Release notes: Ava video security systems 4.1.2 beta
Last modified: Thursday August 19, 2021.
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Alta video security systems
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About this release
(back to top)This Ava video security system release includes software for the:
- Alta Video and Alta Video video management systems
- Avigilon Ava cameras and Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Video/Alta Video software version 4.1.2 | Thursday August 19, 2021. | Alta Video: 4_1_210819_11175 |
| Avigilon Ava cameras/Avigilon Ava cloud-native camera software version 4.1.2 | Thursday August 19, 2021. | Avigilon Ava cameras: 4_1_210818_14072 |
These software packages have been released to the
What's new
(back to top)In this release, Alta Video provides the following features:
| Feature | Description | Added in version: |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Connector updates | You can now log in to your Cloud Connectors using a local user account. See: | 4.1.1 |
| Automatic rotation of Avigilon Ava camera passwords | For your Avigilon Ava cameras connected to your Alta Cloud Connectors, you now have options for setting your camera credentials. See: | 4.1.1 |
| Cloud Connector updates | Improvements and updates have been made to the Alta Cloud Connector software. These include being able to define where a webhook is sent from — either from the cloud, or from the device (Cloud Connector or camera). | 4.1.0 |
| Alta Video Camera Proxy | A new version of the Avigilon Alta Alta Video Camera Proxy is now available. The Alta Video Camera Proxy includes support for two-factor authentication (2FA), Alta Cloud Connectors and clustered systems. See: | 4.1.0 |
| Configure rules to trigger as Events or Alarms | You might not want an alarm raised each time a rule triggers. You can now configure Rules to raise an event, rather than an alarm. See: | 4.1.0 |
| Filter your list of alarms | You can filter the list of alarms to only show those for which you are included in the | 4.1.0 |
| Create counting rules for vehicle types | You can now create Counts rules by vehicle type ( See: | 4.1.0 |
| Temporarily disable a rule | There may be situations where you do not want a rule to trigger. You can now temporarily disable a rule for a defined time period. See: | 4.1.0 |
| New audio anomaly type and updates to anomaly settings | The new audio anomaly model includes detection of unusual levels of sound in the areas around your Avigilon Ava cameras. These detections are shown in the You can now configure the | 4.1.0 |
| Nedap access control integration | You can integrate your Alta Video video management system and Nedap access control systems. | 4.1.0 |
| Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) for multisensor devices | You can now control the (PTZ) settings for the individual sources of multisensor cameras. | 4.1.0 |
| Changes to audit logs | The Alta Video 4.1.0 release adds new categories of information in the audit logs. You can also download the Audit logs. | 4.1.0 |
| Changes in the Users page | Improvements to the Users page include the addition of more information, and an easier way to see the permissions and 2FA settings for each user group. See: | 4.1.0 |
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved in this release:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version: |
|---|---|---|
| 9853 | An issue where, in some situations, it was impossible to convert an Alta Cloud Connector into an Alta Cloud Connector has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 9830 | An issue where, after logging into your Alta Cloud Connector using the local user account, the user interface took some time to update with information relating to your system has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 9577 | An issue where, in some circumstances, your might not see the live timeline activities from cameras connected to different cluster groups has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 9468 | An issue where you could not add cameras to access control points associated with Cloud Connectors has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 9334 | An issue where you could create counting areas across different sites, leading to irregularities in your counts has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 9153 | An issue where, on clustered systems, disabled rules continued to trigger has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 8867 | An issue where, if a user enabled two factor authentication (2FA) for their profile, and subsequently an administrator reset that users 2FA, then 2FA is disabled rather than the user being prompted on their next log in to again set up 2FA has been resolved. | 4.1.2 |
| 9889 | An issue where, when selecting the 123 Counts info layer from the maximized Devices page, the timeline was not updated with counts information has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9855 | An issue in Alta Video version 4.1.0 where you were unable to log into your Cloud Connectors using their local user accounts has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9838 | An issue where bounding boxes were not being displayed correctly after a rule ended has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9827 | An issue where an Compact Dome camera was recording and triggering rules when set to inactive has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9809 | An issue where, on the Alta Video user interface for Avigilon Ava Dome cameras, the auto-rotation controls did not properly display or function has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9797 | An issue where you could not use two-factor authentication (2FA) to log into your Alta Cloud Connector has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9791 | An issue where, occasionally, when you attempted to download audio snippets, no sound files were downloaded has been resolved. | 4.1.1 |
| 9763 | The Alta Video user interface has been updated to remove the | 4.1.1 |
| Ava—507 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Alta Video. | 4.1.0 |
| Ava—504 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Avigilon Ava cameras. | 4.1.0 |
| 9709 | An issue where the Alta Video Camera Proxy did not support two-factor authentication (2FA) has been resolved. Download the latest version of the Alta Video Camera Proxy for your operating system:
See: | 4.1.0 |
| 9514 | An issue where the Timeline zoom bar was not working has been resolved. | 4.1.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9800 | Issue: If you attempt to temporarily disable a System rule, the settings are not correctly applied, and the rule continues to generate notifications when triggered. | Alta Video |
| 9773 | Issue: If you change the | Alta Video |
| 9752 | Issue: When you attempt to download the Audit log files, you can successfully download | Alta Video |
| 9744 | Issue: When you attempt to download the diagnostic information from a Cloud Connector, the user interface log files download, but the back end information shows | Alta Video |
| 9471 | Issue: The quality of the audio is sub-optimal when listening back from an audio alarm. This does not impact the quality of downloaded audio snippets. | Alta Video |
| 9327 | Issue: If you follow a link to an Alta Video 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 Alta Video Cloud deployment, again follow the alarm link to view details of the alarm. | Alta Video Cloud |
| 9117, 9165 | Issue: If you export video and audio files, or view those files from an external link created from your Alta Video deployment, audio snippets might not be synchronized with the video of the event. | Alta Video |
| 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. | Alta Video
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| 8512 | Issue: In some circumstances, you might not see the alarm bars for ended alarms in the timeline. | Alta Video |
| 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. | Alta Video |
| 7983 | Issue: When using Alta Video Cloud to configure webhooks from Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras, the $url value is not being included in the webhook. | Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras |
| 7549 | Issue: When searching from the Video view timeline on Alta Video Cloud, when you click the forward or back 1 second icons, the video pauses and the bounding boxes disappear. | Alta Video |
| 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. | Alta Video |
| 6242 | Issue: When attempting to view live or playback video recorded from Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras, the playback sometimes stutters and does not progress smoothly. | Avigilon 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. | Alta Video |
| 5406 | Issue: When requesting an RTSP stream, any camera view rotation that has been configured in Alta Video is ignored, and the stream uses the rotation settings from the camera. | Alta Video |
| 5253 | Issue: The storing of audio from the Avigilon Ava cameras microphone arrays is enabled by default. Workaround: You can disable the recording and storing of audio for the Avigilon Ava camera and from the Alta Video user interfaces. | Avigilon Ava cameras |
| 2151 | Issue: If you manually change the IP address of your Avigilon 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. | Avigilon Ava cameras |
| General | Issue: If third-party cameras do not support the multiple streams or the GOP profiles required by the Alta Video video management system, these incompatibilities might impact the accuracy of the Avigilon Alta analytics. | Alta Video |
