BTX (Bridge to Milestone XProtect®)
Transform 3rd-party Events and Alarms into Milestone XProtect Events and Alarms
BTX (Bridge to Milestone XProtect) is a middleware application. It monitors real-time event and alarm data streams from third-party systems such as Video Analytics, Access Control, Security and Building Automation.
BTX analyzes incoming data, then based on user-defined rules and schedules, transforms that data into XProtect to ...
- Generate Alarms with Video Bookmarks.
- Generate Events with Video Bookmarks.
- Trigger User-defined Alarms. (for Text and Email Notifications, Relays and Digital Outputs, and other functions)
- Trigger Smart Client Matrix Views.
- Trigger PTZ Commands. (for any camera, even for those from which a given event did not originate)
BTX Data Flow Diagram
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| June 18 2019 BTX now featured on Milestone Marketplace
BTX receives further recognition as a proven third-party video management application within the Milestone community.
It is now available worldwide as an integration platform for a wide variety of third-party devices, analytics software, sensors, and other security-related utilities on the Milestone Marketplace. May 2 2019 BTX can now receive & push SNMP traps into Milestone XProtect
BTX's new capability allows a network monitor to instantly identify network equipment issues involving routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, and other network devices.
BTX can automate your network monitoring by triggering mobile, email, & Milestone Smart Client alerts when network device issues occur. |
BTX stores and tags the originating event and alarm data into the XProtect database. As such, Smart Client users can search and filter reports by Event and Alarm Keywords, external / third-party Device Name, originating Date and Time, and even the raw Incoming Message String.
BTX device-specific configuration options include:
- Counters - to debounce high event and alarm rates, and reduce false-positives.
- Timers - to throttle over-frequent event alarm rates, and reduce false-positives.
- Schedules - to define specific time periods within which incoming events and alarms should be processed.
BTX "double-knock" configuration options include:
- Groups - combine events and alarms for any combination of devices, to produce a single event or alarm. (Instead of generating many single events.) (This function is important, because it facilitates validation of any single alarm, and eliminates false alarms.)
- Double-knock Timers - to specify time periods within which all devices in a given group must generate an alarm in order to produce a single master alarm.
