Avigilon: How to Configure a Road AI / Point of Sale Event

Applies to: Avigilon

Summary

There are multiple steps involved in Road AI “setup menu” as well as from the Avigilon Control Center (ACC) side to be able to receive point-of-sale (PoS) / plate reads into ACC. This article provides instructions for setting up a Road AI / PoS event.

NOTE: If using Avigilon ACC 7, you must use either ACC7-STD (Standard) or 
ACC7-ENT (Enterprise). Avigilon Unity 8 supports PoS on Core, Standard, or 
Enterprise. Additionally, you need to have a PoS license for each RoadAI 
camera used (either ACC7-POS-STR or ACC8-POS-STR). 

Prerequisites

Before beginning any steps:

• Make sure the date and time on the camera is sync’d to the server. 
  
  
• Make sure you have the compatible camera that is running Road AI Open platform application with the latest firmware.  
  
  Firmware: PNO/PNV-A9081RLP: 1.41.00_20210716_R140 
  PNB-A9001LP(PNB-A9091RLPH):  1.41.02_20221019_R150  
  Road AI app V7.27.678.1045 
  
  
• Make sure ACC is on Avigilon Unity 8 or ACC version 7.14.x.x 

Configuring a Road AI / Point of Sale Event

To set up a Road AI / PoS event: 

1. Open the Road AI app and click Settings.
    
2. Enter the IP address of the ACC server and four-digit Port number.
   
   
   

   IMPORTANT: ACC’s default Port is 10001 but Road AI only works with 
   four-digit ports.

    
3. Make sure the Road AI camera is added to the ACC server and you can get video from the camera. 

   NOTE: If video is blank, navigate to client settings > site networking, 
   then change the connection method from LAN to WAN.

    
4. Log in to Avigilon.
    
5. From the navigation bar on the left, right-click the site name and select Setup.
   
   
    
6. From the server drop-down menu, select the specific server name.
    
7. In the Advanced section, click the POS Transactions tile then click Add in the pop-up window.
   
   
    
8. On the POS Transactions Setup pop-up, enter the following: 
   
   Hostname/IP Address – enter the IP address of the Road AI camera
   
   Port – enter the same four-digit port number from step 2 (must match)
   
   Connection Type – select the Server radio button
   
   
    
9. Click Next > Add to add a Source Data Format. 
    
10. In the Properties section, configure the data format as follows:
    
    Name –  enter a name
    
    Description – enter a description (optional)
    
    Transaction Start Text – enter <LPR> 
    
    Transaction End Text – enter </LPR>  
    
    Encoding – select UTF-8 from the drop-down menu
    
    
     
11. In the Filters section, configure the filters as follows: 
    
    Under Current Filters, leave the two default filters (first two listed). They have no effect. (optional)
    
    Enter Remove <LPR> and Remove </LPR>. This way the text in the receipt/transaction does not show the words <LPR> and </LPR>.  
    

    NOTE: Sometimes, plate search results show 1-3 extra characters 
    at the end. There is no known fix at this time.

     
    
    
    
12. Click OK > Add.
     
13. From the server drop-down menu, check the box next to the camera(s) associated with this data source. 
    
    
     
14. Enter a Transaction Source Name and a Transaction Source Description.
    

    NOTE: The name used here will appear in search results, such as 
    plate reads. If using multiple Road AI cameras, give each camera 
    a unique name.

     
15. Check the box next to Enable transaction source. This must be checked for plate reads to be sent to ACC.
    
    
     
16. Click Finish.