LPR Camera Settings

[wittaj]

If you bought from Andy, then get from him as it tends to be better than what Dahua provides...

 

[harleyl7]

If you bought from Andy, then get from him as it tends to be better than what Dahua provides...

Sounds good. I gotta hunt it down on the forums lol

 

[wittaj]

But a good rule around here is don't fix what ain't broke...If you are able to get clean captures of plates day and night, no sense bothering with a firmware update and risk messing that up!

With the exception of few cams were I was testing firmware for Andy, I have not updated any of my cameras because they are working for me.

 

[harleyl7]

But a good rule around here is don't fix what ain't broke...If you are able to get clean captures of plates day and night, no sense bothering with a firmware update and risk messing that up!

With the exception of few cams were I was testing firmware for Andy, I have not updated any of my cameras because they are working for me.

I just noticed I dont have the Smart IR feature

 

[mlapaglia]

I just noticed I dont have the Smart IR feature

You don't want to use smart ir for plate captures. you want the IR at 100% max all the time.

 

[harleyl7]

You don't want to use smart ir for plate captures. you want the IR at 100% max all the time.

awesome good to know. I think once I get everything dialed in, im gonna make a Explain Like I'm 5 LPR technical side of things guide. like installing openalpr and configuring it. All the information is out there, but not centralized yet.

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS IPC-T5842T-ZE SMD 3.0 Smart IR Latest New Firmware From EmpireTech

Hey guys The Smart IR firmware with SMD 3.0 V2.8 2022 Aug Version has been released. The update is mainly for Smart IR, New Security Baseline function, highly recommend to update, esp the 4K models. This firmware is working great with the help of @Wildcat_1 , has big improvement on the 4K...

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Firmware check this

 

[harleyl7]

IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS IPC-T5842T-ZE SMD 3.0 Smart IR Latest New Firmware From EmpireTech

Hey guys The Smart IR firmware with SMD 3.0 V2.8 2022 Aug Version has been released. The update is mainly for Smart IR, New Security Baseline function, highly recommend to update, esp the 4K models. This firmware is working great with the help of @Wildcat_1 , has big improvement on the 4K...

ipcamtalk.com

Firmware check this

 

[wittaj]

Yeah, I think the firmware would only add SMD 3.0 and Smart IR, both of which you do not need for LPR!

 

[wittaj]

awesome good to know. I think once I get everything dialed in, im gonna make a Explain Like I'm 5 LPR technical side of things guide. like installing openalpr and configuring it. All the information is out there, but not centralized yet.

@samplenhold created a pretty good thread going into detail on a lot of that.

New to LPR? Considerations Before You Begin

Thought I would throw together a post on my experiences so far with LPR in an effort to help others that are considering running down that rabbit hole. There are some practical considerations you should know about LPR. I am approaching this from the position of using Blue Iris and Plate...

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[harleyl7]

Alright so this is my current angle of my camera. It's a little further down the street.

This is depicted on the red circle.


Should I try capturing at the blue/green box? I'm at close to max zoom at the red circle

 

[wittaj]

Max zoom is problematic with some people, but if you can get clean captures, that is what is important. The Red one gives a slightly better angle, but I think either will work.

 

[harleyl7]

Max zoom is problematic with some people, but if you can get clean captures, that is what is important. The Red one gives a slightly better angle, but I think either will work.

For the green/blue box do you think it's not good enough angle to grab captures? I guess I can test it out before everyone heads home from work.

 

[wittaj]

I have seen people get captures at a worse angle than that, but the Z12 has great zoom and you have the room and sight lines, so go for a better angle.

Here is a representative sample of plates I get at night of vehicles traveling about 45MPH at 175 feet and yours looks to be less than that.

 

[harleyl7]

Hmm guess I'll let it sit at this current angle (red circle) and see how it looks on captures.

 

[harleyl7]

something I have failed to realize is the quality looks a lot better on my pc on UI3 vs the BI App. the captures on PC are pretty much perfect for daytime.

 

[harleyl7]

 

[harleyl7]

However this is what OpenALPR is seing on the cloud..


Is it using the substream?

 

[harleyl7]

update: it was using the substream lol

 

[wittaj]

UI3 is probably showing you substream, and yes that is substream in OpenALPR!