Milestone ONVIF Bridge

The Milestone ONVIF Bridge is comprised of the following components:

• Milestone ONVIF Bridge server
• Milestone ONVIF Bridge 32-bit plug-in for Management Application
• Milestone ONVIF Bridge 64-bit plug-in for Management Client

The following image shows a high-level view of the interoperability between an ONVIF client, the Milestone ONVIF Bridge, and XProtect VMS.

Note: Milestone recommends that you install the ONVIF Bridge server in a demilitarized zone (DMZ).

1. An ONVIF client connects to the XProtect VMS via the ONVIF Bridge server through the Internet. To do this, the ONVIF client needs the IP address or domain name (domain/hostname) of the server where the Milestone ONVIF Bridge is installed, and the ONVIF port number.
2. The ONVIF Bridge server connects to the management server to authorize the ONVIF client user.
3. After authorization, the recording server starts sending H.264 video streams from the cameras to the ONVIF Bridge server.

   Note: If a camera supports multiple streams, only the default stream is sent.

4. The ONVIF Bridge server sends the video as RTSP streams to the ONVIF client.
5. If available, the ONVIF client user can pan-tilt-zoom PTZ cameras.

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