GenWatch3 Update Notes
GenWatch3 v.2.2
The following details resolved issues and new features in GenWatch3 v.2.2:
Activity
- When filtering by Group, Private calls do not appear even if they have a default group assigned to the ID
- RSP25 Statuses no longer show up as ACKs
- Location and Agency are now shown for each unit in the Advanced Search window
- End of Call - Additional Info entry now shows the reason correctly
- End of Global Busy now shows correct Start of Busy timestamp
Affiliation
- Bring Active to Front option no longer causes flickering on initial load
- ID search efficiency improved
- "Selected Count" value on group selection screens now shows accurate information
- When removing a parent node in the Tree list, all child nodes are also removed
- Added Talkgroup with Radio Count List
- Inhibited radios are now stripped of their group affiliation
- Radio Search no longer shows duplicate activities for radios
- Abracadabra — Multigroup affiliation no longer mysteriously vanishes into thin air
- Updated Group Statistics to a live display
- Now indicates when talkgroups are in calls, and marks late entries
- The "Maximum Viewable Limit Reached" message now closes
- No longer returns an unhandled exception with ATIA data running
Alerts
- Alerts should now successfully recover after the host's network connection goes down
- Resizing GUI Notification window expands message column
- Added an Emergency Display to the right-click menu of Alert
Alias
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- Improved performance when managing message sets with a large number of messages (~1,000)
- Importing a large number of resources no longer causes high CPU usage
- Resolved an issue when importing a large number of radio IDs could cause active connection to be lost
- Increased agency name character limit
- Now warns the user before allowing a channel to be assigned with a duplicate channel position
- Fixed an issue where importing files with invalid fields would sometimes not show the reason the rows failed to import
- Deleted system IDs are no longer automatically readded
- Updating IDs no longer cause the service to temporarily go down
- Selection limit for resource selectors is now enforced
- Last known GPS and ASTRO 25 Outdoor Locator sensor information is now stored for a radio ID
- Now supports the exporting of Zones, Sites and Channels
- Status set values can now be saved in alias as well as the database
- Radio History now shows Radio Rejects
- Status and message set values now save correctly
- Emergency Text is now shown on GUI during create
- RFSS ID limit is now 65,535
AMNP
- Now supports TCP connection type
Archiver
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- Fixed GUI to prevent multiple simulatneous update attempts
- Fixed an issue when the purge interval was set to 5 weeks it was purged prematurely
- Each Affiliation/Registration should now be archived
- Added detailed warning message when setting update will result in immediate archived data purge
- Purging options now displays purge warning correctly
ATIA
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- Add Multislot flag and Site Channel Slot List value
- Corrected an issue where ATIA connections that had not been started showed in the windows system tray
- Corrected logic for determining if Radio Status Traffic packets are Interzone or not
- Fixed bug related to processing specific packet types for ATIA v7.7
- Fixed bug related to lifespan of archived data
- Dialog boxes no longer freeze all other module windows
- Rawdata stored in the correct directory after updating WACN or system IDs
- Resolved issue where roaming subscribers with fixed WACN and System IDs could cause packets to be received as corrupt
- Added private call setup packet types Private Call Ring ACK, Ring Update
- Changed default raw data archiving option to 1 week
Channel
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- Added logic to correctly display Conventional calls in the GUI
- Improved stability during emergency events
- Console blocks now created as needed for MCC 7500
- Disabling Auto Jump to Active Emergency is now enforced down to the Site level
- Current Control Channel packet details now avaiable via the control channel
- Channel should now correctly save all settings when the GUI is closed
- Start of console calls now are correctly displayed in the Channel GUI
- Fixed an issue where a busy would not end when a busy radio issued an affiliation
- Remote Transmitter Interface diagnostics displayed correctly
- Statistics now allow for partial intervals when calculating Percent Usage
- Busies from ATIA consoles now end correctly
- Improved the efficiency of rendering large numbers of channel blocks
- Updated to properly count unusually long busies when calculating statistics
- Properly ends busies for radios that deaffiliate during the busy
- Changing call info does not cause channel blocks to draw incorrectly
- Corrected an issue where the busy elapsed time in the Site header was slightly off
- Resolved an issue causing the 'auto jump to emergency' feature to not always behave as expected
- Resolved an issue where the Zone header displayed incorrect busy counts
- Improved performance when toggling from summary mode to detail mode
- Opening channel during an active busy no longer cuases an error
- The console window now displays channel blocks using numbers generated by the GenWatch system
- Emergency threshold triggers are correctly displayed
- System IDs are no longer added twice when a system is deleted from Alias
- Channel width settings now reflects actual site width
- Site Idle Timer is no longer ignored after a control channel is added
- Setting the System Panel to minimized is not remembered after restarting Channel
- ATIA Sourced Data — Fixed an issue where sites were staying in emergency mode after the emergency call ended on all channels on the site via Call Update
- Using the "Use Alias Colors" option will no longer hide radio IDs that are not yet in the Alias database
- Fixed an issue in which Show Alias Colors option in Channel would not display the colors for talkgroups
- An unhandled exception no longer occurs when adding background Images to Site under Zone header
- Never-ending busies and an incorrect active busy count have been resolved
- Fixed an issue where System header channel width setting would not update when resizing the module, causing the channel blocks to shrink
- Channel Summary setting now refreshes properly upon re-opening Channel
- Fixed an issue where data transfer between Channel Module and Client was greatly reduced
- Channel refresh is now a scheduled event to prevent instability
- Base Station Identification information remains in the channel box untill the channel is reused
- Busy count added for site and zone bars
- Added 50 site display limit
- Auto Jump to Emergency is now an optional feature
- Console Site 0 Calls added by Channel instead of ID
- Removed the 50 site maximum limitation
- Packet details for busies now includes elapsed time for busies that have ended
- Selecting Vivaldi Bold Italic font no longer causes an unhandled exception
- Duplex calls now show as 2 occupied frequencies in Channel
- Busies now display correct duration
- Auto jump to Emergency now works properly
CloneWatch
- Fixed an issue that cause the module to hang when a client attempts to edit a schedule the host has just deleted
- Fixed issues with multi-users interacting with the same record
- Improved processing of multiuser functionality
- Fix bug that caused duplicate notification for schedule restriction violations
- Site Map is no longer of mirrored image of the actual coordinates
- Upgrading no longer loses suspects and ID Ranges
- Added a Radio Search feature
- Specific warnings may now be enabled or disabled in settings
- Fixed an issue in which an Emergency alarm was restricted to an ID Range and the ID was not added as a suspect when an Emergency Alarm would occurs
Connect
- Added AMNP Connection Type
- Fixed an issue in which the SNMP connection would crash the GenWatch Service
GenFIT
- Licenses allow for multiple connections
- Added a Busies queue
- Added packet filtering to scrolling activity
- Channel and Activity panes now visible in the same view
- License now allows for a full week of usage, with no absolute time restriction
- Fixed an issue in which channel block would not always update correctly
- Raw data logging feature added
- End of Busy no longer occurs right before every PTT
- Fixed issue where attempts to license GenFIT on a machine without GenWatch would fail
GEnSAC
- Added option to add 700000 to the unit ID
GenSPOut
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- TCP/UDP Connections that have a Port set to zero should no longer have their ports changed when clicking on a connection of a different type in the connections list
- Switching between connection no longer changes the connection properties
- It is now possible to be licensed for SWII connections only
- GenSPOut should no longer (unsuccessfully) attempt to pad a field to a specified character length when the pad character is set to null
- Information display save function writes all lines to the file
- Baud rate now controlled by baud rate selector for serial connections
- Fixed an issue in which using a filter that includes items not present in incoming packets could cause a null reference exception
- Fixed an error that was caused moving a User Text field in the "Selected Fields and Masks" list
- Update button flashes when there are unsaved edits
- Added extended comport options Flow Control, Stop Bits, Data Bits, Parity
- Added option to send timestamps in UTC instead of local time
- Added Affiliation, Registration, and Assocation Packet Types
- Added Channel Assignment fields tLine and Timeslot
- Added ability to filter SystemWatchII connections
- Add UTC Option for timestamp field
- Fixed an issue in which using a filter that includes items not present in incoming packets could cause a null reference exception
- Fixed an issue in which certain filters would stop the GenWatch service
- Adding blank filters no longer causes instability
- Fixed an issue in which coded filters would not function properly under a certain condition
- Channel position and various timestamp filters now perform as expected
- Digital filter now performs correctly with Busy Output
- Timestamp field no longer reverses UTC time
- Fixed an issue where "Connection Error" was always reported in the Event Log for TCP/IP Server connections
- Fixed a connection error that prevented the service from restarting
- Users may now specify a custom datetime format for outgoing packets
- Fixed an issue where "Connection Error" was always reported in the Event Log for TCP/IP Server connections
- Interfaces may no longer exceed the licensed limit
- Fixed issue where an unhandled exception would occur when using Site Channel List as a filter
GenWatch3 Service
- Resolved an issue where the service would not stop completely when stopped by a user
- Fixed an issue where the "X" and maximize buttons for the Radio search window would not work in certain instances
Group
- Changing group window options updates appropriate group windows
- Users now have the option of hiding the Group Tree on the left side of the window
- All Activity Window no longer covers branding label
- Added an option to mute Emergency Alarms
Halcyon
- Modified how overlapping ranges are evaluated
- Logic now checks Enabled property before issuing a Call Alert ACK
- GPS-based commands are now available in RCM and RCM can be licensed for GPS only use
- Users may now add radio IDs to an Auto-ACK list. Call alerts targeting radios on this list will be auto-acked by Halcyon.
Installation
- Fixed remote database installation option
- Corrected tab order on the directory options screenRadio Activity by ID report image added to installer.
- Radio Activity by ID report image added to installer
- Present descriptive SQL Errors if they occur
- Alert now shuts down properly when GenWatch3 is uninstalled
- A notification is presented if SQL Server does not have Mixed Mode enabled. The installation does not continue untill mixed mode is enabled
- A reboot is now required if the service is set to disabled
- Specific conditions can cause an Upgrade to delete all Talkgroup and Radio DisplayIDs
- GenGET SNMP Service is now an intallation option
- Added a warning that an update package cannot be used to perform a full installation
- SkyView added for NetVista installations
- Version History table was created to log each version that has been installed on a machine
- GenWatch3 eventlogs are no longer cleared on uninstall
- Installation no longer detects .Net4 Client as .Net4 Full
- GenWatch3 eventlogs are no longer cleared on uninstall
- Fixed issue where .Net4 would install but not GenWatch3
Launchpad
- Tools are no longer automatically added if the target file does not exist
- Switching users now clears any active temporary filters
- Added a new temporary filter feature. This feature allows you to create a filter that will be applied to Activity, Channel and Group for a specified amount of time.
Location
- Updating a connection name no longer results in two connection icons
- Added Packet Forwarding to ASTRO 25 Outdoor Locator to allow for multiple clients to connect to a single MUPS
- Creating a connection no longer causes an unhandled exception
RCM
- Improved the handling of multi-part commands with a status of Timed Retry or In Passive
- Commands now show a status of "Invalid" when rejected by the system
- The windows in RCM are now properly refreshed after a "Clean" command
- Corrected an issue where Reject Reason packets did not correctly invalidate a command, resulting in RCM retrying the command indefinetly
- Upgrading from 2.0.5 to 2.0.6 adds WACN data to existing commands
- Added visual indication that the table is locked
- Snapshot now reports if a radio is currently in conversation
Reports
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- The Radio Commands report now includes Call Alert commands send by CADI connections
- LoneWorker Alarms report should no longer show alarms for workers who have been deleted
- Resolved a bug in the Radio Affiliation report that was causing busies to show up as calls
- Radio PTTs report now correctly filters on selected frequencies
- Radio PTTs report now shows the full radio ID on the By Hour Chart
- Fixed COM Exception when running reports
- Added DateTime range cell to the parameters section of the Radio Activity Detail report
- RCM-based reports now show GPS Commands
- Added support for xlsx files
- Activities By Radio Over Time, Activities By Talkgroup Over Time, Radio Commands and Radio Events reports will now display radio aliases using the radios' aliases at the time of the activity rather than their current aliases
- Fixed an issued in which the last column of a report would not print
- Slot support added to reports
- Added functionality that allows the Reports module to load Excel files with the following extensions: .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, and .xltm
- Radio Activity report no longer ignores printer color settings
- Radio Activity Detail report now shows correct End DT for registrations
- Radio Activity report will no longer display Radio ID 1 in red
- Channel Activity Report now displays correctly
RIMII
- Added a flag to allow for systems that send single-word start of call packets
- Private OBT calls are now marked as Digital based on the Astro Capable option in the RIMII settings screen
- Link Up/Down transitions on redundant RIM-II connections no longer results in duplicate Call Indexes in the ARC_Calls table
- Improved handling of packets from adjacent sites
- Corrected handling of Private Call Busies\
- TACDETT values now save/reload as expected
- Reports the link status of TCP/IP Client Server connection
- Fixed issue where redundant connections would cause an error in the event log
RSP25
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- Licensed connection limit enforced correctly
- RX Control Channel 2 is now validated correctly
- Corrected Topaz connection multiple reconnect attemps
- Corrected the way that data calls are processed
- Update button is now availabe when the port property is changed
- Fixed data forwarding functionality
- "Talkgroup" field added to the patch group call packets
- Topaz connection handles RCM Commands without error
- Corrected TCP/IP input Multi-block processing
- Reject Codes are now archived correctly
- Removed Disable Corrupt by Association option from options screen. Does not apply to RSP25
- Added TCP Server Client functionality for Millennium Connection type
- Reject Codes are now archived correctly
- RSP25 will determine slot type when dynamically adding channels, and will update the slot type when processing slot-based activity
- Fixed issues in dynamic FDMA/TDMA call processing
Security
- Change password dialog expanded to handle long usernames and passwords
- Security should now always allow the user to add groups to a new user's attachment list
- Added detailed warning message when granting manage roles or manage users privileges
- Commands can no longer be sent without privileges
System Summary
- Added the ability to process and display multislot (TDMA) activity in applicable inputs and real-time display/reporting modules
- SystemUsageByGraph only shows frequencies that exist in RES__Channels
- Corrected the way that Max IDs and Max Talkgroups are calculated
- Now considers throttled packets when calculating total packet count
- Average Call Length value on grid should now be more precise
- Total call duration value should now display correctly for TDMA calls
- Grid value responses now target the requesting IPAddress:Port
- Now displays correct number of busies in seconds
- Busies Quantity now shows correct count
SysVista
- Connections per second no longer includes ATIA Connection Denied packets in its calculations
- Resolved conflict where host settings interfered with client settings
- Corrected the way Radio Connections per Second are calculated
- All Interzone activity is ignored; Considering consoles is now an option
- On dials, the full WACN and System ID are now shown
Trigger
- Relay terminology changed to Enable/Disable instead of Open/Close
- Registration packets processed correctly
- Active trigger timestamp updates correctly
- Copy trigger functionality causes original trigger to be modified
- In the setup window for Radio System Event triggers, Trigger should now properly disable the group and radio ID selection buttons when no system is selected
- Fixed an issue causing Triggers to fail to activate after upgrading from version 2.0.5.22
- Emergency events are no longer triggered by Interzone packets
- Email and SNMP Actions are now licensed features
- Added triggers based on Presence/Lack of GenWatch3 MUPS event packets
- New trigger can be added as a copy of an existing trigger
- Events are now broadcast by Syslog and optionally saved to the eventlog
- Events involving channels can be targeted down to the channel level
- Added Loss of Data trigger event
- Added new notification types Email and SNMP trap
- Presence of a PTT trigger will not execute following an upgrade. This issue has been resolved.
- Resolved issue where lack of EA ACK trigger would no longer fire when an EA ACK was received
- Resolved issue where Database Down would cause an issue with Trigger where the module would no longer connect to the service
- Copy trigger functionality no longer causes original trigger to be modified
- Fixed an issue where Emergency alarms would not trigger
- Event option now visible in a Trigger options
- Status and messages greater that 16 no longer return an unhandled exception
