ONVIF Profile S/T — cameras & encoders
Any ONVIF-conformant device · Video
P0 · VERY HIGH NDAA OK
Hardware-agnostic baseline for existing cameras (incl. COPS-funded Axis/Hanwha).
live events health 4 events mapped
SOAP 1.2 / HTTP(S) · WS-UsernameToken (digest) · RTSP/RTP media
Generic ACS → MQTT bridge
Any ACS that can publish events (or an IT-run bridge) · Access control
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Lowest common path when a vendor ACS can publish events (or IT runs a bridge).
events health door 6 events mapped
MQTT 3.1.1/5 over TLS (8883) · JSON payloads
ExacqVision — Enterprise / Professional
Johnson Controls · Exacq (exacqVision 24.x) · VMS
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Very common K-12 VMS via JCI / Pavion dealer installs.
live playback events health 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST (exacqVision Web Service) · RTSP media · event subscription
Axis Camera Station — ACS 5
Axis Communications (ACS 5.x) · VMS
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Axis-heavy schools often run ACS as the recorder, not raw VAPIX.
live playback events health 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST (ACS Web Services) · VAPIX passthrough · RTSP
Milestone XProtect — API Gateway
Milestone Systems (XProtect 2023 R1+) · VMS
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Enterprise K-12 VMS staple; API Gateway is the clean read path.
live playback events health 4 events mapped
REST (JSON) · OAuth2 via XProtect IDP · Events & State WebSocket
Mercury ACS — LP/EP panel abstraction
HID Mercury (LP1501/LP1502/EP1502 via host ACS) · Access control
P0 · VERY HIGH NDAA OK
Mercury LP/EP panels sit under most school ACS hosts (OnGuard, RS2, DNA).
events health door 6 events mapped
Host ACS event bridge (MQTT or REST) · Mercury SCP protocol is panel↔host only
LenelS2 OnGuard — OpenAccess
LenelS2 OnGuard 8.x · Access control
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Dominant Mercury-host ACS in education when OpenAccess is licensed.
events health door 6 events mapped
REST over HTTPS · Application-Id header · event subscription
Avigilon Unity — Video & Access
Motorola Solutions · Avigilon Unity 8.x · VMS / ACS
P0 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Unified video+access districts standardized on Avigilon / Motorola.
live playback events health door 6 events mapped
HTTPS REST (Web Endpoint) · WebSocket events · RTSP
Hanwha WAVE — VMS
Hanwha Vision · WAVE 5.x (Nwaves) · VMS
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Hanwha camera fleets often land on WAVE as the VMS.
live playback events health 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST (WAVE API) · RTSP · webhook / poll events
Raptor Visitor Management — events
Raptor Technologies (Visitor Management) · Visitor
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Maine / Northeast schools widely use Raptor at the front desk.
events 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST / webhooks · JSON event payloads
Axis VAPIX — device + event stream
Axis Communications (AXIS OS 10.12+) · Video
P0 · HIGH NDAA OK
Direct camera path when ACS is not the recorder of record.
live events health 4 events mapped
HTTPS JSON APIs · WebSocket event stream · RTSP media
Hanwha Vision SUNAPI — cameras
Hanwha Vision (Wisenet) · Video
P0 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Direct Wisenet path when WAVE is absent.
live events health 4 events mapped
HTTP(S) CGI (stw-cgi) · long-poll event diff · RTSP
Genetec Security Center — Web SDK
Genetec (Security Center 5.11+) · VMS / ACS platform
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Only if district already owns Security Center — peer integration, not a rip-and-replace.
live events health 6 events mapped
REST over HTTPS (Web SDK role) · event subscription
DW Spectrum — IPVMS
Digital Watchdog · DW Spectrum 5.x · VMS
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Network Optix fork via DW dealers — less common than WAVE/Milestone but real.
live playback events health 4 events mapped
HTTPS REST (Spectrum API) · RTSP · WebSocket events
Brivo — Access (cloud / OnAir)
Brivo Inc. · Access control
P1 · LOW NDAA OK
Cloud ACS; confirm outbound API + webhook ingress policy.
events health door 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST (Brivo OnAir API) · webhook events
RS2 AccessIt! — ACS
RS2 Technologies (AccessIt!) · Access control
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Mercury-host ACS common via education dealers.
events health door 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST / SOAP · Mercury panels underneath
Open Options DNA Fusion — ACS
Open Options · DNA Fusion · Access control
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Open Options Mercury-host path via integrator partners.
events health door 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST · Mercury hardware · event subscription
Schlage / Allegion — via host ACS
Allegion Schlage (AD/LE/NDE via host ACS) · Access control
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Wireless locks almost always report through a host ACS.
events door 5 events mapped
Events via host ACS (Lenel/RS2/Brivo) — not direct lock API
Honeywell WIN-PAK — ACS
Honeywell WIN-PAK 4.x · Access control
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Legacy Honeywell ACS still present in older school builds.
events health door 5 events mapped
COM/API or WIN-PAK Web API · event poll
Honeywell Pro-Watch — ACS
Honeywell Pro-Watch 5.x · Access control
P1 · MEDIUM NDAA OK
Modern Honeywell ACS — Pavion/Honeywell change-order target.
events health door 5 events mapped
HTTPS REST (Pro-Watch API) · event subscription
Hikvision ISAPI — legacy monitor-only
Hikvision (legacy devices pending replacement) · Video
LEGACY · §889 NDAA §889
Monitor-only for §889 covered gear pending replacement. Not eligible for COPS spend.
events health 5 events mapped
HTTP(S) XML/JSON · multipart alertStream · RTSP