barox integration extends Dallmeier VMS user operability

With the idea being initiated by Dallmeier’s CEO Thomas Dallmeier, the new development enables the barox range of industrial PoE video switches and media converter products to be integrated and displayed on Hemisphere’s Event and Alarm Inbox (or for smaller applications in the SeMSy Event Manager). Direct access via web browser within Hemisphere is also available.

The Hemisphere control platform is installed in locations across the world and proven to be the ideal choice for SMEs as well as large-scale enterprise class applications (eg casinos, airports, logistics sites and sports stadiums).

“Ultimately, we can integrate anything and we aim to provide a flexible and open integration approach for our customers,” explained Kai Gronauer, Dallmeier’s alliance manager. “With the new barox functionalities, we’re offering integrators and end user customers a route towards combining the high-quality product performance of the Dallmeier and barox brands within one seamlessly integrated control platform.”

Gronauer continued: “Another advantage of the new integration is that barox always matches product quality and performance with a high-level of technical support. Our experience is that, if we have an issue to solve, barox is always readily available and responds very quickly with a practical solution.”

Live status updates

An invaluable system operations and diagnostics tool, the barox Ethernet switch integration provides Hemisphere users with live status updates of customers’ entire networks and connected devices.

One of the many reasons why barox Ethernet switches are fast becoming the integration solution of choice is their enhanced diagnostic data, showing the status of cameras and switches on a graphical chart. This enables the fast pinpointing of network or device issues where faults or outages can be diagnosed on a remote basis.

Saving on invaluable device downtime, if a network camera fails to respond, barox switches can be used to autonomously send a re-boot command. In many cases, this functionality can bring a device back online to resolve the issue without the need for engineer involvement.

In the case of a security breach, devices can be disabled at the user level to maintain system operation, while full remote control of PoE on ports allows users to re-set or switch them off if required. This advanced capability has proven to be an invaluable asset and, quite literally, ‘game-changing’ in terms of the management of high security video surveillance networks.

The new barox solution is joining a family of Hemisphere in-depth integration and control options that enable the control of IP surveillance cameras, intrusion detection, fire detection, access control and Point-of-Sale systems via the Hemisphere software platform.

Ultimate user control

“We are delighted that the integration of the Hemisphere Enterprise VMS open software platform and barox switches is now available from Dallmeier,” explained Rudolf Rohr, co-founder and managing partner of barox. “This integration allows Hemisphere operators the ultimate user control of our Ethernet switches directly from the VMS. Importantly, the advanced switch functionality of barox provides significant added value for the operators of professional video security systems.”

Thomas Dallmeier added: “The integration of barox networking products to the Hemisphere Enterprise VMS open software platform underlines the long-standing technical collaboration between Dallmeier and barox. This co-operation aligns with the growing demands of the Enterprise class security sector and the goals of Dallmeier users, intelligently linking data from various sources with video images and processes.”

*Further information is available online at www.barox.uk