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Recently I was invited to present an IP Video  solution as an alternative to an analogue matrix in a 24/7 control room. The target client has been using analogue matrix switchers for the past 15 years and had some concerns about the ability of an IP based system to give the same results.

The specific concerns were:

• Reliability
• Latency of PTZ control
• Ability to recover from a major failure

In the following video we cover how through an HLI to a 3rd party access control system, the CCTV system can  display cameras in a timely and flexible manor.

The topics covered are:

The following video tutorial will guide you through the setup of the Access Control HLI for demonstrations.

Since the launch of ONVIF in 2008, the organization has attracted more than 180 member companies,
reflecting the great market interest for interoperability and standardization. “There is a constant need to
educate the market on these topics and by participating at events such as IFSEC we make the
knowledge easily available to the right target groups,” says Jonas Andersson.

ONVIF Chairman Jonas Andersson has announced another sign of ONVIF’s impact on the security industry is the organization’s recent decision to
include physical access control systems in its standardization work.

“The scope extension is a direct result of the effectiveness that ONVIF has demonstrated to achieve a global open standard
for network video products.” “We were approached by several members and system integrators who would like to see a similar development for access control products. And with ONVIF’s strong belief in open standards and interoperability, it was a natural step for us to extend the scope.”

In larger systems, the major contributor to the cost of the project is the labour. Not the electronics.

A typical IndigoVision system will be commissioned and handed over 8 hours faster based on a 50 encoder IP video system with 30 days storage, a second NVR for fail over redundancy and 3 operator workstations from power up.

IndigoVision has recently been added as a recognised HLI to Cardax on the Cardax website.

The Bi-directional HLI allows IndigoVision to display cameras and salvos based on a Cardax alarm, drawing the operators attention to the associated video.

IndigoVision has recently been added as a recognised HLI to Cardax on the Cardax website.

The Bi-directional HLI allows IndigoVision to display cameras and salvos based on a Cardax alarm, drawing the operators attention to the associated video.

The concept of integrating CCTV and access control to provide seamless operation has been thrown around for about 4 years now but has it really achieved what was expected?

The term High Level Integration simply means instead of using a piece of wire from every sensing device to tell us something happened on an external system, we are bringing in a data stream on either a RS232, 485 or Ethernet, which is extremely generic. Many tender documents have a statement like “must communicate with the access control system via a HLI”, which could mean anything complies from one alarm action to reporting on every fine detail.