BBV are a manufacturer of telemetry, matrices and bespoke GUI-based control systems. Their protocol is immediately available in Conway’s Titan, Heritage and CD-601 dome ranges, a development that demonstrates Conway’s commitment to delivering products that are capable of performing to the highest standards across various platforms.

The relationship with BBV has been a natural development since both organisations have similar values in terms of long-term commitment to quality and innovation within the UK’s CCTV manufacturing base. Between them the companies have over 40 years’ experience in delivering products to the global security market.

The Conway dome security cameras use a system of protocol and baud-rate auto-detect which allows the cameras to be connected to a control system from a manufacturer such as BBV and function immediately with little or no further configuration.

BBV’s TX series of telemetry transmitters, matrices and controllers can be single, eight or 96-way in standard configurations, with expansion up to 1,024 cameras if required. The FBM video matrix will take 16 - 4,096 camera inputs and provide up to 64 monitor outputs.

David Lewis of BBV said: “If a security camera company and a VMS provider such as ourselves try to communicate using a third-party protocol without prior discussion you’re always hoping the joint interpretation of the protocol will be correct. However, our BBV422 protocol is open-source and available to reputable partners. Co-operation such as the current work with Conway means that two refined knowledge bases are interacting directly. This has to be a more efficient way of controlling cameras and a step forward for our sector.”