Case No : 1405
Reports
Two new Archive reports have been added, User Access OK, which lists access messages generating 'Card OK' event from the panel, and User Valid Access, which lists both access granted and access OK events.
Case No : 1379
Scheduled Reports and Exports
(Genie Professional only)
Archive Reports can now be scheduled. In addition
to printing reports, they can be saved to pdf formatted as a report, or
to txt and csv files in column format.
Exporting Users can also be
scheduled.
Case No : 1343
Automatic User Importing
(Genie Professional Only)
A new option has been added to automaticlly
import users.
Case No : 1402
Door and Area ACL Generation
This has been optimised to reduce the time taken.
Case No : 1396
Reports
List of unlocked doors did not correctly select the doors. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1395
Genesis Communications
If communications was interrupted for less than 10 minutes, without closing the communications task, the events were not resynchronised on reconnection. If an installer used Technician software during this time and reset the event buffer position, some events would not be read by Genie. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1394
Panel Clock Report
This report was incorrectly formatted and some information was omitted. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1388
Timeblocks
When setting all times in a timeblock to zero, the panel clock was not cleared back to zero. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1387
Users Centre and others
For later versions of Windows, the form placement was not saved correctly as the Genie.ini file was written to a location that is no longer writable to by non administrator users. The Genie.ini file has been moved to the \etc folder in the Shared Data Directory. This affects some other programs as well.Case No : 1385
Points Centre Reader Programming
Drop down list of card area access groups for readers allows the group to be cleared.Case No : 1375
Users Centre
Keypad users would not save correctly. A message 'Data is required for this field' was displayed even when there was data entered. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1371
Door and Access Groups
Fixed a bug in V3 that caused some access groups to generate incorrectly in a multi panel system.
Case No : 1370
Panel Definition
If the panel was configured for more than 128 ACLs, the wizard would only show 128. It now shows the correct number.
Case No : 1365
Points Centre
Fixed list of doors that can be assigned to a reader to only include doors from the same panel as the reader.
Case No : 1364
Download Lists
Occasionally, depending on the data, lists for downloading to the panel were incorrectly formatted. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1264
Input and Output Uploading
When adding inputs and outputs, the default name generated has been changed to match the name generated by Genesis Technician Software.
Case No : 1309
Panel Installation
When installing a new panel it is now possible to ignore all old events and start with the first event after processing mode is set to read events.
Case No : 1307
Door Card Logging
Support has been added for logging card presentations while a door is
open. This is added to firmware 4.72+.
As a result the event text
of access messages has been changed. 'AcGr' now only refers to Access
Granted on door opening. 'CrdOk' is used for valid card presentations
when the door opening is not required for logging.
Case No : 1304
Main Menu
The Main Menu can now be displayed as a floating bar that can be hidden. It is possible to select between the traditional Task Bar display and the new Floating Bar display.
Case No : 1296
Version Checks from Web
About Wizard has an option to get details of the latest version from the web. It shows whether there is a later version available for downloading.
Case No : 1294
Reports
Reports can be saved as PDF files. Saving to text (in report format) has been discontinued. Reports can still be exported to text files in 'CSV' style format.
Case No : 1284
Point States for Areas
The Point State for areas now shows the status of the area and inputs in the area.
Case No : 1206
Users Wizard
A new version of the Users Wizard adds additional functions, including the ability to view and change images.
Case No : 1124
Point Deleting
When a list of assigned inputs, outputs or doors finds an input, output or door in Genie that no longer exists in the panel, it will delete the input, output or door from Genie.
Case No : 1027
Master Workstation Closedown
A new option is available to closedown the Master workstation without closing down the Clients. This is available through the Popup Menu for the Main Menu available from the Tray Icon, or by right clicking on the Main Menu bar. It is not available through the normal menus.
Case No : 957
Genesis Communications
When starting communications with a Genesis panel for the first time, it is now possible to choose between starting from the first event in the history buffer, or starting from the last event.
Case No : 1355
Points Centre
If an operator changed point details, click on another point in the list, and replied 'Yes' to saving changes, the changed details would be saved for the wrong point. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1352
Operator Groups
The default Alarm Mode for operator groups has been changed from Continuous beep to Single beep. Installer remains the same as No Beep.
Case No : 1334
Inputs Deleting
Genie would delete input if a recall of inputs assigned to an area was commanded. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1329
Graphics
Fixed a bug that prevented graphics from printing in Professional Genie.
Case No : 1322
Scheduled Events
If a system housekeeping event has been suspended, it will revert to pending after 2 days.
Case No : 1321
Access Messages
Different text is now used for Credential OK events to distinguish them from Access Granted. Access Granted is reported when the door has been opened on doors where Reed Bypass is not set. Credential OK is reported when a valid credential has been presented at a reader connected to a door that has Reed Bypass set, and so does not monitor for the door opening.
Case No : 1320
Points Centre
Changing the Area Access for a Reader was not correctly downloaded to the panel. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1318
Buildings Wizard
This has been deprecated. Buildings and Building Regions are now viewed and edited in the same Wizard.
Case No : 1313
Points Centre - Doors for Readers
The selection of doors controlled by a reader has been changed to all doors on the same type of device, instead of the same device.
Case No : 1308
Holiday Group Uploading
Uploading holiday lists did not correctly update the holiday groups in Genie. This has been fixed. Time Groups (Clock Lists) were also not correctly uploaded and have been fixed.
Case No : 1299
Door Access Groups
If the list of doors in a group was longer than could be displayed without scrolling, the position of the time groups drop down box was not next to the door it related to. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1283
Inputs Change of Area List
Both the old and new area lists are now downloaded as well as the input whent the area list for an input is changed.
Case No : 1281
Area States
Recoding of areas with inputs bypassed did not work properly. Recall of areas with inputs bypassed did not report this. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1277
Panel Serial No
This has been extended to maximum 999999.
Case No : 1274
Alarm Beeps
Default beep for operators is now Single Beep. Genie Lite has also been changed, with Quiet Mode for Installers as well as Single Beep for other operators.
Case No : 1270
Point Commands
When a point of the same type but for a different panel was selected, the command was sent to the previously selected panel. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1269
Graphics Viewer
V2.3.6 introduced a bug which stopped the Jump to Graphics from Alarms working. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1268
Archiving
Fixed a rare bug that would stop archiving.
Case No : 1266
Key Management Wizard
An option has been added to add users for cards without automatically activating the users.
Case No : 1061
Genesis Communications
Setting the PINs for Users 100 and 101 is now done through the Define Panel Wizard and not through User programming. Note that the PCLink password, User 101 must now match the panel for Genie to successfully connect.
Case No : 712
Door and Area Access Groups
The number of access groups that can be created for a panel has been extended to
255 when the panel firmware supports this.
Group summary when selecting View in the Door or Area Access Groups Wizard now shows
which DACL/AACL is used in the panel(s) for the group.
Case No : 1261
Timeblock Uploading
Uploading clocks into timeblocks did not correctly resolve scripts if the script was changed from that originally assigned to the clock. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1253
Graphics
Fixed a problem with distributing graphic backgrounds across the network when the drawings are edited.
Case No : 1248
Setting EOL Values
The values set are checked to ensure the value ranges are consistent.
Case No : 1238
Door Watcher
The display of the User image has been changed to retain its original perspective when the window is resized.
Case No : 1234
Command Centre
This application now saves the position of the Point Control window when it is embedded.
Case No : 1231
Importing Users
(Professional Only) Import file format has been changed to allow image file names to be included. The file name must not include the directory.
Case No : 1226
Graphics Editor
Colour selection for drawing was not working properly. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1222
Date Format
The settings for the locale were used instead of the settings for the user. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1220
Graphics
The position of the window for commanding points was incorrect if the
graphics was being run on a second monitor. This has been fixed.
Checks
are also made that the window is not displayed too low on the screen.
Case No : 1219
Installation
Fixed an issue that may have generated an error relating to Licence cannot be empty, when upgrading older systems.
Case No : 1215
Reports
A new feature has been added to allow export formatting to be changed.
In Standard and Professional Genie, new default fields can be established
for the default Field Delimiter.
In Professional Genie, the Field
Delimiter can also be set on an individual report basis.
Case No : 1214
Icon Editor
Online help was not displayed when F1 was pressed. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1212
Graphics
Live rectangles in Professional Genie did not draw properly on change of state of a point if the fill pattern was not solid. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1210
Archive Reports
After searching on key number, the field would clear to 0 instead of being properly cleared for additional searches that did not require keynumber as a search field.
Case No : 1209
Icon Editor
Picking colours for icons did not work properly. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1208
Door Watcher
(Professional Only) The maximum number of instances of Door Watcher on a single workstation is now 8. Door Watcher can be maximised to fill the screen.
Case No : 1192
Point Control
(Professional Only)
A new configuration option has been added to applications
where Points can be controlled. This allows the logging of comments to
be integrated with point control, instead of being entered using a separate
window.
The option is set in the System Configuration Wizard.
Case No : 1183
Operator Logon
(Professional Only) A new feature has been added which allows Genie to automatically logon the currently signed on Windows user. A user must be added to Genie with the same name as the Windows user. When Genie starts, this user will be automatically logged on. For full details, please read the online help.
Case No : 1155
Operator Auto Logoff
A new feature has been added to automatically log off operators after a period of inactivity at a workstation. This is not specifically Genie inactivity, as while an operator is using the workstation for other applications, the timeout will not be activated. For further details please refer to the online help.
Case No : 1123
Operator Groups Wizard
A new version of this wizard has been developed. The display of menu items for customising for groups has been changed to refer as much as possible to the Main Menu options.
Case No : 1054
Alarm Sounds
(Professional Only) Sounds made for alarms can be customised depending on the priority of the alarm. The different alarm sounds are set for each operator group. New computer generated sounds have been included. Sounds can also be generated from wav files.
Case No : 494
Email on Alarm
A new option has been added to Professional Genie to send emails on selected Point Events.
Case No : 66
Simulated Events
A new utility has been added that can be run from the ..\Genie\bin directory for simulating a selection of door and input events. This is for testing, and for demonstrations where a panel cannot be connected to the system. The utility is called DemoEvents.exe.
A number of new features have been added in this release. While many of them are related to Genie Professional, there are also some enhancements for Genie Standard.
Case No : 1185
Workstation Wizard
If an uninstalled workstations details were viewed after an installed workstation, the computer name of the installed workstation was displayed. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1184
About Wizard
Sometimes this would incorrectly show the number of Installed Workstations. The value displayed was the number in the licence, not the number actually installed. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1182
User Downloading
The number of characters downloaded to the panel for user names has been changed to 15 from 16.
Case No : 1181
Users Wizard and Users Centre
If user access is expired, and the Valid From and Valid To dates and times are changed so that access is valid, the status is automatically updated to current. Operator action to change the status as well as the time period is no longer required.
Case No : 1180
Users Wizard
Valid From and Valid To times are now displayed in 24 hour format.
Case No : 1178
Operator Timegroup Limits
A new feature has been added allowing a Timegroup to be assigned to an
operator. The operator can only log on while the Timegroup is valid, and
will be automatically logged off, if necessary, when the timegroup goes
invalid.
Genie Professional only.
Case No : 1175
Graphics Viewer
New configuration options have been added. These are set from the Configure
option of the Graphics menu.
Auto Size to Drawing will automatically
resize the display when a drawing is loaded to the size of the drawing.
Load
Last Drawing will automatically display the last drawing that was open
for the Operator. (Professional only).
Please see the Manual for further
details.
Case No : 1168
Points Centre
Display of devices in the tree view now separates the status points. This makes it easier find the devices in the list.
Case No : 1167
Points Centre
Sometimes when saving device information, the error message Invalid Value was displayed. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1166
Reports
The following new reports have been added: Doors Unlocked, Inputs Isolated
Case No : 1163
Startup Splash Screen
This now shows Professional for sites running Professional Genie.
Case No : 1158
User Importing
This has been extended to allow additional columns in the input file.
The sequence of columns is no longer fixed.
Professional only. Please
read the manual for a full description of the new importing.
Case No : 1156
Graphics Workstation
A new feature has been added to Professional Genie to support Graphics
Workstations.
The Graphics Viewer will be automatically started on
these workstations. A default operator selected for the workstation is
logged on.
For further details, please read the online manual.
Case No : 1154
Graphics Viewer
An option has been added to cause a live point to flash when it is in
alarm. This is programmed on a per point basis.
(Professional Only)
Case No : 1152
Points Centre
Changed the door display at the top of the screen to display the door number and not the unit number to which the door is connected.
Case No : 1147
Reports
A bug in the formatting of the report Points - Counter states has been fixed.
Case No : 1146
Counter Points
Formatting of the default name has been changed to zero pad variable number. This is to assist with sorting numerically.
Case No : 1141
Graphics
The single click for a default command in Professional Genie was not working properly. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1140
Point Commands
A new feature has been added that allows a time to be set for selected
area, door and input commands. This is implemented in Genie, not the Genesis
panel.
Professional only.
Case No : 1138
Access Types
Deleting access types now allows multiple selections.
Case No : 1136
Graphics
A new live element has been added for displaying points. This is a live line. This is available in both Standard and Professional.
Case No : 1135
Reports
New events have added reporting Card Activation and Cancellation. New archive reports have also been created for showing these events.
Case No : 1131
Output Groups
Changes to groups have been changed so that if there are no outputs in a group, the group is not deleted from Genie.
Case No : 1077
Archiving
Multiple archives are now supported in Professional Genie.
Case No : 1064
Archive Reports
New Archive Report has been created relating to User Status changes. This is to list changes to access status, such as Cancelling user access.
Case No : 759
Graphics Editor and Icon Editor
When custom colours are selected in either editor they are saved and
loaded the next time an editor is opened.
The Icon Editor window has
been changed to look more like the Graphics Editor.
Case No : 216
Scheduler
The Scheduler has been replaced by the Action Centre, which is reached
from the Control Menu. This allows scheduled actions to be viewed and
edited on any workstation.
Additional options are available in Professional
Genie relating to Actions and Scheduled Actions. Please read the manual
for more details.
The major change in this release is the way in which the Graphics handles sizing of underlays. With this release, the size of a drawing will be set to match the size of the underlay. If a different size is required, it can still be achieved by stretching the drawing workspace and then resizing the underlay.
Case No : 1134
Uploading
A bug that caused Point Descriptions to be overwritten when points were uploaded after their first upload has been fixed.
Case No : 1129
Graphics
A bug which hid outline rectangles has been fixed.
Case No : 1125
Graphics
The way underlays are processed has changed to use the size of the underlay for the size of the drawing instead of fitting the underlay to the current drawing size. This makes it easier to place points at a specific position on the underlay.
The major changes in this release relate to :
Case No : 1119
Report of Unsealed Inputs
The report generated an error and did not correctly list the inputs. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1118
Points Centre
The device type was displayed instead of the address of the device in the display at the top of the page. This has been changed.
Case No : 1116
Updating Genie
Updating Genie has been modified to show more details of progress in updating the database. Other changes have also been made to make this quicker where possible.
Case No : 1107
About Wizard
Reference to Service Packs has been dropped. Updates are now done using the Installation files, which update the Genie Version property.
Case No : 1106
Counter Points
This were not correctly enabled when updating Professional systems. This has been fixed
Case No : 1105
Genesis Communications
Changes have been made to handling of panels that have been off line for some time to overcome reconnection issues, primarly with Tibbo units on networks.
Case No : 1104
Area Deletes
If an area is deleted in the panel using Technician Software, it will be deleted in Genie when areas are next uploaded.
Case No : 1102
History Screen
The status would show that all online panels were not up to date when they were. This was caused by a panel being flagged inactive while its state was on line. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1097
User Delete on Upload
Users were not deleted, even if the delete flag was set. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1096
Points Centre
Fixed a bug that occured when reverting panel details for Inputs, Outputs, Areas and Doors.
Case No : 1087
Point State Updates
Under some circumstances, the displayed state of a point would not change when the point state changed. It happened most commonly on the popup window from which point commands are issued. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1085
Communications
Changing the panel group to which a panel belonged did not correctly terminate the panel from its original group and restart in the new group. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1084
Communications
When a panel was restarted there would sometimes be a delay before the communications started polling the panel. The length of the delay related to how long the timeouts had been set for the panel. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1074
Downloading Changes
The communications program has been changed to better handle download
attempts when a panel is offline. If a download message is sent to the
panel and fails due to the panel not responding, an error message is now
displayed.
Some bugs relating to detecting that a panel is offline,
and suppressing downloads have been fixed.
A new report has been added
to display Panels with Downloads Waiting. This report is available from
both the Points Centre and the System Reports.
Case No : 1043
Door Watcher
Door Watcher would sometimes be unable to locate user images. This generally occured when the images were in a shared directory and the computer was disconnected from the network. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1019
History Screen
The polling status display window has been changed to display panels by their panel group, if there is more than one group in the system containing active panels.
Case No : 1012
Graphics
Live Text Points. A new format of live point has been added that allows
an operator to set the text to be displayed. Previously the text options
were the point state or the point description.
Live Rectangle Points.
A new format of live rectangles has been added that allows an operator
to set some text in the rectangle. The colour of the outline of the rectangle
indicates the point state. Previously live rectangles were outlines or
solid, with no provision for text to be displayed.
Case No : 1011
Graphics
Progress information is given as graphics programs are starting.
Case No : 1010
Graphics Editor and DXF Converter
Changes have been made in Professional Genie to allow DXF files to be
used as underlays for graphics.
The DXF Converter has been modifed
to allow saving DXF format files containing only the elements to be displayed.
This will reduce the time to load the DXF file when it is used as an underlay.
Case No : 945
Reports
The Card / Key listing in System Reports would not save to disk, due to a slash embedded in the file name. The file name has been changed to remove the slash.
Case No : 1079
User Images
Under some circumstances when the location of User Images was changed from the default, some applications were unable to find the images. This occured sometimes when the new directory was a Share Name for the selected directory. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1078
Keyapd Only Users
Changes to user generation caused downloading of Keypad only users to be suppressed in some recent versions. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1073
Time Attendance
Export data for time attendance would give a blank line instead of the column headings. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1068
User Uploading
Sometimes Genie did not correctly pick up an existing Access Type in a multi panel user upload. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1063
Genesis Communications
Changes have been made to the way the time is synchronized between the PC and the panel. These have been done to address problems encountered on some sites with panels connected through complex networks.
Case No : 1060
Points Centre
The Points Centre would fail to save reader details when the Cache Off time was > 32K. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1059
Computer Name Issues
When computer had a name more than 15 characters in length, Version 2.3.0
and 2.3.1 did not handle this properly, and there were problems with installing
these updates.
15 characters is limit set by Windows for the computer
NetBIOS name.
Genie uses the NetBIOS name to identify the Master computer.
If the name was longer than the 15 characters Genie stored, the names did
not match, and the message 'Waiting for Server' would appear when Genie
was restarted.
Genie now correctly handles computer names longer than
15 characters.
Case No : 1052
Time Attendance
A new report/export has been added which lists user entry and exit on separate lines.
Case No : 1040
System Diagnostics
New checks for Timeblocks and Timegroups have been added to the Diagnostics
Utility.
Count of the number of Timeblocks in a Timegroup which can
highlight Timegroups containing Timeblocks that should not be in the group.
Check for Timegroups containing a 24x7 Timeblock as well as other
Timeblocks, indicating that there is a conflict in the Timegroup definition.
Case No : 1038
Main Menu on Networks
The Master Workstation would incorrectly report a workstation off line after a connection had been restored. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1037
Alarm Screen
Points Centre: If data in both the General details section in the top panel and the Panel details in the bottom panel were updated, only the Panel details were saved. This has been fixed.
Case No : 1034
User Images
The image of the last user at a door will be displayed with other door details if there is an image for the user, in Graphics, Alarm, History and Command Screens.
Case No : 1028
Main Menu
If Main Menu lost its connection to the database, it was showing a error message box. This has been changed. It now reconnects to the database silently.
Case No : 1026
Alarm Screen
Multiple processing of alarms for acknowlegement, reset and remove has
been added. This uses standard methods for selecting multiple items from
a list.
If a command such as Log Comment, which can only process one
element, is selected, it will relate to the first selected alarm in the
list. This will be the alarm whose details are displayed.
Case No : 1020
Panel Communications
Changes have been made to handling timeouts experienced when connected using Ethernet.
Case No : 1016
User Deleting
When deleting users without first cancelling their access, users were not deleted from the panel. This has been fixed.
Case No : 996
Graphics Editor
Snap to did not correctly calculate and save the new values required when moving items. This has been fixed.
Case No : 992
Configure Panel Wizard
Adding Doors, Inputs and Outputs has been modified. The Unit No and Node No of the item must now be given when the item is added.
Case No : 990
User Importing
A simple user import facility provides for adding and deleting users. A CSV file containing the key number and name of the user is read. Users can be added or modified, or deleted by matching their key number with that in the file. When users are deleted, optionally the key can also be deleted from Genie.
Case No : 978
Alarm Sound for Genie Lite
If the Alarm Mode for the Workstation was changed in Genie Lite, Genie had to be restarted for the change to take effect. It now changes when the current operator changes.
Case No : 975
Alarms Screen
When Genie was first installed, only the Alarm Date column was visible.Operators needed to adjust the column widths to see other columns. Column widths are now set correctly.
Case No : 974
Users On Site
A new option has been added to the Users Centre to manually change the On Site/Off Site status for a user. This is to handle the case where a user has failed to swipe and their current location is incorrect.
Case No : 971
Timeblock 24x7 Script Default
Genie will default this script to Script 10 in the panel. This is prior to any uploading taking place. Once the 24x7 Clock 1 is uploaded, this will take the value from the panel.
Case No : 967
Location of Files
With changes to Windows, the recommended location for files has changed.Genie will now install files into the directories recommended. Files are only moved to their new default locations when Genie is upgraded to 2.03 using the Installation setup. Genie will continue to use the old locations if required.
Case No : 966
Genie Setup
New options have been added to the Setup to separate the location of the Genie system files from data files. This is in line with changes to the required location of files for Windows Vista.
Case No : 956
Users Centre
Finding a user by keynumber did not work correctly if the number was not typed in with all leading digits required. Keynumber can now be entered without the leading digits.
Case No : 955
Access Types
If the size of the key number for an access type was changed, the stored value for the keynumber was not changed to reflect the new size. This has been fixed. A new utility, System Diagnostics has been added to the system to check for key number size inconsistencies and correct this where necessary. This needs to be run manually. It is located under Configuration->System Tools.
Case No : 952
Partitioning
A new option has been added to allow partitioning for Graphic Drawings.The Operator Groups Wizard has been modified to allow selection of a list of drawings that may be accessed by operators in the group. The Graphics Editor and Viewer will only display drawings in this list for operators in the group.
Case No : 951
Graphics (Professional)
A new option has been added to allow the bottom right corner of an icon to be adjusted by its co-ordinates in the window showing the point details.Previously only the top, left corner could be specified, with the size of the icon remaining constant.
Case No : 946
Main Menu
Generation of the alarm sounds did not occur correctly for some operator groups when partitioning is enabled. This has been fixed.
Case No : 944
Graphics Menu
A new option has been added to allow the default graphics menu to be set. A system default can be set through the Graphics editor. Defaults can also be set for different operator groups through the operator group wizard. Operator group defaults will be displayed if set, otherwise the system default will be displayed.
Case No : 943
Multi Panel Uploading
A new option to add rules relating to linking data from different panels has been added. Please refer to Installer Manual for further details. Some bugs relating to multi panel handling of data have also been fixed.
Case No : 938
Points Centre
Changing serial number for devices has been enabled.
Case No : 937
Users Centre
Editing of the Keynumber prevents non-digits being entered.
Case No : 928
Graphics
A new tool has been added to 'lock' either the static elements, eg lines, or live elements, eg points, so that items will be ignored if accidently selected when trying to edit closely placed items. If, for example, the background is correct but an icon is not quite in the right place, the background can be locked by locking static elements, and only icons will be selected for editing.
Case No : 823
Licence Upgrade
The Genie Installation Setup has been changed to include an option to upgrade the licence only. The application files will not be changed, and the only changes to the database will relate to licence options. This allows the setup to be used to change a licence even though Service packs have been installed, and will not undo the effects of the service packs.
Case No : 713
Licence Entry
The licence can now be edited if an error is make in entering the characters.Previously, the licence was cleared and all characters would need to be retyped.
Case No : 75
Icons
Additional icons have been added to Genie. These are
GlassBreak
Button showing Black instead of green
Button with Red and Green swapped.
These were previously released as additional icons that could be added to Genie. They are now included.
Case No : 904
Communications
Changes have been made to make the initial reading of events from the panel start consistently more quickly.
Case No : 902
Define Panel Wizard
If there is only one panel, this is now automatically selected instead of asking the operator to select the panel.
Case No : 898
Key Management
If Users are added as well as keys, they will be downloaded when they are saved in the wizard. Previously they were not downloaded until another user was added or changed.
Case No : 896
Point Error Messages
When a point such as a door exists in the panel but cannot be found in Genie, the error message generated has been changed to be more useful.
Case No : 894
Communications
When a panel goes online after being offline, the online status of the units connected to the panel is automatically recalled.
Case No : 893
Floor Access Reports
A new report has been added to the Status reports which shows which floors may be accessed by a user. This report depends on the Floor Access being established by the Installer.
Case No : 881
Global Variables
A new option has been added to Genie to support Global Variables. It is now possible to view and set global variables using panel commands through the Command Centre and other options where these commands are available. Refer to the online manuals for further details In addition to this, there is a new option for Genie that allows Counter points to be created relating to Global Variables. This enables Variables to be given names and referenced through the Points Centre. The last recalled value for the variable is stored as part of the Counter information, and special reports utilities can be run relating to Counters. Counters are available as an additional option with Standard. They are included in Professional.
Case No : 880
Points Centre
A new version of this utility has been provided. This provides a different layout for the data being programmed. It also includes the ability to view point states and command points from within the Points Centre. New commands have been added for panels to recall lists such as Assigned Units.
Refer to the Online Help for further details.
Case No : 879
Time Attendance
User count report now shows count of users as well as presentations.
Case No : 876
Commands To Panel
Commands to the panel to recall lists have been implemented. This allows operators to view lists of online units, assigned inputs and other information available.
These are available as part of the general panel commands from Graphics, History, Command Centre, Alarms and now Points Centre as well.
Case No : 822
Command Centre
New features have been added to the Command Centre. 1. Selection of points can now be limited to a selected panel. 2. A number of new commands relating to lists of points from the panel have been implemented. For example, it is now possible to get a list of unsealed inputs in an area. 3. It is possible to embed the point detail display window in the main display instead of having it 'floating' on the screen. 4. Display colour and font size can be changed.
Please read the chapters in the Help on Point Commands and Command Centre.
Case No : 254
User Validity Date Changes
An option has been added to the User Classes Wizard to update the Expiry Date for users in a User Class. Users updated must have a status of Current or Expired. The option will either update all users in the class, or all users whose expiry date falls within an operator entered date range.
Case No : 871
Unit States on Recall
These were inverted when 'Recall Online Units' was requested for a panel. This has been corrected. If the units were recalled individually, the correct state was given.
Case No : 867
Users, User Types and Timeblocks
A new feature has been added to allow deletion of all listed items.This is subject to reference checks, with referenced records being skipped, for example, user types containing users cannot be deleted.
Case No : 863
Unit Online/Offline States
These were inverted on change of state from the panel. When recalled, the correct state was displayed. The state is correct now for both cases.
Case No : 862
Users Wizard
If the operator entered a key number for the wizard to add, and the number did not contain the correct number of digits, the key was wrongly added with a keynumber that did not match the size for the type. This has been fixed. The could cause confusion in Genie when trying to use the key.If there are keys which are not the correct length, they should be deleted and added again.
Case No : 856
Command Centre and Graphics Viewer
When a unit or panel goes online or offline, the list of points will be refreshed if required for the point type displayed.
Case No : 855
Time Regions
When installing a system for the first time, the time region must be selected. Previously there was a default.
Case No : 853
Doors with Reed Switch Bypassed
The state for a door with its reed switch bypassed now shows as 'Reed Bypass'.Note that this is not automatically updated yet, and needs to be recalled after the setting has been changed in the Points Centre.
Case No : 851
History
Selection of coloured or black and white is now correctly saved on exit. Previously the History window would always start in black and white.
Case No : 845
Time Attendance
A new report/export has been added to export data suitable for using in Roster comparison for TriMicro Payroll systems. There are two reports available.
1. Report by Employee Code.
2. Report by Users Number.
Report by Employee code requires that the Employee code field be entered for each user in the system. This field is then part of the data exported for TriMicro.It is expected that this information will also need to be added to the TriMicro database.
Report by Users Number uses the internal Genie Users Number to identify each user, and removes the need to input employee codes.The Users Number will still need to be added to the TriMicro database to cross reference users. Note that the Genie Users Number IS NOT the same as the Genesis User No in the panel. The Genie Users Number is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Users Centre. It is also listed in the Users General Details Report.
Case No : 844
Alarm Handling
When an alarm is accepted, Genie will check the logging status for the point, and if logging is not enabled, will automatically recall the point state.
Reset Commands: Reset commands for areas and inputs now automatically generate a recall after the reset.
Case No : 842
Users Reports
Two new reports have been added to the Users Centre.
1. Users by Tenant : List
2. Users by Tenant : Count
Case No : 838
Deleting Devices during Upload
When uploading, if a unit is not the same type as currently stored in Genie for the unit no, it will be deleted from Genie, and all points on the old unit will be deleted. Details for the newly programmed unit will then be uploaded.
Case No : 837
Setting Special Processing
When saving User Types and Timeblocks, Genie will ask the operator to confirm saving the data if special processing (script) has not been set.
Case No : 836
Panel Communications
Time checking with the panel has been changed from 5 seconds after the hours to 150 seconds before the hour.
Case No : 835
Time Attendance
A report showing counts of presentations at a reader has been enhanced to give a total at the end of the report.
Case No : 834
User Type Centre
When saving a user type, if no script has been set, a message is displayed to the operator prompting selection of a script.
Case No : 831
Partitioning
Selections of data for Archive and System reports have been extended to include partitioning.
Case No : 827
Mifare Key Numbers
The maximum number permitted for this card type was incorrectly set. This has been rectified.
Case No : 815
Comments Logged from History and Alarms
The length of comment has been extended from 60 to 120 characters.
Case No : 814
Communications
Enhancements have been made to modem handling to allow queueing of calls to panels. The time set for automatic disconnection can now be adjusted by the installer.
Case No : 810
Reports
The asterisk character, '*', can now be used as a 'wild character' when searching for records. This works in the same way that the '%' character works.
Case No : 807
Alarms
Comments logged from the Alarm screen are now saved correctly to History.
Case No : 797
User Importing
It is now possible to import users from a text file. This text file will contain the key number and name of the user. Refer to the manuals for full details of importing users.
Case No : 788
A new option has been added to disable a panel and suppress communications.A panel can be flagged as inactive in the Define Panel wizard. Genie will not attempt to connect to disabled panels.
Case No : 782
Workstation Configuration Wizard
A new version of this wizard is released.
Case No : 767
File Accessing with Windows XP SP2
Multi workstation systems need to copy files between computers. For systems using XP SP2 that does not permit sharing of the Program Files directory, Sharing for the Torrens Building Software directory must be enabled, with permission to change files. The share name expected is 'Torrens Building Software'.
Case No : 733
Users Wizard
Times as well as dates are now shown for Valid To and Valid From.
Case No : 728
Reports
Changes have been made to reduce the time taken to load report related programs, such as Archive Reports.
Case No : 724
Keys Wizard
An enhancement has been made to the Keys Wizard. When Viewing Keys, all keys are now listed. Previously, only keys not issued to users were displayed.
Case No : 717
Manuals
Case No : 711
Device States
If a panel is offline, the device state is now offline as well. If the panel is online, the device state is the state reported to Genie by the panel.
Case No : 603
Enrolling Unknown Keys
A new option has been added to the right click popup menu in the History Screen to allow authorised operators to add unknown cards to Genie for use in the Users Wizard and Users Centre. Keys can only be enrolled using this option if their Access Type already exists in Genie.
Case No : 601
Genie System Details
The About Wizard has been expanded to show more information about the system installed. New details shown include: Number of Installed Panels Number of Installed Doors Number of Installed Inputs Number of Installed Workstations For Genie Lite, the number of active users is also displayed.
Case No : 435
Graphics
PNG format is now supported for drawing underlays.
Case No : 774
Timezones
Times for Fiji have been added to the Time Zone list.
Case No : 771
Genie Communications
Depending on timing, the communications task would intermittently terminate with an access violation. This has been fixed. Changes to the timing of the icon flashing has been made. If a flash on request is received when the icon is currently on, it will now delay for a short time before changing colour. It will also flash during the connection sequence when the connection has been established.
Case No : 769
Define Panel Wizard
Incorrect timing parameter defaults were set for the Genesis Panels. The Panel Definition wizard now sets the default timeouts correctly.
Case No : 767
File Accessing with Windows XP SP2
Case No : 752
Genie Network Messaging
This release changes the way Genie network messages are generated so that they work with Windows XP SP2 default security settings. Previously the security settings had to be changed to enable the network messaging to succeed.
Case No : 722
User Types
Building selection is enabled for operators with no limit to their views.
Case No : 721
Date Issue for users beyond 2015
Additional changes have been added to automatically change dates for users in panels that do not support years 2016 and beyond. This is not required for sites which have installed Genie 2.2.02 or later. It should be installed for those that have not yet upgraded, or those that have upgraded using SP2 or SP3.
Case No : 720
Archive Reports
The default Keynumber for User access reports has been changed from 00000 to blanks. When set to 00000, the report searched for keynumber=00000. When the default is blank, all keys are reported.
Case No : 716
Graphics Editor
The editor was unable to add new live areas and buttons. This has been fixed
Case No : 710
Dates from 2016
The firmware in some Genesis panels does not support dates from 2016 and later. Changes have been made to the user data downloaded from Genie so that if a date is programmed for 2016 or later, and the panel firmware will not support it, the date is changed to 31 December 2015 when the data is downloaded. Genie will still show the 2016 or later date. This applies to the User Expiry Date, User Code Change Date.
Case No : 708
Partitioning Users
Partitioning on the basis of user types as well as buildings as been implemented.
Case No : 700
Users Wizard
When run in a system with partitioning, all users were listed. Now only users in the operator's partition are listed. The wizard would allow operators to assign cards to users that were assigned to other users. This has been corrected. Sometimes the wizard would not allow operators to save changes to a user. It occured when the user had a pin code, but was not required to be user 1-99 in the panel. This has been corrected.
Case No : 695
Alarms
The Point details panel is now cleared when there are no alarms in the list.
Case No : 691
Access Modes
Processing has been enhanced to provide stricter control over assigning a card format to a panel whose firmware does not support it.
Case No : 688
Panel Deletion
Improvements have been made to the routines for deleting panel data.Alarms relating to the panel are now deleted. Card types for a panel are also deleted. The routines for deleting area access groups and door access groups have been improved.
Case No : 682
Keys Status
Under some conditions, keys were not returned to the Spare list when users where deleted. This has been rectified.
Case No : 675
Access Messages
Under some conditions, Genie would not report Access messages relating to keypad events at the RAS. This has been rectified.
Case No : 673
Panel Communications
Support for the Netwatch command and events has been added to Genie.These apply for firmware Release 4 Build 27 and higher, and Release 4.5 Build 59 and higher.
Case No : 671
Timeblocks
Processing of Genie default 24x7 timeblock has been modified to allow installers to change the script.
Case No : 670
Graphics Editor
Saving background files did not check whether a file already existed when the file was saved with a different name, or a new file created. Operators will now be asked to confirm overwrite existing files if the name already exists.
Case No : 669
Graphics
If the icon for a point cannot be found, a small square icon is displayed.Previously no icon would show, and the point would not be visible on the graphic.
Case No : 668
User Validity
If the User Class defined the validity period by setting a date, this would not be properly set in the User Access details. This has been fixed
Case No : 667
Users Centre, User Types Centre and Timeblock Centre
If these applications where minimised, clicking on the icon would not restore them. This has been fixed.
Case No : 666
Door Licensing
Changes have been made to the way in which doors are determined as enabled in Genie or not. All doors connected to a RAS are counted. Doors connected to TDC are only counted if they are referenced by a reader.
Case No : 665
Command Centre
A new version of this tool has been developed. This version has additional features including the option to display points in description or number sequence and enhanced filtering for point selection.
Case No : 664
Time Attendance
A new report has been created to list users who have badged their card during the date and time range given.
Case No : 658
Archive Reports
Incorrect handling of the keynumber when searching for access events resulted in the report failing to find the required events. This has been rectified.
Case No : 651
Users Wizard
The Users wizard did not correctly handle users whose access was not current. This has been fixed.
Case No : 649
User Downloading
If there were multiple cards for a user for the same panel, an error occured when trying to download changed details. This has been rectified.
Case No : 648
Dual Card Access
The messages generated on key presentation when readers are configured for dual card access have been changed to show the user details as well as door details
Case No : 643
Key Management
This wizard has been redeveloped and now includes a function to delete a range of keys. Only keys that are not issued are deleted. If the range of keys given contains issued keys, these are ignored by the delete request.
Case No : 625
Users Centre
The Firstname field has been added to the default sort sequence.
Case No : 622
Points Centre
A new option has been added to the Points Centre to allow display of points within the branches of the tree in numerical order as well as description order.
A new button has been added to the Area window that allows operators to generate a list of inputs in the selected area.
Case No : 621
Key Management Wizard
The first time this wizard was opened after the installation of a new system, it did not display properly. Once closed down and re-opened it behaved properly. The wizard now behaves the first time after installation.
Case No : 619
Reports
When Genie closes down, any report screens would not close automatically. This has been rectified.
Case No : 618
Archive Backup
Archives for V2R2 were not backing up properly. This was caused by a change to the archiving introduced in R2, and has now been fixed.