Onvif presents its new Profile D for access control devices

The new Profile D of Onvif is designed so that IP-based access control peripheral devices can communicate and integrate seamlessly through their interfaces.

Designed to provide interoperability Onvif, global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, el nuevo Profile D which is enabled by the design of integrated access control and video systems, modern and secure, basados en IP.

Thanks to this profile, peripheral devices (credential readers, code and biometric, vehicle license plate recognition cameras, videoporteros, sensors, screens, locks with readers, etc.), which normally require specific integrations between products from different vendors in order to incorporate them into an access control management platform, can communicate with each other without problems.

This is how he explains it Patrik Björling, chair of the Profile D working group at Onvif: “users are increasingly looking to incorporate additional technologies into their access control systems, such as barcode reading cameras for visitor management or video door phones for intercom applications. Profile D provides a standardized way to meet this demand for interoperability, which in turn can generate additional opportunities for more use cases for peripheral devices”.

In this sense, with Profile D a peripheral device, como una cerradura inalámbrica o una cámara de reconocimiento de matrículas, puede pasar identificadores de credenciales a un cliente que cumpla con este perfil de Onvif de forma segura, como una unidad de control de acceso o un software de gestión.

El cliente que almacena las reglas de acceso, los horarios y las credenciales puede tomar la decisión de acceso y enviar un comando al dispositivo periférico para otorgar o denegar el acceso, mostrar un mensaje o solicitar una entrada adicional, como un código PIN.

Tener información confidencial en un controlador separado mejora las comunicaciones y el cliente, ya que están protegidas mediante protocolos de seguridad Onvif como TLS.

The Profile D specification allows a client to configure a device according to the necessary data, such as which door, access point or camera the device is responsible for, as well as program a list of allowed or blocked credential identifiers on a device that supports this capability.

Onvif Profile D complements Profiles A and C by covering standardized communications in an IP-based electronic access control system.

Profile D devices can also support video profiles, as is the case in Profiles T and M to enable integrated video and access control system using Onvif interfaces.

For example, estos dispositivos incluyen videoportero que combina un lector y una cerradura con un intercomunicador de audio/vídeo, o una cámara IP con una salida de relé conectada a una cerradura que utilizar la persona que esté autorizada para identificar visualmente a un visitante y desbloquear la puerta de forma remota.