The 1.0 specification is available free of charge and can be viewed at the <a href=”http://www.psialliance.org”>PSIA website</a>.
The PSIA also announced plans for its first developers meeting to be held at the ISC West event in the USA on March 31, 2009.
“The ratification of this 1.0 specification demonstrates how eager companies are to work together to create open standards for the physical security industry,” said Rob Hile, chairman of the PSIA and vice president, business development of Adesta, LLC.
“In one year since the PSIA began, nearly 40 companies have joined the organisation to participate in the process of advancing the IP Media Device API specification. Meeting this important milestone is even more noteworthy because of the significant support and collaboration of various industry vendors.”
Critical segments
The 1.0 version of the Media Device API specification has been reviewed by technical experts from a broad group of companies that represent the critical segments of the IP video market.
These companies include video management software providers, camera manufacturers, analytics software providers, network video recorder manufacturers and security solution integrators.
This broad cross-section brought a diverse set of views and provided a well-rounded perspective that supports all industry segments, the PSIA says. “Interested parties from these industry segments can be assured that their particular requirements were discussed in the context of refining the specification,” a statement claimed.
Open standards
According to Pelco director of integration, Dave deLisser, Pelco is committed to supporting open standards for the security industry in order to foster better customer and end-user solutions.
“We see the release of the IP Media Device API Specification as a big step toward real interoperability between products,” said deLisser.
“This standard has been well designed and is the result of contributions from many different manufacturers. We have been impressed with the process PSIA used to create this standard and we’re excited about the opportunity it brings to the market.”
Developers meeting
On March 31, in conjunction with ISC West, the first PSIA developers meeting will be held at 1:00 pm at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
During the meeting, discussions will be held about the PSIA road map from the chairmen of the following working groups: IP Video, Analytics, Recording & Content Management, and Area Control.
Ian Johnston, VP engineering/CTO of IQinVision, will present information regarding implementation of the IP Media Device API spec.
Frank Yeh, senior security architect with IBM Global Technology Services, will discuss the PSIA interoperability model and a comprehensive road map for the physical security market.
Simpler installation
“The lack of standardisation has been one of the key barriers to the diffusion of IP network cameras to date,” said Danny Petkevich, video surveillance and imaging business manager for Texas Instruments.
“We see the PSIA 1.0 specification as a way to enable simpler installation, similar to that of analogue cameras today, but with the feature richness provided by IP cameras.”
The PSIA says that over 400 companies have registered for the initial specification since its release in September of 2008.
