Abacus.Graph

Small yet powerful module for communication with Abacus/DESIGNA (WinOperate) parking system over its WebService API from environment of PowerShell 7+.

Connect to Service

Install-Module Abacus.Graph -AllowPrerelease -Force
Import-Module Abacus.Graph

# create a SecureString first for -Password
$pw = ConvertTo-SecureString 'mypassword' -AsPlainText -Force

# call the function
Connect-AB -Uri 'http://abacus-server/abacus' -Username 'admin' -Password $pw

Disconnect

Disconnect-AB

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Cards

Search cards (vehicles currently inside)

# By licence plate (wildcard %)
Get-ABCards -Plate '%ABC%'

# By carrier number
Get-ABCards -Carrier '015364' -OnlyInsideCarpark $false

# By owner name
Get-ABCards -PersonName 'Novak'

Example output

id                 : 4217
owner_first_name   : Jan
owner_last_name    : Novák
price_name         : Permanent
valid_from         : 2025-01-01T00:00:00
valid_to           : 2026-12-31T23:59:59
last_usage         : 2026-04-09T08:14:22
last_plate         : 1AB2345
last_country_code  : CZ
applic_id_last_use : 3
time_coding        : 0
card_carrier       : 0153640001
carpark_id         : 1

Move card virtually (check in / check out)

# Manually — direction 1 = in, 0 = out
Move-ABCardVirtually -CardCarrier '0153640001' -CarparkId 1 -Direction 1

# Pipeline from Get-ABCards — CarparkId and CardCarrier bind automatically
Get-ABCards -Plate '%ABC%' | Move-ABCardVirtually -Direction 0

# By short card number
Move-ABCardVirtually -ShortCardNr '015364' -CarparkId 1 -Direction 1

# Preview without executing (-WhatIf)
Get-ABCards -Plate '%ABC%' | Move-ABCardVirtually -Direction 1 -WhatIf

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Terminals (Applic)

List all terminals

Get-ABApplic

Example output

ID   UId    Name          Type  Active  CarparkUId
--   ---    ----          ----  ------  ----------
3    A3F1   Entry Gate 1  1     True    C1
5    A5B2   Exit Gate 1   1     True    C1

Get terminal state

# Single terminal
Get-ABApplicState -Tcc 3

# Pipeline from Get-ABApplic
Get-ABApplic | Get-ABApplicState

# Only online terminals
Get-ABApplic | Get-ABApplicState | Where-Object IsOnline -eq $true

Example output

TccNo          : 3
InService      : True
IsOnline       : True
IsBarrierUp    : False
IsBarrierOn    : True
...

Send command to terminal

# Open barrier (command 45)
Send-ABApplicCommand -Tcc 3 -Command 45

# Close barrier (command 46)
Send-ABApplicCommand -Tcc 3 -Command 46

# Preview without executing (-WhatIf)
Send-ABApplicCommand -Tcc 3 -Command 45 -WhatIf

Command reference:

Command	Action
45	Barrier open
46	Barrier close
51	TCC in service
52	TCC out of service
81	TCC reset
83	Barrier in service
84	Barrier out of service
137	Activate I/O-check
138	Deactivate I/O-check
139	Activate blacklist-check
140	Deactivate blacklist-check

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Carpark counters

Get-ABCarparkCounter -CarparkNo 1

Example output

MaxCarparkFull                       : 500
CurrentCarparkFullTotal              : 312
CurrentShortTermParker               : 87
CurrentSeasonParkerWithReservation   : 225
...

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Info

• DESIGNA Abacus Parking System