Release notes: Alta Video 7.0.7 beta
Last modified: Monday August 12, 2024
- Aware Beta Program
- Avigilon Alta User Research
- About this release
- What's new
- Updated domains
- Alta Cloud Connector BIOS and iDRAC updates
- Resolved issues
- Known issues
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Alta Video security solution
Aware Beta Program
(back to top)The Alta Video Beta Program allows customers and partners to receive pre-release versions of the software containing the latest new features and fixes. As a member of the Alta Video Beta Program, you have the opportunity to provide feedback on these features and fixes, helping us to drive improvements to the product. To find out more about the Alta Video Beta Program, and to sign up, see https://security.avigilon.com/avigilon-alta-beta-program.
Avigilon Alta User Research
(back to top)By joining the Avigilon Alta User Research program, you provide key feedback on the features and design of Alta Video. To find out more about this program, and to sign up, see https://www.avigilon.com/what-is-avigilon-alta-user-research.
About this release
(back to top)Installing this release will upgrade Alta Video video management systems, and, if needed to maintain feature compatibility, any Alta cameras associated with your deployment.
These software packages have been released to the
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Video software version 7.0.7 beta | Monday August 12, 2024 | Alta Video: 7_0_240812_20124 |
| Alta cameras software version 7.0.7 beta | Monday August 12, 2024 | Alta cameras: 7_0_240812_24300 |
What's new
(back to top)In this release, Alta Video provides the following features:
| Feature | Description | Added in version |
|---|---|---|
| Additional face search regions | The Alta Video Face Search feature has now been approved for use in additional regions. See About: Alta Video Face search and Geographic areas for Alta Video Face search for details. | 7.0.2 |
| Image health monitoring | You can now configure Aware video analytics to monitor significant changes to a camera view over time, for example, if the camera moves. See Configure Camera image health monitoring. | 7.0.0 |
| PDF device configuration reports | You can now export customizable PDF reports about any connected cameras, access control devices, sensors, speakers, or POS systems. See Export configuration reports for devices connected to Alta Video. | 7.0.0 |
| Game controller support for PTZ cameras | You can now use a game controller to control a pan-tilt-zoom camera. For more information, see Use PTZ camera controls. | 7.0.0 |
| Trigger webhooks from Map view | You can now trigger webhooks from camera feeds in Map view. For more information on creating user-operable triggers for webhooks, see Create webhooks to send Alta Video notifications. | 7.0.0 |
| Associate any camera with an IP speaker | You can now associate an IP speaker connected to a Cloud Connector to any camera in the same deployment, including cloud-native cameras. Previously, you could only associate cameras in the same Cloud Connector group. | 7.0.0 |
| Unified rules for Aware and Control Center | For deployments in unified organizations, you can now see Alta Video rules in Alta Alta Access and use them as triggers for rules. Rules linked to Alta Access show an icon in Aware. See Edit rules. | 7.0.0 |
Updated domains
As we unify Avigilon Alta video and Alta access, alta.avigilon.com will become the main domain used by Avigilon Alta Video and other Avigilon Alta services. Update your firewall rules to include this domain and its subdomains.
For the complete list of domains used, see:
Ports required by Avigilon Ava and Avigilon Alta cloud-native cameras
Ports required by Alta Cloud Connectors
Ports required by Avigilon Ava cameras connected to Alta Cloud Connectors
Client connections
Alta Cloud Connector BIOS and iDRAC updates
For customers with Alta Video Cloud Connector A2000 or Alta Video Cloud Connector A3000 servers, Dell recommends that if the BIOS and iDRAC firmware versions are lower than BIOS v2.17.1 and iDRAC9 v6.10.30.20, the BIOS and iDRAC firmware is updated.
See https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000215873/update-poweredge-bios-and-idrac-for and https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000134013/dell-poweredge-update-the-firmware-of-single-system-components-remotely-using-the-idrac for further details.
Resolved issues
(back to top)This release resolves these issues:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version |
|---|---|---|
| — | General stability improvements have been made in this release. | 7.0.7 |
| — | General stability improvements have been made in this release. | 7.0.6 |
| AVA-4669 | An issue where Alta Video could not interact with Honeywell H4D1F has been resolved. | 7.0.5 |
| — | General stability and diagnostics improvements have been made in this release. | 7.0.4 |
| AVA-4374 | An issue where Alta Video could not communicate with Alta Access Control devices after an upgrade has been resolved. | 7.0.3 |
| AVA-4010 | An issue where you could not convert a Quick search to a full search has been resolved. | 7.0.3 |
| AVA-3787 | An issue where a Cloud Connector's default network connection changed after an update has been resolved. | 7.0.3 |
| AVA-4126 | An issue where Alta Video could not retrieve a list of access control points for Nedap integration has been resolved. | 7.0.2 |
| AVA-4112 | An issue where Alta Video did not show some LPR events when ordered by triggered time has been resolved. | 7.0.2 |
| ALTAPSIRT-1571 | A security vulnerability has been resolved. See Security advisories. | 7.0.1 |
| AVA-4177 | An issue where the Pan-tilt-zoom cameras controlled with a game controller directional pad sometimes panned to the full extent of one axis has been resolved. | 7.0.1 |
Software releases might include minor bug fixes that are not listed in the Resolved issues table.
Known issues
(back to top)During testing, we have found the following issues in these software packages:
| Reference | Issue | Software |
|---|---|---|
| AVA-4217 | It might take a long time for an Avigilon Alta cloud-native camera to start working when it replaces a camera using the replace camera option in the Devices tool. After replacement, rebooting the camera might allow it to connect to Alta Video faster. | Alta Video and Alta Video |
| AVA-4200 | It is possible to create a user role with no system permissions and assign it to an administrator user group. | Alta Video |
| AVA-4099 | Occurrence count rules do not trigger with new count rules. | Alta Video |
| AVA-4076 | In some circumstances, line crossing counts can increase by very large amounts. | Alta Video |
| AVA-4010 | After selecting an object in the quick search tool and clicking | Alta Video |
| 20358 | Issue: Spinners show when trying to play footage from Cloud Backup. | Alta Video |
| 19136 | Issue: Live and playback video streams in the Alta Cloud Connector UI do not play. | Alta Video |
| 18412 | Issue: Secondary node Cloud Connectors are unable to be backed up. | Alta Video |
| 17994 | Issue: When exporting very long video clips, the duration of the exported video might not match the timeframe set. | Alta Video |
| 17582 | Issue: When attempting to put an Avigilon Ava Flex camera that is connected over WiFi into ONVIF mode, the IP address might change. | Avigilon Ava Flex |
| 16234 | Issue: In some environmental situations, Avigilon Ava Bullet cameras might display some flickering and banding. | Avigilon Ava cameras |
| 13171 | Issue: If you export the footage from an alarm that includes audio, the clip might stutter when switching between uninteresting and interesting video on some video players. | Alta Video |
