Release notes: Ava cameras 1.0
Last modified: Friday July 24, 2020.
Learn about new features and any issues found in testing for this Ava camera software release.
About this release
(back to top)This software forms part of the Ava Security pre-release series of releases.
This software for the Ava cameras range of Ava Security cameras is a Beta release. Not all camera settings, capabilities, and optimizations have been included or enabled in this release.
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Ava cameras software version 1.0 (Released to the Stable Upgrade channel) | January 14, 2020 | Dome: 20191220_02221 Avigilon Ava 360: 20191220_02222 |
This release of the Ava cameras software should be used in-conjunction with the released versions (1.3 or later) of the Ava Aware video management system.
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Ava cameras Beta 2.1 software (Released to the Beta Upgrade channel) | December 20, 2019 | Dome: 20191220_02221 Avigilon Ava 360: 20191220_02222 |
| Ava cameras Beta 2 software (Released to the Beta Upgrade channel) | December 19, 2019 | Dome: 20191218_02127 Avigilon Ava 360: 20191218_02128 |
| Ava camera Beta 1 software (Released to the Beta Upgrade channel) | November 28, 2019 | Dome-only: 20191127_01595 |
| Ava camera Alpha 2 software (Released to the Beta Upgrade channel) | November 5, 2019 | Dome-only: 20191106_01240 |
| Ava camera Alpha 1 software (Internal release only) | October 16, 2019 | Dome-only: 20191011_00707 |
What's new
(back to top)This release includes the new features for the on-board camera software for the Avigilon Ava cameras. See Cameras for Alta Video and our for more information about the Avigilon Alta range of cameras.
| Feature | Description | Added in |
|---|---|---|
| No default user name and password | When you log into your Ava cameras device, you are prompted to configure a user name and password. You cannot connect your Ava camera to Ava Aware until the user name and password have been set. | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| Select the area of focus for Dome devices | When running the auto-focus routines on the Dome devices, you can now configure an area of the view for the focus. | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| Support for Avigilon Ava 360 panoramic devices |
| Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| HDR Automatic Exposure, Focus, and White Balance | The Ava cameras software now includes the ability to auto-focus, automatically control the exposure and to automatically white-balance whilst using the High Dynamic range (HDR) features. | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| Audio VU meters | The software for each Ava SecurityAva cameras includes VU meters to indicate current sound levels being picked up by each of the four microphones in each Ava cameras device. The microphones are part of the cover of the Ava cameras; if the cover is not correctly fitted, the Ava camera cannot receive or process audio. | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| Audio detection | This release of the Ava cameras software enables the audio neural network within the Ava cameras. Only | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| Dynamic Stream Selection | The Ava cameras now dynamically provide the video streams of varying resolution and FPS as requested from the Ava Aware video management system. | Ava cameras Beta 1 |
| Strong authentication | The Ava cameras now use a hashed password stored on each camera for user-authentication. Also, you now need to specify a user name and password the first time you access the vcam device. | Ava cameras Beta 1 |
| Hardware factory reset | This release activates the hardware factory reset button included in the Ava camera. | Ava cameras Beta 1 |
| Automatic focus on Ava cameras | This release includes an auto focus routine that, when triggered, moves the Ava camera focus to a range of positions to determine the best focus. Once focused, using the zoom controls updates the focus to enable operators to use the optical zoom capabilities of the Dome cameras. | Ava cameras Alpha 2 |
| Automatic control of the Ava cameras infrared (IR) features | This release adds the automatic control of the Ava cameras IR illumination and filter, based on brightness levels for the Ava cameras. | Ava cameras Alpha 2 |
| Ava camera software upgrade from | Upgrade the Ava camera software from the Ava Cloud. | Ava cameras Alpha 2 |
| Improved error logging | The Ava cameras logging and crash report handling has been improved in this release. | Ava cameras Alpha 2 |
| Automatic exposure adjustment | This release of the Ava camera software includes automatic exposure adjustment of Ava cameras. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Automatic white balance | This release of the Ava camera software includes automatic white balance adjustments for the Ava cameras. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Encryption | The Ava cameras use encrypted video streams, to protect the security and privacy of your important information. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Network configuration | When setting up the Dome cameras, you can use DHCP to set up the network connections, or you can manually specify the static IP address settings. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Ava Aware connectivity | Connect to your Ava cameras from the Ava Aware video management system | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Software upgrade | Use the Ava cameras web interface to upgrade the camera software, or upgrade the Ava camera software from the Ava Aware user interface. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Certificate management | Set up the certificates that you need to control access to your Ava cameras. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| QR code scheme for installation | To simplify installation, Ava cameras are supplied with a QR code, used at initial setup to register the camera with | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
| Camera controls | Software control of focus, configuring the initial zoom, manual control of the IR illumination and IR filter, and camera rotation/orientation control are all introduced in this release.
The zoom setting is for the initial configuration of each Ava camera; it is not an optical zoom for use by operators. | Ava cameras Alpha 1 |
This release of the Ava cameras software does not include any audio analysis features.
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in |
|---|---|---|
| 3350 | An issue with the audio analytics that resulted in the Ava camera becoming unresponsive if many audio alarms were received has been resolved. | Ava cameras Beta 2.1 |
| 2696 | An issue where, after a factory-reset, the Dome devices had a blurred image have been resolved in this release. | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
| 3258 | An issue where the audio VU meters in the Dome devices software did not show any sound levels has been resolved in this release. | Ava cameras Beta 2 |
Known issues
(back to top)During testing, we have found the following issues in these releases.
These Beta feature software versions have been extensively tested on the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, using the Chrome browser.
| Reference | Issue |
|---|---|
| 3252 3241 | Issue: When upgrading the software on your Ava cameras, the upgrade sometimes fails. Workaround: If, after attempting to upgrade your Ava cameras device, the original software version is still being reported, reboot the Ava camera and again upgrade the software. |
| 2950 | Issue: If you repeatedly use the Ava cameras auto-focus feature, either from the Ava camera software, or from the Ava Aware video management system user interfaces, the focus achieved might be blurred. Workaround: If auto-focus is not functioning correctly, using the manual focus slider resets the focus. |
| 2930 | Issue: When upgrading the software on your Ava cameras, the Ava Aware video management system reports a video error, rather than that the device is being upgraded. |
| 2151 | Issue: If you manually change the IP address of your Dome 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. |
