PRIMIS EG-2 Release Notes – June 2023

o    PRIMIS server will now support Timezone for the US (Hawaii, Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central, and Eastern), Australia (Western, Central Western, Central, and Eastern), and India.

o    Card read performance improved. Bridge mode takes 240 msec while controller mode takes just 220 msec.

o    Reset switch action: 2 seconds - STM reset, 5 seconds – EG-2 Reboot, and 20+ seconds - Factory reset. Tolerance of 7 seconds for EG-2 reboot.

o    Fixed PTA not triggering relay action when it is not in principal/replica configuration.

o    EG-2 will now send events for door module and reader module reboot, device module reboot, user STM reset, and tamper secure events.

o 32-bit IR clicker card format support added.

o    Port lookup issue during enclosure tamper event.

o    Fixed database sync crash issue when exporting badge templates to EG-2.

o    API “DeviceModuleGetSpiData” will now return 0 when there is no data to fetch.

Feature List

PRIMIS server Lite BETA

o    Use mDNS to help with device discovery over UDP.

o    Suspend port triggering on SB when in controller mode.

o    FMI (first-main-in) requires the User Access Group to proceed.

o    Network speed LED.

o    Offload SerialIO direction bit control to OS.

o    FB3 support.

o    Read the DHCP address after the LAN cable is plugged in.

o    Delete freedom.db and gz files during factory reset.

o    Sync controlled area status with PRIMIS server after re-connection.

o    Tamper detection.

o    In controller mode, send/backlog tamper, linerror, and inputevent messages to PRIMIS server after re-connection.

o    Input Sensor LED.

o    Live DB Update on Special Days (Holidays).

o    Live DB update on Devices table.

o    Live DB update on Controlled Areas.

o    Live DB update on Schedules and Zone(controlled area) Schedules.

o    Factory Reset of SB sets the HOSTNAME field in network.conf to a unique convention.

o    Global IO Implementation.

o    OSDP in Bridge Mode - card swipe events are forwarded to PRIMIS server for access processing.

o    Speed up OSDP poll interval.

o    STM reset via reset button.

o    Fix OSDP Reader set left justification Wiegand issue.

o    Analog values (e.g. voltage, temperature) are reported to PRIMIS server.

o    Use OSDP built-in LED blink feature to handle multi-factor prompts.

o    Increase event backlog size to 100K.

o    Current Live DB update will be pushed to SB when SB re-connects to PRIMIS server.

o    Missing interrupt problem was resolved.

o    Buffer overflow issue was resolved.

o    EnforceExitAccessRight is being transferred to SB properly.

o    Fix issue with PTA is not able to cross activate relay over the Global IO network.

o    Fix PTA schedule handling in controller mode.

o    Capture and report STM communication error statistics (e.g. CRC, Timeout) to PRIMIS server every 24 hours.

Freedom Core

o    SB is able to report Controlled Area status back to PRIMIS server after re-connection.

o    EXIT reader port usage cache is updated immediately after configuration.

o    CSV reports for Wifi Controlled Areas.

o    Ensure proper chronological order in logs.

o    Live DB update on controlled area schedules.

o    Live DB update on schedules.

o    Live DB update on controlled areas.

o    Live DB update on user access groups.

o    Live DB update on special days.

o    Live DB update on devices.

o    Live DB updates for Card and PIN.

o    Use mDNS protocol to discover device names and IPs, then use direct UDP/IP to connect to SB's.

o    "Sanitize" download file names by replacing special characters to "_"

o    Implement two additional reader-tampered input ports.

o    Report RS485 Address Conflicts in PRIMIS server GUI.

o    In controller mode, send/backlog tamper, linerror, and inputevent messages to PRIMIS server after re-connection.

o    Fix "Bridge OffLine" error icon when OSDP readers are offline.

o    Optimize the database export on a larger number of users.

o    OSDP bridge mode card tag implementation.

o    OSDP bridge mode keypad entry implementation.

o    Auto DB update when the device is replaced.

o    Report Unlock schedule events as door/schedule events.

o    Add "Device Offline" to ActivityEvent message field when the bridge device is not connected.

o    Report battery status (voltage, charging, etc) available to the PRIMIS Server.

o    When executing the bridge mode Multi-factor prompt, let SB handles it using the on/off timered LED command.

o    Update the database schema to accommodate hashed card data and PIN data.

o    Disallow EXIT when Zone is in LOCKDOWN.

o    Synchronize Unlock schedules and controlled area status when SB re-connects to PRIMIS server.

o    PRIMIS server GUI - Controlled Area should be flagged (e.g. alert icons) when devices involved are off-line.

o    Purge old DB backup files.

o    Access request performance optimization.

Limitations and Known Issues

o    OSDP readers do not work when EG-2 has no DB downloaded.

o    EG-2 shows huge “Up Time” during boot up and when the MQTT connection is not ready.