ACTi PLM-100 Quick Installation guide

Brand: ACTi

Model: PLM-100 Quick

Type: Installation guide

Quick Installation Guide

PLM-100

Parking Lot Management Server

V18.09.26

2 Quick Installation Guide

Thank you for purchasing ACTi Standalone Parking Lot Management Server

(PLM). The PLM combines multiple license plate recognition servers and

enables blacklist and whitelist license plates notications.

This guide contains all the information you need to quickly set up the PLM

system via local display interface.

The items below are required for installation:

• Monitor (with HDMI, DVI or DisplayPort input and the cable)

• USB mouse

• USB keyboard

• Network switch

• Network video recorder

This package includes the following items:

PLM Unit Power Adapter Socket Converters

SATA Cable Screws

UNPACK

BEFORE YOU START

Quick Installation Guide 3

REAR PANEL

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 9

Power Connector

DisplayPort

LAN Ports x 2

COM Port x 2

(for RS-232)

Audio Output

HDMI Port

USB 3.0 Ports x 4

DVI Connector

Audio Input

FRONT PANEL

Power Button

USB 3.0 Ports x 2

AT A GLANCE

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The example below displays a local network consisting of a PLM server and

basic required peripherals to start using the device.

CONNECT THE DEVICE

Network

USB Devices

HDMI Monitor

Power Source

1. On the front panel, press the POWER BUTTON

to turn on the PLM.

NOTE: To assign a static IP address to the PLM, after entering

Windows operating system, congure the network settings in

Windows Network and Sharing Center.

2. On the Windows log on screen, type “123456”

to enter the Windows system.

PLM

Automatic License Plate

Recognition (ALPR) Servers

START UP

Quick Installation Guide 5

OPEN FIREWALL OF ALPR PORT

For security purposes, Windows Firewall is activated by default. In order to

connect to an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) server, the rewall

must be opened for the ALPR server.

1. Take note of the IP address and port number of

the ALPR server that will be added to the PLM.

4. Select Inbound Rules > New Rule...

2. On Windows, search for “rewall”.

3. Select Windows Firewall with Advanced

Security.

5. On the pop-up, select the following to open the port rewall. Then click

“Finish.”

“Port”

“TCP”

Type port

“Allow the connection”

Select all

Type Rule Name

6. The new rule will then be added to the Inbound Rule list.

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1. On Windows desktop, double-click the Parking Lot Management icon

to open the application interface.

2. Input the default account and password to log in.

Default Account and Password

Account: admin

Password: 123456

Understand the User Interface

Main Menu Options:

• Monitor: Allows you to view the real-time status of the servers, shows the

license plates and pops up notication whenever a black list or white list

license plate is detected, and provides analysis reports

• Conguration: Allows you to congure the license plate servers, manage

accounts, notications and mail servers.

• System: Allows you to search and view the history or system information

Main Menu

Page

Toolbar

Full Screen

Logout

Show/Hide

Minimize menu

Quick Installation Guide 7

CONFIGURE DEVICE

An organization can be a company, branch name or a city, or a name to group

and identify parking lots. The PLM comes with a default organization. You may

edit or create new ones, as needed.

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Structure Setting >

Organization.

2. To modify the existing organization, click the Edit button. Or to create a new

one, click the New button.

3. Type the Organization name.

4. Click Submit to save.

Repeat the above steps to add more organizations.

MANAGE ORGANIZATION

The main thing you need to congure on the PLM server is to link the ALPR

server that manages the cameras on a parking lot. However, before you can

link ALPR servers, you need to congure the “organization” and “stations” and

the user accounts that will access PLM.

For easy management, a default user account, organization, and station have

already been created for you. Simply modify the preset conguration and you

are ready to link the ALPR server. Then, dene the blacklist and whitelist license

plates.

The Monitor page will display the detected license plates and provide pop-up

notications whenever a blacklist or whitelist plate is detected.

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A station can be the different parking lots within an organization; for example,

Carpark A and Carpark B. A default station is already created for you. You may

modify this account and create new ones.

MANAGE STATION

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Structure Setting > Station.

4. Type the preferred Station name.

5. Click Submit.

Repeat the above steps to add more stations.

2. To modify the existing station, click the

Edit button. Or to create a new one, click

the New button.

3. Select the Organization and TimeZone

Area.

Quick Installation Guide 9

The Account Setting page lets you create user accounts and dene its access

rights to the server. By default, an administrator account, “Admin”, is already

created for you. You may modify this account and create new ones.

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Account Setting.

2. To modify the existing account, click the

Edit button. Or to create a new account,

click the New button.

3. Type the Account name and Password.

4. Select the Role, options are:

MANAGE USER ACCOUNT

• Admin: Can access all the menus and congure all the settings.

• Manager: Can view the real-time status, analysis reports, and system

information. A manager can also congure user accounts, ALPR server and

set the notication.

• User: Can only view the real-time status.

5. Select an Organization, then the Station.

6. Click Submit to save.

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CONFIGURE ALPR SERVER

Use the ALPR Server page to add ALPR servers to the PLM.

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Structure Setting > ALPR

Server.

2. Click the New button.

3. Select the Station and then type the Server Name of the ALPR server to

associate with the PLM.

NOTE: The Server Name MUST be the SAME name on the Server Name as the that on the

ALPR server.

4. Click Submit to save. The ALPR server name will appear on the page.

Before associating an ALPR server to the PLM, take note of the ALPR server

name. This will be used to link the ALPR to the PLM server.

On the ALPR server, right-click on the

ALPR icon on the task bar and select

“Setting”.

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After associating an ALPR server, the cameras connected to that ALPR server

should appear on the Camera Location page.

CHECK CAMERAS

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Structure Setting > Camera

Location.

2. Click the Edit button to modify the

settings.

3. Click Submit to save.

Click Monitor to view the Live Monitor page. The list of identied license

plates, including the license plate screenshot, date and time of detection are

shown on the list.

MONITOR VEHICLES

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CONFIGURE BLACKLIST AND WHITELIST

The PLM server provides pop up notications whenever a blacklisted or

whitelisted vehicle is detected. But rst, you must enlist the license plates

accordingly.

There are two (2) ways to mark a license plate as blacklist or whitelist.

From the Live Monitor page

1. On the left menu panel, click Monitor > Live Monitor.

2. On the Data List, can click

or to include the

corresponding license plate into Blacklist or Whitelist.

Manual Input of License Plate

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Notication > Black/White

List.

2. Click the New button.

3. Select the category to add the license plate to either Black List or White List.

4. Check Screen Alert to enable pop up notication on Live Monitor.

5. Select the Station. Type the License Plate and type other Notes as needed.

6. Click Submit to save the information.

7. Repeat to add more.

The added plates will be

listed on the page.

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On the left menu panel, click Monitor > Live Monitor.

MONITOR LICENSE PLATES

Search for License Plate

To search for a particular license plate or view the vehicles that have passed for a

certain time range, click Monitor > License Plate List from the left menu panel.

Export Data

You can export the data list to an Excel le. Click Monitor > License Plate List

from the left menu panel. Filter the search as needed, then click Export Excel.

View Analysis Data and Charts

To view graphical data for analysis, click Monitor > Analysis Chart from the left

menu panel.

Notication pops up here

To show All, BlackList only or

WhiteList only

Filter search here

Click “Search”

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ACTIVATE EMAIL NOTIFICATION

If you wish to receive email notications whenever a blacklisted or whitelisted

vehicle is detected, congure the outgoing mail server of the email account that

will send the email notication.

1. On the left menu panel, click Conguration > Mail Server.

2. Click New.

3. Select the Organization.

4. Type the mail server information.

5. Click Submit.

6. Then on the left menu panel, click Conguration > Notication >

Black/White List.

OTHER SETTINGS

You can congure the PLM Server to send email notications whenever a

blacklisted or whitelisted license plate is detected as well as lter and view the

history report of detected vehicles.

7. Select the category: Black List or White List.

8. Check Send Email to enable email notication.

9. On Mail Receivers, type the email address(es) where the notication will be

sent, then click

10. Repeat the above steps to add more email addresses.

The History page allows you to view the system settings log, including the

On the left menu panel, click System > History Page.

On this page, you can lter by one or a combination of the following:

• Filter the search by date range: Click Start Date & Time and End Date &

Time elds to modify, then Search.

• Filter by category: Select a particular category, then click Search.

• Filter by account: Type the account under Execute By. This will list only the

logs which were done by that account, then click Search.

Note

If you have any question during the system installation, please feel free to contact our engineers via

ACTi Customer Help Desk platform at http://www.acti.com/CHD.

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