Parkeon’s e-gateway solution integrates parking payment terminals with automatic number plate recognition to link with enforcement and penalty collection services

UK Headquarters, April 23 2008 – Parkeon is introducing an enhanced version of its Strada® Pay & Display (P&D) payment terminal, together with an extra module for the Company’s Parkfolio® centralised management suite, at Parkex 2008.  Designed for use in off-street parking facilities, the new e-gateway solution intregrates with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems to provide a seamless link to enforcement and penalty collection services. 

As soon as a vehicle enters a car park fitted with a Parkeon e-gateway installation, its registration plate details are captured by the APNR system.  The driver then has a predetermined period, e.g. 5 or 10 minutes, in which to enter the vehicle’s full registration plate details on the payment terminal’s alpha-numeric display and purchase a ticket. 

Failure to do so will result in the system automatically recording the vehicle as being in “Default”.  The combined applications then provide a seamless connection to enforcement services that will automatically generate Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) and then implement penalty collection processes in cases of non-compliance.  

The system is designed to streamline the PCN issuing and penalty collection processes, whilst also reducing overheads for car park operators.

Parkeon introduces contactless reader combined with Chip and PIN for bank cards

Parkeon is also introducing a new contactless card reader for its Strada® range of payment terminals.  The device is being launched to enable the machines to handle the latest “wave and pay” cards currently being introduced by a number of major banks.  As a security measure, the financial institutions periodically require “wave and pay” card users to reverify their identities via the Chip and PIN key pad and also whenever a single transaction exceeds £10.

Contactless card readers can be retro-fitted to existing Strada machines. This will enable operators to introduce the latest innovation in payment solutions cost-effectively and demonstrates the future-proof design of Parkeon’s equipment.

New P&D audio-visual intercom system

Another solution being demonstrated for the first time by Parkeon is a combined CCTV and audio “Help Point” for the Strada range.  A tiny camera concealed in the P&D terminal enables a parking manager to see anyone seeking assistance  whilst using the machine and also to talk to them via a wireless connection.  The facility is designed to increase user satisfaction and security, as well as payment compliance, by enabling drivers to ask for advice from a control centre.  

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