Release notes: Alta Aware 7.1.6 beta
Last modified: Tuesday October 08, 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
As we continue to unify the Avigilon Alta cloud products, we are renaming Alta Aware as Alta Video and the Alta Control Center as Alta Access to make navigating between your products easier.
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Alta Video security solution
Aware Beta Program
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
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
Installing this release will upgrade Alta Video video management systems, and, if needed to maintain feature compatibility, any Avigilon Ava cameras associated with your deployment.
These software packages have been released to the
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Video software version 7.1.6 | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Alta Video: 7_1_241007_20499 |
| Camera model | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Ava Compact | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241004_24708 |
| Alta H5A Multisensor | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Alta H6SL | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Alta H5A Modular | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Ava Quad cameras | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Ava Dome | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Ava Bullet | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Ava 360 | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
| Ava Flex | Tuesday October 08, 2024. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 7_1_241003_24697 |
What's new
In this release, Alta Video provides the following features:
| Feature | Description | Added in version |
|---|---|---|
| Additional face search regions | The Alta Aware Face Search feature has now been enabled for use in additional regions. About: Alta Aware Face search and Geographic areas for Alta Aware Face search for details. | 7.1.6 |
| Improved camera management | Once your Avigilon Ava or Avigilon Alta camera has been connected to your Alta Video deployment, the local camera web user interface (accessible from the IP address for each camera) is non-editable, and can only be used to view the configuration of the camera. After onboarding your camera to Alta Video, use the Devices tool to make changes to camera settings. See Change camera settings in Alta Video. | 7.1.6 |
| Site details in device configuration reports | Alta Video now exports site details in device configuration reports. For more information about exporting device reports, see How to: Export configuration reports for devices connected to Aware. | 7.1.6 |
| Improved SD card error reporting | We have improved the specificity and wording of camera SD card errors. See Camera error messages. | 7.1.6 |
Updated domains
As we unify Avigilon Alta video and Alta access, alta.avigilon.com will become the main domain used by Avigilon Alta Aware 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
Reference: 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 A2000 Cloud Connector or Alta A3000 Cloud Connector 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
This release resolves these issues:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version |
|---|---|---|
| AVA-6174 | An issue where emails for triggered rules that included Image health alerts incorrectly showed "Unknown Device Error" has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-5489 | An issue where the infrared on Quad camera would not turn on has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-5763 | An issue where switching between Alta Video tool tabs caused the Device tool to show historical footage as live video and historical footage to persist in live playback has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-5758 | An issue where walls did not display in Map view has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-5340 | An issue where Alta Video ran slowly with Video view open has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-5175 | An issue where you could not remove a camera from a System Rule in Aware has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-5066 | An issue where the control of pan-tilt-zoom cameras became slow or erratic after adjustment within Alta Video has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-4834 | An issue where CIFS camera backups stopped 24 hours after configuration has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-4753 | We have added timeout settings to control the sensitivity of camera connection rules triggering on unstable networks. For more information, see How to: Create rules for Camera issues. | 7.1.6 |
| AVA-3859 | An issue where C·Cure could not unlock an access point has been resolved. | 7.1.6 |
Software releases might include minor bug fixes that are not listed in the Resolved issues table.
Known issues
During testing, we have found the following issues in these software packages:
| Reference | Issue | Software |
|---|---|---|
| AVA-4811 | Alta Video shows an unverified SD card warning and cannot access a dual-SD card camera with only one working SD card. | Alta Video |
| AVA-4718 | Device connectivity tests from Alta Video fail with a browser timeout error. | Alta Video |
| AVA-4647 | Alert dialogs for audit log alarms in the Alta Video tool do not open. | Alta Video |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
