Milestone Systems, the Danish IP video management software (VMS) company, has released the newest Device Pack 7.4 for the XProtect portfolio of VMS products.
This update adds another 20 percent new or updated device drivers to XProtect, since the device pack 7.2 release in February when Milestone saw support of 3000 devices from more than 100 camera manufacturers.
The XProtect Device Packs include drivers that enable the relevant capabilities of a camera or other hardware device to be managed by the XProtect software. Milestone says that it works with the device manufacturers in the Camera Partner Program (CaPP) forinteraction between their devices and the XProtect VMS.
Milestone is promoting driver standards like ONVIF and PSIA, and are working to support the edge storage in ONVIF Profile G. Edge storage enables cameras to store recorded video and audio on storage inside the camera. This new capability is expected to be supported in XProtect Device Pack 7.5 scheduled for release in late August.
Christian Bohn, Milestone Systems VP Corporate Marketing & Alliances, says: “Our ability to add support for more than 600 new devices in just four months is a testimonial of the power of open platform technology. Our fast expansion of device support highlights our total dedication to give our partners not only the best VMS, but also the broadest and most comprehensive device support in the market – now and in the future. Milestone will continue to drive open platform technology going forward. We remain dedicated to our partner ecosystem as an independent industry force multipier.”
The list of major manufacturers with new or updated drivers in Device Pack 7.4 is:
IQInvision
Panasonic
Arecont
Stretch
ACTi
Pelco.
The device support in XProtect reaches beyond digital video devices because the software also has support for encoders so analogue cameras can be connected to the VMS. Milestone XProtect VMS is compatible with more than 200 encoders from more than 50 manufacturers complementing the 3,647 digital cameras from more than 100 camera manufacturers; visit www.milestonesys.com.
