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layout: page
title: "OpenAlpr"
description: "Instructions how to integrate licences plates with OpenAlpr into Home Assistant."
date: 2016-09-22 00:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
logo: openalpr.png
ha_category: Automation
featured: false
ha_release: 0.29
ha_iot_class: "Local Push"
---
[OpenAlpr](http://www.openalpr.com/) integration for Home Assistant allows you to process licences plates from a camera. You can use them to open a garage door or trigger any other [automation](https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/).
<p class='note'>
If you want use a video stream. You need setup the [ffmpeg](/components/ffmpeg) component. See also there for troubleshooting local ffmpeg installation.
</p>
### {% linkable_title Local installation %}
If you want process all data local you need the command line tool `alpr` in version > 2.3.1
If you don't found binarys for you distribution you can compile from source. A documention how to build a openalpr is found [here](https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr/wiki).
On a debian system you can use this cmake command to build only the command line tool:
```bash
cmake -DWITH_TEST=FALSE -DWITH_BINDING_JAVA=FALSE --DWITH_BINDING_PYTHON=FALSE --DWITH_BINDING_GO=FALSE -DWITH_DAEMON=FALSE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr
```
### {% linkable_title Configuration Home Assistant %}
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
openalpr:
engine: local
region: eu
confidence: 80.0
entities:
- name: Camera garage 1
interval: 5
render: ffmpeg
input: INPUT_STREAM
extra_arguments: SOME OTHER FFMPEG STUFF
- name: Camera garage 2
interval: 5
render: image
input: https://camera_ip/still_image.jpg
username: admin
password: bla
```
Configuration variables:
- **engine** (*Required*): `local` or `cloud` for processing
- **region** (*Required*): Country or region. List of Supported [value](https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr/tree/master/runtime_data/config).
- **confidence** (*Optional*): Default 80. The minimum of confidence in percent to process with Home-Assistant.
- **entities** (*Required*): A list of device to add in Home-Assistant.
- **name** (*Optional*): This parameter allows you to override the name of your openalpr entitie.
- **interval** (*Optional*): Default 2. Time in seconds to poll a picture. If the interval is 0 It don't poll and it only process data with `openalpr.scan` service.
- **render** (*Optional*): default is with ffmpeg. How is Home-Assistant to get a picture from. It support `ffmpeg` for video streams and `image` for a still image.
- **input** (*Required*): The source from getting pictures. With ffmpeg it could by all supported input. Image only support a url.
- **extra_arguments** (*Optional*): Only available with ffmpeg.
- **username** (*Optional*): Only available with image for http authentification.
- **password** (*Optional*): Only available with image for http authentification.
### {% linkable_title Configuration Home Assistant local processing %}
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
openalpr:
engine: local
region: eu
alpr_binary: /usr/bin/alpr
entities:
...
```
Configuration variables:
- **alpr_binary** (*Optional*): Default `alpr`. The command line tool alpr from OpenAlpr software for local processing.
### {% linkable_title Configuration Home Assistant cloud processing %}
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
openalpr:
engine: local
region: eu
api_key: SK_AAABBBBCCCEEEE
entities:
...
```
Configuration variables:
- **api_key** (*Required*): You need a api key from [OpenAlpr Cloud](https://cloud.openalpr.com/).
#### {% linkable_title Service %}
- `openalpr.scan`: Scan immediately a picture from input.
- `openalpr.restart`: Restart a ffmpeg process
#### {% linkable_title Events %}
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml automation entry
automation:
- alias: Open garage door
trigger:
platform: event
Event_type: openalpr.found
Event_data:
entity_id: openalpr.camera_garage_1
plate: BE2183423
...
```
This event is trigger after openalpr found a new licence plate.