1 About SAFR Releases

1.1 Introduction.

This document provides a history of releases sorted in descending order.

1.2 SAFR Support Lifecycle

SAFR Support Lifecycle is documented here: https://support.safr.com/en/support/solutions/articles/69000833144-safr-support-lifecycle-policy

To summarize

  1. SAFR Software and Firmware are supported for a period of 1 year (for issued identified in older versions, customers under maintenance contract will be given assistance to upgrade)
  2. SAFR software and firmware are generally forwards and backwards compatible but customers are encouraged to upgrade both software and firmware with same release dates.

2 SAFR SCAN Release History

SAFR SCAN Firmware (SC100, SC200)

Version 1.20.116
Release Date: 2024-05-13

  • Added LEAF card support (SC100/200)
  • Added keypad pass-through support
  • Added support for control panel feedback via TTL In
  • Added support for intercom voice volume up to 200%
  • Added anti-flicker support
  • Added logging enhancements for Access Denied
  • Added QR Code scanned card id enrichment with facility id

Version 1.19.108

Release Date: 2024-03-29

  • Added QR code reading
  • Added PIV and PIV-I card support
  • Added card pass-through mode
  • Added access denied on card scan without needed face
  • Enhanced SIP UDP interop

Version 1.18.82

Release Date: 2024-02-26

  • Added multi-card support
  • Added per card activation time-frame
  • Added UID mapped card format
  • Added guaranteed image delivery
  • Enhanced CP interaction logging
  • Closed off unused ports

Version 1.16.75

Release Date: 2024-01-09

  • Declared config capability for zone limited sync.
  • Added SIP intercom
  • Added face image quality attributes to events
  • Fixed handling of long rtsp URLs

SAFR SCAN 1.15.67 Release Date: 12/12/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.13.216 Release Date: 09/26/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.12.144 Release Date: 07/20/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.11.175 Release Date: 06/12/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.11.146 Release Date: 05/12/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.10.105 Release Date: 03/27/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.9.204 Release Date: 02/05/2023

SAFR SCAN 1.8.272 Release Date: 10/20/2022

SAFR SCAN 1.7.114 Release Date: 08/15/2022

SAFR SCAN 1.6.196 Release Date: 06/16/2022

3 SAFR Camera Release History

SAFR Camera Firmware (SC800, SC850)

Version 1.20.116
Release Date: 2024-05-21

  • Added anti-flicker support
  • Added WDR support for SC850

Version 1.19.97
Release Date: 2024-03-29

  • Modified SD Card interface clock speed for greater card compatibility
  • Modified factory bitrate defaults for 720p and 4K feeds

Version 1.18.80
Release Date: 2024-02-26

  • Added guaranteed image delivery
  • Closed off unused ports

Version v1.17.35

Release Date: 2024-01-25

  • Added DVR support

Version 1.16.74

Release Date: 01/18/2024

  • Declared config capability for zone limited sync.
  • Added face image quality attributes to events
  • Fixed handling of long rtsp URLs

Version 1.16.69

Release Date: 2024-01-08

  • Added face image quality attributes to events
  • Fixed handling of long RTSP URLs

SAFR-Camera Version: 1.15.72 Release Date: 12/04/2023

SAFR-Camera Version: 1.14.80 Release Date: 11/06/2023

SAFR-Camera Version: 1.13.166 Release Date: 09/26/2023

4 SAFR Software Release History

SAFR Software for Windows

SAFR Software for Linux

Version 3.25.056

Release Date: 2024-05-14

  • Added LEAF card config
  • Added Keypad pass-through config
  • Added config for control panel feedback via TTL In
  • Added anti-flicker config for SAFR SCANs and Cameras
  • Adjusted intercom voice volume range to 200%
  • Set DVR Viewer as primary video viewer
  • Enhanced event site and source filter performance

Version 3.25.059

Release Date: 2024-06-06

  • Added LEAF card config
  • Added Keypad pass-through config
  • Added config for control panel feedback via TTL In
  • Added anti-flicker config for SAFR SCANs and Cameras
  • Adjusted intercom voice volume range to 200%
  • Set DVR Viewer as primary video viewer
  • Enhanced event site and source filter performance

Version 3.24.053

Release Date: 2024-04-19

  • Added DVR config web GUI
  • Added DVR viewer web GUI
  • Added QR code config and web GUI
  • Added PIV card config and web GUI
  • Added card pass-through config and web GUI
  • Added email to identity import from PACS
  • Enhanced AMAG sync robustness
  • Enhanced traffic dashboard for big data
  • Introduced support for RHEL8/9

Version 3.24.037

Release Date: 2024-04-04

  • Added DVR config web GUI
  • Added DVR viewer web GUI
  • Added QR code config and web GUI
  • Added PIV card config and web GUI
  • Added card pass-through config and web GUI
  • Added email to identity import from PACS
  • Enhanced AMAG sync robustness
  • Enhanced traffic dashboard for big data
  • Introduced support for RHEL8/9

Version: 3.23.057 Windows

Release Date: 2024-02-29

  • Added DVR config parameters to web console
  • Added multi-card support
  • Added per card activation time-frame
  • Added UID mapped card format

Version 3.22.013

Release Date: 2024-02-29

  • Added DVR config parameters to web console
  • Added DVR config support
  • Added DVR status reporting
  • Added DVR alarm monitoring

Version: 3.22.020

Release Date: 2024-01-30

  • Added DVR config support
  • Added DVR status reporting
  • Added DVR alarm monitoring

Version 3.21.047

Release Date: 2024-01-09

  • Added SIP intercom configuration GUI
  • Added SIP intercom events support
  • Added display of face details to events view
  • Added mobile credential batch invites over SMTP
  • Added support for segmenting identities into zones
  • AMAG integration fixes

Version 3.21.033

Release Date: 2024-01-17

  • Added SIP intercom configuration GUI
  • Added SIP intercom events support
  • Added display of face details to events view
  • Added mobile credential batch invites over SMTP
  • Added support for segmenting identities into zones
  • AMAG integration fixes

Version: 3.20.043 Windows

Release Date: 2023-12-05

  • Enhanced Platform Events Tab Performance
  • Added external identity sync support for Lenel v7.6.382.786
  • Added identity segmentation across zones

Version: 3.20.026 Linux

Release Date: 2023-12-07

  • Added support for multi-factor mobile credential
  • Added enabling of SCAN config over BLE
  • Enabled externally synced person record additions
  • Enhanced video GUI for SC800
  • Enhanced events tab performance
  • Enhanced object storage for large scale
  • Made mask data optional in occupancy dashboard
  • Enhanced Platform Events Tab Performance
  • Added external identity sync support for Lenel v7.6.382.786
  • Added identity segmentation across zones

Version 3.18.113

Release Date: 2023-09-24

  • Added intercom configuration GUI
  • Added intercom event handling
  • Added intercom status display
  • Added SAFR 2.0 credential obfuscation support
  • Added SAFR Camera control and configuration GUI
  • Removed historic event updates on person record changes

Version 3.18.019

Release Date: 2023-09-28

  • Added intercom configuration GUI
  • Added intercom event handling
  • Added intercom status display
  • Added SAFR 2.0 credential obfuscation support
  • Added SAFR Camera control and configuration GUI
  • Removed historic event updates on person record changes

Version: 3.17.027 Windows

Release Date: 2023-08-08

  • Added Lenel integration
  • Added AMAG HSE integration
  • Added Avigilon role inheritance support
  • Added access card tech priority configuration

Version: 3.17.012 Linux

Release Date: 2023-08-04

  • Added Lenel integration
  • Added AMAG HSE integration
  • Added Avigilon role inheritance support
  • Added access card tech priority configuration
  • Added OSDP Configuration
  • Added OSDP Feedback Configuration
  • Added Sync Direction Control
  • Added Scene Exposure Control
  • Added full Display Operation Settings
  • Added Sound Operation Settings
  • Added support for Spanish and Portuguese in Web Console

Version: 3.16.090 Windows

Release Date: Jul 10, 2023

  • Added OSDP Configuration
  • Added OSDP Feedback Configuration
  • Added Sync Direction Control
  • Added Scene Exposure Control
  • Added full Display Operation Settings
  • Added Sound Operation Settings
  • Added access clearance filtering GUI for events view in Desktop
  • Added support for Spanish and Portuguese in Web Console
  • Improved handling of video feed rapid disconnects

Version: 3.15.069

Release Date: May 14, 2023

  • Added control panel signaling
  • Added control panel feedback
  • Added DESFire config
  • Added Face and Keypad access mode
  • Added Keypad layout and code size
  • Added SCAN web console access control
  • Disabled Wiegand output by default
  • Added SCAN person record persistence control
  • Added video preview access control
  • Added SCAN display background configuration
  • Added more backlight comp. settings
  • Refined backlight comp. operation
  • Enhanced white-light auto operation
  • Added SCAN recognition details control
  • Adjusted SCAN wait time ranges
  • Added SCAN light spoofing protection level GUI
  • Added content compression
  • Added persistence of operation config overrides

Version 3.15.029

Release Date: May 25, 2023

  • Added control panel signaling
  • Added control panel feedback
  • Added DESFire config
  • Added Face and Keypad access mode
  • Added Keypad layout and code size
  • Added SCAN web console access control
  • Disabled Wiegand output by default
  • Added SCAN person record persistence control
  • Added video preview access control
  • Added SCAN display background configuration
  • Added more backlight comp. settings
  • Refined backlight comp. operation
  • Enhanced white-light auto operation
  • Added SCAN recognition details control
  • Adjusted SCAN wait time ranges
  • Added SCAN light spoofing protection level GUI
  • Added content compression

Added persistence of operation config overrides

Version: 3.14.066 Windows

Release Date: Mar 27, 2023

  • Added access mode override
  • Added new access modes
  • Added quality and duplicate checks on added face
  • Added non-native imported person id support
  • Added VM compatibility mode support
  • Added operation settings for Scan to web console
  • Added S/W House integration paging
  • Added S/W House integration full-res image downloads

Version: 3.13.119 Windows,

Release Date: Feb 1, 2023

  • Added mobile credential support
  • Added SAFR-Scan attendance mode config
  • Added SAFR-Scan info display config
  • Added distinction between 32 and 56 bit RFID-ISO14443-A card formats
  • Updated texture liveness model with anti-aliasing model
  • Added Genetec incremental identity sync
  • Added VIRGA long-polling

Version: 3.13.093 Linux

Release Date: Feb 13, 2023

  • Added mobile credential support
  • Added SAFR-Scan attendance mode config
  • Added SAFR-Scan info display config
  • Added Genetec incremental identity sync
  • Added VIRGA long-polling

Version: 3.12.122

Release Date: Oct 23, 2022

Notes:

  • Added card format reversal
  • Added more predefined card formats
  • Added Scan idle screen image configuration
  • Added card reader configuration
  • Added Scan sounds configurations
  • Added access activation
  • Added card enrollment GUI
  • Added identity sync from Genetec Security Center
  • Added identity sync from Avigilon
  • Added persistent connection support
  • Enhanced RGB liveness hybrid and context models
  • Enhanced custom card parity configuration
  • Enhanced tailgating support
  • Security improvements

Version: 3.12.055
Release Date: Oct 28, 2022

Notes:

  • Added Software House integration
  • Added AMAG integration
  • Added bio-indexing of access events
  • Added tailgating events
  • Added Concern & Threat filter
  • Added display/edit of expired identities
  • Added auto-removal of expired identities
  • Enhanced merging of identities on sync

Enhanced web video view

Version: 3.11.069
Release Date: Aug 16, 2022

  • Added tailgating events
  • Added filter to nearby events
  • Added Concern & Threat filter
  • Added full identity record Import/Export
  • Added display/edit of expired identities
  • Added auto-removal of expired identities
  • Enhanced merging of identities on sync

Version: 3.11.132
Release Date: Aug 16, 2022

  • Added tailgating events
  • Added filter to nearby events
  • Added Concern & Threat filter
  • Added full identity record Import/Export
  • Added display/edit of expired identities
  • Added auto-removal of expired identities
  • Enhanced merging of identities on sync

Version: 3.10.208
Release Date: Jun 17, 2022

  • Added batch editing of feed configuration
  • Added configuration for web console on custom port
  • Added video feed Operation Settings
  • Added access events to image search
  • Added offline licensing GUI
  • Added SAFR-Scan Operation Settings
  • Added SAFR-Scan firmware upgrade
  • Added web link to SAFR-Scan console
  • Added Software House integration
  • Added AMAG integration
  • Added bio-indexing of access events
  • Expanded access event handling
  • Enhanced RGB Liveness detection
  • Enhanced web video view

Fixed scalability bottleneck in Virgo

Version: 3.10.154Date: May 25, 2022

  • Added configuration for web console on custom port
  • Added video feed Operation Settings
  • Added access events to image search
  • Added offline licensing GUI
  • Added SAFR-Scan Operation Settings
  • Added SAFR-Scan firmware upgrade
  • Added web link to SAFR-Scan console
  • Added Software House integration
  • Added AMAG integration
  • Added bio-indexing of access events
  • Expanded access event handling
  • Enhanced RGB Liveness detection
  • Enhanced web video view
  • Fixed scalability bottleneck in Virgo

Version: 3.9.073Date: Feb 21, 2022

  • Add direct camera connect for Milestone VMS
  • Enhanced Video Feed Management
  • Enhanced Operator Console

Version: 3.9.069Date: Feb 14, 2022

  • Added Events Export
  • Enhanced Video Feed Management
  • Enhanced Operator Console

Version: 3.8.135
Release Date: Dec 14, 2021Notes:

  • Added linking to web settings and reports
  • Added input frame rate reduction
  • Added video feeds search by name
  • Added control over age and gender display
  • Added binding of operator to the feed
  • Added support for remote host processors
  • Added subsidiary server system settings
  • Added support for Operator role
  • Added support for custom SSL validation key
  • Added conditional RGB liveness detection
  • Added ARES support for expanded event attributes
  • Added object server map APIs
  • Added map command line tool
  • Added web console dark theme
  • Added event map
  • Added operations summary report
  • Added operations detail report
  • Added support for status and position in events
  • Added incremental video config APIs
  • Added custom self signed SSL certificates
  • Added new event filters
  • Added fast event archiving
  • Optimized people sync latency to 2 seconds
  • Expanded reported event attributes
  • Enhanced operator console
  • Enhanced matched events display
  • Enhanced search results detail display
  • Enhanced person activity display
  • Enhanced events display
  • Enhanced identity and event sync config.
  • Initiated Windows 11 support

Version: 3.8.147
Release Date: Jan 12, 2022Notes:

  • Added input frame rate reduction
  • Added binding of operator to the feed
  • Added support for Operator role
  • Added support for custom SSL validation key
  • Added conditional RGB liveness detection
  • Added ARES support for expanded event attributes
  • Added object server map APIs
  • Added map command line tool
  • Added web console dark theme
  • Added event map
  • Added operations summary report
  • Added operations detail report
  • Added support for status and position in events
  • Added incremental video config APIs
  • Added custom self signed SSL certificates
  • Added new event filters
  • Added fast event archiving
  • Optimized people sync latency to 2 seconds
  • Expanded reported event attributesy
  • Enhanced identity and event sync config.














Version: 3.7.125
Release Date: Oct 4, 2021Notes:

  • Added support for Person groups
  • Added support for Access Control
  • Added support for Zones
  • Added camera search when adding feeds
  • Enhanced Identity management GUI
  • Security fixes

Version: 3.7.071
Release Date: Oct 4, 2021Notes:

  • Added support for Person groups
  • Added support for Access Control
  • Added support for Zones
  • Security fixes

Version: 3.6.109
Release Date: Jul 8, 2021Notes:

  • Added support for webm and mkv input video formats
  • Added directory listing API
  • Added ARES command line option for saving credentials
  • Added 3D liveness model support
  • Added non-FIFO queue handling to Queue Dashboard
  • Added support for accelerator.gpu-id feed property in Virgo
  • Added keyboard short-cuts to search results GUI
  • Enabled video viewing for Monitor role users in Operator Console
  • Optimized small input size face detection for 16:9 video
  • Enhanced RGB liveness accuracy
  • Enhanced face detector accuracy on non-standard aspect ratios
  • Enhanced server fall-back face detection accuracy
  • Enhanced display of wait times in Queue Dashboard
  • Enhanced person record GUI in Windows Desktop
  • Enhanced event server indexes / query speeds
  • Enhanced access logs with client origin IP addresses
  • Enhanced robustness of COVI start when MongoDB is offline

Version: 3.6.042
Release Date: Jul 8, 2021Notes:

  • Added RBG Liveness support on Linux
  • Added RBG Liveness Action support on Linux
  • Added Secure Access with Smile and RBG Liveness support on Linux
  • Added support for webm and mkv input video formats
  • Added directory listing API
  • Added ARES command line option for saving credentials
  • Added non-FIFO queue handling to Queue Dashboard
  • Enhanced face detector accuracy on non-standard aspect ratios
  • Enhanced server fall-back face detection accuracy
  • Enhanced display of wait times in Queue Dashboard
  • Enhanced event server indexes / query speeds
  • Enhanced access logs with client origin IP addresses
  • Enhanced robustness of COVI start when MongoDB is offline
  • Enhanced event reporting pipeline
  • Reduced MongoDB size

Version: 3.5.136
Release Date: May 20, 2021Notes:

  • Added copy event to clipboard
  • Added biometric event indexing config
  • Added event search by image
  • Added event time-stamp sync to server
  • Added secure access with Smile and RGB liveness mode
  • Added ARES time-sync to server
  • Added high sensitivity face detection fallback
  • Added IP address change auto-detect and reconfig
  • Added support for external load balancing
  • Added audit logs
  • Enhanced face / no-face classifier
  • Enhanced Virgo feed error handling
  • Reduced default logging levels

Version: 3.5.114
Release Date: May 20, 2021Notes:

  • Added biometric event indexing
  • Added event search by image
  • Added event time-stamp sync to server
  • Added ARES time-sync to server
  • Added high sensitivity face detection fallback
  • Added IP address change auto-detect and reconfig
  • Added support for external load balancing
  • Added audit logs
  • Enhanced face / no-face classifier
  • Enhanced Virgo feed error handling
  • Reduced default logging levels

Version: 3.4.134
Release Date: Mar 31, 2021Notes:

  • Added ability to restrict user account to specific directories
  • Added event filter presets
  • Added Japanese language support
  • Added RGB Liveness support
  • Added SMS watchlist alarms
  • Enhanced occupancy reports
  • Enhanced robustness of faster than real-time video processing
  • Suspended live event updates when not sorting by time

Version: 3.4.036
Release Date: Apr 1, 2021Notes:

  • Added event filter presets
  • Added SMS watchlist alarms
  • Enhanced occupancy reports
  • Suspended live event updates when not sorting by time

Version: 3.3.179
Release Date: Mar 16, 2021Notes:

  • Enhanced GPU stability
  • Fixed Genetec integration DOT memory leak
  • Fixed event time-stamp offset after reconfig

Version: 3.3.159
Release Date: Feb 18, 2021Notes:

  • Added event archiving
  • Added face image search
  • Added face image search initiation points
  • Added select event deletion
  • Added support for health monitoring alarm.mail.recipients
  • Enhanced GPU performance

Version: 3.3.088
Release Date: Feb 18, 2021Notes:

  • Added event archiving
  • Added face image search initiation points
  • Added select event deletion
  • Added support for health monitoring alarm.mail.recipients
  • Enhanced face image search

Version: 3.2.139
Release Date: Dec 17, 2020Notes:

  • Added GeuteBrueck VMS support
  • Added Video Insight VMS support
  • Added occupancy areas editor
  • Added occupancy alarms dashboard
  • Added occupancy report
  • Added search by image to web console
  • Optimized operation when mask detection is disabled

Version: 3.2.033
Release Date: Dec 17, 2020Notes:

  • Added occupancy areas editor
  • Added occupancy alarms dashboard
  • Added occupancy report
  • Added search by image to web console
  • Optimized operation when mask detection is disabled

Version: 3.0.038
Release Date: Oct 20, 2020Notes:

  • Added masked identity recognition model
  • Added high sensitivity face detector
  • Added Virgo health monitoring
  • Added support for static feed Virgo configuration
  • Added File -> Logout menu item
  • Added Mask Detection Dashboard
  • Enabled import of unrecognizable faces from event archive
  • Enhanced Masked Detection
  • Enhanced GET /eventCounts API to support mask and occlusion queries
  • Enhanced persistence of personId

Version: 3.0.032
Release Date: Oct 19, 2020Notes:

  • Added masked identity recognition model
  • Added high sensitivity face detector
  • Added mask and occlusion detection
  • Enhanced person tracking
  • Enhanced mask detection
  • Enhanced GET /eventCounts API to support mask and occlusion queries
  • Enhanced persistence of personId

Version: 2.5.055
Release Date: Aug 10, 2020Notes:

  • Added bi-directional directory sync

Version: 2.5.005
Release Date: Aug 10, 2020Notes:

  • Added bi-directional directory sync

Version: 2.4.088
Release Date: Jul 23, 2020Notes:

  • Enhanced direction of travel detection
  • Added tracking options
  • Increased performance of person detection

Version: 2.4.074
Release Date: Jul 15, 2020Notes:

  • Person record GUI update
  • Mask Detection event / UI integration improvements
  • Virgo Uptime stability improvements
  • COVI:
  • Identity Sync performance and stability
  • Fixes to configuration APIs
  • Documentation updates
  • Volume statistics updates
  • Fixes to account cleanup
  • Fixes to virga script/password cleanup
  • Fixed propagated DOB
  • Updated getClients API permissions
  • Added timeout in face detection
  • Fixes in java docs
  • Logging changes
  • Unauthorized Direction feature renamed, default values changed
  • DB changes
  • Web Console:
  • Fix for age display
  • Logging for test Connection
  • Similarity score display on events
  • Sites and sources changes for events and reports
  • Queue dashboard changes/fixes
  • Person types fix
  • Occupancy dashboard changes
  • Browser specific fixes

Version: 2.4.040
Release Date: Jul 15, 2020Notes:

  • COVI:
  • Identity Sync performance and stability
  • Fixes to configuration APIs
  • Documentation updates
  • Volume statistics updates
  • Fixes to account cleanup
  • Fixes to virga script/password cleanup
  • Fixed propagated DOB
  • Updated getClients API permissions
  • Added timeout in face detection
  • Fixes in java docs
  • Logging changes
  • Unauthorized Direction feature renamed, default values changed
  • DB changes
  • Web Console:
  • Fix for age display
  • Logging for test Connection
  • Similarity score display on events
  • Sites and sources changes for events and reports
  • Queue dashboard changes/fixes
  • Person types fix
  • Occupancy dashboard changes
  • Browser specfic fixes

Version: 2.3.044
Release Date: Jun 4, 2020Notes:

  • Updated mask detection model
  • Added an easy way to provide additional images for a person record
  • Added new options for conflict resolution while importing images

Version: 2.2.067
Release Date: May 12, 2020Notes:

  • Added Intel RealSense camera support (USB connection)
  • Added 3D Liveness Detection (Beta) (Cloud environments only)
  • Added Mask Detection
  • Added easy way to add feeds for background processing

Version: 2.1.096
Release Date: Apr 14, 2020Notes:

  • Enhanced contrast enhancement with local light
  • Enabled naming of video feed processors (Virgos)
  • Added detection and quality metrics display to video feeds viewer

Version: 2.1.012
Release Date: Apr 14, 2020Notes:

  • Enhanced contrast enhancement with local light
  • Enabled naming of video feed processors (Virgos)
  • Added detection and quality metrics display to video feeds viewer

Version: 2.0.105
Release Date: Mar 17, 2020Notes:

  • Added support for SMS notifications from SAFR Actions
  • Added Operator Console UX
  • Added overlay support to Video Feed Viewer
  • Added high frame rate support to Video Feed Viewer
  • Added video contrast enhancement
  • Added unauthorized direction of travel detection UX and actions
  • Added Avigilon VMS support
  • Added person detection input size configuration options
  • Added support for video multi-cast from Virgo processors
  • Added support for overlay streaming from Virgo processors
  • Added support for Virgo video feed cropping parameters
  • Enhanced person detection accuracy
  • Enhanced age estimation accuracy
  • Optimized further face detection for NVIDIA GPUs

Version: 2.0.067
Release Date: Mar 17, 2020Notes:

  • Added support for SMS notifications from ARES
  • Added video contrast enhancement
  • Added unauthorized direction of travel detection and actions
  • Added person detection input size configuration options
  • Added support for video multi-cast from Virgo processors
  • Added support for overlay streaming from Virgo processors
  • Added support for Virgo video feed cropping parameters
  • Enhanced person detection accuracy
  • Enhanced age estimation accuracy

Version: 1.11.071
Release Date: Jan 30, 2020Notes:

  • Revised sign-in flow
  • Added GUI option to require sign-in on every start
  • Added user administration GUI
  • Added GUI option to disable auto-update when in kiosk mode
  • Added right-click GUI option to display stats on top of video feed viewer
  • Added improved SSL configuration error handling for Genetec VMS FR Plugin
  • Added queue dashboard to web console reports
  • Enhanced traversal dashboard in web console reports
  • Enhanced traffic dashboard in web console reports

Version: 1.2.182
Release Date: Jan 30, 2020Notes:

  • Added queue dashboard to web console reports
  • Enhanced traversal dashboard in web console reports
  • Enhanced traffic dashboard in web console reports

Version: 1.10.065
Release Date: Dec 12, 2019Notes:

  • Added Traversal Dashboard
  • Added full screen and lock screen modes
  • Added auto-restart on sign-in configuration GUI
  • Added kiosk mode configuration GUI
  • Added person activity GUI
  • Added identity retention configuration GUI
  • Added support for Ximea cameras
  • Added offline licensing support
  • Enhanced person detection accuracy - especially for crowds
  • Enabled multi-threaded face-matching for up to 3.5X lower latency
  • Optimized face-recognition on non-GPU systems for 2.4X more throughput

Version: 1.2.110
Release Date: Dec 12, 2019Notes:

  • Added Traversal Dashboard
  • Added pitch, roll and yaw face orientation thresholds for learning and strangers
  • Added identity retention configuration GUI
  • Added offline licensing support
  • Enhanced person-face consolidated tracking
  • Enhanced person detection accuracy - especially for crowds
  • Enabled multi-threaded face-matching for up to 3.5X lower latency
  • Optimized face-recognition on non-GPU systems for 1.4X more throughput

Version: 1.9.083
Release Date: Nov 22, 2019Notes:

  • Enhanced robustness and speed of video stream start for VMS and ONVIF cameras.
  • Enhanced event retention configuration GUI in web console.
  • Enhanced face recognition service resilience to GPU driver failures.

Version: 1.9.074
Release Date: Nov 14, 2019Notes:

  • Added occlusion detection configuration GUI for remote video feeds
  • Added separate event retention configuration for anonymous and known identity events
  • Added preference to limit stranger event reporting only to occluded strangers
  • Added stranger face import directly from Event Archive
  • Added event reporting back-channel for Mobotix cameras
  • Added event time-offset, site and source GUI for offline videos
  • Added image quality metrics GUI in person details dialog
  • Added false positive face detection filtering
  • Added Genetec FR Plugin VMS integration option
  • Added Object Server (CVOS) redundancy for installation joined as redundant DBs
  • Added min-size and largest-only query optional parameters to POST /people API
  • Enhanced person import GUI
  • Enhanced combined face and body tracking
  • Enhanced face matching speed 2x
  • Updated Face Recognition Model to higher accuracy v5

Updated Web Client GUI

Version: 1.2.091
Release Date: Nov 14, 2019Notes:

  • Added Object Server (CVOS) redundancy for installation joined as redundant DBs
  • Added min-size and largest-only query optional parameters to POST /people API
  • Enhanced person import GUI
  • Enhanced combined face and body tracking
  • Enhanced face matching speed 2x
  • Updated Face Recognition Model to higher accuracy v5

Updated Web Client GUI

Version: 1.2.053
Release Date: Oct 18, 2019Notes:

  • Added person directory synchronization across SAFR Platforms and account
  • Added Person Body - Face consolidated tracking
  • Optimized face-matching speed (5x speed-up)

Optimized Multi-GPU scalability

Version: 1.8.434
Release Date: Oct 11, 2019Notes:

  • Added central video feed management including VMS feeds
  • Added option to force learning of occluded faces
  • Added background processing of video feeds (Virgo)
  • Added person body detector balanced mode
  • Added person directory synchronization across SAFR Platforms and accounts
  • Added DB redundancy support

Optimized face-matching (5x speed-up)

Version: 1.2.044
Release Date: Oct 11, 2019Notes:

  • Added person directory synchronization across SAFR Platforms and account
  • Added Person Body - Face consolidated tracking
  • Optimized face-matching speed (5x speed-up)

Optimized Multi-GPU scalability

Version: 1.8.352
Release Date: Sep 4, 2019Notes:

  • Enabled user to force installation of GPU accelerated recognition
  • Added variable traffic dashboard refresh interval
  • Defaulted attendance dashboard to current date

Fixed customized port assignments

Version: 1.8.352
Release Date: Aug 30, 2019Notes:

  • Added occlusion detection
  • Added filtering of occluded images when learning faces
  • Added customizable options to traffic dashboard in web console
  • Added direct linkage to traffic dashboard in web console
  • Added attendance dashboards in web console
  • Added installer options for SAFR Logs
  • Added heap auto-config that enables running under 16GB RAM
  • Added event log clean-up based on event retention policy
  • Added empty directory auto-cleanup to Object Server (CVOS)
  • Added sending of scheduled reports even when no data for report
  • Reduced default log level in CoVi service not to log any PII

Improved core recognition performance on NVIDIA GPUs

Version: 1.1.017
Release Date: Aug 30, 2019Notes:

  • Added customizable options to traffic dashboard in web console
  • Added direct linkage to traffic dashboard in web console
  • Added attendance dashboards in web console
  • Added event log clean-up based on event retention policy
  • Added empty directory auto-cleanup to Object Server (CVOS)
  • Added sending of scheduled reports even when no data for report
  • Reduced default log level in CoVi service not to log any PII
  • Disabled extraneous ports used by tomcat/CoVi
  • Enabled DB fail-over on redundant DB nodes when primary system is offline

Fixed healthcheck script to function when primary server is offline

Version: 1.7.287
Release Date: Aug 2, 2019Notes:

  • Lowered GPU memory usage per video feed
  • Added on-enablement loading of person detection
  • Fixed stream auto-restart on stream URL change

Reduced default logging level to warn for COVI for lower disk usage

Version: 1.0.144
Release Date: Aug 2, 2019Notes:

  • Added DB backup/restore Script
  • Lowered GPU memory usage per video feed
  • Added on-enablement loading of person detection
  • Fixed stream auto-restart on stream URL change

Reduced default logging level to warn for COVI for lower disk usage

Version: 1.0.121 (Redhat/CentOS)
Release Date: Jul 11, 2019Notes:

Added NVIDIA GPU acceleration for face recognition - Centos distributions only.

Version: 1.6.235
Release Date: Jul 5, 2019Notes:

  • Added person body detection and tracking is now available on Windows (requires NVIDIA GPU for effective operation).
  • Added face detection sensitivity controls.
  • Added event update frequency controls.
  • Added controls for updating events with higher quality images.
  • Added license status to web console.

Fixed over 60 bugs in SAFR Desktop, Web-console and Core components

Version: 1.0.114
Release Date: Jul 5, 2019Notes:

  • Added NVIDIA GPU acceleration for video decode and face detection in Virgo
  • Added NVIDIA GPU acceleration for face recognition - Ubuntu and Amazon Linux distributions only.
  • Added data-base redundancy support .
  • Added VIRGA POST /task API support for offline processing of video streams from any time-index in the past.
  • Added VIRGA support for feed processing modes.
  • Added web-client support for feed processing modes in Video Feeds tab.

Added script to remove/add face recognition from/to service.

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