Is it possible in BVMS 12.2 to send license plate details as text in an alarm email to a 3rd party software?

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Yes, this is possible, but not directly through the standard way, which is to send an email on alarm.

The reason is that, when using the standard function, the email sent on alarm will send only the ‘Alarm Title’ and the ‘Device Name’. Is not possible to send the License Plate String.

The suggested way will be to implement an Event Receiver, that listens for the ‘License Plate Detected’ event. And on this event use ‘SendManager’ to send an email.

Configure the Event: License Plate Detected

Make a server scriplet that sends an email including the string with the Number Plate.

Below you can find the scriplet. Note that it will require some tailoring depending on your mail setup.

//This is a server scriplet that should be started on Event - License Plate Detected

// The scriplet filters the Number Plate String and sends E-Mail.

public void ServerScriptletSendEMail(EventData e)

{

//First get the number plate string from the Number Plate Detedted Event

string allEventData = e.ToString();

numberPlateString = "";

foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> kvp in e)

{

string key = kvp.Key;

string value = kvp.Value;

//use the value and the key

if (key.Equals("LicensePlateString"))

{

//value is the numberplate

numberPlateString = value;

break; // get out of the loop

}

// send mail without provider information

Api.SendManager.Mail("test@tester.de","test@tester.de","Without Provider",numberPlateString);

// send mail with provider information

MailProvider m = Api.SendManager.GetMailProviderByName("mailserver");

if (m==null)

{

Logger.Error("****************Mail could not be send. m = null. *************");

return;

}

Api.SendManager.Mail(m, "test@tester.de","test@tester.de","With Provider",numberPlateString);

}

This scriplet should be started on the event configured at point 1.