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# Released versions:

[Click here](https://iproiot.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/920650467/i-PRO_Active_Guard_Version_History.pdf?api=v2) for the release note from V1.0.0 to V1.5.2

- [Version 2.0.1](#V2.0.1)
- [Version 2.0.0](#V2.0.0)
- [Version 1.8.2](#V1.8.2)
- [Version 1.8.0](#V1.8.0)
- [Version 1.7.0](#V1.7.0)
- [Version 1.6.2](#V1.6.2)
- [Version 1.6.1](#V1.6.1)

# Priority Rank Level

|  |
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| 🇦  : Recommended to apply  
🇧  : When issue happened  
🇨  : Maintenance timing  
🇺 : Function / performance improvement |

  > Macro (anchor)

  

# Version 2.0.1

Release date: October 10, 2024

### Resolved Issues

- Corrected an issue where the [Register VMS] page got stuck after clicking the Add button on the i-PRO Active Guard configuration window. 🇨   
Occurrence condition: After updating to version 2.00  
> Macro (anchor)

# Version 2.0.0

Release date: October 1, 2024

### New Features / Improvements

- Support Luxriot in [Register VMS]. 🇺
- Support SQL Server Express Edition for [Use existing SQL Server instance] at installation. 🇺
- Support SQL database on an external PC. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-2.-Support-external-SQL-server)
- Support up to 30,000 faces for Face watchlist. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-1.-Increase-maximum-number-of-face-camera-and-watchlist)
- Support up to 100 cameras with AI Face Detection installed. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-1.-Increase-maximum-number-of-face-camera-and-watchlist)  
*For i-PRO Active Guard dedicated server only.
- Support object search on a specified area. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-1.-Support-search-objects-on-specified-area)
- Support VaxOCR Genesis* application. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-5.-Support-Vaxtor-OCR)  
*Version 1.3.7 or later is required.
- Support VaxOCR Container* application. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-5.-Support-Vaxtor-OCR)  
*Version 1.0.5 or later is required.
- Support new vehicle types, SUV, Pickup Truck, and Mini-Van for LPR filter and watchlist. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-4.-Support-Vaxtor-LPR-new-features)
- Increased the maximum retention period with SQL Server Standard or higher edition as below. 🇺   
Count/heatmap/statistics data: from 366 to 732 days  
Face/people/vehicle /license plate/code/container data: from 366 to 397 days
- Support FullHD or larger monitor for i-PRO Active Guard configuration window and dashboard. 🇺   
*Supported web browser: Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge
- Changed the font to NotoSans. 🇺
- Support reset of SQL SA password in i-PRO Active Guard. 🇺   
Refer to “5.10. Reset SQL Server account” in Setup Instructions for detail.

**Improvements for Genetec**

- Improved the alarm linkage with Alarm monitoring window. 🇺
- Added “i-PRO” to the alarm names sent to Genetec server for visibility and searchability. 🇺

**Improvements for Milestone**

- Support showing both a detected face image and a registered face image on Alarm Manager. 🇺   
*Selectable from "No image," "Detected image" or "Detected and Registered image" in i-PRO Active Guard configuration window.
- Support showing a cropped license plate image on Alarm Manager. 🇺   
*Selectable from "No image," "Whole image," "Cropped image" or "Whole and Cropped plate image" in i-PRO Active Guard configuration window.

**Improvements in Dashboard**

- Added Holiday setting to set the colors for Saturdays and holidays. 🇺   
*Target chart: People counting - Occupancy statistics chart with [Display duration] set to "Last 1 week"
- Added [Exclude count of unknown attributes] checkbox for Age and gender and Vehicle attributes. 🇺
- Added [Specify lines/areas individually] setting for People counting, Vehicle counting and On-site Learning object counting charts. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-2.-Support-create-chart-by-selecting-each-counting-line/area)
- Added the following improvements to the Statistics chart with [Data type] set to "In-Out" and [Classify by] set to "By time" 🇺   
- A [Reset] button is available when [Display Duration] is "Today"  
- Count chart supports switching between [Unit time] and [Cumulative] when [Display Duration] is "Today" or "Last 1 hour"
- Support heat map display for the extension software AI-VMD. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-1.-Support-dashboard-display-of-AI-VMD-heatmap-for-fixed-camera)  
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# Version 1.8.2

Release date: March 29, 2023

### New Features / Improvements

- Improved the installer to simplify the installation procedure. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-1.-Improve-the-installer)
- Improved i-PRO Active Guard configuration window.
  - Supports displaying a name set in [Camera title on screen] of the camera setting.  
*Available only when adding cameras by [Dashboard function only]
  - Added version of this software to the title bar.
- Improved dashboard.
  - Live mode supports editing existing charts. 🇺 [View detail](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-1.-Add-function-to-edit-existing-charts-in-Live-Mode)
  - Search mode supports adding new charts. 🇺 [View detail](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-2.-Add-function-to-add-charts-in-Search-Mode)
  - Added [Exclude count of unknown attributes] checkbox for People attributes. 🇺 [View detail](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-3.-Add-function-to-exclude-count-of-unknown-attributes)

### Resolved Issues

- Corrected an issue where adding cameras using [Get from VMS] might fail with Genetec server, on rare occasion. 🇨
- Corrected an issue where this software might not work properly due to high CPU usage after a network security scan. 🇨  
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# Version 1.8.0

Release date: January 9, 2023

### New Features / Improvements

- Supports the extension software AI On-site Learning. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-1.-Support-AI-On-site-Learning)
- Supports selecting multiple colors in “Hair color”, “Top color”, “Bottom color” and “Shoes color” for a people watchlist. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-1.-Support-registering-multiple-colors-on-a-people-watchlist)
- Added similarity score (%) to the face matching alarm sent to Genetec server. 🇺
- Improved the data maintennce process. 🇺
- Improved the accuracy of attribute counting on the dashboard chart. 🇺
- Supports the data update interval of 5 seconds for people counting, vehicle counting and on-site learning object counting on the dashboard.<span style="color: #ff5630"> </span>🇺   
*To apply this change, update the camera extension software to the version scheduled to be released in February 2024.
- Added a button to update AI application information of all selected cameras at once to the [Enabled camera] list on the i-PRO Active Guard configuration window. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-4.-Add-a-button-to-update-%E2%80%9CAI-application-information%E2%80%9D-on-the-[Enabled-camera]-list)
- Improved the error messages when [Get from VMS] failed. 🇺
- Supports Windows10 IoT Enterprise and Windows11 IoT Enterprise. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-1.-Support-Windows-10/11-IoT-Enterprise)
- Supports selecting an existing instance of SQL Server 2022. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-2.-Support-%22SQL-Server-2022%22-for-existing-SQL-server-instance)  
*This software does not support new installation of SQL Server 2022.
- Supports selecting the database in a separate drive from SQL server when using existing SQL Server instance. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-3.-Support-location-setting-of-SQL-server-DB-to-a-drive-separate-from-SQL-server)

# Version 1.7.0

Release date: September 15, 2023

### New Features / Improvements

- Supports Vaxtor VaxALPR* (Automatic License Plate Recognition application). 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-1.-Support-Vaxtor-LPR/MMC-app-(VaxALPR))  
*Version 1.3.16 or later is required.
- Supports sending AI-VMD and AI Occupancy Detection alarms issued via AI Processing Relay to Genetec / Milestone server. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1-2.-Support-%22AI-VMD%22-and-%22AI-Occupancy-Detection%22-with-%22AI-Processing-Relay%22-for-Genetec/Milestone)
- Expanded supports for extension software applications used with AI Processing Relay. 🇺   
*Sound classification is not supported.
- Changed the checkbox of search condition from "Black & White image only" to "Color image only". 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-2.-Change-%E2%80%9Ccolor%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Cblack-&-white%E2%80%9D-search-condition)
- Added attributes "Bag", "Bag color", and "Shoes color" to the people watchlist. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-1.-Add-attributes-%22Bag-/-No-Bag%22,-%22Bag-color%22,-and-%22Shoes-color%22-to-people-watch-list-alarm)
- Shortened the data* update interval from 1 hour to 1 minute when [Classified by] is set to “By camera” and [Display Duration] is set to "Last 1 hour". 🇺   
*Target data: age, gender, people, and vehicle attributes
- Supports SQL server 2019 for the new installation of this software. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-1.-Support-SQL-Server-2019)
- Improved the dialog that appeared when the installation of this software failed. 🇺   
The following underlined description has been added as a countermeasure:

| Windows OS requires that you restart PC before installing Microsoft SQL Server.  
After restarting the PC, execute "MultiAIStartup.exe" again.  
<u>If the installation fails even after restarting the PC,</u>  
<u>please execute "\03_SQL\SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU\1033_ENU_LP\x64\Setup\SQLSUPPORT.MSI".</u>  
<u>And then, execute "MultiAIStartup.exe" again.</u> |
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### Resolved Issues

- Corrected the dialog that appeared when the uninstallation of this software failed from Japanese to English. 🇨
- Corrected an issue where a Milestone server name might not appear correctly on [Register VMS] window. 🇨
- Corrected an issue where [Get from VMS] on the [Camera Registration] window might fail with Milestone servers. 🇨
- Corrected an issue where i-PRO Active Guard configuration web page showed repeated login requests. 🇧   
Occurrence conditions: More than approx.100 cameras are registered on this software.  
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# Version 1.6.2

Release date: April 6, 2023

### Resolved Issues

- Corrected an issue where the extension software in each camera of a multi-directional camera could not be registered on this software. 🇧   
<u>Occurrence condition</u>: Register a multi-directional camera registered on a 3rd party VMS*, on the i-PRO Active Guard configuration window.  
*VMS registered as ”Other VMS” on the i-PRO Active Guard configuration window
- Corrected an issue where 3rd party applications could not be registered on this software. 🇧   
<u>Occurrence condition</u>: Register a camera with two or more 3rd party applications installed, on the i-PRO Active Guard configuration window.
- Corrected an issue where the dashboard displayed an empty occupancy chart. 🇧   
<u>Occurrence condition</u>: A camera with AI Occupancy Detection installed is selected for [Cameras] in the condition selection display.
- Corrected an issue where the number of people counting on dashboard temporarily reduced on rare occasion. 🇨   
<u>Occurrence condition</u>:"Data type" is selected in [People counting]-> [Statistics]  
*This is not a data loss. The number will be corrected in 15 seconds.
- Corrected an issue where the dashboard did not display lines configured on a camera, on a line count chart. 🇧   
Occurrence conditions:  
- Version 1.6.1<span style="color: #ff5630"> </span>  
- Display a line count chart of the extension software "AI-VMD/AI People Counting for 360-degree fisheye camera" version 1.50  
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# Version 1.6.1

Release date: February 16, 2023 

### New Features / Improvements

- Supports the following new extension software. 🇺  [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#1.-New-AI-application-support)  
- AI Occupancy Detection  
- AI Scene Change Detection
- Supports [Vehicle watchlists] to issue an alarm when specific attributes are matched to the watchlist. 🇺  [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-1.-Support-%E2%80%9Cvehicle-watch-list-alarm%E2%80%9D)
- Supports similar search and filtering of people and vehicle attributes using an uploaded image. 🇺  [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-2.-Support-people/vehicle-similar-search-(from-uploaded-photo))
- Supports the image upload feature to register people and vehicle attributes on the watchlist. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-3.-Support-for-registration-on-people/vehicle-watch-list-(from-uploaded-photo))
- Improved the [Storing data] options* in [Database] to be able to select data to store, on i-PRO Active Guard configuration window. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-1.-Add-function-to-select-data-to-be-stored)  
Selectable items: All data/Only alarm and statistics data/Only statistics data
- Supports specifying the database location of SQL Server 2016 at the initial installation of this software. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-3.-Support-location-setting-of-SQL-server-DB)
- Expanded the maximum [Retention period(day)] of face, people, and vehicle data from 31 to 366 days when SQL server is not Express edition. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-2.-Change-the-initial-value-of-face/people/vehicle-data-retention-period-to-366-days-when-SQL-server-is-not-Express-edition)
- ~~<span style="color: #bf2600">Supports SQL Server 2019. You can select an exisiting SQL Server 2016 or 2019, at the initial installation of this software. </span>~~  
Supports selecting an existing instance of SQL Server 2019*. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#2-4.-Support-existing-SQL-server-instance)  
*This software does not support new installation of SQL Server 2019. <span style="color: #bf2600">(Updated on May 25, 2023)</span>
- Supports the detected score display on the search result. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#3-4.-Support-display-of-detected-score)
- Improved to notify the user of available software update and the link to download website on a pop-up message, when i-PRO Active Guard configuration window is started. 🇺    
*Available only when connected to the Internet.
- Improved to receive bestshot information from a camera, regardless of the transmission type setting on the camera. 🇺
- Improved to display the chart lines of people/vehicle counting in the same color as the detection line No.1-8 specified in application setting. 🇺    
*Available only when one camera is selected.
- Improved the visibility of Age and gender graph by displaying age and gender in different colors and gradation. 🇺
- Supports displaying an average line on a statistics line chart. You can hide the line by clicking on the chart legend. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#4-1.-Support-drawing-average-line-in-chart)
- Added the following description under the [Statistics] - [Data type] options in the condition setting for people counting: 🇺    
Aggregate according to the line passing direction and area set in the camera app.
- Improved to display the name of detection lines and areas specified in application setting, on the people/vehicle counting chart. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#4-2.-Support-display-of-%E2%80%9Cline-or-area%E2%80%9D-name-specified-in-application-setting)  
*Available only when one camera is selected.
- Shortened the data* update interval from 1 hour to 1 minute when [Display Duration] is set to "Last 1 hour". 🇺    
Target data: age, gender, people attributes, and vehicle attributes
- Added the [Line chart type]* setting to the Option menu on the dashboard. 🇺    
*Selectable items: Straight line / Smoothed line
- Supports the following Windows OS 🇺  　  
- Windows 10 Enterprise / Education / Pro Education  
- Windows 11 Enterprise / Education / Pro Education  
- Windows Server 2022 Standard  
- Windows Server 2016 Datacenter / 2019 Datacenter / 2022 Datacenter
- Supports the linkage with 3rd party application for alarm notification. 🇺    
For details on development, refer to "3rd party extension software integration with i-PRO Active Guard*" on [i-PRO Device integration](https://i-pro.com/global/en/surveillance/database/i-pro-device-integration).   
*To be released in February, 2023
- Supports interface for linking with new 3rd party VMS. 🇺    
Details on development are scheduled to be released in March, 2023 on [i-PRO Device integration](https://i-pro.com/global/en/surveillance/database/i-pro-device-integration).
- Supports the Occupancy Statistics display on the dashboard. 🇺 [View details](https://versionup.refined.site/space/CVI/968491491/i-PRO+Active+Guard#4-3.-Add-area-count-display-option)  
*Available only when one camera is selected.

### Resolved Issues

- Corrected an issue where an alarm does not occur to the people/vehicle matched to a watchlist, even after enabling matching of the watchlist. 🇨    
<u>Occurrence condition</u>: The watchlist has been registered while "Enable notification / Enable matching" is not checked.