Release notes: Ava video security systems 4.5.3 beta
Last modified: Thursday January 13, 2022.
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 4.5.3 | Thursday January 13, 2022 | Ava Aware: 4_5_220112_12429 |
| Ava cameras/Ava cloud-native camera software version 4.5.3 | Thursday January 13, 2022 | Ava cameras: 4_5_220111_15411 |
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: |
|---|---|---|
| Migrate your Ava Cloud Connectors to Ava Cloud Connectors from the Ava Aware user interface | You can now migrate the Ava Cloud Connectors that form part of your on-premise Ava Aware deployment to become Ava Cloud Connectors that link your third-party cameras into your Ava Aware deployment. See:
| 4.5.0 |
| Configure Ava Aware cloud to use your own AWS S3 storage | With a suitable license, you can now configure your Ava cameras and ava Cloud Connectors to save your selected video data to your own AWS S3 cloud storage. See:
| 4.5.0 |
| Improvements to timezone-handling in Ava Aware cloud | From Ava Aware cloud 4.5.0, the way in which timezones are handled within your Ava Security video management system has been improved. Any rules that include cameras in different timezones that were created before this software update need to be checked to ensure the relevant times are as expected. See:
| 4.5.0 |
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved in this release:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version: |
|---|---|---|
| 11230 | An issue where the heatmaps might not be displayed in Map view has been resolved. | 4.5.3 |
| 11202 | An issue where spinners were being show for Counts where either People or Vehicles had not been set has been resolved. | 4.5.3 |
| 11139 | To improve interoperability with third-party RTSP cameras, Ava Aware now also tries using interleaved mode when connecting to an RTSP camera. | 4.5.3 |
| 11098 | An issue where, when a Counts included multiple cameras, the Alarm contained information from the first camera in the rule, rather than the camera that triggered the rule, has been resolved. | 4.5.3 |
| 11016 | An issue where the number of Counts being displayed in exported CSV files was double the number shown in the user interface has been resolved. | 4.5.3 |
| 11257 | An issue where you could not view historical footage from the Aware mobile app for Android has been resolved. | 4.5.2 |
| 11228 | An issue where, in some circumstances, after upgrading to Ava Aware version 4.5, you could not playback the video from any anomalies since the upgrade has been resolved. | 4.5.2 |
| 11227 | An issue where the reading and writing of your camera configurations was broken in Ava Aware versions 4.5.0 and 4.5.1 has been resolved. If you have made no camera configuration changes since version 4.4.x, your settings are now correct. If you made any camera configuration changes in either version 4.5.0 or 4.5.1, you should check those setting after upgrading to version 4.5.2 to ensure they are as you expect. | 4.5.2 |
| 11059 | An issue where, in some circumstances when upgrading an Ava Cloud Connector cluster, all Appliances might fail to correctly restart has been resolved. | 4.5.2 |
| Ava-602 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Ava Aware. | 4.5.1 |
| Ava-601 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Ava Aware, Ava cameras and Ava Cloud. | 4.5.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11168 | Issue: If you leave the Ava Aware user interface in the background while Ava Aware upgrades, when you return to the interface, the icons are missing. | Ava Aware |
| 11106 | Issue: The auto-exposure settings on the Ava Bullet camera sometimes take a long period of time to adjust to the required exposure. | Ava cameras |
| 10410 | Issue: When you export video that includes footage that switches from one resolution to another, there is a small gap between the sections of video. | Ava Aware |
| 10162 | Issue: From areas of the Aware user interface where you can set time ranges (such as in Rules or when configuring your cloud backup schedules) you cannot currently set a time-range that crosses two days. For example, you cannot configure a time range from 10:00pm until 6:00am. | Ava Aware |
| 10087 | Issue: When you apply a maximum streaming quality to cameras connected to an Ava Cloud Connector, the setting is ignored, and the maximum available resolution is used. | Ava Aware |
| 9752 | Issue: When you attempt to download the Audit log files, you can successfully download All audit logs, but if you attempt to download Recent files or Older than files, it shows as Failed. | Ava Aware |
| 9327 | Issue: If you follow a link to an Aware Cloud alarm, if you need to log in using SSO, you are taken to the Dashboard, rather than to the Alarms page. Workaround: Once you have logged into your Aware Cloud deployment, again follow the alarm link to view details of the alarm. | Ava Aware cloud |
| 9165 | Issue: If you export video and audio files, or view those files from an external link created from your Aware deployment, audio snippets might not be synchronized with the video of the event. | 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 Aware Cloud to configure webhooks from Ava Cloud 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 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 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 Aware is ignored, and the stream uses the rotation settings from the camera. See:
| 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. See:
| 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 Aware video management system, these incompatibilities might impact the accuracy of the Ava analytics. | Ava Aware |
