VMS Plugin Engineering Guides — MIP SDK, Genetec SDK and ONVIF

Milestone XProtect · MIP SDK

MIP SDK · C#

How to Build a Milestone XProtect Smart Client Plugin Using MIP SDK (C# Guide)

PluginDefinition, ViewItemPlugin, SidePanelPlugin and deployment — a technical walkthrough of MIP SDK plugin architecture and the extension points a Smart Client plugin can occupy.

19 Aug 202611 min

MIP SDK · C#

How to Build a Milestone XProtect Event Server Plugin Using MIP SDK (C# Guide)

Background plugins, custom events and alarms, threading inside a shared process, and wiring a third-party integration into the Rules and Events engine.

19 Aug 202612 min

Device Packs · ONVIF

Milestone XProtect Device Driver Development: Device Packs, ONVIF and Custom Camera Drivers

How Recording Server talks to devices, what each ONVIF profile buys you in a VMS, and the four routes for a device that generic ONVIF doesn't cover — Universal Driver, native driver, an ONVIF proxy you run, or MIP ingest with no driver at all.

22 Sep 202613 min

Alarms · MIP SDK

Milestone XProtect Alarms End to End: Camera Setup, Alarm Definitions, Smart Client Pop-Up and Recording Until Acknowledgement

Adding a camera to a Recording Server, alarm definitions and states, Smart Client pop-ups, and holding the recording until acknowledgement on the Recording Server, a local path or the camera's edge.

1 Oct 202614 min

Genetec Security Center · Genetec SDK

Genetec SDK · C#

How to Build a Custom Genetec Security Center Plugin Using the Genetec SDK

Plugin roles, agents, custom entity types, the Security Desk extension pattern, deployment through Config Tool, and the licensing considerations behind a commercially distributed plugin.

19 Aug 202611 min

Inter-System Gateway · RSA

Building a Genetec RSA Fence Driver with the Inter-System Gateway (ISG)

The two REST contracts, the device-ID join key, fence-versus-intrusion modelling, and validating a perimeter driver end to end against a real Security Center system.

19 Aug 202616 min

Alarms · Genetec SDK

Genetec Security Center Alarms End to End: Camera Setup, Alarm Configuration, Video Pop-Up and Recording Until Acknowledgement

Enrolling a camera on an Archiver, building and triggering an alarm, popping video up in Security Desk or a plugin, and holding the recording until acknowledgement on the Archiver, a local path or the camera's edge.

1 Oct 202615 min

Platform choice, certification & commercial

Platform choice

Milestone MIP SDK vs Genetec SDK: Choosing Which VMS to Build On

Cost of entry, integration surfaces, event and entity models, deployment friction, certification and customer-side licensing — compared on the dimensions that actually change a project plan.

22 Sep 202612 min

Technology Partner Program

How Milestone Technology Partners Get Certified and Published on the XProtect Marketplace

The Technology Partner Program, the MIP SDK's three integration modes, how Milestone certifies a solution, and what Marketplace verification does and doesn't promise.

19 Aug 202610 min

Licensing · Distribution

Licensing and Distributing a Commercial VMS Plugin

The three separate things "licensing" means, what changes on the customer's VMS licence, entitlement that survives an air-gapped site, packaging an integrator can deploy, and OEM distribution.

22 Sep 202612 min

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