H4ES Camera Line (-B) Firmware

Version 3.30.0.72 – Released February 15, 2020

New Features

• All newly manufactured cameras will not have a default credential.
• Added a password strength meter to the WebUI when configuring a password.
• Added support to enable/disable Tamper detection. The setting can be found in the Tamper Detection tab under Setup on the camera's WebUI.
• Added support for ethernet speed and duplex setting. The setting can be found in the 'Network' tab under Setup on the camera's WebUI.
• Added support for Dominant Color Correction in the WebUI.
• Added support to disable Night Visibility Check in the WebUI. This feature can be enabled/disabled in the Day/Night Settings under Image and Display tab.
• Added support to set Subject Alternative Name via ONVIF or as a part of the certificate signing request.
• Updated camera's WebUI jQuery version.signing request.
• Added support for analytics metadata bounding boxes to be in ONVIF compliant format
• Added a long range analytic mode and this can be enabled using the Camera Configuration Tool or Avigilon Control Center.

Issues Fixed

• Fixed the default speaker volume default value to 50.
• Fixed an issue causing high CPU usage resulting in reduced frame rates.
• Fixed an issue with bounding box flickering on Genetec VMS
• Fixed an issue where certain privacy issues cannot be deleted from the WebUI.
• Wifi installation WebUI is reachable when HTTP port is changed from port 80 default.

Version 3.28.0.118 – Released September 6, 2019

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where 8MP H4A cameras connected to ACC might go into an error state when in high frame rate mode and image rate is set above 20 frames per second. Recommend ACC users need to update to the latest ACC 6 or ACC 7 build to completely resolve this issue.

Version 3.28.4.100 – Released Aug 28, 2019

New Features

• For ACC ES cameras, upgrade to ACC version 7.0.0.30

H4ES Camera Line Firmware

Version 3.30.4.72 – Released February 15, 2020

New Features

• All newly manufactured cameras will not have a default credential.
• Added a password strength meter to the WebUI when configuring a password.
• Added support to enable/disable Tamper detection. The setting can be found in the Tamper Detection tab under Setup on the camera's WebUI.
• Added support for ethernet speed and duplex setting. The setting can be found in the 'Network' tab under Setup on the camera's WebUI.
• Added support for Dominant Color Correction in the WebUI.
• Added support to disable Night Visibility Check in the WebUI. This feature can be enabled/disabled in the Day/Night Settings under Image and Display tab.
• Added support to set Subject Alternative Name via ONVIF or as a part of the certificate signing request.
• Updated camera's WebUI jQuery version.signing request.
• Added support for analytics metadata bounding boxes to be in ONVIF compliant format
• Added a long range analytic mode and this can be enabled using the Camera Configuration Tool or Avigilon Control Center.

Issues Fixed

• Fixed the default speaker volume default value to 50.
• Fixed an issue causing high CPU usage resulting in reduced frame rates.
• Fixed an issue with bounding box flickering on Genetec VMS
• Fixed an issue where certain privacy issues cannot be deleted from the WebUI.
• Wifi installation WebUI is reachable when HTTP port is changed from port 80 default.

Version 3.28.0.118 – Released September 6, 2019

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where 8MP H4A cameras connected to ACC might go into an error state when in high frame rate mode and image rate is set above 20 frames per second. Recommend ACC users need to update to the latest ACC 7 or ACC 7 build to completely resolve this issue.

Version 3.28.4.100 – Released Aug 28, 2019

New Features

• For ACC ES cameras, upgrade to ACC version 7.0.0.30

Version 3.28.0.86 – Released Jun 4, 2019

Issue Fixed

• Fixed an issue where analytic event rules may be triggered on ACC when network connectivity is lost and restored to the camera.

Version 3.28.0.76 – Released May 17, 2019

Issue Fixed

• Attention: All ACC users with camera firmware version 3.28.0.46 or later must update to this version. This version fixes a critical bug where many analytic cameras connected to ACC might degrade the server recording and streaming performance. Upgrading to this version will disable ONVIF analytics metadata stream by default. Third party VMS users will need to enable this in the WebUI to receive analytic events.

New Features

• Added support to enable ONVIF compliant analytics metadata in the WebUI. This feature can be enabled/disabled in Setup under ‘Analytics’ tab.

Version 3.28.0.60 – Released Apr 26, 2019

Issue Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the audio output on some camera models might have a continuous audible interference.

Version 3.28.0.50 – Released Mar 28, 2019

Issue Fixed

• All users with cameras on firmware version 3.28.0.46 should upgrade to this version. This version fixes an error where the camera may reboot when too many classified objects are within the field of view

Version 3.28.0.46 – Released Mar 21, 2019

Issue Fixed

• Fixed an issue where ONVIF streaming may have issue with certain VMSs due to difference in interpretation of the ONVIF specification. Media services call GetGuaranteedNumberOfVideoEncoderInstances to camera will now return the maximum number of concurrent streams available instead of the minimum value of 1.
• Fixed an issue where 802.1x authentication over SSL protocol TLSv1.2 would fail.
• Fixed an issue with ONVIF profile S where push notifications were not being sent to end points.
• Fixed an issue where any changes saved from mobile webUI may overwrite blank DNS server field.

New Features

• Added support for ONVIF Profile T conformance.
• Added support for ONVIF analytics events. This includes support for bounding boxes on classified objects and events such as Analytics Line Detector, Field Detector and Loitering Detector.
• Added support to disable Night Visibility Check in the WebUI. This feature can be enabled/disabled in Day/Night Settings under Image and Display tab.
• For ACC ES cameras, upgrade to ACC version: 6.14.4.6

Version 3.24.2.136 – Released Jan 25, 2019

New Features

• For ACC ES cameras, upgrade to ACC version 6.14.0.10

Version 3.24.2.128 – Released Nov 19, 2018

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the preset behaviour for PTZ functionality using the RS485 interface would not function as expected.
• Fixed an issue where the camera does not pass testing on ONVIF Device Test Tool 17.12.
• Fixed an issue where the timestamp overlay when enabled may not appear on secondary streams.
• Fixed an issue where streaming over TCP to ACC might result in dropped frames.
• Fixed an issue where certain ONVIF calls for event subscription, related to monitoring digital input/output events, may fail.
• Fixed an issue where the camera drops and restarts stream if the requesting host has the term “VLC” in its name.
• Fixed an issue where the camera would not allow hostname to start with a number.

New Features

• For ACC ES cameras, upgrade to ACC version 6.12.0.26

Version 3.24.2.94 – Released Aug 13, 2018

Issue Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the IP addresses could not be configured via the WebUI using IE11
• Fixed an issue where the camera time stamp overlay does not always appear on ACC
• Corrected an issue limiting the keyframe interval to 90 – maximum is now 254
• Fixed an issue where tamper events may not be generated for certain tamper scenarios
• Fixed an issue where self-learning disable setting is not persisting through camera reboot

New Features

• For ACC ES cameras, upgrade to ACC version 6.10.0.32
• Implemented failed password retry throttling on the WebUI
• Enables camera to accept DNS server address input as an IPV6 address
• TLSv 1.0 disabled to improve security
• Reduced the night mode switch to turning on the IR by 2 to 3 seconds

Version 3.24.2.52 – Released Mar 9, 2018

Issue Fixed

• This release corrects an issue on H4 ES cameras where motion events may be missed by the ACC ES server version 6.8.0.24, resulting in possible missed recordings when the ACC ES server is set to record on motion. All users of H4 ES cameras currently operating on firmware version 3.24.2.48 should upgrade to this version of the firmware.

New Features

• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.8.2.6

Version 3.24.2.48 – Released Feb 13, 2018

Known Issues

• H4 ES cameras should not be upgraded to this version of firmware. Please see issues fixed on version 3.24.2.52

New Features

• Added support for Unusual Motion Detection.
• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.8.0.24

Version 3.18.2.34 – Released Jan 10, 2018

New Features

• Added support for different date formats in the on screen overlay.
• Added support for static address prefixes in IPv6.
• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.6.2.4

Version 3.16.2.218 – Released November 3, 2017

Issues Fixed

• Internal manufacturing test fixes

Version 3.16.2.216 – Released October 11, 2017

New Features

• Added support for IPv6, not including H4 ES cameras
• Enables control over motion compensated temporal noise filter strength
• Supports face detection for use with Avigilon Appearance Search™ technology

Issues Fixed

• Increased maximum frame rate while SmartCodec is enabled for 5MP and 8MP cameras

New Features

• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.4.2.10

Version 3.16.2.178 – Released July 11, 2017

New Features

• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.2.2.8

Issues Fixed

• Fixes critical vulnerability CVE-2017-9765. While the risk for Avigilon products installed behind a firewall or isolated network is limited, we highly recommend all users to update to this release.

Version 3.16.2.138 – Released July 7, 2017

New Features

• Added camera tamper configuration to WebUI
• Improved Appearance Search accuracy for two objects closed together or when crossing paths

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue preventing FW upgrades via the WebUI
• Fixed an issue where the 8MP camera may crash in high frame rate mode when configuration is changed on the tertiary stream

Version 3.16.2.120 – Released May 31, 2017

New Features

• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.2.0.24

Known Issues

• Cameras are unable to upgrade or downgrade FW via the WebUI. Workarounds are:
  • Upgrade the FW via Avigilon Control Center, but upgrades to higher FW versions is possible
  • Upgrade or Downgrade the FW via the freely available Camera Configuration Tool from http://avigilon.com/support-and-downloads/for-software/acc/downloads/

Version 3.16.2.90 – Released Mar 27, 2017

New Features

• For H4 ES cameras, packaged with ACC ES version 6.0.0.24
• Added support for HDSM SmartCodec

Issues Fixed

• Corrected an issue where zoom and focus setting was not retained after camera reboot
• Addressed an issue where the ONVIF subscription URL was not accounting for the URL query parameters.
• Corrected an issue resulting in poor audio input quality

Version 3.16.2.52 – Released Feb 22, 2017

New Features

• Updated ACC ES version to ACC 6.0.0.24
• Updated audio source name

Issues Fixed

• Addressed an issue where the power class was not being classified correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the ARP ping method could not be disabled in the WebUI.
• Updated WebUI layout.
• Addressed CVE-2016-5195

H4ES Camera Line MIB

Version 3.30.4.72 – Released February 15, 2020

• Compatible Management Information Base (MIB) release.

Version 3.28.0.118 – Released September 6, 2019

• Compatible Management Information Base (MIB) release.

Version 3.28.4.100 – Released Aug 28, 2019

• Compatible Management Information Base (MIB) release.

Camera Configuration Tool

Version 1.4.4.0 - Released Nov 29, 2019

New Features

• In conjunction with removing default passwords on newly produced Avigilon cameras, encoders and Avigilon presence detector, CCT will not support setting an initial password on such devices.

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the CCT may crash if configuring the analytics on a 4MP or 6MP H5A camera

Version 1.4.2.2 - Released Sept 30, 2019

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the analytics configuration would no longer appear after a camera wasconnected to Genetec Security Center
• Fixed an issue where the inclusion area was not by default enabled when a new analytic rule iscreated.
• Bounding boxes are now appearing in the analytics configuration preview window

Version 1.4.2.0 - Released August 22, 2019

New Features

• Added support for H.265.

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the region of interest or line crossing regions for analytic events on certain cameras are rendered in a location different than the position saved on the camera. All users who have previously used CCT 1.4.0.0 to configure an area of interest or beam crossing event are recommended to use this version of CCT to double check that the configured region of interest matches the desired location.
• Removed support for fetching camera firmware from Avigilon FTP site. All Avigilon firmware has now been relocated to the Avigilon partner portal. Please see the user guide for information on how to manually download firmware and have CCT deploy the firmware updates to the cameras.
• Fixed an issue where certain cameras displayed an incorrect thumbnail preview image.
• Fixed multiple translation issues with various UI elements
• Fixed an issue where the application crashed with an unhandled exception.

Version 1.4.0.0 - Released April 4, 2019

New Features

• Added support for analytic events and analytic configuration on Avigilon cameras with self-learning video analytics and Unusual Motion Detection
• Passwords are hidden during bulk setup

Issues Fixed

• Corrected the ONVIF namespace used during camera discovery

Version 1.2.0.4 - Released November 30, 2018

New Features

• Added support for H4 Multisensor camera line.

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the tool does no display all the connected camera models under the ‘Model’ filter window if the list size exceeds the limited window size. The model filter window should now have a scroll bar functionality to display models hidden by the limited window size.
• Fixed an issue where the connected cameras are not discovered if the tool was launched when the network interface controller (NIC) was disabled and then enabled afterwards.

Known Issues

• When DHCP settings are changed along with other settings, the other settings fail to apply although CCT reports the changes have succeeded.

Version 1.2.02 - Released June 10, 2016

Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where changing the IP address and the names of multiple cameras at the same time causes the cameras to enter an error state.

Known Issues

• CCT cannot find cameras through a specific network interface controller (NIC) if the application is launched when the NIC is disabled.
• Reinstalling the same version of CCT prompts the user to uninstall the application.
• CCT stops responding if internet connection is lost while downloading firmware from the remote repository.
• False error message is shown if Ethernet cable is disconnected from the local computer while downloading firmware from the remote repository.
• Some column headers are not displayed.

Version 1.2.0.0 - Released March 31, 2016

New Features

• Update camera firmware from CCT.
• Automatically obtain latest Avigilon released firmware via CCT on command.
• Obtain and save multiple camera logs via CCT.
• Localized in the following languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Protuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Issues Fixed

• Supports Windows 7 32-bit Operating System
• WebUI links work with IE and Edge browsers if either one is set as the default browser.
• Supports Unicode characters in export and import configuration files.
• Installer allows users to go back a step and add the tool for all users on the computer.
• Improved UI so that the offline cameras and updated fields are easier to identify.
• Fixed an issue where CCT would accept an invalid IP address in the default gateway field.
• Fixed an issue where image quality settings would not display properly if it was configured from an imported file.
• Fixed an issue with sorting newly discovered cameras so that the filters apply correctly.

Known Issues

• CCT cannot find cameras through a specific network interface controller (NIC) if the application is launched when the NIC is disabled.
• Reinstalling the same version of CCT prompts the user to uninstall the application.
• CCT stops responding if the internet connection is lost while downloading firmware from the remote repository.
• False error message is shown if the Ethernet cable is disconnected from the local computer while downloading firmware from the remote repository.
• Serial number headers are not fully displayed in Russian.
• Some column headers are not displayed.

Version 1.0.0.0 - Released February 18, 2016

• Initial Avigilon Camera Configuration Tool release.