New draft ONVIF specification enables the development of advanced access control systems

ONVIF, the open industry forum for the development of a global standard for the interface of IP-based physical security products, has recently announced the Release Candidate for Profile A, a new draft specification that establishes an interface for access control clients and expands the configuration options for access control systems that comply to the ONVIF requirements.

The new profile tackles the the tasks of common, day to day access control functions for users such as security officers, receptionists or human resource professionals who grant and revoke employee credentials, create and update schedules and make changes to access control privileges within the system.

"Profile A is the next step in ONVIF's commitment to enabling interoperability within the access control market by increasing functionality and system management functions at the client level," said Suresh Raman of Siemens Technology and Services Private Limited and chair of ONVIF's Profile A Working Group. "This new access control configuration profile complements the existing ONVIF Profile C to move beyond basic event management and door access control and further enables integration between access control and IP video management systems when combined with ONVIF's Profile C and Profile S."

Founded in 2008, ONVIF now consists of more than 500 member companies in six continents and more than 5,000 Profile conformant products. With the Profile A Release Candidate, Profile S for streaming video, Profile G for recording and storage, Profile C for physical access control and the Release Candidate for Profile Q for easy installation and advanced security features, ONVIF continues to work with its members to expand the number of IP interoperability solutions that ONVIF conformant products can provide.

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