Release notes: Ava video security systems 3.8.1 beta
Last modified: Thursday June 10, 2021.
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Ava video security systems
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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 3.8.1 | Wednesday June 09, 2021 | Ava Aware: 3_8_210608_10512 |
| Ava cameras/Ava cloud-native camera software version 3.8.1 | Wednesday June 09, 2021 | Ava cameras: 3_8_210608_13381 |
These software packages have been released to the
What's new
(back to top)In this release, Ava Aware provides the following features:
| Feature | Description | Added in version: |
|---|---|---|
| Single Sign On (SSO) for Ava Aware | Ava Aware, when configured, can now use SSO via Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) or username/password to authorize logging into Ava Aware cloud. When using SSO, the system uses the same Federated identities as your other corporate systems. See: | 3.8.0 | >
| Ava Cloud Connector Alta A750 Cloud Connector hardware | An new server has been added into the range of Ava Cloud Connector hardware. In addition, the number of cameras that can be run from each model of Ava Cloud Connector has been updated. See: | 3.8.0 |
| Smart Path, upgrades, and general communications | The Smart Path TURN servers, upgrade hosting and general video management system communications now use *.aware.avasecurity.com. | 3.8.0 |
| Edit existing Video views | You can now update an existing Video view, rather than having to create a new view. You can update video views you have created yourself. However, if the view has been shared with you from another user, you are unable to update that view. | 3.8.0 |
| Set the Sound rule confidence level | When configuring or editing Sound rules, you can now set the minimum confidence level required to trigger the rule. | 3.8.0 |
| Ava Aware automatically updates your Ava cameras to ensure feature compatibility | When your Ava Aware deployment updates, either due to your | 3.8.0 |
| Devices tool reports interesting and uninteresting storage | To assist you in tuning your camera | 3.8.0 |
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved in this release:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version: |
|---|---|---|
| Ava-441 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Ava Aware. | 3.8.1 |
| 9167 | An issue where all cameras might have erroneously shown the error No metadata generated has been resolved. | 3.8.1 |
| 9159 | An issue where a deadlock in the Ava cameras code could lead to a reboot has been resolved. | 3.8.1 |
| 9153 | An issue where, if you had configured Counts rules, when a Counts alarm ended, or when you disabled the rule, any ongoing Counts alarms disappeared from the | 3.8.1 |
| 9152 | An issue where. if you factory reset your Ava Cloud Connector, you might be shown the log in screen, but be unable to log into the newly created Ava Cloud Connector has been resolved. | 3.8.1 |
| 9144 | An issue when you downloaded the files from an external link created from an Ava Aware cloud deployment, the audio snippet file was missing has been resolved. | 3.8.1 |
| 9114 | An issue where, if you have configured a camera to not record unless something of interest happens, if you attempted to play back video from a period of no recording, you saw spinners rather than the | 3.8.1 |
| 9082 | An issue where, when you updated a saved view in Video view, the snapshot image (displayed in the left pane) was not updated has been resolved. | 3.8.1 |
| 8844 | An issue where, when you attempted to edit the timezone for a site on your Ava Aware cloud, when you clicked on the Location field, the dropdown list closed has been resolved. | 3.8.1 |
| 9078 | An issue where, if a user was not currently signed into Ava Aware, they could not download video clips from an external link has been resolved. | 3.8.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9117 | Issue: If you export video and audio files, or view those files from an external link created from your Ava Aware deployment, audio snippets might not be synchronized with the video of the event. | 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 |
| 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 |
