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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.”

What does this mean for the system integrator?

Currently High Level Integration to 3rd party access control products is provided through several manufactures but requires a custom interface that communicates between the CCTV and access control, acting as an interpreter. For example the access control may send an event for door 102 left open as a string like D102:DOTL30 but the CCTV wants to see it as a simple event number and text description like E134:Door 102 Left Open.

With ONVIF, the need to translate the message will be removed as will the need for constant compatibility updates between vendors.

The end result is going to be the same however the path to implement it will be much easier. You will still get a camera(s) displayed as a response to an external event as detailed in the page CCTV HLI – Is it just a buzz word?