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The main ALPR software discussed in this thread is OpenALPR which is available for free.when you will release the lpr software? I will donate money for your time.
The main ALPR software discussed in this thread is OpenALPR which is available for free.when you will release the lpr software? I will donate money for your time.
Start with a pre-compiled build for windows: Releases · openalpr/openalpr · GitHub@nayr Would you have time to write up a "how to" for ANLPR? I looked at your code up on get hub and I compared the conf files to the ANLPR I downloaded for my windows box but it's not syncing in how you have it running.
Reposted here my answer to a private message about my use of a long SLR lens, in case it is useful to others.
For extended range (plates at 200+ feet) I am using a fully manual old-style Nikon SLR lens, no auto iris, no auto-focus and that is what I recommend. Also needs F-mount to C-mount adaptor. For example NIKON NIKKOR-H 50MM F2.0 LENS (NON AI NIPPON KOGAKU) | eBay plus Camera Adapter For Nikon F Mount Lens To 16mm C Mount Film Movie Adapter | eBay
There is no way to activate a focus motor in a SLR lens without the SLR camera body, even if it was an autofocus model. Fortunately, you don't have to! That's the good news. The Dahua IPC-HF5421E camera I have has its own focusing motor that instead moves its image sensor back and forth by remote command (script), so you can remotely adjust focus the camera even with a fixed manual lens that never moves. I've never tried to do this from Windows, I only use Linux for this stuff. I do not attempt autofocus, I just have my script switch at sunrise & sunset between two fixed settings found by trial & error (one for day, another for night with 850nm IR illuminator).
Yes, for less money you can get one of those 6-60 mm CS mount lenses. I did myself, and I also tried one of the few available 100mm CS lenses, before I ended up with an SLR lens. They do work but mine had glare / flare on bright spots, not really sharp/crisp. Maybe I'm a perfectionist but I was never happy with it. If you care about image quality the Nikon SLR lens is *much* better, although it is big and heavy and never designed to mount on an IP camera the way I did. I wonder a little about the mechanical stress on the lens mount, but my 100mm lens + long hood has been OK so far.
This is the same camera that I put a photo from here:
ALPR: anyone have a 100mm lens they like?
Here are some photos of my current setup, the Nikon SLR lens on the Dahua box cam using F-mount to C-mount adaptor. In background of one photo is a homebrew IR spotlight. After installing I put "black wrap" foil around the lens hood and camera body, to keep some dust off and make the white camera body stand out less.
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Spent my Sunday setting up my 2x IPC-HFW5431E-Z5 as dedicated LPR cams.
Is that only using the inbuilt IR from your two cameras, or do you have additional IR?