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VIDAR Axle Counting Camera
Quick Installation Guide
This guide contains an overview of the hardware and required
components, suggested scenarios and step-by-step guide for
installation, and safety and maintenance instructions.
© Copyright Adaptive Recognition Inc.
All rights reserved.
14.05.2025.

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  • Page 1 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide This guide contains an overview of the hardware and required components, suggested scenarios and step-by-step guide for installation, and safety and maintenance instructions. © Copyright Adaptive Recognition Inc. 14.05.2025. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide VIDAR AXLE COUNTING CAMERA QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE Document version: 2025.05.14. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................4 COMPONENTS ....................................5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..............................6 3.1. INSTALLATION RECOMMENDATIONS ........................10 CONNECTIONS ....................................11 4.1. CAMERA CABLE LAYOUTS ............................11 4.2.
  • Page 3 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.6. DETECTION AREA................................22 7.7. EXTERNAL ILLUMINATOR .............................. 23 7.8. RESULT ....................................... 24 SAFETY ........................................30 MAINTENANCE ....................................31 9.1. MAGNETIC RESET ................................33 9.2. POSITION OF THE STICKER ............................34 9.3. COMPLIANCES ..................................35 TROUBLESHOOTING ................................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Quick Installation Guide INTRODUCTION The Vidar Axle Counting camera (VAC camera) scans the vehicles from the side and generates laterally directed events assembled from parts about the passing vehicles, using the Vehicle Axle Counting engine (VAC engine). The camera employs a lateral scanning approach, generating comprehensive events that capture crucial details about passing vehicles.

  • Page 5: Components

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide COMPONENTS Sold in 2 separate boxes: Box#1 contains: • VAC Camera (M-VIDARSMART-2HDXLTU) • Bracket (COMBUY-OTH-0035) Box#2 contains: • Synchronized External Illuminator with Cable and Bracket (850nm) (PCBLIG-ELC-0251) • GPIO / Illuminator cable (EXPCAB-C01-0479) Must purchase for camera operation: •...

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    Vehicle speed range 5 km/h – 200 km/h Maximum number of lanes Camera configuration Vidar Smart 2xHDx (1C+1BW), LT, Wide Zoom, IR+W panel, AXLE COUNTING SW included, extra IR850 recommended! Illumination (optional white) The recommended illumination position is under the camera.
  • Page 7 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide The roll must be 90° (+/- 1°). You can check the Roll on the camera GUI here: (Maintenance > Sensors) b) Connect the cables to the designated connectors. Seal the unused cable endings with end...
  • Page 8 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide Overhead installation - - when the camera is placed above the lane: • Installation height: 4 - 8 m • Maximum tracking distance for detection: 3.5 - 8 meters • The camera can capture the closer lane or the adjacent lane •...
  • Page 9 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide Transversal installation - when the device is installed on a pole near the road and it has to be: • The optical axis of the camera should be perpendicular to the road •...

  • Page 10: Installation Recommendations

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 3.1. INSTALLATION RECOMMENDATIONS Suggestions: Regarding orientation, perhaps we can suggest that in the northern hemisphere, the camera should preferably face north, and in the southern hemisphere, it should face south. This way, the possibility of backlighting is reduced, and shadows are less likely to interfere because sunlight mostly comes from behind the camera.

  • Page 11: Connections

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide CONNECTIONS 4.1. CAMERA CABLE LAYOUTS Power: 4 pos. M12 Male Ethernet: (8 pos. M12 X coded, Female) ..RJ45 11/38 Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic REQUESTINFO@ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore...

  • Page 12: External Illuminator

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 4.2. EXTERNAL ILLUMINATOR To connect the external illuminator, the wiring looks like this: 4.3. POWER The 36V DC, min. 2.5A power supply outputs should be connected as per the wiring diagram below: Connect Camera Power Cable black ended sleeve wires 1 and 2 to the power supply pin 4 (V-).
  • Page 13 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide The external illuminator and the camera power supply should be grounded together. The Mean Well LRS-150-36 power supply is an excellent choice. In principle, it is possible to use a larger power supply to drive multiple units (Camera + External Illuminator), but it is safer and more robust to build the system with several smaller power supplies.

  • Page 14: Accessing The Camera

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide ACCESSING THE CAMERA • Ensure that the camera and the computer are connected to the same network. • Enter the chosen IP address (Optional IP address can be used besides your fix or DHCP IP address.

  • Page 15: Camera Setup

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide CAMERA SETUP 7.1. STREAM SETTINGS First, select Side Scan setting for Sensor #1 under the Stream settings / Source Settings. A selector or drop-down menu will appear, always select Sensor #1. At Sensor #1, select the appropriate frame rate (100FPS-10 FPS) from the drop-down menu together with the highest resolution.
  • Page 16 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide The data in the tables represent key performance parameters for the camera based on different configurations. These parameters help determine how well each configuration performs in terms of detection accuracy and the speed range within the system operates optimally.

  • Page 17: Engine Manager

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.2. ENGINE MANAGER This section allows the user to manage the VAC engines and Hardware Key Licenses used in the system. The Installed Engines tab lists the engines currently installed on the camera.
  • Page 18 The proper selection of engines is always based on licenses. Search and download the latest version named in the following format: VAC.X.X.X.X-XXQX. from Adaptive Recognition website: https://adaptiverecognition.com/doc/cameras/vidar-anpr-cameras/vidar-axle-camera-for-...

  • Page 19: Event Manager

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide With the Side Scan function activated for Sensor #1 and VAC engine installed on the camera, proceed to the ANPR menu and navigate to the ANPR settings submenu. Here, within the Processing stages section, select the VAC function checkbox.

  • Page 20: Optics

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.4. OPTICS The first step is to set the appropriate Zoom. Navigate to Live View > Optics to access the camera optics settings. Set the zoom so that the bottom and top of the vehicle will be fully within the frame, and the bottom of the image starts where the edge of the road (or the lane) begins.

  • Page 21: Side Scan Setup

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.5. SIDE SCAN SETUP Go to the Live view menu, and select the Side Scan submenu. If the lane separator is not horizontal, it is recommended to align it horizontally. If you notice any distortion in the image, use the MSQ and MQD sliders to flatten the image.

  • Page 22: Detection Area

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.6. DETECTION AREA By pressing the Detection Area button, set the desired detection area on the image where the wheels of the vehicles pass. After set the detection area, press the Set Region of Interest button to apply the setting. The Save button does not save this configuration.

  • Page 23: External Illuminator

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.7. EXTERNAL ILLUMINATOR The settings of the external illuminator and filter selector can be managed by clicking in the Flash button at the Live View menu. First, the plain config settings required to turn on the external illuminator: 1.

  • Page 24: Result

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 7.8. RESULT After completing the previous configuration steps, valid VAC events will appear here. You can review the results in the ANPR Browse menu after correct setup. If you choose the info button , and in the Data group section, the VAC data will be shown, if you choose it from the drop-down menu.
  • Page 25 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide Data group results are the followings: • Event ID: This is the unique identifier of the event. Each recorded event is assigned an ID, which helps in later retrieval and data organization. •...
  • Page 26 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide Please find a brief description below about the output of the Axle Counter camera. The Vehicle Axle Counter camera creates three files for each event: A Side Scan image of the vehicle. This can be uploaded to a server or asked from the camera via the API ( http://camera_id/cff?cmd=getimage&id=last&type=aux ).
  • Page 27 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide CLASS_AR: The vehicle’s AR category. Only returned in the first row. CLASS_E13: The vehicle’s Euro 13 category. Only returned in the first row. 27/38 Adaptive Recognition America Adaptive Recognition Nordic REQUESTINFO@ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM Adaptive Recognition Hungary Adaptive Recognition Singapore WWW.ADAPTIVERECOGNITION.COM...
  • Page 28 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide CLASS_FHWA: Category returned based on the Federal Highway Administration’s standard. Only returned in the first row. CATEGORY_CONF: Vehicle category confidence. A confidence score indicating how accurate the vehicle category classification is. BODY_TYPE: The type of the vehicle’s body (e.g., sedan, van, truck, etc.).
  • Page 29 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide VAC_WHEELS xml is listing all the wheels of the vehicle separately. It contains data about their position on the image (frame), their distance from each other, whether they are in a same group (single-, double-, or multi-axle) and whether that wheel is lifted or not.

  • Page 30: Safety

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide SAFETY All screws should be hand-tightened! Do not overtighten the screws. Failures due to inappropriate installation void the warranty. The camera must only be installed on a stable surface! For cabling use quality, outdoor-certified cables! Improper cabling causes warranty to void! Water may enter into the camera inside through not properly sealed connectors.

  • Page 31: Maintenance

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide MAINTENANCE The cameras are designed for 24/7/365 work for every weather condition and they do not need special maintenance. Please keep clean the camera front. During the cleaning process, avoid scratching the front cover.
  • Page 32 VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 4. Dry Polishing: Immediately after wet wiping, use a dry microfiber wipe to polish the surface. Apply circular motions from the center outwards to remove any remaining streaks or stains. 5. Repeat if Needed: If the surface remains contaminated, repeat the wet wiping and dry polishing process until the desired result is achieved.

  • Page 33: Magnetic Reset

    (for example due to a dropped IP address), Recovery Mode may also be reached by applying the magnetic reset procedure. Entering Recovery mode to Vidar camera: Starting of the Recovery mode can be implemented by magnetization in the following way: By magnetization: 1.

  • Page 34: Position Of The Sticker

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide 9.2. POSITION OF THE STICKER Sticker is placed on the bottom of the device. The sticker, indicating the Name, IP address, MAC address and the Serial Number of the camera, can be found on a small metal placket at the bottom of the camera.

  • Page 35: Compliances

    This declaration represents the Company's best knowledge, which is partially based on information provided by third party suppliers. Laser safety compliance: All models of VIDAR ANPR camera which are equipped with a measuring laser module are Class 1 laser products according to the IEC 60825-1:2014 standard. 35/38...
  • Page 36 FCC. Changes or modifications to product not expressly approved by Adaptive Recognition Hungary could void your right to use or operate your product by the FCC.

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    VIDAR Axle Counting Camera Quick Installation Guide TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting: • The image is not sharp: o The correct configuration of the zoom and focus pairing is crucial to ensure that the camera captures sharp, detailed images. The typical setting for zoom is around 0, paired with the corresponding focus.

  • Page 38: Contact Information

    Web: adaptiverecognition.com/support/ Adaptive Recognition Hungary Technical Support System (ATSS) is designed to provide you the fastest and most proficient assistance, so you can quickly get back to business. Information regarding your hardware, latest software updates and manuals are easily accessible for customers via our Documents Site (www.adaptiverecognition.com/doc...

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