Release notes: Ava video security systems 3.7.1 beta
Last modified: Thursday May 13, 2021.
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Ava video security systems software.
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About this release
(back to top)This Ava video security system release includes software for the:
- Ava Aware and Ava Aware video management systems
- Ava cameras and Ava cloud-native cameras
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Ava Aware/Ava Aware software version 3.7.1 | May 13, 2021 | Ava Aware: 3_7_210513_10232 |
| Ava cameras/Ava cloud-native camera software version 3.7.1 | May 13, 2021 | Ava cameras: 3_7_210512_13108 |
These software packages have been released to the
What's new
(back to top)Some new features rely on your Ava cameras software being in alignment with your Ava Aware software versions.
In this release, Ava Aware provides the following features:
| Feature | Description | Added in version: |
|---|---|---|
| Changes to Camera data transfer rates | The auto-negotiation of network data transfer rates has been updated so that you can select either 100Mbps or 1Gbps maximum negotiated speed for your Ava cameras. If the ports used by your cameras have been manually locked to 1Gbps, then you should update this to auto-negotiate. See: | 3.7.1 |
| Two Factor Authentication (2FA) added | Ava Aware now includes two factor authentication, using Time-based One Time Passwords (TOTP) generated by an authenticator app on your cellular phone. Administrators can configure User groups to require two factor authentication to be used, or Users can choose to add 2FA for their own account. The Aware mobile apps are not yet compatible with two factor authentication. Because of this, do not configure two factor authentication for any user or member of a User group that needs to access Ava Aware using the Aware mobile apps. See: | 3.7.0 |
| Further options for listening to audio alarm snippets in Ava Aware | The locations within the Ava Aware user interface from which you can listen to audio alarm snippets has been increased and it is now possible to include audio alarm snippets in external links. | 3.7.0 |
| Audible notification of Alarms
| You can now configure Ava Aware to give an audible notification when an Alarm notification is displayed. | 3.7.0 |
| Improved searching of audit logs | Now it is easier to search for specific entries in the audit logs. | 3.7.0 |
| Changes to Deployment Management Portal (DMP) access | DMP access configuration is now found in the Users tool. In addition, you can now grant DMP access to your deployment for a predefined period of time, for example, to allow your Ava Security Partner or Ava Security Support to diagnose an issue. | 3.7.0 |
| Improved navigation between Alarms in Video view | You can now navigate between the alarms appearing in Video view by using the new Previous/Next buttons on the Alarms notification. | 3.7.0 |
| Ava cloud-native cameras report cloud connection status | The Ava cloud-native camera user interface now includes information about the status of the cloud connection to Ava Aware cloud. | 3.7.0 |
| Ava cameras now use on-board video analytics. | All Ava Security-branded cameras (both on-premise and cloud models) now process the video analytics on-board the cameras. | 3.7.0 |
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved in this release:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version: |
|---|---|---|
| 8939 | An issue where, on some systems, when you paused playback on Search results, the | 7.7.3 |
| 8924 | An issue where, on reboot, you might see two erroneous | 7.7.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8923 | Issue: If many objects are detected in a camera view, attempting to carry out a Spotlight search on an individual object might give unpredictable results. | Ava Aware |
| 8867 | Issue: If a user enables 2FA via their profile, and subsequently an administrator resets that users 2FA, then 2FA is disabled rather than the user being prompted on their next log in to again set up 2FA. Workaround: After the next login, the user can re-enable 2FA, and follow the setup process. | Ava Aware |
| 8861 | Issue: If you grant user access via the Deployment Management Portal (DMP) for a defined period of time, at the end of that time, access is denied as expected, but the notification is not updated to show the change of state. Workaround: Refreshing the browser shows the correct access. | Ava Aware
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| 8852 | Issue: If you have configured various Sound rules, if an ultrasonic rule triggers, followed by another sound rule, the rules might both show as ultrasonic, even if the second trigger is, for example, a glass breaking rule or a loud noise rule. | Ava Aware |
| 8844 | Issue: When attempting to edit the timezone for a site on your Ava Aware cloud, when you click on the Location field, the dropdown list closes. Workaround: Double-click the Location field to display the list of timezones. | Ava Aware cloud |
| 8604 | Issue: In a clustered Ava Aware deployment, you cannot adjust the video overlay of a camera that is not located on the server you are logged into. Workaround: Log into the server to which the camera is connected to edit the video overlay. | Ava Aware |
| 8512 | Issue: In some circumstances, you might not see the alarm bars for ended alarms in the timeline. | Ava Aware |
| 8018 | Issue: In some circumstances on a clustered deployment, if you set up a line-crossing rule on one site, and enable it from another site, when the rule triggers and you acknowledge the alarm as False, the alarm is seen on the first site, but not on the site from where it was enabled. | Ava Aware |
| 7983 | Issue: When using Ava Aware cloud to configure webhooks from Ava cloud-native cameras, the $url value is not being included in the webhook. | Ava cloud-native cameras |
| 7549 | Issue: When searching from the Video view timeline on Ava Aware cloud, when you click the forward or back 1 second icons, the video pauses and the bounding boxes disappear. | Ava Aware |
| 6911 | Issue: If you set a dewarped panoramic view in Video view, and then move to another Aware tab, occasionally, when you return to Video view, the panoramic view resets to Globe view. | Ava Aware |
| 6242 | Issue: When attempting to view live or playback video recorded from Ava cloud-native cameras, the playback sometimes stutters and does not progress smoothly. | Ava cameras |
| 6232 | Issue: When using the delete recordings function to delete all recordings including bookmarks, all the video and metadata are deleted, but the bookmark items themselves are not removed. | Ava Aware |
| 5406 | Issue: When requesting an RTSP stream, any camera view rotation that has been configured in Ava Aware is ignored, and the stream uses the rotation settings from the camera. | Ava Aware |
| 5253 | Issue: The storing of audio from the Ava cameras microphone arrays is enabled by default. Workaround: You can disable the recording and storing of audio for the Ava camera and from the Ava Aware user interfaces. | Ava cameras |
| 2151 | Issue: If you manually change the IP address of your Ava camera, you are not given any warnings that this will break contact with the camera, and you are not redirected to the new address. Workaround: After changing the IP address of your camera, manually browse to the new IP address after the camera has rebooted. | Ava cameras |
| General | Issue: If third-party cameras do not support the multiple streams or the GOP profiles required by the Ava Aware video management system, these incompatibilities might impact the accuracy of the Ava Security analytics. | Ava Aware |
