ALPR Plate Manager

This repository provides a Flask-based web application for managing license plates, designed to integrate with Home Assistant's image processing features.

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Prerequisites

1. Create a folder in ../share/alpr for the storage of plates.yaml

2. Create a folder in

   /config/images/codeproject_ai_alpr/
   

Environment Variables:

• HA_TOKEN: Your Home Assistant long-lived access token.
• HA_URL: The URL of your Home Assistant instance.

Add these variables to your environment using a .env file or directly in your terminal. For example:

export HA_TOKEN="your_home_assistant_token"
export HA_URL="http://your_home_assistant_url"

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Setup

Step 1: Clone the Repository

Go to addons folder of Home Assistant, create a folder, namely ALPR.

Clone the repository containing the ALPR Plate Manager code:

git clone https://github.com/your-repo/alpr-plate-manager.git
cd alpr-plate-manager

Step 2: Update Environment Variables

Ensure the HA_TOKEN and HA_URL environment variables are correctly set to connect to your Home Assistant instance.

To create HA_TOKEN, Profile > Security TAB , scroll down and Create Token on Long-lived access tokens

Step 3: Adding the addon

Go to settings > add-ons > Add-on store then Local Add-ons

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Usage

Web Interface

1. Go to settings > Dashboards > add dashboard > webpage and insert the URL that was created by the add on!
2. Use the input box to add new license plates.
3. View and manage your list of plates, including the option to delete entries.

Home Assistant Integration

• The application uses Home Assistant's API to reload image processing configurations when plates are added or removed.

• Go to the configuration.yaml

  image_processing:
    - platform: codeproject_ai_alpr
      server: http://ip_address_of_your_codeproject_device/v1/vision/alpr/
      watched_plates: !include ../share/alpr/plates.yaml
      save_file_folder: /config/images/codeproject_ai_alpr/
      save_timestamped_file: True
      always_save_latest_file: True
      source:
        - entity_id: camera.eramiz_outdoor_camera_main

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Notes:

server: http://ip_address_of_your_codeproject_device/v1/vision/alpr/

change the IP address.