Create and use License plate groups

Last modified: Wednesday October 19, 2022.

From the Alta Video Events tool, you can create and use license plate groups. You can manually add vehicles to these groups when you create the group, you can import the information from a .csv file, or you can manually add vehicles to a group as they generate an event in Alta Video.

When you have created and defined your groups of license plate information, you can then use the groups for configuring rules, and for viewing information around Llicense Plate Events and Alarms.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have purchased the relevant LPR feature licenses, and have installed and configured the cameras you are using for license plate recognition.

Task — Create a license plate group

  1. Choose Tools Tools > Events Events.
  2. Click License Plate License Plate.
  3. Click License plate groups License plate groups.
  4. To create a new License plate group:
    1. Click Add License plate group Add new.
    2. Type the name for the License plate group.
    3. Press Enter.
      The new group is created.

Task — Add license plate details from within License plate groups

You can add license plate details to the group manually or by importing a .csv file containing the required information.

  1. To manually add license plate information from the License plate groups dialog:
    1. Select the License plate group to have information manually added.
    2. Click + Add more.
    3. Type the license plate information in the LICENSE PLATE ID fields.
    4. Type any additional information into the NOTES column.
      For example, you might want to link the license plate information with the staff member that uses the vehicle.
  2. To import the license plate information from a .csv file:
    1. Select the License plate group to have information imported.
    2. Click Import .csv file Import from CSV.
    3. Click Download CSV template to get a file on which to base your .csv.
    4. Add the required information to the .csv file.

      If editing the .csv file in a text editor, remember to add each new set of details on a new line, and to separate the fields with a comma (,).

    5. Save the .csv file to your local system.
    6. From the Import from CSV dialog, browse to your saved file.
    7. Click Import.
      If the file is correctly formatted, the file is imported and the vehicle information is displayed in the selected group.
  3. Click Done.

Task — Add the detected license plate information to a group

Once you have set up your License plate groups, you can add the license plate information shown in an event into a group.

  1. If not already selected, click License Plate tab.
  2. Select the LICENSE PLATE ID to be added to a group.

    If you have many License Plate events, use Search button Search to locate the event of interest.

  3. From the side pane, select Add to license plate group.
  4. Select the required License plate group.
  5. Add any optional information for this license plate.
  6. Click Add.

Task — Remove a license plate group

  1. If not already selected, click License Plate tab License Plate.
  2. Click License plate groups button License plate groups.
  3. To remove an existing License plate group:
    1. Select the License plate group to be removed.
    2. Click Delete license plate group button Delete.
      The selected group is removed.