ONVIF is announcing this week that it’s officially live on GitHub, an open source development platform. By having a repository on GitHub, the process of interface specification development is more accessible, transparent and streamlined. Open source is a trend that has proven to be successful in many ways for a variety of industries – here…
By Ryan Chamberlain, Sales Engineer USA West, IndigoVision The Internet was created using a set of protocols used at every end-point to connect to the network and exchange data between endpoints. This suite of protocols was called the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/ Internet Protocol (IP) Suite. Today, we still use this suite of protocols, upgraded…
ONVIF has published the Release Candidate for Profile D, which is a draft specification covering interfaces for access control peripherals. This newest profile candidate is designed to provide ONVIF interoperability for devices such as locks, credentials/biometric readers, PIN pads, license plate recognition cameras, door phones, sensors and displays. Patrik Björling, Chair of the ONVIF Profile…
Dear friends, Our world and our industry have both experienced great change in just a few short months. While the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely not be felt for months or even years to come, the crisis has upended global travel, the potential for mass gatherings and other aspects of our lives…
ONVIF is excited to announce that it plans to open source one aspect of its work—the development of its network interface specifications. These specifications are publicly available and widely used as common communication interfaces between devices and software clients such as IP surveillance cameras, video management software and physical access control systems, enabling best of…
