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ONVIF annual meeting

by Mark Rowe

ONVIF, the US-based standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, has hosted its annual membership meeting.

Attendees heard presentations on 2014, including the release of two new profiles, as well as an outline of initiatives for 2015, such as the planned release of Profile Q and a new client test tool.

The audience at this year’s meeting, held via webinar, were welcomed by ONVIF Steering Committee Chairman Per Björkdahl, who spoke about ONVIF’s growth, including its 500 members — now representing six continents — and more than 4000 profile conformant products. With the releases of Profile G for recording and storage and Profile C for access control in 2014, Björkdahl said that with releases of future profiles, ONVIF will continue to build on its vision and mission that all security systems will eventually share a single interface.

Björkdahl said: “ONVIF’s growth this year indicates how vital our work is to the security and technology communities. Listening to what the market wants and needs and obtaining feedback will be instrumental in our future development of profiles,” said Björkdahl.

Also speaking at the annual meeting was Stuart Rawling of Pelco by Schneider Electric, Communications Committee Vice Chairman, who discussed the forum’s focus on relationships and on soliciting feedback from the physical security community at large. Rawlings also presented results from recent market outreach and emphasised the forum’s desire to integrate such feedback into future profiles and technical support.

Andreas Schneider of Sony, Technical Services Committee Chairman, updated members on the 2015 release of a Profile Q Device Test Tool, plus some of the features of Profiles Q — for faster installations — and Profile A for access control configuration, both in development. In an update from the Technical Committee, TC Chairman Hans Busch of Bosch recalled the Developers’ Plugfest, which was the largest yet, and announced plans for two Plugfests in 2015.

Members also selected representatives for ONVIF’s committees. Neelendra Bhandari of Honeywell was named to the Steering Committee, with Michael Luetzeler of Siemens. For the Technical Committee, Honeywell’s Ramesh Subbiah, Pelco by Schneider Electric’s Steve Wolf and Siemen’s Gero Baese were elected. The Technical Services Committee’s newly elected representatives are Bob Dolan of Anixter, Neelendra Bhandari of Honeywell and Scott Hudson of Pelco by Schneider Electric. ONVIF’s Communication Committee includes Finn Wu of Hikvision, Mike Mao of Honeywell and Stuart Rawling of Pelco by Schneider Electric.

Visit: www.onvif.org.

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