This release introduces a number of quality-of-life improvements to EdgeVis and includes a new encoder firmware and a new release of EdgeVis Server.
Updates for EdgeVis Server
Updates for encoders
Server Upgrades
EdgeVis Server v8.7.4 is a maintenance release that includes a number of fixes for issues reported by our customers:
Fixes a number of memory leaks within EdgeVis Server.
Improves connection reliability for viewing clients, when your server comms have high levels of network throughput and/or latency.
Improves network connectivity for users with multiple MSR nodes and an external Postgres database.
Encoder Upgrades
High Temperature Alerting
This firmware introduces a new high-temperature alerting feature. The firmware on all IP Series products will now be capable of generating a High temperature alarm trigger that can be processed by EdgeVis Server's alarm management system, which can then be used with standard alarm actions or notifications:
The system administrator Maintenance Alert feature also supports the High Temperature trigger. You will find the new alarm trigger under All other encoder alerts under Encoder alerts.
The event will be generated when any of the following conditions are met:
The CPU temperature is greater than the maximum temperature rating of the CPU - 15C (typically 70-80C / 160-175F).
If installed, an internal modem temperature is greater than 85C / 185F.
(EVVR only) The internal disk temperature is greater than the reported upper limit for the drive.
Hardware encoders have built-in mechanisms to cope with high temperatures (over the published environmental limits) at the expense of lowering transmission performance (e.g. lower frame-rates), and this alert provides a mechanism to learn when these mechanisms are likely to engage and affect user experience.
A high temperature alert is not a hardware issue!
Receipt of a high temperature alert does not signify a hardware issue - only that your encoder is approaching a temperature that you may want to investigate to avoid a potential performance issue.
Improved ONVIF support
We have implemented a number of tweaks and fixes to improve compatibility with a wider range of ONVIF cameras:
Improvements to the camera authentication code to allow successful initial connection to more cameras (especially older or non-certified cameras).
When adding an ONVIF camera:
the profile selected will now be the profile which supports the best resolution (previously it selected the best frame rate).
if the first profile used a non-supported video codec it was possible for the encoder to select the wrong profile and fail to acquire video.
improved aspect ratio detection on some cameras (e.g. the Sonic Mini 1080).
fix discovery for some cameras that report incorrect addresses or scopes.
The manufacturer name is now listed when discovering ONVIF devices.
The video bitrate may not be configured correctly when adding cameras (with multiple inputs) that support older ONVIF configuration.
Updated modem APN presets
The encoder's web interface has been updated to include APN defaults for AT&T's FirstNet users.
Encoder Fixes
On encoders with 4TB drives, the encoder was sometimes unable to list disk content in EdgeVis Client.
When listing recording contents in EdgeVis Client for Windows, the incorrect hours could be shown depending on the timezone configuration.
Inbound TCP port 4444 was incorrectly blocked by the firewall, as used by the Axis alarm feature.
The EVVR-4 could crash when opening a quad/picture-in-picture layout.
Fix a possible crash when adding a quad/picture-in-picture view that contains disabled inputs
PTZ controls would continue to be shown for camera inputs after the camera configuration was edited to a different camera that does not support PTZ.
Fixes an occasional crash when sending metadata to Local Viewer clients.