Nowadays to save costs by making full use of old devices while upgrading the old security projects, many integrators or installers prefer to use video management software to manage multiple brands of video devices (such as IP cameras, and NVR), instead of only one single brand. So that they could have more flexible choices to earn profits while saving costs.
Multi-brands video device management
On other hand, with market segmentation and specialization, instead of managing the video by themselves, application service providers of different industries prefer video surveillance companies could help them to collect the video from various brands of front-end video devices. Thus they could focus more on application development according to the characteristic of different industries. Therefore to meet the requirements of the surveillance market, how to manage multi-brand video devices has become very important, especially for third-party video management software companies. Then how to manage multi-brands multi-brands video devices (such as IP cameras, and NVR) with your VMS system?
The first step is: integration
Preparing your system for video devices integration
Selecting an open architecture VMS system allows for a deeper, seamless level of integration.
There’s more to integration than just the ability to plug in a video device. Does your VMS allow you to take advantage of the latest IP camera and other video device technologies? Does it support open architecture? Closed architecture systems offer limited integration. Selecting an open architecture VMS system allows for a deeper, seamless level of integration, and allows you to upgrade hardware at your own pace. It also allows you to expand your suite of security solutions in the future, as your needs change.
Choosing a VMS system
And these questions also need to be considered when choosing a suitable VMS system:
■ Does your system support multiple protocols to communicate with video devices?
■ Can your system easily integrate the private SDK provided by the IP camera manufacturer?
Make sure the communication between multi-brand video devices (such as IP cameras, NVR) and your video surveillance VMS system can be put through.
ONVIF,GB/T28181,RTSP,Websocket, Http-flv...
Nowadays most famous overseas video surveillance manufacturers all support the standard protocol ONVIF, which enable VMS system easily to access their video devices (such as IP cameras, and NVR). Some will provide protocols like RTSP, HTTP-FLV, Websocket and HTTP-FLV. Some will provide their private protocols like Hikvision EHOME/ISUP protocol and Dahua Register protocol. And also GB/T28181, and GA/T1400 protocols are very popular in China.
Simple and easy integration
As for the VMS system, the more protocols it supports, the easier it can put through communication.
As for the VMS system, the more protocols it supports, the easier it can put through communication with the front-end video devices. Thus it will make the whole process of integration simple and easy.
And about video surveillance manufacturers who only can provide SDK, in this way open architecture of VMS system is needed because it can help to put through the communication smoothly.
The second step is management
Since communication between front-end video devices and the VMS system is put through. VMS system can access, capture, and collect the video from the network video devices (both live and recorded). It then stores that video to dedicated data storage media (on-premises, external locations, or in the cloud), based on automated policies, pre-determined by the organization. That is how a VMS system work.
The third step: output standard video data for the third-party integration
A good VMS system should provide convenient ways for several video processing applications. In interactions applications, particularly in media interchange, a good system should output standardized protocols and stream formats (such as HLS, RTSP, WebSocket, Http-flv,RTMP etc) according to the needs of the third party, so that the third party can easily acquire and use video from VMS system for the further application or development.
The video surveillance management software SVMSPro can manage front-end video devices (such as IP cameras, NVRs) by standard protocols, such as ONVIF, RTSP, GB/T28181, WS-FLV, HTTP-FLV. It also can manage front-end video devices by private protocols of mainstream manufacturers, such as Hikvision Ehome/ISUP, Dahua register, HuaWei active register, TVT active register, XM P2P protocol etc. What's more, it also can manage third-party video devices by integration of its SDK. Thus it makes SVMSPro easily manage front-end video deivces via LAN, WAN, VPN, 4G/5G network. What's more, SVMSPro supports Windows OS and Linux OS. SVMSPro based on Linux X86 and Linux Arm can work for multiple Linux OS, such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Kylinos etc. Users can use Linux client, Windows client, web and mobile APP to view real time video, play back the recordings from front-end devices or from centralized storage server, put the video onto the video wall, view and playback the videos on the e-map, receive and manage the real time alarm from the from front-end video devices, display video analytic alarms etc. Working on Windows OS, Linux X86 and ARM, adapting to Ubuntu, CentOS, Kylinos, OpenEuler, Deepin etc various Linux OS, with powerful video management functions and AI analytic solution make SVMSPro video surveillance system undoubtedly the best CCTV software.
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