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Release Notes for WatchGuard Watch Commander Software 1.5.0
January 2021 - Document Revision A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1: Feature Additions
2: Bug Fixes
3: Known Issues / Limitations
4: Supported Platforms
5: Supported Upgrade Paths
6: WG Software Compatibility
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1: Feature Additions
Watch Commander 1.5.0
- Removed JWPlayer as video player, no longer requires JWPlayer license key
- Adobe Flash no longer needed in browser support
Watch Commander 1.4.1:
- No new features
Watch Commander 1.4:
- Upgraded Wowza to version 4.7.1.
- Removed Wowza from the installer so future updates to Wowza can be
completed without a new Watch Commander release.
Watch Commander 1.3:
- Player now uses PC's locale setting to determine date/time formatting.
- Updated security to work with Evidence Library 4.1.2 certificates
Watch Commander 1.2:
- Option to only allow live video streaming if 4RE is actively recording
- Configuration file location:
\Program Files (x86)\WatchGuard Video\Watch Commander\LVSService\
Services.Host.LVS.exe.config
- Configuration setting:
<add key="OnlyAllowStreamDuringRecording" value="false" />
- Option to start playing video with audio
- Configuration file location:
\Program Files (x86)\WatchGuard Video\Watch Commander\WebRoot\config.js
- Configuration setting: playerVolumeOnLoad: 0
- setting is a percentage value (0-100)
- Support for Evidence Library Web 4.0 compatibility
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2: Bug Fixes (Cust. Service entered + key fixes?)
Watch Commander 1.5.0:
- removes requirement for now deprecated Adobe Flash
Watch Commander 1.4.1:
- Fixes a packaging error where Port Forwarder should not have been replaced
on the .iso in the 1.4 release. The old Port Forwarder (version 1.3.0.275)
has been correctly packaged with this release.
Watch Commander 1.4:
- New Wowza version released to fix numerous issues.
See https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-7-1-release-notes
for complete list of Wowza fixes.
Watch Commander 1.2:
- Improved display of Panoramic camera video
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3: Known Issues / Limitations
- WatchCommander 1.5.0 will require browser setting changes to view insecure content,
see document Enabling http content in Browser.docx
- Upgrading from WatchCommander 1.4 to 1.5 does not require changes to Wowza
- To upgrade to Watch Commander 1.4, user must uninstall the previous
version of Watch Commander first to remove the previous Wowza version.
Wowza is not included in the new Watch Commander 1.4 installer and must
be installed separately. The Wowza installer, as well as the User Guide
for instructions for installing Wowza and Watch Commander are included
on the .iso.
- When watching a live stream:
- If application is configured to only allow live streaming when
vehicle is actively recording, then:
- there is no indication on the vehicle list that a vehicle
cannot be live streamed
- No roles / security groups that differentiate access between in-car
streaming and interview room streaming
- Unable to stream from vehicles with apostrophes in the EL vehicle
name
- If Watch Commander is running on the same web server/IP as Evidence
Library 4 Web, they must have different ports. Evidence Library 4
Web runs with port 443 by default if installed for HTTPS. Therefore
Watch Commander may need to be assigned a different port, and the URL
to access it will need to include the port number.
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4: Supported OS/SQL Platforms
- Browser
- IE 11
- Google Chrome (v80 and higher)
- Edge Browser
- Application Server (must be able to connect with EL Host)
- Windows 7 64-bit
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows 10
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5: Supported Direct Upgrade Paths
- 1.3.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.0.0
Notes:
- User must manually uninstall the previous version during upgrades.
See previous release note.
- Upgrade from Watch Commander 1.0.0 requires upgrade of Wowza
license
- Contact WatchGuard Customer Service for more information
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6: WG Software Compatibility
- EL
- EL 4.1.2 and higher
- NOT compatible with EL 4.1.1 or older
- ELX
- N/A
- Share
- N/A
- DVR Firmware
- 3.4 and higher
- VISTA Firmware
- N/A
- Transfer Station Firmware
- N/A
source: WKB-000710