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3. In the window that appears, give the list a name and define its properties (see "License plate
list properties" on page 22).
4. If prompted, confirm to save changes.
5. As soon as you have created a license plate list (see "Working with license plate lists" on page
21), it becomes visible in the License Plate List and on the Lists tab of your LPR camera
(see "Add new LPR camera" on page 12).
It is also possible to use wild-card license plate lists (see "Manage license plate lists" on page 22).
Manage license plate lists
1. In the Management Client's Site Navigation Pane or Management Application's navigation
pane, expand Servers and select License Plate Lists.
2. Go to the Overview pane. Double-click the wanted License plate List.
3. The License Plate List Information window opens. Edit/fill out the needed properties (see
"License plate list properties" on page 22).
4. If prompted, confirm to save changes.
License plate list properties
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Name: Name of the list.
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Search: Lets you search the list for specific license plates, numbers, patterns or similar. Use ?
as a single wildcard if needed.
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Add: Lets you add a license plate.
Do not include any spaces and always use capital letters.
Examples: ABC123 (correct), ABC 123 (incorrect), abc123 (incorrect)
It is also possible to add wild-card license plate lists. Do this by defining plates with a number
of ?'s and the letter(s) and/or number(s) which must appear at specific places.
Examples: ?????A, A?????, ???1??, 22??33, A?B?C? and similar.
Also note that some regional areas might have exceptions to these rules. For example,
personalized plates with spaces. Plates with two sets of characters which must be recognized
separately by an underscore character ( _ ). Or plates from certain regions with letters on a
different background color on parts of the license plate.
Example:
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Delete: Lets you delete the selected license plate(s).
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Import: Lets you import license plates from any line-separated text file, for example a .txt-file.
Tip: Use for example, Windows' Notepad ® for creating .txt files for import.
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Export: Lets you export the entire license plate list to a line-separated text file.