Customer quote

"My experience with the Milestone SDK has been very positive. The solution is flexible and extremely easy to use. We are able to use our preferred development environments and operate on platforms that some other vendors do not support. In addition, remote support was top notch and our requests for enhancements to SDK components were turned around quickly."

- Frank Yeh, Senior Security Architect, IBM Global Technology Services

Milestone Software Development Kit (SDK)

Milestone's SDK makes it easy to quickly integrate security and business systems into fully interactive solutions. This can boost your operating efficiency and provide valuable functionality. Download the SDK brochure.

“Video enable” business systems with XProtect

By integrating with XProtect video management, you create powerful solutions that meet the diverse needs of customers and expand their potential. Milestone XProtect facilitates unique integrations to view live video, easily search recorded video and setup recordings triggered by alerts from other systems or devices.

Seamlessly integrate devices and applications

Using the SDK toolbox, you can perform simple actions such as straightforward exchanges of alerts, or complex actions such as complete integration of databases.

Increase value by combining capabilities

Building on top of the Milestone SDK and integrating systems significantly extends effectiveness and possibilities. Easy-to-manage integrated systems add value to your unique product offerings and provide reliable optimized solutions for specific vertical market segments.

Milestone offers both 'off-the-shelf' integrated solutions with pre-configured products, plus the ability for customized integrations with other systems or devices.

You can integrate video into other software products to view live images, playback recorded activities, 'go to' specific times, and search for motion. The Milestone SDK includes the following Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and components:

Milestone ImageServer API
Milestone XProtect Matrix API
Milestone XProtect Central API
Milestone EngineManager ActiveX Control
Milestone ImageViewer ActiveX Control

Here are some of the areas where you can use Milestone's SDK to boost the value of your XProtect video management software.

Alarm Management and Map

Designed as plug-ins for the Smart Client, alarm management and map views help users react faster to alarms and gives better overview via multi-layered maps.

Access and Gate Control

Integrated access control provides a solid security platform. While each access event is logged, cameras aimed at doors/gates record and save the corresponding footage in the XProtect software.

Mobile Applications

Mobile applications enable watching and PTZ control of live security cameras anytime/anywhere on your cell phone with just the touch of a button. These integrations provide business intelligence at all times for immediate response to events.

Retail Loss Prevention

Loss prevention in retail offers an effective tool for pinpointing suspicious transactions and instantly viewing the corresponding video to resolve incidences, share evidence and achieve restitutions.

Video Wall and Control Rooms

Network-based information solutions provide easy access to all types of graphic and video information and can be displayed on any device (large scale walls, panels, monitors and laptops) regardless of location.

Analytics and other Intelligence

Analytics bring intelligence to the video management platform through perimeter protection, license plate recognition, left objects, facial recognition and different types of behavioral identification.

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