Touchpad Firmware Release Notes

Released for over the air update 12/11/2023. This release requires a local network connection to download.

Increased font size for PIN entry
Improved AC Fail shutdown procedure for the Touchpad Pro. Shutdown will happen automatically at 3.65V or when the battery gets below 20%. Removed automatic shutdown after 30 minutes of AC failure on Touchpads over 3 years old (see v.0.3.19.0 release notes).
If the Touchpad is not enrolled, the Touchpad will prompt the user to shutdown at 45% battery and shutdown automatically 5 minutes after that message appears.
Added low power mode for all Touchpads. During AC Fail events Touchpads will decrease volume & screen brightness levels. Touchpads volume and brightness levels will return when power is restored.
Lowered screen brightness during power up.
Resolved issues related to video including, missing clip thumbnails, halted notifications, and failure to pull live view.
Improved handling of Touchpad branding. In some cases when multiple Touchpads are enrolled only the first Touchpad would get branding until the next check in.
Various other bug fixes and enhancements.

Released for over the air update 06/21/2023.

Resolved issue that would prevent a zone’s state changes showing in Favorites list.
Improved handling of zone bypass from Favorites menu.
Resolved issue that causes the Clean Screen feature to stick.
Resolved issue that did not show credentials on the Alula Cloud screen.
Adjusted low battery and shutdown thresholds. Touchpad Pros and Touchpads will go into low battery trouble at 45% and shutdown at 30%. Touchpads older than 3 years will shutdown after 30 minutes of AC Fail trouble. These changes were made to prevent a lockup state that made the device hard to recover from. For troubleshooting this issue see here.
Improved packet sequence number handling to enhance communication.
Resolved issue that was only displaying the attention banner for zone troubles. Attention will now show for any peripheral trouble.
Resolved issue that would cause pop up menus to be stuck if they Touchpad would Sleep when the menu was up.
Improved screens handling primary and secondary network details.
Resolved issue that caused button beeps when the volume changes were made remotely with AlulaConnect.
Various other bug fixes and enhancements

Released for over the air update 05/01/2023.

Added all Peripheral devices to the Security tab.
Added ability to hide all controls in camera Live View to improve viewing window.
Added support for panel status volume and wireless siren volume.
Various bug fixes and enhancements.

Released for over the air update 11/15//2022.

Released for over the air update 09/15//2022.

Enables two-way audio from JSW cameras to the Touchpad. Hardware vs0309 and later.
Added configuration for motion detection areas on CAM-OD-HS2-AI.
Added object detection configuration for CAM-OD-HS2-AI.
Added support for motion detection regions on JSW cameras.
Added support for JSW 360 Home Location configuration.
Added ability to enter secondary network. This allows Touchpad to get updates directly from local network when Connect+ or BAT-Connect is on cell. This was previously only available when updates were available. Auto-updates will occur automatically when secondary network is available.
Various big fixes and system enhancements.

Released for over the air update 06/27/2022 for Touchpads with internet access.

Ability to switch to local network connection once available. Previously require a reset to switch.
Provide prompt to connect to local network when downloading through BAT-Connect or Connect+ and when downloading over cellular connection.
Added progress bar for OTA downloads.
Resolves issue where new camera line would not appear in the Camera list if other camera models were also enrolled.

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