Ten Companies Gather For ONVIF Developer’s Plugfest

Ten companies directly involved with developing IP network video surveillance devices recently got together in Japan the first ONVIF developer’s plugfest event. The event was held to allow developers an opportunity to test product implementations that include ONVIF core specification 1.0. Testing was conducted on network cameras, video encoders and video management software compliant products.

ONVIF Press Release Excerpt:

Ten companies active in the network video surveillance market joined the first ONVIF developer’s plug fest in Tokyo, Japan on September 1-3. At the event, the participants tested their product implementations of ONVIF core specification 1.0. The testing included video encoders, network cameras and video management software, verifying interoperability between the products and the software. All participants – Axis, Bosch, Canon, Hitachi, IndigoVision, Merit Lilin, Panasonic, Sony, Vivotek and Zuken – could confirm the correct implementation into their products.

“We are very pleased with the results from the plug fest as all companies successfully achieved the goal of interoperability with the other participants,” says Markus Wierny, Bosch Security Systems, Member of ONVIF’s Technical Services Committee and organizer of the plug fest. “This means a significant step towards ONVIF’s goal of achieving global interoperability.”

Source: Vivotek Press Release PDF