaknownvehicleandthatthebarrier
opensasexpected.

Openabarrierforknownvehiclesusingthecamera'sI/O

ThisexampleexplainshowtosetupAXISLicensePlateVeriertogetherwiththecamera’sI/Oporttoopenabarrierforaknown
vehicleentering,forexample,aparkingarea.

Requirements:

•Cameraphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.

•AXISLicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.

•Cablesconnectedbetweenthebarrierandthecamera’sI/Oport.

•Basicsetupdone.See.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/70394#t10124267

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Vehicleentryandexitscenario

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselecttheEventlogtabandadddetectedlicenseplatestoalist.SeeAdddetected
licenseplatetolistonpage1 1

2.Toeditthelistsdirectly ,gototheListmanagementtab.

3.EntertheauthorizedlicenseplatenumbersintheAllowlisteld.

4.GototheSettingstab.

5.UnderAccesscontrol,selecttheTypedrop-downlist,selectInternalI/O.

6.SelecttheI/Ooutput#.

7.IntheBarriermodedrop-downlist,selectOpentoallowlisted

8.IntheVehicledirectiondrop-downlist,selectin.

9.IntheROIdrop-down-list,selecttheareaofinterestyouwouldliketouse,orifyouwouldliketouseall.

10.Checkthattheapplicationidentiesthelicenseplatenumberintheallowlistasaknownvehicleandthatthebarrier
opensasexpected.

Getnotiedaboutanunauthorizedvehicle

Thisexampleexplainshowtosetuptheapplicationsothataneventthattriggersanoticationcanbecreatedinthecamera.

Requirements:

•Basicsetupdone.See.

1.GotoListmanagement.

2.EnterthelicenseplatenumberintheBlocklisteld.

3.Gotothecamera’swebpage.

4.GotoSettings>Eventsandsetupanactionrulewiththeapplicationasaconditionandwithanoticationasanaction.

5.Checkthattheapplicationidentiestheaddedlicenseplatenumberasanunauthorizedvehicleandthattheaction
rulerunsasexpected.

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Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario

Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario

Inthescenarioforvehicleaccesscontrol,theapplicationcanbeconnectedtoanAxisnetworkdoorcontrollertocongureaccess
rules,createschedulesforaccesstimes,andhandlevehicleaccessnotonlyforemployees,butalso,forexample,visitorsandsuppliers.

Forbackup,useanaccesssysteminvolvingadoorcontrollerandcardreader.Tosetupthedoorcontrollerandthecardreader,see
theuserdocumentationataxis.com

1

AxiscamerawithAXISLicensePlateVerier

2

IPcommunication

3

Axisnetworkdoorcontrollerwithcardreader

4

I/Ocommunication

5

Barrier

6

Optionalthird-partysoftware

Connecttoadoorcontroller

Inthisexampleweconnectthecameratoanetworkdoorcontrollerwhichmeansthecameraworksasasensor.Thecameraforwards
theinformationtothecontrollerwhichinturnanalyzestheinformationandtriggerstheevents.

Note

WhenswitchingbetweentheAXISLicensePlateVerierandAXISEntryManager,makesuretorefreshthewebpagestoget
accesstoallparameters.

Requirements:

•Cameraanddoorcontrollerphysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.

•AXISLicensePlateVerierupandrunningonthecamera.

•Basicsetupdone.See.

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Vehicleaccesscontrolscenario

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/70394#t10124729

ThisvideoshowshowtogettheapplicationupandrunningwithAXISA1001DoorController.

HardwarecongurationinAXISEntryManager

1.GotoAXISEntryManagerandstartanewhardwarecongurationunderSetup.

2.Inthehardwareconguration,renamethenetworkdoorcontrollerto“Gatecontroller”.

3.ClickNext.

4.InCongurelocksconnectedtothiscontroller,cleartheDoormonitoroption.

5.ClickNext.

6.InCongurereadersconnectedtothiscontroller,cleartheExitreaderoption.

7.ClickFinish.

CongurationinAXISLicensePlateVerier

1.GotheAXISLicensePlateVerierwebpage.

2.GototheSettings>Accesscontrol

3.GotoTypeandselectControllerinthedrop-downlist.

4.Enterthefollowinginformation:

-theIPaddressforthecontrollerinformat192.168.0.0

-theusernameforthecontroller

-thepasswordforthecontroller

5.ClickConnect.

6.Iftheconnectionissuccessful,“Gatecontroller”showsupintheNetworkDoorControllernamedrop-downlist.Select
“Gatecontroller”.

7.IntheReadernamedrop-downlist,selectthereaderconnectedtothedoor“Gatecontroller”,forexample“Reader
entrance”.ThesenamescanbechangedinAXISEntryManager.

8.Toactivatetheconnection,selectTurnonintegration.

9.Enteroneoftheuser’slicenseplatenumberinthetesteldandclickTestintegration.Checkthatthetestwassuccessful.

Congureusers,groups,doors,andschedulesinAXISEntryManager

1.GotoAXISEntryManager.

2.GotoAccessManagement.

3.GotoDoors>Addidenticationtype.

4.IntheCredentialsneededdrop-downlist,selectLicenseplateonly.

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5.Tosetlimitsforwhentheidenticationtypecanbeused,draganddropaScheduletothedoor.

6.Addusersand,foreachuser,addthecredentialLicenseplate.

7.ClickAddcredentialagainandenterthelicenseplateinformation.

8.ClickAddnewgroupandentertheinformation.

9.Toadduserstoagroup,draganddropUserstotheusergroup.

10.Togiveusersaccess,draganddroptheDoortotheusergroup.

11.Tolimittheaccesstime,draganddropaScheduletotheusergroup.

OverviewofAXISEntryManageruserinterface.

1

Users

2

Doors

3

Schedules

4

Usergroups

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Pusheventinformationtothird-partysoftware

Pusheventinformationtothird-partysoftware

Note

TheapplicationsendstheeventinformationinJSONformat.Formoreinformation,loginusingyourMyAxisaccount,goto
theAXISVAPIXLibraryandselectAXISLicensePlateVerier

Withthisfeatureyoucanintegratethird-partysoftwarebypushingtheeventdatathroughTCPorHTTPPOST.

Beforeyoustart:

•Thecameramustbephysicallyinstalledandconnectedtothenetwork.

•AXISLicensePlateVeriermustupandrunningonthecamera.

1.GotoIntegration>Pushevents.

2.IntheProtocoldrop-downlist,selectoneofthefollowingprotocols:

-TCP

-HTTPPOST

3.IntheServerURLeld,typetheserveraddressandportinthefollowingformat:127.0.0.1:8080

4.IntheDeviceIDeld,typethenameofthedeviceorleaveasis.

5.UnderEventtypes,selectoneormoreofthefollowingoptions:

-Newmeanstherstdetectionofalicenseplate.

-Updateiseitheracorrectionofacharacteronapreviouslydetectedlicenseplate,orwhenaadirectionis
detectedastheplatemovesandistrackedacrosstheimage.

-Lostisthelasttrackedeventofthelicenseplatebeforeitexitstheimage.Italsocontainsthedirectionof
thelicenseplate.

6.Toturnonthefeature,selectSendeventdatatoserver.

7.ToreducebandwidthwhenusingHTTPPOST,youcanselectDonottosendimagesthroughHTTPPOST.

8.ClickSave.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Unknownvehiclesaremarkedasaccepted

Iftheapplicationletsinvehicleswithlicenseplatesthatarenotintheallowlist,oneprobablereasonisthatthecomparison
allowsadeviationofonecharacter.
Forexample,ifAXIS1234isintheallowlisttheapplicationacceptsAXISI234.
Similarly,ifAXIS1234isintheallowlisttheapplicationacceptsAXI1234.

Theconnectionbetweentheapplicationandcontrollerorrelaymoduledoesn’twork

Makesurethecontroller,orrelaymodule,allowsdatatrafcthroughHTTP.Tondouthowtochangethissetting,gototheuser
manualforthecorrespondingdevice.

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions

Ifyoucan’tndwhatyou’relookingforhere,trythetroubleshootingsectionataxis.com/support.

Problemsupgradingthermware

FirmwareupgradefailureIfthermwareupgradefails,thedevicereloadsthepreviousrmware.Themostcommonreason

Problemsafterrmware
upgrade

isthatthewrongrmwarelehasbeenuploaded.Checkthatthenameofthermwarele
correspondstoyourdeviceandtryagain.

Ifyouexperienceproblemsafterarmwareupgrade,rollbacktothepreviouslyinstalledversion
fromtheMaintenancepage.

ProblemssettingtheIPaddress

Thedeviceislocatedona
differentsubnet

TheIPaddressisbeingused
byanotherdevice

PossibleIPaddressconict
withanotherdeviceonthe
samesubnet

Thedevicecannotbeaccessedfromabrowser

Cannotlogin

IftheIPaddressintendedforthedeviceandtheIPaddressofthecomputerusedtoaccessthe
devicearelocatedondifferentsubnets,youcannotsettheIPaddress.Contactyournetwork
administratortoobtainanIPaddress.

DisconnecttheAxisdevicefromthenetwork.Runthepingcommand(inaCommand/DOSwindow,
typepingandtheIPaddressofthedevice):

•Ifyoureceive:Replyfrom<IPaddress>:bytes=32;time=10...
thismeansthattheIPaddressmayalreadybeinusebyanotherdeviceonthenetwork.
ObtainanewIPaddressfromthenetworkadministratorandreinstallthedevice.

•Ifyoureceive:Requesttimedout,thismeansthattheIPaddressisavailable
forusewiththeAxisdevice.Checkallcablingandreinstallthedevice.

ThestaticIPaddressintheAxisdeviceisusedbeforetheDHCPserversetsadynamicaddress.
ThismeansthatifthesamedefaultstaticIPaddressisalsousedbyanotherdevice,theremay
beproblemsaccessingthedevice.

WhenHTTPSisenabled,ensurethatthecorrectprotocol(HTTPorHTTPS)isusedwhenattempting
tologin.Youmayneedtomanuallytypehttporhttpsinthebrowser’saddresseld.

Ifthepasswordfortheuserrootislost,thedevicemustberesettothefactorydefaultsettings.
SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage21.

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TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP

Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X

Thedeviceisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally

Toaccessthedeviceexternally,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingapplicationsforWindows

•AXISCompanion:freeofcharge,idealforsmallsystemswithbasicsurveillanceneeds.

•AXISCameraStation:30-daytrialversionfreeofcharge,idealforsmalltomid-sizesystems.

Forinstructionsanddownload,gotoaxis.com/vms.

Problemswithstreaming

MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients

NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient

PoorrenderingofH.264
images

Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG

Lowerframeratethan
expected

Can'tselectH.265encoding
inliveview

IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshasbeen
changed,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagertolocatethedeviceonthenetwork.Identify
thedeviceusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthenamehasbeencongured).

Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,gotoaxis.com/support.

Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisdevicemustbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.GotoSettings>System>Dateandtime.

Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
deviceneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.

CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisdevice
arevalidforyournetwork.

Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.

Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.

Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.

•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage22.

•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.

•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.

•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.

•Lowertheimageresolution.

•Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.
Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframeratemightlowerthemaximum
resolutiondependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.

•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)
oftheAxisdevice.

WebbrowsersdonotsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication
supportingH.265decoding.

®

:

Resettofactorydefaultsettings

WARNING

IRemittedfromthisproduct.Donotlookatoperatinglamp.

Important

Resettofactorydefaultshouldbeusedwithcaution.Aresettofactorydefaultresetsallsettings,includingtheIPaddress,to
thefactorydefaultvalues.

Toresettheproducttothefactorydefaultsettings:

1.Disconnectpowerfromtheproduct.

2.Pressandholdthecontrolbuttonwhilereconnectingpower.SeeProductoverviewonpage24.

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3.Keepthecontrolbuttonpressedfor15–30secondsuntilthestatusLEDindicatorashesamber.

4.Releasethecontrolbutton.TheprocessiscompletewhenthestatusLEDindicatorturnsgreen.Theproducthasbeenreset
tothefactorydefaultsettings.IfnoDHCPserverisavailableonthenetwork,thedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.

5.UsetheinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolstoassignanIPaddress,setthepassword,andaccessthevideostream.

Theinstallationandmanagementsoftwaretoolsareavailablefromthesupportpagesonaxis.com/support.

Itisalsopossibletoresetparameterstofactorydefaultthroughthewebinterface.GotoSettings>System>Maintenanceand
clickDefault.

Upgradethermware

Important

Preconguredandcustomizedsettingsaresavedwhenthermwareisupgraded(providedthatthefeaturesareavailablein
thenewrmware)althoughthisisnotguaranteedbyAxisCommunicationsAB.

Important

Makesuretheproductremainsconnectedtothepowersourcethroughouttheupgradeprocess.

Note

Whenyouupgradetheproductwiththelatestrmwareintheactivetrack,theproductreceivesthelatestfunctionality
available.Alwaysreadtheupgradeinstructionsandreleasenotesavailablewitheachnewreleasebeforeupgradingthe
rmware.Tondthelatestrmwareandthereleasenotes,gotoaxis.com/support/rmware.

AXISDeviceManagercanbeusedformultipleupgrades.Findoutmoreataxis.com/products/axis-device-manager.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/70394#t10095327

Howtoupgradethermware

1.Downloadthermwareletoyourcomputer,availablefreeofchargeataxis.com/support/rmware.

2.Logintotheproductasanadministrator .

3.GotoSettings>System>Maintenance.Followtheinstructionsonthepage.Whentheupgradehasnished,the
productrestartsautomatically.

Performanceconsiderations

Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.

Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:

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•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.

•RotatingtheimageintheGUIwillincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.

•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.

•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.

Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.

•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.

•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.

•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.

•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.

•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.

•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.

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Specifications

Productoverview

AXISP1455-LE9mm

1

Audioconnector

2

I/Oconnector

3

microSDcardslot

4

Networkconnector

5

StatusLEDindicator

6

Partnumber(P/N)&Serialnumber(S/N)

7

Controlbutton

LEDindicators

StatusLED

Unlit

GreenShowssteadygreenfor10secondsfornormaloperationafterstartupcompleted.

Amber

Amber/RedFlashesamber/redifnetworkconnectionisunavailableorlost.

RedFirmwareupgradefailure.

Indication

Connectionandnormaloperation.

Steadyduringstartup.Flashesduringrmwareupgradeorresettofactorydefault.

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SDcardslot

NO

TICE

NO NO

TICE TICE

•RiskofdamagetoSDcard.Donotusesharptools,metalobjects,orexcessiveforcewheninsertingorremovingthe

SDcard.Useyourngerstoinsertandremovethecard.

•Riskofdatalossandcorruptedrecordings.DonotremovetheSDcardwhiletheproductisrunning.UnmounttheSDcard

fromtheproduct’swebpagebeforeremoval.

ThisproductsupportsmicroSD/microSDHC/microSDXCcards.

ForSDcardrecommendations,seeaxis.com.

trademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSD-3C,LLCintheUnitedStates,othercountriesorboth.

microSD,microSDHC,andmicroSDXCLogosaretrademarksofSD-3CLLC.microSD,microSDHC,microSDXCare

Buttons

Controlbutton

Thecontrolbuttonisusedfor:

•Resettingtheproducttofactorydefaultsettings.SeeResettofactorydefaultsettingsonpage21.

•ConnectingtoanAXISVideoHostingSystemservice.Toconnect,pressandholdthebuttonforabout3secondsuntilthe
statusLEDashesgreen.

Connectors

Networkconnector

RJ45EthernetconnectorwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE).

Audioconnector

•Audioin–3.5mminputforamonomicrophone,oraline-inmonosignal(leftchannelisusedfromastereosignal).

•Audioin–3.5mminputforadigitalmicrophone,ananalogmonomicrophone,oraline-inmonosignal(leftchannelis
usedfromastereosignal).

Audioinput

1Tip2Ring

Unbalancedmicrophone(withorwithoutelectret
power)orline

DigitalsignalRingpowerifselected

Foraudioin,theleftchannelisusedfromastereosignal.

Electretpowerifselected

3Sleeve

Ground

Ground

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I/Oconnector

UsetheI/Oconnectorwithexternaldevicesincombinationwith,forexample,motiondetection,eventtriggering,andalarm
notications.Inadditiontothe0VDCreferencepointandpower(DCoutput),theI/Oconnectorprovidestheinterfaceto:

Digitalinput-Forconnectingdevicesthatcantogglebetweenanopenandclosedcircuit,forexamplePIRsensors,door/window
contacts,andglassbreakdetectors.

Digitaloutput-ForconnectingexternaldevicessuchasrelaysandLEDs.ConnecteddevicescanbeactivatedbytheVAPIX®
ApplicationProgrammingInterface,troughaneventorfromtheproduct’swebpage.

4-pinterminalblock

FunctionPinNotes

DCground

DCoutput

DigitalInputor
SupervisedInput

DigitalOutput

Example

Specications

1

2

3

4

Canbeusedtopowerauxiliaryequipment.
Note:Thispincanonlybeusedaspowerout.

Connecttopin1toactivate,orleaveoating(unconnected)
todeactivate.Tousesupervisedinput,installend-of-line
resistors.Seeconnectiondiagramforinformationabouthow
toconnecttheresistors.

Internallyconnectedtopin1(DCground)whenactive,
andoating(unconnected)wheninactive.Ifusedwithan
inductiveload,e.g.,arelay,connectadiodeinparallelwith
theload,toprotectagainstvoltagetransients.

0VDC

12VDC
Maxload=25mA

0tomax30VDC

0tomax30VDC,opendrain,
100mA

1

DCground

2

DCoutput12V,max25mA

3

Supervisedinput

4

Digitaloutput

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©AxisCommunicationsAB,2021

Date:June2021

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