How AutoVu™ MLPI works

Mobile License Plate Inventory (MLPI) is the Genetec Patroller™ software installation that is configured for collecting license plates and other vehicle information for creating and maintaining a license plate inventory for a large parking area or parking garage.

The AutoVu™ MLPI process works as follows:

A parking facility is created in Config Tool. The parking facility describes the layout of the parking area in sectors and rows. For information about configuring a parking facility, see the Security Center Administrator Guide.
Genetec Patroller™ routes are associated to sectors and rows configured in the parking facility. The sector and row of a license plate read represents the location of the vehicle in the parking facility.
AutoVu MLPI Genetec Patroller™ (or handheld device approved by Genetec Inc.) collects license plate reads in the parking facility, and then offloads the data to Security Center.
NOTE: Handheld device reads are imported to the LPR Manager database using the XML import module. A single ghost patroller, called XML import, appears in the list to identify this. No matter how many handheld devices exist, all their reads are imported to the same ghost patroller.
Security Center polls the Offload folder for new MLPI data.
The Inventory icon () in Security Desk indicates when there is new data that can be added to an inventory.

For more information about reconciling reads or about the MLPI solution, see the AutoVu™ Genetec Patroller™ Mobile License Plate Inventory User Guide.