*Tattile Devices

Technical Article | TA-20201002-TP-28

VDG Sense | VDG Integrations | Tattile

1 Introduction
2 Vega ANPR events in VDG Sense
3 Macro signals
4 License Plate Match with Person database
5 Sense Search on Tattile ANPR events

Introduction

The Vega Smart and Vega Basic cameras by Tattile are highly specialized ANPR/LPR devices that have been integrated in VDG Sense 2.6.2 and can be added as a new device type. These cameras can be added as a new device type in Sense and work together with VDG Sense CarR algorithm to receive events from these devices that can be used for triggering macros to start user-defined procedures such as video pop-up, audio alarms, simple access control or informing third party access control systems (for example IProtect) for further handling.

Vega ANPR events in VDG Sense

The Vega cameras have some unique features that are not found in the CarR algorithm. The camera is able to detect the vehicle brand, type (Car, Motor, Truck, etc) and color. Therefor, the Vega cameras have unique events that are separated from the VDG Sense CarR events. See the following table for the events that are generated by these devices.

Camera Event	VDG Sense Event	Event Values

Camera Event	VDG Sense Event	Event Values
OCR Read	LicensePlateFound	Plate=[value], Country=[value], Vehicle Brand=[value], Vehicle Type=[value], Vehicle Color=[value], Speed=[value]
OCR Not Read	LicensePlateNotRead	Plate not read
OCR No Plate	LicensePlateNotFound	No Plate
	LicensePlateMatch	Plate=[value], Full name=,[value]
Changed Input	CamAlarmInputHigh / CamAlarmInputLow	[inputnr]

Like CarR devices, these events can be found in the Timeline panel or enabled/disabled in the Event Panel settings by checking or unchecking the events in the "Enabled Events" settings shown in the table above. These are shared by both by CarR and Tatille devices.

Macro signals

The events from Vega cameras can be used in the Macro engine as signals to trigger further macro actions. To do this,

Create a new macro
Select Device -> <Location> -> <Your Tattile Device>
Select one of the eligible events
- LicensePlateFound
- LicensePlateNotRead
- LicensePlateNotFound
- LicensePlateMatch

License Plate Match with Person database

The ANPR algorithm in the Tattile devices functions with the existing VDG Sense Person database. If a license plate scanned with a Vega device matches a database entry, VDG Sense will automatically generate a License Plate Match event. Note that these results are not found in the Sense Match fixed layout for now and only show CarR matches.

Sense Search on Tattile ANPR events

Events generated from Tattile devices cannot be found in the CarR at the moment. To search for events generated by these devices, open up the "Events" subtab in the Sense Search fixed layout. In the Event types list, select the relevant type of event and enter a value to search for a specific event or leave empty for all events.

Note that searching for multiple terms is an OR query and must be enter-separated. See the following examples:

Search value	Result(s)

Search value	Result(s)
White	Plate=12ABC3, Country=NLD, Vehicle Brand=Skoda, Vehicle Type=Car, Vehicle Color=White Plate=89XYZ1, Country=NLD, Vehicle Brand=Renault, Vehicle Type=Car, Vehicle Color=White
12AB	Plate=12ABC3, Country=NLD, Vehicle Brand=Skoda, Vehicle Type=Car, Vehicle Color=White Plate=YY12AB, Country=F, Vehicle Brand=Renault, Vehicle Type=Car, Vehicle Color=Blue
Truck	Plate=XX77ZZ, Country=DE, Vehicle Brand=Scania, Vehicle Type=Truck, Vehicle Color=Red
Truck White	Plate=XX77ZZ, Country=DE, Vehicle Brand=Scania, Vehicle Type=Truck, Vehicle Color=Red Plate=12ABC3, Country=NLD, Vehicle Brand=Skoda, Vehicle Type=Car, Vehicle Color=White Plate=89XYZ1, Country=NLD, Vehicle Brand=Renault, Vehicle Type=Car, Vehicle Color=White

Note how in the last example both Trucks and White cars are returned.