From 3d15eaace7e83fd9b549486efa8ced13775dfefe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Papin Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:15:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update libzm_plugin_openalpr plugin readme file --- plugins/libzm_plugin_openalpr/README.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/libzm_plugin_openalpr/README.md b/plugins/libzm_plugin_openalpr/README.md index d2d11cdb0..a0ac39696 100644 --- a/plugins/libzm_plugin_openalpr/README.md +++ b/plugins/libzm_plugin_openalpr/README.md @@ -3,17 +3,15 @@ libzm-plugin-openalpr ## Overview -libzm-plugin-openalpr is a plugin for Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) in ZoneMinder. -It is based on openalpr library (https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr). +libzm-plugin-openalpr is a plugin for Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR). The recognized license plates are added to Zoneminder's event notes. ## Requirements -libzoneminder-plugin-openalpr requires: -- A ZoneMinder installation with the plugin framework -- The OpenALPR library +libzm-plugin-openalpr is based on the OpenALPR library. +Currently this library is not packaged in distributions but it can be built and installed following the instructions on github project page (https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr). -### Configuration +## Configuration After installation, please make some adjustments in file `/etc/zm/plugins.d/openalpr.conf`. Most of default values can be kept, but if you live in Europe, you can set the `country_code` setting to `eu` to improve reading of plates with EU format @@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ The next options are specifics to this plugin and can be used to adjust the dete The configuration is saved to the database and applied when clicking on the `Save` button. -### Using +## Using When a license plate is detected, this triggers an event with alarmed frame(s). Depending on your configuration settings and video content, an event may contain multiple alarmed frames.