Introduction

These release notes cover AdvanceGuard V4.1 and above.

Contents

Version 4.1.0 Build 281 - 24 June 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.92 Release Notes

Fixes

• Fixed Heightmap not being applied

Version 4.1.0 Build 279 - 13 June 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.92 Release Notes

Fixes

• TUN-2821 - Fixed track history dialog loading speed

• Fixed camera offset commands to force button actions to send commands instantly and put text changes on a longer delay

• TUN-2883 - Fixed Bosch MIC 7000 is not going to home position, even when in edit

• Fixed health of radars not correctly being reported in topology view and other areas

• Fixed issue with track selection when using locate on an already selected track

• TUN-2900 - Fixed topology view for Engineer so they gets same permissions and view as admin but should not be able to edit track engines and management servers or shut them down

• TUN-2894 - Fixed bug when the management server restarts, the quick report generates duplicate entries

• Fixed issue that can cause a camera to adjust it's tilt periodically when following a target

• TUN-2898 - Fixed camera area selection when camera is selected

• Fixed potential issue with correlating IFF tracks and radar tracks

New Feature

• Added support for Geutebruck 4620 and 3280 dome cameras

• Added E-Mail plugin for reporting system and security alarms

• TUN-2842 - Allow ICD100 to report radar model

• TUN-2832 - Added health status to radar centre ellipse

• TUN-2866 - Added auto login feature to UI

• TUN-2864 - Stop the UI from AdvanceGuard being able log into ClearWay

• TUN-2867 - Added global permissions settings to control certain aspects of the UI

• TUN-2889 - Add a max zoom limit for cameras based on distance

• TUN-2876 - Add extra alarm status button showing number of system alarms in the system, along with ability to switch to correct tab in alarm list

• TUN-2890 - Updated rule area [dis]able to only update areas with auto disarm mode and added option to hide disarm pattern

• TUN-0215 - Enable external systems to configure temporary partial exclusion zone

• TUN-2852 - Add camera name to title bar in PiP window

• TUN-2893 - Added ability to show breaking tracks from pending acknowledgement alarm list

• TUN-2895 - Added recent alarm tracks quick report

• TUN-2896 - Toggle a layer status with a double click in Entity Tree when in config mode

Improvements

• TUN-2849 - Ensure the focus on the login screen starts in the user name textbox if no username is present

• Added logging for area arm & disarm

• Tweak small and large changes in Camera Managmenet application pan and tilt controls

• TUN-2864 - Limited track detail graphs to 100 points

• TUN-2875 - Improved handling of radar data to minimise chances of two UI's causing a problem

• TUN-2853 - Added separate buttons to toggle configuration tree and alarm panel visibility

• TUN-2850 - Improved display of height map selection border at various zoom levels

• TUN-2880 - Ensure main window position and size is saved between sessions

• TUN-2879 - Ensure only admins can create alarm exclusion areas from the track query results

• Improved logging in RTS Plugin

• TUN-2901 - Ensure the user can hit return with focus in the username field assuming the username has been entered

• TUN-2899 - Changed default live view for AdvanceGuard to be with alarm tab but no configuration tree

• Change Code Signing to use a SHA256 hash as SHA1 should no longer be used

• TUN-2890 - Updated rule area [dis]able to only update areas with auto disarm mode and added option to hide disarm pattern

Version 4.1.0 Build 270 - 29 May 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.92 Release Notes

Fixes

• Fixed radar data swapping back to default after an edit and also ensured new channels become the selected channel when added

• TUN-2831 - Fixed UI track summary aggregation calculations

• Fixed rule schedule dialog in rule editor

• Fixed issue with Camera Manager crashing when adding a camera

• Fixed IFF track handling to handle loss and re-acquisition of GPS signals

New Feature

• Bosch Video Management System (BVMS) plugin (Experimental)

• Added logout audit message to system log

• Added system log message for when a user closes UI

Improvements

• Allow Expected Rotation Speed to be set for all modes as the tracker uses this to set the expire period

• TUN-2858 - Ensure a default connection is set on the new radar dialog when using the import option

• Improved logging for users logging in and out of User Interface

Version 4.1.0 Build 259 - 21 May 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.92 Release Notes

Fixes

• Fixed error when running the integration simulator

• New tracker 4.0.1.92 required due to a crash

Version 4.1.0 Build 255 - 14 May 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.84 Release Notes

Fixes

• Fixed issue where main window was going outside screen size when maximised

• Fixed background image uploader failing with images larger than 30000x30000 pixels

• Fixed issue with camera beam was not appearing on first login

• TUN-2801 - Fixed when there is a large time gap between the server and UI, the UI will still show the camera beam moving and still draws track trails but does NOT show the track marker

• TUN-2805 - Fixed issue where overwatch setttings were not surviving a UI restart. Also fixed issue where the user panel config was being applied for all users not just the logged-in user

• Fixed missing URL from VipX based cameras

• TUN-2783 - Fixed issue where Witness would not reconnect when changing the onboard tracker IP address for a radar that was previously connected to a tracker on a different IP

• Fixed version number being truncated on a TE in Topology Manger

• Fixed error with GANZ plugin not being signed and therefore not being loaded

• Fixed error with latched tracks and rule based camera following not behaving correctly

• Fixed issue with playback tracks where they were always being created at the origin instead of the centre of the screen

• Fixed bug where contour area was not responding to cancel properly after a radar position was changed without using the mouse

• Fixed issue that allowed you to click new or cancel within the new entity view once we have already started creating a new entity

• Fixed issue when copying a security rule to prevent edits impacting the original as well as the copy

• Fixed RTS Plugin not correctly setting course of sighting

• Fixed Stream URL textbox for video viewers which was restricted to 100 characters

• Several minor UI fixes including the breach line adorner, the value comparison control in the rule editor

New Features

• Added option in licence dialog to import file. Included a warning message option and also tweaked the apply licence logic to ensure that the licence is checked on every UI reconnect

• TUN-2808 - Added a full system reset option

• TUN-2685 - Added the RTS IFF plugin

• TUN-2826 - Added the ability to hide outer range limit. Setting is in the global Tracker settings.

• TUN-2736 - Added Picture-In-Picture Functionality to enable video viewers to be pinnned into the main PPI

• TUN-2214 - Added new Milestone integration plugin to support alarm and video booking marking

• TUN-2613 - Added full support for the Dallmeier Panomera cameras and streamer, including support for 2x virtual ONVIF cameras

• TUN-2782 - Added a new Area Exclusion node for the rule editor

Improvements

• TUN-2784 - Allow entities on hidden, non-interactive layers to be selected via topology or entity tree

• TUN-2798 - Improved the logic on the rule schedule dialog to be consistent with other dialogs

• TUN-2806 - Automatically open camera Offset Expander when going into Edit Mode

• TUN-2826 - Improved radar data image so that it is not dimmed when the radar has been hidden but is selected and radar data is on

• TUN-2827 - Make Grouped Entity dialog for radars slimmer

• TUN-2835 - Updated radar data drop down list to use new style

• TUN-2732 - Added camera command options to the video viewer overlay

• TUN-2835 - Radar data selections are now persisted between toggling the display on and off. Default selection is restored after a radar configuration is changed

• Speeded up tile generation and reduced memory usage for large background images

• Added close button to Group Dialogs to be consistent across all dialogs

• Several minor UI improvements including improving the editing of the playback tracks

Version 4.1.0 Build 226 - 5 April 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.84 Release Notes

Fixes

• Fixed issue with high track throughput causing log errors. This issue was not visible to the user.

• Fixed issue with not being able to select items in the Entity tree which were on hidden layers.

Version 4.1.0 Build 223 - 2 April 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.84 Release Notes

Fixes

• Fixed issue with Dahua cameras not working when a licence is applied to the system

• Fixed issue with restoring a configuration that used a background image and then not being able to remove it

Version 4.1.0 Build 222 - 25 March 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.84 Release Notes

Fixes

• TUN-2729 - Fixed colour pickers for all heat maps where missing (ATI, Lost) and change default opacity to 50%

• TUN-2740 - Fixed Track Playback generator to ensure it issues a proper delete when a track loops

• TUN-2747 - Fixed clear button in playback so it becomes available for heatmap queries

• TUN-2743 - Fixed the situation where you can cancel a radar edit whilst editing the tracker param pairs which leaves the popup open

• TUN-2749 - Fixed colour picker standard colour tab not working

• Fixed severity of the rule broken not being recorded onto the track sighting

• Fixed bug where camera areas were not being correctly applied to the camera when selected

• Fixed issue where a non-selected manual camera move can use any cameras selected camera areas

• TUN-2757 - Fixed the issue where if you edit and change a camera, not allocated to a CC, then it will start responding to manual moves

• TUN-2756 - Fixed issue where cameras not allocated to a controller are still being considered for closest camera when moving manually

• Fixed Camera Manager application not resetting zoom coefficients before use

• TUN-2742 - Fixed sorting on radar area tracking parameters. Ordering by type (Partial, Normal) and also ordering within type now work as expected 

• Fixed classification tree view from requiring multiple clicks to expand nodes

• Fixed excluding localhost address from distribution IP addresses

New Features

• TUN-2724 - Added a new Track real-time analysis dialog which shows key metrics, including the history of these values since the track was detected

• TUN-2722 - Added ability to mass allocate visible entities to layers

• TUN-2727 - Enabled track selection toggle through sequential clicks on the same track icon

• TUN-2717 - Added ability to create a playback track from a recorded track (track cloning)

• Added facility to undo area point moves, whole area moves and adding points

• TUN-2748 - Added indicators to Track History and Playback tracks for provisional sightings. Also changed track history PPI line to reflect a different colour for provisional sightings

• Added double click to HeightMap entity tree item to toggle visibility and forced Hide for the entity to false (its not used) so icon appears normally in the Entity tree

• Added support for the Dahua DH-PTZ12248V-IRB-N camera

• TUN-2741 - Added an option to the Playback track record to enable or disable track Db recording

• TUN-2739 - Added ability to select and update multiple height map squares at once. Ctrl+Alt to select/deselect, Ctrl+Left Click or mouse wheel to update dynamically or via data entry prompt

Improvements

• TUN-2710 - Improved loading of breaking tracks in alarm history dialog

• TUN-2702 - Auto expand item in Entity tree if the health status of any item has changed to anything other than Healthy

• TUN-2728 - Ensure all heat map colour pickers are set to 50% opacity by default

• TUN-2723 - Improved layout and usability of the track mini control

• TUN-2725 - Hide camera beam if on the Playback tab. Do not implement right click camera move if on playback tab.

• TUN-2737 - When track status is deleted change Locate image to Locate Icon rather than Target Icon - distinguishes between locating and locate and follow

• Improved performance when running Playback queries to avoid locking the UI when large datasets are being fetched

• TUN-2726 - Height map now always show height values at a reduced opacity - with opacity increasing on mouse over

• TUN-2744 - Whilst on the Playback tab the selected track will not be followed (i.e. remain in the centre of the PPI)

• TUN-2768 - Added an upgrade to change existing height maps to have a persisted visibility of "true"

• TUN-2754 - Changed camera selection behavior to not select camera areas on selection (areas are still shown just not selected)

• Improved search feature can search for cameras along with all other entities

Version 4.1.0 Build 212 - 05 March 2019

Tracker 4.0.1.84 Release Notes

New Features

• Initial Release of Witness 4.0 AdvanceGuard®

• Witness 4.0 is a ground-up re-design of the AdvanceGuard® security solution to provide a fully redundant, scalable system with enhanced detection performance and improved reporting capabilities.

• The key new features and improvements are:

  • Re-developed to support a highly flexible modular design with built-in licencing so customers can select the features they need and new options and capabilities can be added with ease.

  • Fully distributed and scalable architecture which allows a single installation to support many radar and work over large areas.

  • Incorporates secure, lightweight, real-time communications ensuring the system that can scale to support large sites yet still detect and report incidents without delay.

  • Designed from the outset to support full redundancy across the entire software application. The system is designed to self-heal automatically ensuring minimal downtime.

  • Improved configuration and setup making it quicker and easier to setup and commission sites.

  • New, cleaner and more intuitive user interface (UI) designed for to handle complex security configuration and operation with ease.

    • A simple 2-step wizard allows you to configure detection and tracking across the whole site.

    • All system entities can be easily organised in to custom folders so you can easily find and identify configuration objects.

    • The UI is based on a configurable panel system, allowing users to re-organise the interface to suit their requirements.

    • New UI layer system allows GIS items to be organised onto different layers which can be shown or hidden based on individual user requirements. This provides the ability for different operators to see only the parts of the site which are of interest to them. On an airfield, for example, a security team might be only interested in perimeter alarm zones but the ops team might be more focused on the runway and taxiways.

    • Context help system that links directly to online documentation allowing users to navigate directly to the required content.

  • Improved detection capabilities and performance:

    • Easily add or remove tracking channels so the system can be configured for specific target detection and tracking per channel. Adding multiple trackers with different priorities, all looking for targets on the same site offers a level of performance no other equivalent radar system can match.

    • Easily add global exclusion zones without having to configure individual radars.

    • When utilising the powerful, per area sensitivity settings, you can now control all radar settings for a selected area through a simple configuration dialog - you no longer have to find and edit each radar in turn to optimise the settings for a selected area.

  • Comprehensive user-based configuration system allowing the system to be adapted for specific user roles within a site.

    • UI Layers can be hidden or shown per user.

    • All key UI settings are configurable per user, allowing operators to choose their own look and feel.

    • User settings are centralised, so regardless of which PC a user logins from, they will always get their own  customised settings. 

  • Completely revamped camera control offering more intelligent tracking and easier configuration.

    • Camera configuration is now manufacturer and model specific. This enables the system to share common manufacturer attributes across a model range yet still provide model specific settings to optimise the capability of each camera.

    • ONVIF integration has been greatly improved and now supports full two way communication for both configuration and control. This enables more accurate telemetry control, one-click setup of video streams and provides the ability to work with any of the available camera profiles.

    • Camera control is more intelligent:

      • Cameras tasked to follow a target will now actively check for higher priority targets even before they have finished their configured follow time.

      • Camera control will actively avoid sending position updates if we can detect the camera is still moving from a previous command - this results in smoother and more natural control.

      • Camera control will automatically adjust zoom based on what the track is doing or what type of movement the camera has been tasked to perform. For example when performing a large pan, the magnification is automatically reduced so the operator can still watch the video without losing context.

      • In addition, a camera will automatically pull back the zoom when a track is dropped, giving the operator the ability to identify the target visually. 

  • New GIS interface supporting multiple monitors allowing operators independent views of sites making it easy for a single operator to monitor large sites.

    • Multiple GIS windows with independent views and settings.

    • Additional GIS windows support MJPEG video encoding enabling VMS systems to record the GIS view alongside the camera streams.

    • Additional GIS windows have over-watch features so they can track the primary display, but at different zoom levels or they can track the movement of a specific camera giving a detailed view of a targets location whilst the primary display maintains an overview of the entire site.

    • Window configuration is stored per user, allowing the UI to be customised for specific roles.

    • Video viewers can now be docked like any other window giving the operator the ability to create a rich user interfaces with a mixture of map and video views

  • New reporting and data analysis capabilities, including the ability to do deep-dives on alarms to explore break counts and directly related track data.

  • Improved target classification system which now includes the ability to analyse and visually edit the classification in real-time as well as compare the performance of individual classification models.

  • Automated configuration backup facility along with the ability to restore a full system setup via the client application.

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