Axis Parking Violation Detection How-to-guide ACS integration for AXIS Parking Violation Detection

November 6, 2019
Rev. 1.0

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Configuration of AXIS Parking

Violation Detection on AXIS

Camera Station

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Contents

Introduction 3

Step 1 –Installation and Configuration 4

Step 2 - Add the camera to AXIS Camera Station 4

Step 3 – Configure a Device Event trigger 4

Step 4 – Configure the actions – Raise alarm and Record Alarm 6

Step 5 – Configuration validation 9

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Introduction

AXIS Parking Violation D et ection is designed t o automatically detect veh icl es parked
in ill egal or forb idden areas without relying o n hum an judgement. It’s ideal for
survei llance in cities, at airports or private parking f acilities – anywhere you need
fas t and precise, round-the-clock video-monitoring.

The follo w ing do c u ment hig h lig h t s how to integrate AXIS Parking Violation
Det ection application with AXIS Camera Station’s event system.

This guide assumes that AXIS Parking Violation Detection app has been installed a nd
confi g u r ed.

The do c ument explains how to:

- Conf i gure an AXIS Camera Station rule t o trigger an event.

- Verify that the configuration is done correc tly.

This follo w ing configuration has been tested with the following products and
firmw are:

Please note that Axis doesn’t take any responsibility for how this configuration may affect your
system. If the modification fails or if you get other unexpected results, you may have to restore
the settings to default.

Prerequi si t e s

AXIS Parking Violation Detection V1.0.1

AXIS Camera Station 5.27.195

AXIS P1 4 45 -LE f irmware LTS 8.40.2

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Step 1 –Installation and Configuration

Install the AXIS Parking Violation Detection and license key into the AXIS Camera or
encoder. Configure the AXIS Parking Violation Detection app. For help with the
installation and configuration of the AXIS Parking Violation Detection app, please refer
to the AXIS online manual.

Make sure APVD app is started.

Step 2 - Add the camera to AXIS Camera Station

Add the camera to AXIS Camera Station. (For details please refer to AXIS online

manual)

When the camera is added to AXIS Camera Station, some ACAPs may be installed and
run automatically inside the camera (for ex: AXIS Video Motion Detection ACAP, AXIS

Video Content Stream ACAP, etc.). In this case please go to camera’s web

interface/Setup/Applications and remove all these ACAPs.

Step 3 – Configure a Device Event trigger

• Go to Configuration > Recording & Events and select Action rules.

NOTE

This means motion detection won’t be available on the

camera in AXIS Camera Station. Also the option

“Include analytics data for Smart Search” in “Edit
Video & Audio Settings” under advanced section
shouldn’t be enabled (disabled by default) for the

camera.

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• Select “New” and click “Add” to create a new rule.

• Select “Device Event” and click OK.

• Create device event trigger:

• Select the camera in the Device list.

• Select “Parking Violation” app in the Event list.

• Select the Trigger period (in seconds).

This function allows you to set an interval time between two successive triggers. It
is used to reduce the number of successive recordings or triggers. The recording
will continue if an additional trigger occurs within this interval.
If an additional trigger occurs, the trigger period starts over from that point in time.

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• In the “Filters” field select “Yes” and click “OK” to apply the new rule.

Step 4 – Configure the actions – Raise alarm and Record Alarm

1. The next step is to add the actions to the Event trigger that you created. Press “Next” to
start configuring the actions and press “Add…” to add your actions.

2. Add a “Raise Alarm” action to inform the operator of the parking violation detection. Enter
the title of the alarm and the description and click “OK”.

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3. If needed, you can specify the hours when the alarm should be activated. To do so click
“Next”. You can choose to have the alarm activated permanently (option “Always”) or
customise the schedule according to your needs.

To customise the schedule, select “Custom Schedule”, choose the identity from the drop­down list and click “Edit”.

The schedule Editor appears allowing you to modify the hours for every day of the week.
Click “OK” to confirm your schedule.

4. Typically, you would add a recording to an alarm notification. Select “Record” as the
action and then select the camera to record. Change the Pre and Post buffers to suit.

NOTE

The prebuffer is limited to 60 sec. If the detection

threshold is set higher than 60 sec., the instant when
the vehicle has stopped won’t be in the recording. To
make sure that it is recorded, please use the option of
permanent recording by selecting “Always” as indicated

in the point 3 above.

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5. Click “Next” to enter the name of the rule and see the details and click “Finish” to
finalize the rule configuration.

You can see the list of all the rules that were created under “Action Rules”:

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Step 5 – Configuration validation

Make sure that the configuration is done according to the system specifications by
simulating an incident or testing the user alarm. To find how to test the MVS integration
please check AXIS online manual.

You should be able to see the alarm notification appear on the bottom of your screen in
the right-hand side corner.

Your alarm will appear on the list in the “Recording alerts” tab.
The duration of the parking violation incident will be displayed on your recording.