Firmware Release Notes Version 1.2.2.0 (ACC Version 5.8.0.24) Released on February 10 th, 2016 Release Summary This is the initial release of Avigilon Control Center 5.8 and introduces many new features, including support for Avigilon H4 cameras, the ability to change Avigilon camera passwords from ACC and an auto playback mode in the ACC Player. This release is also a service release for ACC 5 and users experiencing issues listed in the Issues Fixed list should consider upgrading to this release. Users upgrading from 1.2.0.10 firmware can download and upgrade to this version directly. Those upgrading from version 1.0.6.2 should contact technical support to obtain version 1.2.0.10 package before upgrading to this version. New features released in release 1.2.2.0 System BIOS is updated to latest version New features released in ACC 5.8.0.24 Support for Avigilon H4 cameras and their new features, including idle scene mode which enables bandwidth and storage savings when there is no motion or analytic activity in the scene. One exception is High Frame Mode for the 8 MP H4 camera (see the first known issue for more details) It is now possible to upgrade ACC ES HD Recorder firmware directly from ACC Client using Site Upgrade feature. Official support has been added for running ACC Client on Windows 10 It is now possible to change passwords for Avigilon cameras directly from ACC and to reauthenticate cameras using different credentials without having to first disconnect and then reconnect the cameras ACC Player has a new auto playback mode which is active by default when an.ave native export is opened. This playback mode intelligently manages the views to only display cameras that have recorded video at a particular time in the export The existing ACC Client login dialog has been replaced with a new login screen that makes it possible to select multiple sites to log into at a time The existing Server Status page has been replaced with a new Site Health page, which provides an individual and summarized statuses of devices, servers, and child sites in a Site Family in one location.
New Features (continued) The Camera Connect/Disconnect tab now supports connecting and disconnecting multiple cameras at a time A new Client display setting was introduced that allows a user to display the camera time overlay in the device s local time (instead of the local Client time, which is the default) The Site View Editor now supports multi-select operations, allowing multiple items, such as cameras and folders, to be moved at a time Using the Site View Editor, an administrator can configure the default expansion of items in the system tree for all users When a user logs into a Parent site in a Site Family, Child sites are added to the list of discovered sites in the Client, avoiding the need to manually Find or discover them in most cases. Note that the Client must be able to communicate directly with each of the Child sites in order for the sites to appear in the Client, so there are some deployments such as where NAT is involved where this feature won t work. In such cases, continuing to manually add the Sites to the Client is still possible. Communication security between Avigilon H.264 cameras and ACC Server has been enhanced. While previous versions of ACC always secured the exchange of credentials for authentication, all control communication can now be secured (encrypted) as well. This only applies to control data (the video streams are not encrypted) and is enabled by default for supported Avigilon cameras. A new lock icon is used to indicate the Secure status in the Camera Connect/Disconnect tab. Under the General camera setup, it is possible to disable the display of analytic bounding boxes in all live and recorded views for a specific camera. This overrides the Client overlay display setting for all users and only affects the display behaviour (features like Classified Object Search and using analytic event configurations as rule triggers remain available when this setting is enabled) The keyframe interval is now displayed in a seconds value (in addition to frames) in the Compression and Image Rate dialog, making it easier to determine how often a keyframe will be sent ACC can now stream only analytic metadata from IP Rialto analytic appliances and receive the video directly from the linked camera. This provides a lower bandwidth usage than previous ACC releases (as video was streamed from both the camera and the Rialto) and allows HDSM to be used between the Server and the Client. The Rialto must have its firmware manually upgraded to version 4.7 or later. Increased support for a number of newer models of Axis cameras.
Central Station Notifications now support configuring a periodic heartbeat message to be sent to the Central Station provider Issues Fixed The connection between a Rialto analytic appliance and a camera now uses UDP for streaming, and this avoids issues when using Rialto and ACC with FLIR cameras. When upgrading, it may be necessary to manually disconnect and relink the camera with the Rialto. Fixed an issue where camera connection restored events could be generated when the ACC Server shuts down Fixed an issue where a VMA monitor s status was incorrectly indicated as inaccessible in the system tree for users that didn t have the initiate collaboration group privilege but did have the privilege to manage virtual matrix monitors. Ensured that the site name is included in the backup file used by the settings backup and restore feature, when site level settings are selected to be included. Corrected an issue where a user editing a map on one Client could cause all other Clients to display it as a blank image Fixed an issue where connecting an IQEye IQ865N camera could cause ACC Server to crash Ensured that Rialto channels connected to a standby server display the blue standby screen for their video streams Ensured that the motion detection mask used in the Motion Detection setup screen was correctly scaled for Axis cameras that are configured with a 4:3 aspect ratio Fixed an issue that prevented the data aging profile from being updated when the secondary stream is disabled on one of the heads of an Avigilon HD Multisensor camera Ensured that the area of focus for the timeline moves to reflect a new date and time when entered by a user Fixed an issue that could cause the Client to exit full screen mode when a keyboard shortcut was used Corrected an issue that caused PTZ focus controls for Axis cameras to be reversed in ACC from the behavior when using the camera's WebUI Corrected an issue that prevented an ACC Server from providing help files to a Client if it was previously part of a multi-server site and later removed from the site Corrected an issue that could cause the preview shown in the Export preview window to be distorted for Sony HM662 cameras when the lens type was set to panamorph
Issues Fixed (continued) Fixed an issue that prevented PTZ patterns from being recorded for Panasonic WV-SC386 cameras Corrected an issue that could cause part of the image to be missing for 6K and 7K Avigilon HD Pro cameras when privacy zone(s) were configured Ensured that the correct cameras were selected when starting a Motion Search from the results of a Bookmark Search Ensured that exports created from a specific bookmark, do not have the bookmark displayed in the timeline in the ACC Player Ensured that the motion detection mask used in the Motion Detection setup screen was correctly rotated for Axis cameras that have image rotation enabled Prevented the ACC Client from crashing in the scenario that a user attempts to save a map that was edited, after already logging out of the site Ensured that an 'invalid item submitted' dialog isn't incorrectly displayed to the user the first time image rotation is configured for an Avigilon camera Corrected an issue that caused the wrong pre-trigger record time to be used the first time a manual recording was initiated by the user Fixed an issue that caused the External Notifications window to close when attempting to add a new email address to an email group and pressing the 'Enter' key to confirm Fixed a case where the ACC Client could crash if attempting to reset the motion mask in Motion Detection setup before the camera's preview has loaded Ensured that connection mode (i.e. LAN/WAN) for a site is only updated in the Client's Site Networking settings if saved by the user Corrected an issue that could cause email image attachments to be sent with the wrong rotation from cameras connected using MJPEG streaming Corrected an issue that could prevent camera fail over from initiating in some situations
Known issues in this release It is not possible to switch an 8 MP H4 camera to High Frame Rate mode using ACC, and enabling this mode from the camera s WebUI can prevent ACC from decoding the stream at some zoom levels. This known issue will be addressed in the first service release for ACC 5.8. Computers running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 require Microsoft Security Update KB3033929 to be installed in order to use ACC s Remote Site Upgrade feature to update an ACC Server to version 5.8. This Microsoft Security Update is required on computers running the ACC Client if they are running these versions of Windows. Computers running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 (not R2) require Microsoft Security Update KB2763674 in order to run the ACC 5.8 installers manually. ACC s Remote Site Upgrade feature is not able to install ACC 5.8 if the Client is running these versions of Windows, even with the previously mentioned Microsoft Security Update installed. Avigilon Camera FW Included V3.10.0.52 for HD H.264 H4 cameras with self-learning analytics V3.6.0.34 for HD H.264 H3 cameras with self-learning analytics V3.8.0.8 for HD Pro H.264 cameras V 3.2.0.34 for HD Multisensor cameras V2.6.0.110 for HD Micro Dome cameras V2.6.0.108 for HD PTZ cameras V2.6.0.106 for HD Bullet cameras V2.6.0.114 for HD H.264 H3 cameras V2.2.0.42 for H.264 encoders V.2.2.0.34 for HD H.264 cameras