Add AI to Your VMS Without Changing It
The CVEDIA AI Appliance is a network-attached acceleration architecture. Connect dedicated AI hardware to your existing infrastructure. Your VMS server stays lightweight while you gain full video analytics capabilities.
Network-Attached AI Acceleration
Traditional AI analytics require GPU hardware on your VMS server, complex licensing, and careful resource management. The AI Appliance architecture eliminates all of that.
VMS Stays Untouched
No GPU required on your Milestone or Nx server. Keep your existing infrastructure stable and lightweight.
Just Add to Network
Connect the AI Appliance to your network. Video frames flow to it, detection results flow back. That's it.
Scale Independently
Add more channels by adding more appliances. Scale AI processing without touching your VMS infrastructure.
Offload AI Processing Over the Network
The AI Appliance runs the full CVEDIA-RT stack on dedicated GPU/VPU hardware. Your VMS plugin stays lightweight, it just sends frames and receives results.
Remote Mode Architecture
VMS Server
Milestone / Nx Witness
AI Appliance
CVEDIA-RT + GPU/VPU
VMS Client
Native UI display
Lightweight Plugin
VMS plugin handles config and display only, no GPU load
Dedicated Processing
AI workloads run on purpose-built hardware
Native Experience
Detections appear in your VMS client as native events
Choose Your Configuration
From enterprise-scale remote deployments to single-box solutions, the AI Appliance architecture adapts to your infrastructure needs.
Remote Mode
Dedicated AI Appliance(s) on your network, separate from your VMS server.
- VMS server stays GPU-free
- Scale AI independently of VMS
- High channel counts (64+)
- Enterprise-grade reliability
Ideal For
Local Mode
AI processing on the same server as VMS, for simpler deployments.
- Single server deployment
- GPU/VPU on VMS server
- Lower network overhead
- Simpler architecture
Ideal For
All-in-One Box
VMS + AI engine + acceleration, pre-configured in a single device.
- VMS pre-installed
- CVEDIA-RT pre-installed
- GPU/VPU included
- Zero configuration
Ideal For
Native Integration with Leading Platforms
Detections, events, and bounding boxes appear natively in your VMS client, no separate interface required.
Remote Mode Deployment
The CVEDIA Nx Plugin stays lightweight on your Nx Server while AI Appliances handle all processing.
- Lightweight plugin installed on Nx Server
- Video frames sent over network to AI Appliance
- AI Appliance runs full CVEDIA-RT stack
- Detection results returned via API
Connector Architecture
The CVEDIA-RT Milestone Connector handles communication between XProtect and AI Appliances.
- Lightweight plugin in Smart Client / Management Client
- Milestone Connector routes video to AI Appliances
- AI Appliances perform inference
- Structured metadata returned to Milestone
See the Architecture in Action
We'll show you how the AI Appliance integrates with your specific VMS environment and demonstrate the deployment process.