dec 20 2019
Select Configuration / System / Maintenance / System Service and enable / check in “Activate a third stream” and press save. NOTE!!! If you start it, you turn off the Acusense function so it is either or.
Then go to events and enable Motion Detection
dec 17 2019
It is recommended to let the AcuSense camera do the false alarm reduction. This will save the AcuSense NVR resources for normal IPC. Please make sure this camera channel has ‘Enable Local Smart Analysis’ unticked.
1) Go to NVR’s web page, Configuration—Event—Smart Event, choose AcuSense camera channel.
2) Choose and enable event that you want to detect (line crossing, region intrusion, region entrance detection or region exiting detection), draw rules.
3) Choose detection target(s). There are three choices: Human, Vehicle or Human& Vehicle. Then click save. Once the detection target is enabled, AcuSense Camera will filter false alarms based on the algorithm automatically.
NVR FW is V4.20 or above, configurations are just the same as AcuSense camera+ AcuSense NVR
If NVR FW is V4.1xx,
1) Go to NVR’s web page, Configuration—Event—Smart Event, choose the AcuSense IPC channel.
2) Choose and enable event that you want to detect (line crossing, region intrusion, region entrance detection or region exiting detection), draw rules;
3) Go to IPC’s web page, check the target of interest. You can choose between 3 modes: Human, Vehicle or Human & Vehicle. Once the target detection is enabled, the IPC will filter most of the false alarms based on the algorithm automatically.
dec 4 2019
dec 4 2019
As Hikvision continue to make what was once very specialist and expensive much more accessible in both cost and user-friendliness, we’ve been fielding far more enquiries regarding ANPR lately. It’s a bit “dark-arts” if you’re not familiar, and in true Hikvision fashion their documentation can be difficult to find.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), sometimes known as License Plate Recognition (LPR), allows a camera to automatically detect and recognise a car’s number plate as it moves through the scene. The camera can take a still / clip of the plate in question, as well as perform an action based on a whitelist / blacklist such as opening an automated gate for example.
This requires a specialised ANPR camera paired with a microSD card, and if you plan on pairing it with an NVR you also need one that can support ANPR functionality. You wouldn’t need a microSD card in the camera if you’re going to be using an NVR instead. Hikvision’s current recommended ANPR cameras are the DS-2CD4A25FWD-IZ(H)(S) Lightfighter bullet and the DS-2CD4A26FWD-IZ(H)(S) Darkfighter bullet, and your best option would be the 8-32mm focal length versions for both as opposed to the 2.8-12mm version. This will provide you a greater level of zoom and thus detail on plates.
All of Hikvision’s -E(x) series and -I(x) series NVRs such as the DS-7716NI-I4-16P support ANPR functionality and it continues to improve with each firmware update. These are the two most popular series – if you have a different model or are planning on a different model, please check compatibility before you go ahead!
I’ve put together a few guides on the process, covering the below topics:
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First of All
Your camera will require specialist firmware to activate the ANPR functionality, as by default it will not have the ANPR-specific firmware. This is a firmware version that isn’t publicly released by Hikvision, and so you’ll have to contact your seller (hopefully us!) for access to the firmware.
During this demo I’ll be using a DS-2CD4A25FWD-IZHS Lightfighter with a DS-7716NI-I4-16P NVR, and at the time of writing the current latest ANPR firmware for this camera is v5.3.8 build 160126.
Once the update has gone through, the UI will likely change to Hikvision’s older style – this is normal.
Next, reset your device to default settings. The camera will not
function properly unless you do so. Navigate to Configuration >
Advanced Configuration > System > Maintenance to do so.
Once the device has rebooted and you’ve reactivated it with a strong
password, navigate to Configuration > Advanced Configuration >
System > VCA Resource and ensure the Vehicle Detection option is ticked
as opposed to Smart Event, and then hit Save. This essentially
allocates more resources to Vehicle Detection as opposed to Smart
Events, ensuring more reliable ANPR functionality at the expense of
Smart Event functionality.
Once you’ve done this, power cycle the device (no need to reset it again).
It is absolutely essential you complete the above steps, regardless of how you’re planning to configure ANPR afterwards.
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Setting up a Hikvision ANPR camera
Once you’ve completed the above steps, log
back in to your ANPR camera via a web browser and navigate to
Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Road Traffic
On the “Detection
Configuration” tab, ensure that the Detection Type dropdown has Vehicle
Detection selected, and that Enable is ticked.
Underneath you’ll see a
small image preview of your camera. This is where you’ll define the
detection area and number of lanes you wish the camera to pick up plates
from.
Define the number of lanes you’re going to be monitoring and what region
the camera is located in. The number of yellow configurable lines on
the preview will adjust depending on the selected number of lanes.
NOTE – only one plate can be captured at any one time for each lane
The area between these two
yellow lines is the detection area the camera will monitor. It’s not
absolute – the camera will pick up plates from a small area outside of
the detection area.
Click and drag the yellow lines to your desired area.
NB: The camera used in the demo is not mounted in an
optimal position. Ideally, it’d be facing toward the incoming traffic as
much as possible, using a narrow field of view (and thus zoom) to
achieve optimal plate recognition. This is just for demo purposes.
Look towards the License Plate Settings just below the detection area configuration.
To ensure optimal detection, you should enter the minimum and
maximum plate widths that are going to be present in your scene. You
can measure this manually by grabbing a still from the camera when a car
drives through the scene and measuring the pixel width of the plate
using a program such as MS Paint or Photoshop. Typically, the default
values of Min. 130 and Max. 500 tend to be okay, but optimisation is
always a good thing.
Below are Hikvision’s rules regarding pixel width.
In the Select Mode dropdown, choose the scenario that best
describes your application environment, either City Street or Entrance /
Exit or a Custom value. Essentially, this dictates the time interval
between detection and uploading of a snapshot of the detected car and
plate – City Street uploads the plate information after the car leaves
the detection area, whereas Entrance/Exit uploads it immediately.
Real-time LPR Result will allow you to monitor plates captured by the
camera via the web interface which we’ll come to in a moment. When
enabled, a tab will be visible in which you can view the real-time LPR
results.
By default, the Arming Schedule is set to be active 24/7, but this can
be configured if required. If you’re familiar with Hikvision recording
schedules or event arming schedules like motion detection, it’s the
exact same principle.
Active periods are marked blue on the timeline. Click Edit to
open another window which will allow you to configure the arming
schedule.
Define the periods you want ANPR to be active, and then copy
it to other days if necessary – otherwise, individually configure the
other days of the week too. Hit OK when you’re done.
Next, configure the Linkage Method of the camera when a plate is
recognised. The camera can alert surveillance center software, such as
iVMS 4200 and iVMS 4500, as well as upload the captured still to an FTP
server and trigger an alarm output on the camera if one is available.
These can be separately configured for different triggering sources,
from a Whitelist, Blacklist or “Other”, selectable from the dropdown
menu.
Once you’re done, hit Save and click on the Picture tab. Within this
window, you’ll configure the stills taken by the camera whenever a plate
is grabbed.
Choose between either a defined Picture Size or a Picture
Quality slider with values ranging from 0-100. This will determine the
file size and thus quality of your captures. Remember, if you don’t have
the camera paired with an NVR, you will need to install a microSD card
into the camera to store captured plates to.
Below this, enable or disable the Text Overlay that accompanies LPR
stills. This is a small bar that runs along the bottom of the image
(added to the bottom, not covering part of your camera view) which will
display the timestamp information of when the still was taken, the
actual Plate No. as well as what camera took it etc.
You can customise the font and background colour of the overlay to your
own preferences, as well as what information is actually displayed and
in what order. In the above example, Camera No. is displayed first and
Plate No. comes last.
In a similar fashion, you can dictate the name of the stills uploaded to
your FTP server if one such FTP server is available to the camera. By
default, the Default option is selected, but you can choose Custom to
determine the naming scheme of the captures, similar to the above.
Once you’re done, hit Save and click on the Camera tab. In
this window, you can dictate the Camera and Device No. as well as the
Camera Info., all of which will be displayed on the text overlay we
configured in the previous window.
These fields can be filled with whatever you wish.
Hit Save and then click on the Real-time LPR Result tab. If
everything has been configured correctly so far, you’ll be able to use
this tab to verify whether the camera is able to detect plates, either
by driving a car past the detection area yourself or waiting for one to
go past.
Once again, it displays a preview window of the camera’s live stream,
and it also displays a preview of the 20 most recently recognised plates
as well as some information about them, including the country of origin
and the direction they were travelling in.
Click on the Blacklist & Whitelist tab. In here is where you’ll
upload or export a Blacklist & Whitelist file that you would need to
create yourself.
This will be used to trigger actions on the camera when a
whitelisted or blacklisted plate is detected, such as opening or closing
an automatic gate.
To create a whitelist or blacklist, you would need to upload a .xls
spreadsheet file to the camera. Below is an example from Hikvision on
how to do so – of course, substitute the plate numbers for your own
whitelisted or blacklisted ones, up to a maximum of 2048 license plates.
Once done, hit save once again. Afterwards, your camera should be configured to start recognising number plates!
To download and access the captured stills on the microSD card of the
camera, navigate to the Playback tab of the camera via a web browser and
click on the Download Pictures button.
On the right hand side, set the Picture Type to “Vehicle
Detection”, define the start and end period of your search, a desired
Plate No. to search for (you can leave this blank) and a particular
region the plate came from and hit search. Results will appear on the
left for you to view and download.
That’s it, you’re done!
The process is very similar when configuring via an NVR, but there are a
few key differences that we’ll cover below, but it’s recommended that
you complete the above steps on the camera itself before moving on to
the NVR as, depending on firmware versions, some configuration options
are only available on the camera and must be accessed.
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Setting up a Hikvision ANPR camera via an NVR
Configuring an ANPR camera via an NVR is
very similar to the above process, with a few differences which I’ll
cover below. Mostly, it’s a case of a few configuration options that are
located in different places, but some are only accessible by the camera
itself.
One of the key benefits of using an NVR with an ANPR camera is the
ability to simultaneously record footage of cars as they drive past.
When searching for captured plates, the NVR will also provide a short
clip of the car as it drove past the camera. You can also review footage
if an incident occurred and you have a suspected number plate,
providing a bit more clarity on what happened as opposed to a still
image of the captured plate. This recording is not possible when using
an ANPR camera with a microSD card installed.
Like with most things, a Hikvision NVRs own settings will take
precedence over the settings on the camera, and so a setting on the NVR
will replace the configuration on the camera itself. For the quickest
set up, you’d simply configure ANPR as you did above but on the NVRs own
configuration options as opposed to the camera. As discussed, this will
not allow you to optimise the image parameters of the camera however. I
tend to suggest that you configure all the settings you want on the
camera, and then do the same on the NVR too, to ensure you’ve optimised
everything as much as possible and avoid the issue of necessary
configuration options not being present on an NVR.
If you’re connecting your camera directly to the POE ports of an NVR and
need to access its configuration options, you would need to activate a feature called Virtual Host I have written an article about here on our forum.
Connect to your NVR via a web browser (it’s also possible via a HDMI
connection to a monitor) and navigate to Configuration > Vehicle
Detection > Vehicle Detection Configuration.
As discussed, the configuration is almost identical to what is described above, which I’d suggest you read first.
You will need to ensure that you select the appropriate Channel No. from
the dropdown menu, as well as what detection type you wish to use
(Black List, White List, Other) from the second dropdown menu.
Once again, define the number of lanes and detection area to however you wish.
The options to import and
export Black List / White List have also moved, and are now present at
the bottom of each page in the Vehicle Detection subsection.
Functionality remains the same, although there is no real-time display
of the list contents.
One of the added benefits of using an NVR is the greater range of
Linkage Methods available. The NVR is able to audibly warn you when a
plate is triggered, send you an email or activate full screen monitoring
of the camera. It can also trigger a great number of alarm outputs, and
initiate recording of different cameras too.
These are the only features
currently that have been moved around. As mentioned, there are some
features on the camera you’d need to configure that aren’t available via
the NVR, including minimum and maximum plate pixel width, as well as
the region the camera is located in.
Picture / Capture settings and OSD overlay settings are the same. There
is no Real-time LPR Result window available to you on the NVR.
To access captured stills of detected plates, you would need to navigate
to the Picture tab at the top of the NVRs web access GUI.
Once again, on the left hand
side choose which camera to search for, as well as selecting Vehicle
Detection as the File Type. Define a country and Plate No. if desired,
and a time period to search.
Results will be displayed on the right hand side, at which point you can view or download them.
This should be all you’d need to configure ANPR via a camera using a microSD card on its own, or by connecting it to an NVR too.
Below are some recommended image parameters from Hikvision to improve detection accuracy, particularly at night.
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Recommended Image Settings for ANPR
It is important that you optimise the
image settings of your Hikvision ANPR camera to ensure maximum detection
accuracy. You should do this anyway for all of your Hikvision cameras
based on their environment, but it’s absolutely necessary for an ANPR
camera in particular. For example, motion blur can cause a number plate
to be too blurry, or a headlight might blind the camera and it won’t see
the plate unless you take the following steps.
Log into your camera’s web browser access, and navigate to Configuration > Advanced Configuration > Image
Again, you’ll be greeted
with a live view preview of your camera, as well as a list of menu
options which will allow you to configure the image settings of your
camera.
Changing the Mounting Scenario from Normal to Road via the dropdown
menu will automatically configure your camera with Hikvision’s
recommended image settings for ANPR purposes.
These are covered below, and you can configure them manually too.
Click on the Exposure Settings menu option on the right.
Exposure Time / Shutter Speed is
absolutely crucial to set correctly. Setting the exposure too long will
introduce motion blur and allow too much light in to the camera,
blinding the camera at night from car headlights. Setting it too slow
will not allow enough light in, causing images to become unusable at
night as they are too dark. Below are Hikvision’s suggestions:
Gain should be set less than 30 when WDR is disabled, and less than 50 when it’s enabled.
Click on the Day/Night Switch menu option on the right.
These options will configure how the camera switches between day
and night modes. These are Hikvision’s recommendations, but this is
heavily dependent on your own light environment, and would require you
to optimise based on your own needs.
Typically, an auto switch is fine, but a scheduled switch is also available.
Finally, click on the Backlight Settings menu option.
These features can negatively affect a
camera’s ability to recognise number plates, so wherever possible it is
recommended you disable them.
The above settings will give you results similar to the below at night.
The plate will be visible, but the rest of the image will be too dark to
see much.
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That’s it, you’re done!
Your ANPR camera should be up and running, automatically recognising number plates and storing them to your preferred method.
For the price-point, we’ve been very impressed with Hikvision’s ANPR
system, and detection accuracy is fantastic even in troubling
installations.
It’s relatively easy to set up following the above, but if you do have any questions, feel free to ask here in our forum.
jul 10 2019
Https protocol is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer. With this protocol,the data transmitted can be encrypted to enhance security level. Hikvision products provide self-signed certificate, which means user can use free Https certificate in local area network. Besides, user can install signed certificate or create certificate request .
This article shows how to configure Https protocol in 3 ways.
1 Self-signed certificate
Self-signed certificate is Hikvision’s private certificate which provides user with secure link to access to device. It’s highly recommended to be used in local area network. Access to the webpage of device (NVR is the sample device in this article), go to
Configuration-Network-Advanced Settings-HTTPS:
Choose Create Self-signed certificate and click create, input the basic information and click ok.
Check Enable and click Save, a self-signed certificate will be installed into the device.
The address format of https is https://IPaddress:Port, notice that all self-signed certificate will pop out below hint, click Continue to this website.
2 Create certificate request
Hikvision products supports quick-export certificate request, you can upload this request to some official certificate authorities.
Click Create, input basic information of certificate, notice that fixed public IP address or domain name is required as Hostname/IP. Notice: Don’t input request password for NVR which runs an older firmware version than V3.4.62.
After creating request, download it to PC. This request could be used to apply for official https certificate.
3 Install signed certificate
After certificate is signed by official authority, user can install it to the device. Notice that the public IP address or domain name must match the device’s actual IP address. User can access to device with https link in public network.
Notice: (1) Only PEM format certificate is supported; (2) NVR can only recognize the certificate which is generated basing on the request exported by itself; (3) A new signature is required when user re-uploads the certificate.
jun 20 2019
Purpose: This feature allows the dome to start a predefined park action (scan, preset, pattern and etc.) automatically after a period of inactivity (park time). Note: Scheduled Tasks function is prior to Park Action function. When these two functions are set at the same time, only the Scheduled Tasks function takes effect. Steps:
1. Enter the Park Action Settings interface: Configuration > Advanced Configuration> PTZ > Park Action
2. Check the checkbox of Enable Park Action.
3. Set the Park Time as the inactivity time of the dome before it starts the park actions.
4. Choose Action Type the from the drop-down list.
jun 10 2019
Error messages like ‘import failed’, ‘connection failed’ and ‘connection time out’, the possible reasons are listed as follows:
1, Bad network condition. We can test the network by ‘Ping’ command.
2, Check whether the management port/server port has been opened if you want to add the device via WAN IP.
3, Incorrect user name or password.
4, IP address or Mac address is locked. We need to confirm with administrator.
jun 10 2019
Answer:
•Solution A:
Check the device label.
Get the device verification code via the Web Client of the device or iVMS-4200 Control Client.
Perform the following task to get device verification code via Web Client of the device.
Steps:
1.Log in to the Web Client of the device.
2.Go to Configuration->Network->Advanced Settings->Platform Access.
3.Click eye icon to view the device verification code.
If the device is added to iVMS-4200 Control Client (hereafter simplified as “the Control Client”, perform the following operations to get the device verification code via the Control Client.
Steps:
1.Log in to the Control Client.
2.Go to Remote Configuration->Network->Hik-Connect.
3.Click the device to view its verification code.
jun 10 2019
The camera heartbeat function exists between IPC and NVR/platform.IPC will transmit the information to NVR/platform, the communication would be built if the NVR/platform recognize the IPC is online.
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