Release notes: Ava cameras 3.6.4 beta
Last modified: Monday April 19, 2021.
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About this release
(back to top)This software forms part of the Ava cameras releases.
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Ava cameras software version 3.6.4 (Released to the | April 19, 2021 | Avigilon Ava cameras: 3_6_210419_12789 |
What's new
(back to top)This release includes the new features for the on-board camera software for Avigilon Ava cameras. See Cameras for Alta Video for more information about the Avigilon Alta range of cameras.
New features for your Avigilon Ava cameras are typically configured from Alta Video, and are therefore documented in the Alta Video release notes.
See: Release notes: Alta Video 7.2.5 beta for more details.
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in |
|---|---|---|
| — | General stability improvements have been made to the Avigilon Ava cameras. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.4 |
| 8693 | An issue where connections might not be correctly ended, leading to memory exhaustion and the camera restarting has been resolved. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.4 |
| 8687 | An issue where Alarms from Avigilon Ava cameras did not correctly trigger Webhooks has been resolved. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.3 |
| Ava—416 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Avigilon Ava cameras. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.2 |
| — | General improvements have been made to the automatic focusing, exposure, and white-balance algorithms for the Avigilon Ava cameras. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.2 |
| Ava—414 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Avigilon Ava cameras. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.1 |
| 8547 | An issue where, in some rare circumstances when using Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.0, and the filesystem needed repairing, Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras would not record new video has been resolved. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.6.1 |
| 8167 | An issue where streams from Compact Dome cameras were at too high a bitrate, impacting both storage and live streaming, has been resolved | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.5.3 |
| — | General improvements have been made to the Avigilon Ava camera software. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.5.2 |
| Ava—390 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Alta Video, Avigilon Ava cameras, and Alta Cloud. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.4.2 |
| 7804 | An issue where the IR cut filter solenoid repeatedly activated, which could cause the camera to make regular clicking sounds, has been resolved. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.4.1 |
| 7727 | An issue where the incorrect positioning of the IR filter led to poor visibility has been resolved. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.4.0 |
| 5017 | An issue where, in some lighting conditions, the Avigilon Ava cameras with HDR enabled displayed excessive visible noise has been resolved. | Avigilon Ava cameras 3.4.0 |
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 releases.
These software versions have been extensively tested on the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, using the Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.
| Reference | Issue |
|---|---|
| 7983 | Issue: When configuring webhooks from Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras, the $url value is not being included in the webhook. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
