ParkPow Integrations

It is easy to feed ALPR data into ParkPow! See the pre-integrations below as well as the option for a custom integration.

Send Vehicle Data to ParkPow

Product	Instructions
Snapshot Cloud	Integration Steps
Snapshot SDK	Integration Steps
Stream	Integration Steps
FTP	Integration Steps
Blue Iris (via Snapshot Cloud)	Integration Steps
Cisco Meraki (via Snapshot Cloud)	Integration Steps
Axis (via Snapshot Cloud)	Integration Steps
Axis LPR	Setup forwarder on premise
IP Configure	No additional work needed. LPR data is automatically sent to ParkPow.
EEN	No additional work needed. LPR data is automatically sent to ParkPow.
NX Cloud	No additional work needed. LPR data is automatically sent to ParkPow.
Verkada LPR	Send LPR data onPremise or using CF Workers
Hikvision LPR	Setup forwarder on premise
Custom Integration	Integration Steps via ParkPow API.

Snapshot Cloud

You can send ALPR data from Plate Recognizer Snapshot API Cloud into ParkPow.

Step 1. Link your Platerecognizer account on ParkPow

Sign in or Sign up on ParkPow. If you had previously signed up using an email and password, You need to link your Platerecognizer account To Link your account or change the linked account:

1. Sign in to ParkPow then click on Link Your Platerecognizer Account in the bottom left corner.
2. If Plate Recognizer is shown like pointed by arrow (2) your account is already linked.
3. You can change the linked account by first removing any existing account.
4. Click on the link pointed by arrow (3) to Link your account

Step 2. Enable ParkPow Export

Login to Plate Recognizer Snapshot Cloud Settings and go to the Setting category as shown in the image below. In the category, enable exporting to ParkPow in 'Forward ALPR results to ParkPow'. Verify if the ParkPow Token data matches the ones in your ParkPow.

Go back to the ParkPow app to set up your environment, such as your sites, cameras, time zone, etc.

Snapshot SDK

You can send ALPR data from Plate Recognizer Snapshot On-Premise SDK straight into ParkPow.

Step 1. Login to Plate Recognizer Dashboard

After you sign up on ParkPow, go back to the Plate Recognizer Webhooks Settings page. You can also locate this in the Navbar by clicking on Apps, choose Snapshot SDK, then click on Webhooks.

Step 2. Click on the green +Add SDK Webhooks button

Step 3. Fill out the info

1. Use a descriptive name, such as the Parking Lot Name along with “ParkPow” so that it is clear this webhook sends info from the Parking Lot to ParkPow.
2. Select the appropriate License.
3. Enter Target URL: https://app.parkpow.com/api/v1/webhook-receiver/ For On-Premise ParkPow deployments, for Step 3 above, enter ths following Target URL instead: http://local-ip-address:8000/api/v1/webhook-receiver/
4. Make sure to check Send Image if you need images to be forwarded to ParkPow.
5. Add the appropriate HTTP Headers to authorize requests sent to ParkPow, copy/paste the ParkPow API Token in the Authorization Header. Go here to get the ParkPow API Token.

{
  "Authorization": "Token YOUR_PARKPOW_API_TOKEN"
}

6. Click on save. Please make sure to restart that specific SDK to apply the changes.

Step 4. (Optional) When starting the SDK, consider including the ParkPow Token in the docker command as an alternative step if Step 3.5 hasn't been done.

docker run ... -e PARKPOW_TOKEN=YOUR_PARKPOW_API_TOKEN

You can get your token from https://app.parkpow.com/account/token/.

Stream

You can send ALPR data from Plate Recognizer Stream straight into ParkPow.

Ensure that Stream is installed before proceeding with the next steps. If you haven't installed it yet, refer to the Stream Installation guide for instructions.

Step 1. Get your API Token

Sign up on ParkPow and get the ParkPow API Token, click on the profile icon in the bottom left corner and then on the API TOKEN button.

For On-Premise ParkPow deployments, get your local ParkPow API Token: http://local-ip-address:8000/accounts/token/

Step 2. Update Stream config.ini

Navigate to the Stream working directory, locate the config.ini file, and open it.

Use the following example to configure the Webhooks section in the config.ini file.

config.ini

[cameras]
    # Global cameras parameters here
    [[camera-1]]
        active = yes
        url = rtsp://<rtsp_user>:<rtsp_password>@<rtsp_url>:<rtsp_port>/<rtsp_camera_path>
        webhook_targets = parkpow
        # More camera parameters below
        # ...

[webhooks]
    # Global webhooks parameters here
    caching = yes
    [[parkpow]]
        #ParkPow webhook receiver url where plate prediction data will be sent
        url = https://app.parkpow.com/api/v1/webhook-receiver/
        # Get your token here: https://app.parkpow.com/accounts/token/
        header = Authorization: Token YOUR_PARKPOW_API_TOKEN
        image = vehicle
        request_timeout = 20

    # More webhooks below
    # ...

For On-Premise ParkPow deployments, replace the webhook url = https://app.parkpow.com/api/v1/webhook-receiver/ with the following: http://local-ip-address:8000/api/v1/webhook-receiver/

info

• The camera code on ParkPow is the [[camera-id]] from your config.ini. In the example above, camera-1. If you use multiple cameras, each camera id should be different. In the ParkPow admin you can modify the display name but you should not change the camera id.
• You have a fixed numbers of cameras on ParkPow. If you have no free slots, you can edit the camera codes in the camera settings. You may also delete a camera.
• Ensure to add webhook_targets = parkpow on the individual camera configuration to tell Stream to send plate prediction data from that camera to the specified webhook target. More Stream webhook config information here

Step 3. Restart Stream container

To apply this change you will need to restart the Stream Docker container using the following command:

docker restart stream

tip

To confirm that the changes have taken effect, you can check the Stream container logs:

docker logs stream

Optionally you can use the flag -f to follow the log entries in real-time:

docker logs -f stream

Step 4. You’re done!

Go to the ParkPow app to set up your environment, such as your sites, cameras, time zone, etc.

FTP

You can send image uploads from your device directly to our FTP, where the system will do license plate recognition.

Credentials Request

The credentials to use the system can be requested by clicking here, or according to the image below.

Access to FTP credentials

You can also locate this by clicking on your e-mail address in the upper right corner and then on FTP.

FTP configuration on your device

Most devices allow FTP configuration for sending captures, Here you can check the configuration method of main devices compatible with our platform.

Notes:

• Once an image is processed, it is immediately removed from the FTP server.
• You can send images to a sub-directory. Its name is used as the Camera ID. For example, with /nx123/2022/03/25/car.jpg, nx123 will be set as the Camera ID.
• If you are using passive mode, you have to configure your firewall. Our port range is 55000-65000.

Data received from FTP

Information retrieved from FTP can be viewed in the Plate Recognizer's Dashboard menu.

The Plate Recognizer FTP service allows recognitions to be exported to ParkPow, and/or to a Webhook of your choice.

REKOR Scout

You can send ALPR data from REKOR Scout into ParkPow.

Note: This will create new cameras using the code rekor-<rekor-camera-id> from your existing cameras in REKOR Scout. Make sure you have enough available cameras, as you can't combine the ones you already have with those from REKOR Scout.

Migrate Data

This step will send the existing data from REKOR Scout to Parkpow.

After signing in to ParkPow, click on the action button on the dashboard, then select Import from REKOR Scout.

Fill the authentication section form with your REKOR Scout's credentials, and select the Date Range for the data you wish to import. Then, click Import.

Webhook Configuration

Follow these steps to feed future data from REKOR Scout to ParkPow.

Sign in to REKOR Scout and go to Webhook Configuration.

Click on Add New Webhook.

Fill in the Destination URL field with the following URL:

https://app.parkpow.com/api/v1/log-rekor-scout/

For On-Premise ParkPow deployments, use the following URL:

http://parkpow-onprem-ip-address:8000/api/v1/log-rekor-scout/

Check the Send All Plate Reads option and add {"Authorization": "Token YOUR_PARKPOW_API_TOKEN"} to Custom Data field. You can get your ParkPow API Token by following this step.

Click on Update.

Stream CSV Upload

You can upload the Stream CSV file-type results from Stream folder to ParkPow using this tool.