May 2024

When you configure AI Controller inputs to Normally Open or Normally Closed, this setting is accurately and immediately pushed to the AI Controller's database. This ensures that any adjustments you make, including changing input settings or renaming portals, are instantly updated in the system. For example, if you change Channel 1 to Normally Open and Channel 2 to Normally Closed from the opposite settings, these modifications are reliably recorded and implemented.

Here are the key benefits of this feature:

• Immediate Updates: Any changes you make in the settings are instantly reflected in the AI Controller's database, ensuring that there is no delay in how the system operates based on your latest configurations.
• Accuracy and Reliability: This feature guarantees that your specified settings, such as input states and portal names, are correctly applied. This accuracy is crucial for maintaining the integrity and reliability of your security setup.
• Customization and Flexibility: You have the flexibility to customize input settings according to specific security needs or operational requirements, allowing for a tailored security approach.
• Enhanced Security: Proper implementation of these settings ensures that the security measures you have in place are effective and function as intended, providing a secure environment.

This functionality significantly enhances the operational efficiency and effectiveness of your AI Controller, making it an indispensable tool for maintaining a robust and responsive security system.

We've made several exciting enhancements to the Elevator features in our system that significantly enhance your ability to manage elevator configurations:

1.     Undelete Elevator Car Configuration: You now have the capability to restore previously deleted elevator car configurations. This feature is particularly beneficial if changes need to be reversed or if a deletion was made in error. It ensures that valuable configuration data can be quickly recovered without the need to reconfigure the elevator car from scratch, saving time and reducing potential for errors.

2.     Add Maps and Locations to Elevator Car Configurations: We've added the ability to include maps and specific location details in your elevator car configurations. This integration allows for a more detailed and spatially aware setup, helping you visualize and plan the elevator operations in relation to the physical layout of your facility.

3.     Integrated Maps and Locations in Elevator Car Configuration: This new functionality enables you to directly associate a map with an elevator car. By linking a specific map to an elevator car, you can enhance navigational efficiencies and provide clearer, more contextual information about the elevator’s operation within the building. This is especially useful for large buildings or complexes where multiple elevators are in operation, as it helps in quickly identifying and managing each elevator’s specific location and route. 

These enhancements are designed to provide you with more control and flexibility in managing elevator configurations, while also improving the accuracy and usability of the information within your management system. By enabling the restoration of elevator configurations, integrating detailed maps, and facilitating precise location assignments, these features help streamline your elevator management processes and improve overall operational efficiency.

We've introduced a new feature on the Recorder and Camera pages of our Network Video Recorder (NVR) system that allows you to "Show" and "Hide" passwords. This enhancement provides you with greater control over your password security while setting up or adjusting your recorder and camera settings.

Features and Benefits:

1.     Increased Security: The ability to hide your password while you type protects sensitive information from being seen by unauthorized viewers. This is particularly useful in environments where screens might be visible to multiple individuals, ensuring that password integrity is maintained.

2.     Ease of Use: The option to show the password can help prevent errors during input by allowing you to confirm the characters you are entering. This is especially beneficial when dealing with complex passwords that include a variety of characters, as it ensures accuracy before submission.

3.     Flexibility: You can toggle between showing and hiding the password according to your immediate needs, providing flexibility in how you manage your password visibility. This makes it easier to work in different environments, whether you need confidentiality or are troubleshooting and need to verify the correct password entry.

This added functionality on the Recorder and Camera pages enhances your user experience by offering a straightforward, secure way to manage passwords, significantly reducing the risk of input errors and increasing the security of your system setup.

We've implemented several updates to our reports within the BluSKY system to enhance the detail, functionality, and reliability of the information you receive:

1. Enhanced Access Denied Report:
   • Additional Columns: The Access Denied Report now features new columns for 'Card start/end date,' 'Person start/end date,' and 'Error from controller/DDE.' These additions provide a more comprehensive overview of the circumstances around each access denial, allowing you to track the validity periods of access credentials and identify specific errors from the controller. This greater level of detail helps in quickly diagnosing and resolving access issues, ensuring security protocols are upheld effectively.

2. Improved Event History Detail Report:
   • Independent Component Selection: You can now select different component types independently in the Event History Detail Report. This enhancement allows you to tailor the report to focus on specific areas of interest, such as access points, motion detectors, or alarm triggers, making the report more relevant and useful for your specific analysis needs.

3. Dashboard Details Report Description:
   • Clear Overview: We've added a concise one-line description to the "Dashboard Details Report." This description helps you understand the focus of the report at a glance, enhancing user understanding and streamlining the selection process when generating reports.

4. Visitor/Vendor Activity Details Report Update:
   • Fixed Issue with Blank Reports: We have resolved the issue that caused the 'Visitor / Vendor Activity Details' report to generate blank documents. This fix ensures that every report generated is filled with accurate and complete data, enabling you to reliably track and analyze visitor and vendor activity without gaps in information.

These improvements to the BluSKY Reports are designed to provide you with more detailed, actionable insights and a better user experience. By enhancing the granularity of the data, introducing flexibility in report customization, and ensuring the reliability of the output, these updates help you manage operations more effectively and respond to security and administrative challenges with precision

We've recently made some exciting additions to the Universal Device Controller (UDC) in BluSKY, enhancing functionality and integration for better monitoring and management of devices:

1. Development of New Beta Version for Monitoring Point View:

• Enhanced Monitoring Capabilities: A new Beta version of the Monitoring Point View is currently in development. This upcoming version is designed to provide a more comprehensive and user-friendly interface for monitoring various points within your facility. This improvement will allow you to have a clearer overview of activities and statuses, enabling quicker responses to incidents and more efficient management of monitoring points.

2.     Integration of Elevator Car UDC into Right-Side Navigation on Interactive Maps Page:

• Elevated Accessibility and Visibility: We have integrated the Elevator Car UDC into the right-side navigation of the Interactive Maps page. This integration showcases Elevator Car events and devices prominently, enhancing your ability to track and manage elevator movements and related security devices directly from the Interactive Maps interface.
• Streamlined Operations: By having Elevator Car events and device information readily accessible, you can efficiently monitor and control the elevator system from a central location. This setup not only simplifies the management process but also improves operational efficiency by providing real-time data and control options at your fingertips.
• Removed events filter from UDC component.

These enhancements to the Universal Device Controller are part of our ongoing efforts to provide a more integrated, intuitive, and effective management experience across your security and operational systems. By continually updating and improving the UDC capabilities, we aim to ensure that you have the best tools at your disposal for managing and optimizing your facility’s infrastructure.

• Added option to "Show" and "Hide" Password on Camera Page.

Integrated Analytics to Left Navigation on Dashboard (Beta) & Data Lake pages.

i. Added filter option to individual analytic dashlet.

ii. Added Fullscreen option for individual analytic dashlet.

• Implemented a Python library to retrieve unracked data using DataLakeObjectId. This feature enables users to efficiently access and manipulate unracked data stored in the DataLake by providing the unique DataLakeObjectId identifier.
• Introduced a Python library for unraging data using DataLakeEntityTypeId. This new feature enables users to retrieve and process unracked data based on the unique DataLakeEntityTypeId identified.
• Conducted experimentation on ragging the BluSKY Oracle data using JSON data format. This experimentation aimed to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating JSON data with the BluSKY Oracle system for improved data management and analysis.

• Added guidelines for capturing facial data prior to face registration and authentication for multi-factor authentication using face.
• Implemented the option to select 'Login via Code' on the Face Authentication page for added flexibility.