Milestone Open Network Bridge (explained)

Milestone Open Network Bridge is an open ONVIF compliant interface for standardized video sharing from XProtect VMS systems to other IP-based security systems. This enables law enforcement, surveillance centers, or similar organizations (referred to as ONVIF clients) to access live and recorded video streams from the XProtect VMS system to the central monitoring solutions. The video streams are sent as RTSP streams over the Internet.

The key benefits are:

• Enables true interoperability and freedom of choice for large-scale, multi-vendor security deployments and seamless private-to-public video integration
• Provides external access to H.264 and H.265 video streams in the XProtect VMS system, both live video and playback
• Offers standardized interfaces that provide an easy and problem-free way of integrating XProtect VMS solutions with alarm centers and monitoring stations

This document provides the following:

• Information about the ONVIF standard and links to reference materials
• Instructions for installing and configuring the Milestone Open Network Bridge in your XProtect VMS product
• Examples of how to enable various types of ONVIF clients to stream live and recorded video from XProtect VMS products