Parking access by licence plate, running on the camera itself.
ParkComfy turns the plate reads of AXIS License Plate Verifier into decisions: who may enter which car park and when, how many spaces are left, which barrier to open – with a log of every vehicle and every change.
From a plate read to an open barrier
Every read goes through the same six checks, in this order, within milliseconds. The result and the reason are written to the App log, so nobody has to guess why a gate stayed closed.
The camera reads the plate
An ALPV camera pushes the plate, country, make, model, colour and direction over HTTPS.
Known misreads are fixed
Plate corrections turn a regular misread into the right plate before anything is decided.
The permit is checked
Validity, zones and – if set – the vehicle data, which must match the read as well.
The zone decides
Opening hours, who may park here and when, capacity, group quotas, lockdown.
The barrier opens
Through an I/O output of an Axis device, an HTTP command, or left to another system.
Everything is recorded
Currently parked is updated and the App log keeps the read, the images and the reason.
| Entry | Plate | Zone | Holder | Result | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:58:14 | ABC123 | Main car park | Anna Kovács Staff | Allowed | Valid permit, within the entry time of Staff (Office hours) |
| 07:59:02 | KLM404 | Garage | Supplier Ltd Suppliers | Refused | Group full: Suppliers may use at most 10 spaces in Garage (10 parked) |
| 22:41:30 | XYZ777 | Visitor lot | – | Zone closed | The zone is closed now (opening hours: Office hours, opens Mon 07:00) |
What the operators and the administrators get
One app for the security desk and for the people who set it up. Each user sees the pages and zones of their role.
Currently parked
Every vehicle inside each zone, how long it has been there, its holder and free spaces – live.
Gate control
Camera image of each barrier and a manual opening with a reason, the plate and an optional guest pass to an inner zone. Each user arranges their own cards.
Permits and groups
- Permanent, one-time or time-limited
- Strong criteria: country, make, model, colour
- CSV import with checks and undo; Active Directory
Entry times per zone
Time profiles with public holidays decide when each group – or single permit – may enter each zone, on top of the zone’s opening hours. Leaving is never blocked.
Overstays and statistics
Limits per group, zone or plate; occupancy, busy hours, length of stay and refused entries for any period.
Lockdown
Stop all entries, all exits or single zones in one step. Reads are still logged; manual opening is locked as well.
The app
The same interface for the camera’s administrators and for app users, in light and dark, on a desk monitor or a phone.
Built for a security system
Plates, names and phone numbers are personal data. ParkComfy keeps them on the camera and makes every access traceable.
Data stays on the camera
No cloud, no external database. With an SD card encrypted on the camera, logs and images are stored on it.
Roles, zones and times
Each role sets pages, zones, view or edit, and when it may be used. Domain users sign in with Active Directory – only when added by hand.
Encrypted exports and backups
Every export is an AES-256 encrypted ZIP; backups are always encrypted. The password follows the camera’s password policy.
Everything is logged
The App log records each read and manual opening, the System log each change, sign-in and export – with user and IP address.
Read-only API with client certificates
Reporting, VMS or SIEM systems read data with signed, single-use requests. Answers are encrypted for the client’s certificate and signed by the installation.
Axis events for the VMS
Plate read, refused, zone full, overstay, lockdown, manual opening and more – as camera events for Milestone XProtect or event rules.
Requirements and licensing
Install the app on one camera; it takes the reads of as many ALPV cameras as the site needs.
- Camera running ParkComfy
- Axis camera with AXIS OS 12.9 or later, ARTPEC-8 or ARTPEC-9 (aarch64)
- Plate reading
- AXIS License Plate Verifier on the cameras at the gates – the ParkComfy camera can be one of them
- Password policy
- Length or Complexity set on the camera; app users and backup passwords follow it
- Storage
- An SD card encrypted on the camera is recommended for logs and plate images
- Gates
- I/O output of an Axis device (e.g. AXIS A9161), an HTTP command, or another access control system
- Clock
- The same NTP server on every camera
Free trial licence with every feature. Request it with the serial number of the camera – one trial per camera.
Trial and full licences are files bound to the serial number of the camera and are installed on the Status page.
Request a free 60-day trial licence
Full-featured, bound to your camera. The licence file arrives by e-mail within a minute; install it on the Status page of ParkComfy.
- Every feature, any number of zones and ALPV cameras
- One trial licence per camera
- No payment details, no obligation
- For a full licence, reply to the e-mail with the trial licence