Release Notes: Alocity Control Platform Version 2.0.2

Platform Update to Version 2.0.2 delivers significant infrastructure improvements, AI enhancements, and expanded hardware support across the Alocity Control Platform. This release focuses on optimizing video streaming stability, improving media server performance, refining cloud credential management, and expanding timezone and access control capabilities — while introducing fisheye camera support for the AiVR and giving administrators more granular control over user permissions.

Key Features:

Alocity Control Platform

• Video Wall Access Control: Video wall access restriction has been updated from the account level to the user level, giving administrators more precise control over visibility permissions.
• Media Server Improvements: Improved media server reproduction and stability for more consistent video streaming performance across the platform.
• Camera Video Source Updates: Updated the platform interface to align with the latest camera video source information endpoints for improved accuracy.
• Search Accuracy: Enhanced AI-powered search capabilities for improved query response accuracy across the platform.
• Face Search Improvement: Resolved an issue with the face-based search feature to ensure correct and consistent results.
• Webhook Configuration: Resolved an issue where webhook URLs exceeding a certain length were incorrectly rejected.
• Hands-Free Access Setting: Added a hands-free access configuration option at the device level for supported deployments.

AiVR

• Fisheye Camera Support: Added native support for fisheye cameras on the AiVR, expanding compatible camera types for wider-angle deployments.
• Media Server Integration: Integrated media server capabilities into the AiVR for enhanced local video handling.
• Camera Configuration Reliability: Resolved an issue that caused devices to go out of sync when configuring cameras on the AiVR.
• System Startup Stability: Resolved an issue where disconnected cameras caused the processing pipeline to slow down at startup.
• Live Streaming Performance: Resolved an issue causing slow live streaming startup for certain cameras, improving connection speed when accessing video feeds.

Backend & Cloud

• AI Search Enhancement: Integrated advanced AI-powered search capabilities into the backend for improved query response accuracy.
• Portal Response Speed: Optimized key system queries for significantly faster response times across the Alocity Control Platform.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Improved cloud deployment architecture for enhanced reliability and long-term performance.
• Streaming Stability: Enhanced cloud streaming endpoints and credential management for a more stable and consistent experience.
• Timezone Support: Expanded timezone support to include European timezones, with improved handling of unsupported timezone configurations.
• Mobile Access Control: Improved access permission handling to ensure mobile-only users are correctly scoped to their authorized areas.
• Card Credential Reliability: Resolved an issue where manually added card credentials were not being sent to devices correctly.
• Account Management: Resolved a timezone calculation issue affecting certain account configurations.

AI-1000

• Directory Search: Resolved an issue with the directory name filter that caused inconsistent results when searching for entries.

Mobile App

• Navigation Redesign: Updated the app navigation structure for a more intuitive and streamlined user experience.
• Door Access Screen: Introduced a dedicated door access screen for quicker and more direct entry management.
• Security Enhancements: Strengthened encryption across login credentials and access tokens for improved app security.

Device Firmware Versions:

• AiVR Firmware: 1.0.1R40
• F3D100 Firmware: 1.0.2R133
• AI-1000 Firmware: 1.0.0R73

For questions or assistance, please contact your account manager or email support@alocity.com.