TetherX allows you to store and search license plate information from compatible cameras. It allows seeing license plate numbers together with video surveillance events as well as having a dedicated ANPR interface that can count vehicles per day, add advanced rules and more.

At present, we support Hikvision and Dahua ANPR cameras as well as ANPR cameras that support ONVIF.

Minimum Firmware Requirements:

Alternatively: You can skip this step if you are on site and can access the camera directly by entering the local IP address.

1. Open the Cameras page by hovering over the Admin icon located at the top of the navigation bar and tapping Cameras.

2. Locate your ANPR camera. Now that have navigated to the Camera page, find the correct camera which matches the IP address of your Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera and click onto the camera name.

3. To open a tunnel by clicking the Open tunnel button underneath the Tunnels tab. Once opened, click the URL link which appears. Now you can log into your camera’s user interface.

Navigate to your camera configuration page and locate the section named Integration Protocol. Make sure Enable Hikvision-CGI is ticked and user is present in the list.

Navigate to your camera configuration page and locate the section named Road Traffic. Make sure to select Detection Type: Vehicle Detection and Realtime LPR Result.

Note: The options you see on your camera may be different depending on your camera model and firmware version. Please refer to the manufacturer's manual if you are unsure how to turn on license plate recognition on your camera.

The iDS models work in a different way to ONVIF or other standard Hikvision cameras, they do not provide an API to request ANPR plates directly from the camera, instead, the camera needs to be pointed to the TetherBox to send it license plate information.

For example, under Network > Data Connection > Http Listening:

Note: please ensure you are running firmware version V5.0.2 230315 or newer.

On older iDS firmware versions, you enter the details under: Configuration > Network > Advanced Settings > Alarm Server:

Note: Ensure you use the TetherBox IP on the same network as your camera.

Press "Save" and then "Test", you should see:

Note: The "Test" button will not work until after you have saved your configuration.

Once you have completed the above steps, your ANPR camera will now be detecting vehicles and license plates. The following steps will help you gain access to the Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) feature. Accessing the TetherX ANPR feature.

1. Click or hover over the More panel located at the top of the navigation bar and click ANPR to navigate to the ANPR page.

2. ANPR page. Now you are on the LPR page and will be presented with a graph showing you the number of vehicles per day captured, and also the raw data collected from the ANPR camera.

You can go to Admin > Cameras > Camera Name, this will show you details of the camera including an "ANPR Plates" tab as pictured below. This allows you to add/remove ANPR plates either to a white or a blacklist:

Plates added to a blacklist will trigger a notification for all users that have notification switched on (see our Notifications page).

Plates added to a whitelist can perform custom actions such as opening gates for parking automation. Please get in touch with us on support@tetherit.io for more details.

For custom applications, please get in touch with us on support@tetherit.io, we have implemented functionality in the past such as automatic gate control, ability for users to login to a custom page to let guests in and more.