NiceVision SDK

The Right Tools for Easy Third-Party Integration and Interoperability

Composed of many standalone mission-critical components — access control, recorders, viewing, monitoring and control centers — over time your security system can become complex. Ensuring tight integration and optimal performance of these diverse components is vital for the health of the whole. The NiceVision Software Development Kit (SDK) allows you to leverage the rich functionality of the NiceVision system across third-party hardware and software. 

The NiceVision open-platform SDK integrates NiceVision solutions with third-party applications or, conversely, integrates third-party offerings into a NiceVision environment. With rich functionality and powerful building modules, the NiceVision SDK simplifies integration of all dedicated products, creating an intelligent and comprehensive security environment tailored to your needs.

NiceVision SDK Advantages:

Easy-to-use NiceVision Player Active X

• Simply “drag and drop” the NiceVision Player into your application
• Supports all Windows development environments
• Encapsulates powerful functionality for easy integration

Standard methodology across all NiceVision components

• Use the same code for all NiceVision DVRs, NVRs, and decoders

Rich functionality in a single package

• Code samples included
• Fully utilize the features and functionality of NiceVision solutions
• All API modules are packaged into one kit

Enhanced software compatibility

• Backward compatibility — SDK supports at least two NiceVision NVR and DVR versions back 
• Forward compatibility — upgrade to new SDK versions without code modifications to third-party systems 

The NiceVision SDK includes the following application programming interfaces (APIs):  

Player API: The NiceVision Media Player packaged as Windows ActiveX Control 

Core API: Controls NiceVision DVRs and NVRs with a low-level API

Database API: Retrieves site information from the NiceVision database in XML format