Conway Security Products have reached a technical agreement with fellow UK-based CCTV manufacturer Building Block Video (BBV). Under the agreement the BBV protocol is being integrated into Conway’s fully-functional dome cameras.
BBV are a manufacturer of telemetry, matrices and bespoke GUI-based control systems. Their protocol is available in Conway’s Titan, Heritage and CD-601 dome ranges.
The Conway domes use a system of protocol and baud-rate auto-detect which allows the cameras to be connected to a control system from a manufacturer such as BBV and function immediately with the makers say little or no further configuration.
BBV’s TX series of telemetry transmitters, matrices and controllers can be single, eight or 96-way in standard configurations, with expansion up to 1,024 cameras if required. The FBM video matrix will take 16 – 4,096 camera inputs and provide up to 64 monitor outputs.
David Lewis of BBV said: “If a camera company and a VMS provider such as ourselves try to communicate using a third-party protocol without prior discussion you’re always hoping the joint interpretation of the protocol will be correct. However, our BBV422 protocol is open-source and avilable to reputable partners. Co-operation such as the current work with Conway means that two refined knowledge bases are interacting directly. This has to be a more efficient way of controlling cameras and a step forward for our sector.”
