Release notes: Ava video security systems 5.1.6
Last modified: Wednesday August 24, 2022.
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Alta video security systems software.
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About this release
(back to top)From 31st December 2022, Avigilon Alta will no longer provide major software and feature updates for standalone on-premises Alta Aware deployments. Alta Aware deployments are not impacted by this announcement.
Refer to: How to: Migrate your Ava Appliances to Alta Cloud Connectors
This Ava video security system release includes software for the
- Alta Aware® and Alta Aware® video management systems
- Avigilon Ava cameras and Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras
Installing this release will upgrade Alta Aware® and Alta Aware® video management systems, and, if needed to maintain feature compatibility, any Avigilon Ava cameras associated with your deployment.
| Release label | Release date | Software build number |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Aware/Alta Aware software version 5.1.6 | Wednesday August 17, 2022 | Alta Aware: 5_1_220824_14538 |
| Avigilon Ava cameras/Avigilon Ava cloud-native camera software version 5.1.6 | Wednesday August 17, 2022 | Avigilon Ava cameras: 5_1_220824_17568 |
These software packages have been released to the
What's new
(back to top)In this release, Alta Aware provides the following features
| Feature | Description | Added in version |
|---|---|---|
| Improved options for configuring CloudRTSP streams |
When configuring CloudRTSP streams, there is now an expanded range of regions from which you can select. See: |
5.1.3 |
| Disable all microphones across the deployment |
You can now easily disable all the Avigilon Ava camera microphones in your Aware deployment. See:
|
5.1.3 |
| Improvements to CSV imports of cameras |
When importing cameras using CSV import files, you can now specify the Cloud Connectors to which each is attached. See: |
5.1.3 |
| Improvements to Device Group selection | Device groups are now grouped per site to make navigation of large lists easier. | 5.1.3 |
| Improved information around Avigilon Ava cloud-native camera stated retention periods |
The Aware user interface has improved information relating to the stated retention period for Avigilon Ava cloud-native cameras. See: |
5.1.3 |
| Improvements to external video viewer |
This release includes improvements to the way that Aware sets up external video viewers to ensure that the external viewing system can persist the view. See: |
5.1.3 |
Resolved issues
(back to top)These issues have been resolved in this release:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version |
|---|---|---|
| Ava—683 | A vulnerability has been resolved in Ava Aware. | 5.1.6 |
| 13871 | An issue where an Aware Cloud deployment could incorrectly reconfigure itself as an Ava Cloud Connector has been resolved. | 5.1.6 |
| 12006 |
An issue where some Avigilon Ava Dome cameras could not correctly auto-focus has been resolved.
As part of this fix, the manual focus options have been removed as they are no longer required. See: |
5.1.6 |
| 13811 | An issue where Compact Dome cameras failed to restart correctly and required manual intervention has been resolved. | 5.1.5 |
| 13729 | An issue where the Focus and Area of focus options were not available in Camera Video Adjustments has been resolved. | 5.1.5 |
| Multiple | Several issues have been fixed and improvements made to the Avigilon Ava Quad camera software. | 5.1.3 |
| 13598 | An issue where multiple alert emails might have been received when a System rule triggered has been resolved. | 5.1.3 |
| 13000 | An issue where playback from cloud backups was inconsistent and might not play correctly has been resolved. | 5.1.3 |
| 11454 | An issue where, when using an External Viewer, if you did not display the streams for 24 hours or more, when you again tried to display the viewer, you were prompted for a new one-time password has been resolved by the improvements to the external video viewer included in Aware version 5.1.0. | 5.1.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| — | Due to changes being made to the way audio is recorded and replayed:
|
Alta Aware mobile app for Android |
| 13171 | Issue: If you export the footage form an alarm that includes audio, the clip might stutter when switching between uninteresting and interesting video on some video players. | Aware |
| 12738 | Issue: If you have a map in Map view that includes inactive cameras, heatmaps might be the positioned incorrectly on the map. | Aware |
| 12292 | Issue: Recorded audio is not being played back from cloud backups. | Aware |
| 12274 | Issue: If you export a video clip that includes audio recordings, the volume of the audio is very low. | Aware |
| 12255 | Issue: You cannot currently associate an Avigilon Ava camera connected to one Cloud Connector with a third party camera with inbuilt or connected speaker attached to another Cloud Connector, or associate an Avigilon Ava cloud-native camera with a speaker. | Aware |
| 12196 | Issue: In some circumstances, a camera may lose its overlay settings during an upgrade and the overlay might not show until you have toggled it off and then re-enabled it. | Aware |
| 11515 | Issue: When you edit any of the counts, for example, to add a new camera to an existing counts area, when you save the changes, the counts are briefly set to 0, before displaying the correct counts total. | Aware |
| 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. | 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. | Aware |
| 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. | Aware |
