IRIS 5.x Release Notes

5.43.0 (16 May 2023)

• Check free-form DMS text with msg_user permissions
• Removed dms_composer_edit_mode system attribute
• Removed dict_allowed_scheme system attribute
• Removed dict_banned_scheme system attribute
• Removed unused database columns and views
• Improved documentation

5.42.0 (7 Mar 2023)

• Replaced sign_message owner with msg_owner
• Removed sign_message source (now in msg_owner)
• NTCIP: store msg_owner in dmsMessageOwner object
• Renamed msg priorities to low_1, low_2 ..., medium_*, high_*`
• Removed tag reader properties which are now in settings
• Fixed problems in CAP alert processing

5.41.0 (28 Feb 2023)

• Add support for 6C coalition tolling tags
• Add tag reader settings JSON column
• Query additional tag reader settings
• Fixed invalid #tag for active CAP alerts
• Improved DMS action scheduling
• Fixed obscure NTCIP parsing errors

5.40.0 (14 Feb 2023)

• Renamed beacon_enabled to flash_beacon (DB)
• Add flash_beacon to MsgPattern (remove from DmsAction)
• Improved UI for editing MsgLine records
• Clear message composer duration when selecting a new sign

5.39.0 (8 Feb 2023)

• Replaced DMS sign groups with #hashtags. WARNING: the migrate-5.39.sql script requires agency-specific tweaks!
• Replaced SignText with MsgLine, now tied to MsgPatterns
• Improved MsgPattern UI (select by sign config)
• Improved sign pixel preview rendering
• Abbreviate/filter out msg lines which don’t fit on sign
• For patterns with no msg lines, find substitue pattern for line select
• Fixed problem with incident auto deploy on “split” signs
• Fixed NTCIP table corruption for ESS objects

5.38.0 (6 Feb 2023)

• Always enable “Query Msg” in DMS popup menu
• Improved handling of NTCIP DMS temperature objects
• Added VSL device purpose for DMS
• Fixed problems related to msg pattern changes

5.37.0 (11 Jan 2023)

• Redesigned DMS message composer, replacing quick messages with message patterns and removing many redundant features
• Simplify message combining, using MULTI only
• Implement and document default MULTI values
• Fixed weather alert sign group check
• Improved DMS status JSON
• Added graphic size constraints to database
• Improved DMS action tag filtering
• Added Nebraska beacon protocol
• Added enhancements for video window layout
• Added item style for undeployed action plans

5.36.0 (30 Nov 2022)

• Added DMS status and stuck_pixels JSON columns to DB
• Reworked comm priority levels for all protocols
• Fixed Wavetronix clock sync (PriorityLevel.IDLE)
• Store modules in controller setup as hw / sw arrays
• Use software module version for ESS (not sysDescr)
• Query/store modules for NTCIP DMS devices
• Fixed beacon style ordering
• Dropped SONAR sample/settings attributes from weather_sensor
• Renamed system_attribute endpoint to system_attribute_pub

5.35.0 (18 Nov 2022)

• Support monitoring externally controlled beacons
• Added sonar.protocols property to control TLS protocol versions
• Improved REST API documentation
• Extend “Send Settings” button to also send device settings
• Store NTCIP module table in controller setup
• Improved support for development with Eclipse

5.34.0 (7 Sep 2022)

• Added beacon “state” attribute/LUT (replaces “flashing”)
• Fixed beacon verify problem
• Handle Control-By-Web quirks
• Improved web UI search/filtering
• Read device serial numbers in more protocols

5.33.0 (26 Aug 2022)

• Continue web UI development (beacon control)
• Expanded ntcip RWIS support (temp, radiation, surface, sub-surface, etc.)
• Fixed DMS graphic transparency problems
• Added support for more Control-By-Web models
• Improved compatibility with Americal Signal and Wanco ntcip signs
• Fixed natch vehicle event logging
• Replaced controller table “version” with “setup” (JSONB)
• Added optional “model” and “serial_num” to “setup” JSON
• Fixed a few obscure bugs and exceptions

5.32.0 (11 Apr 2022)

• Added all controller IO cards to web UI
• Added “Config” toggle button to web UI
• Added weather_sensor_event_purge_days system attribute

5.31.0 (4 Apr 2022)

• Added support for NDOR gate arm protocol
• Added [standby] DMS action
• Added resources to web UI (cameras, video monitors, detectors, tag readers)
• Changed RWIS status to use imperial units
• Fixed a couple of natch protocol bugs

5.30.0 (24 Mar 2022)

• Added controller IO pin links to web UI
• Added beacons/weather sensors/lane markings to web UI
• Improved GET requests for REST API
• Natch: reest watchdog in “send settings”
• Fixed problems with WYSIWYG editor
• Fixed problems with subnet checking

5.29.0 (16 Mar 2022)

• Fixed comm link connection regressions
• Expanded web-based administration UI
• Expanded REST API from honeybee / graft
• Added simpler permission model for web UI
• Improved caching for REST API

5.28.0 (8 Feb 2022)

• Added web-based administration UI (alpha)
• ClearGuide: support limiting travel time by speed limit
• Fixed SSL handshake stall race on client login
• Dropped cabinet table, moving columns to controller
  • controller_view: cabinet -> cabinet_style
  • controller_loc_view: cabinet -> cabinet_style
  • controller_report: type -> cabinet_style
• Added connected to comm_link table
• Removed CommLink status property (use connected instead)
• Renamed Modem timeout -> timeout_ms

5.27.0 (6 Jan 2022)

• Added message duration to sign event table
• Fixed occ check in “exit” DMS action tag
• Fixed alert UI issues
• Show supported MULTI tags in sign_detail_view (not bit flags)
• Improved DMS font scripts
• honeybee: Add roadway and road_dir to camera_pub JSON

5.26.0 (7 Dec 2021)

• Added exit backup DMS action tag
• Fixed wrongly creating SignText when deploying DMS messages
• Replaced _device_io table with controller_io
• Fixed minor bug in binning vehicle events
• Fixed rare wrong font selection when deploying DMS messages

5.25.0 (19 Nov 2021)

• Gate arms: skip “Warn Close” state when no action plan exists
• Gate arms: Add arm_state and fault to DB gate arm table
• Gate arms: Add opposing, arm_state and interlock to DB gate arm array
• Gate arms: Add fault to DB gate arm event table
• Gate arms: Drop configurable open/closed phases from gate arm array table
• Gate arms: Simplified gate arm states and interlocks (removed TIMEOUT state)
• Moved beacon_activation_flag and pixel_service_flag to sign_detail

5.24.0 (11 Oct 2021)

• Added DMS message combining feature
• Added “Send Settings” button to controller form
• Added DETECTOR_OCC_SPIKE_SECS system attribute
• Added some pin configuration fields to cabinet style table
• Fixed rendering of default MULTI tags, like [cf], [jl], [jp], [fo]
• Fixed issues with natch protocol
• Fixed time zone bug for event stamps

5.23.0 (11 Aug 2021)

• Added natch protocol for ATC devices
• Store user messages in DB for DMS
• Many enhancements to Mayfly server
• Log DMS pixel and message errors in DB
• Add millisecond precision for event logging
• Fixed DMS blanking problem
• Fixed GStreamer installation bug

5.22.0 (30 Apr 2021)

• Added vehicle length to vlog file format
• Added vehicle logging mode for Wavetronix HD protocol
• Added vehicle logging mode for RTMS G4 protocol
• Add settings to sign config to exclude fonts and pixel module sizes
• Add site_id and alt_id to weather sensors
• Improved NTCIP compatibility for some vendors
• Fixed JKS keystore loading problem in newer Java versions
• Fixed minor alert bugs
• Write corridor and detector JSON files in honeybee
• Started mayfly project for serving traffic data
• Started graft project for serving web client

5.21.0 (26 Feb 2021)

• Reworked alert configuration (IPAWS)
• Added [ta] DMS action tag (scheduled time actions)
• Improved sign config names
• Added sign group form to make it easier to manage members

5.20.0 (12 Feb 2021)

• Reworked alert processing and user interface (IPAWS)
• Added ClearGuide protocol driver (contributed by Iteris)
• Fixes and cleanups to client video handling (contributed by SRF)

5.19.0 (8 Jan 2021)

• Fixed various IPAWS bugs

5.18.0 (10 Dec 2020)

• Added IPAWS support for DMS blizzard messages (contributed by SRF)
• Map segments created by honeybee after any r_node changes
• Start of web-based UI (bulb), using Leaflet JS library
• Replaced Apache dependency with NGINX, needed for proxying earthwyrm tiles

Upgrade checklist:

• Shut off and disable apache server (httpd)
• Remove /usr/share/java/iris-server symlink
• Remove /var/www/html/iris-client symlink
• For nginx, run: semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 3030
• For nginx, run: setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect true

5.17.0 (2 Oct 2020)

• Fixes for no-response disconnect feature
• Added failed column to dms_message_view
• Added scale column to road_class table
• Added NOTIFY triggers for road and road_class

5.16.0 (3 Sep 2020)

• Added no-response disconnect feature to comm links
• Added comm_config table for shared configurations between comm links
• Replaced hard-coded 5-minute value with long_poll_period_sec column in comm_config
• Replaced COMM_IDLE_DISCONNECT_ system attributes with idle_disconnect_sec column in comm_config table
• Replaced DMSXML_*_OP_TIMEOUT_SECS system attributes with no_response_disconnect_sec column in comm_config table
• Replaced GSTREAMER_VERSION_WINDOWS system attribute with gstreamer_version in project.properties. Also added jna_version and gst_java_version
• Changed GStreamer auto-download to request zip files from WebStart host instead of sonar host
• Reduce expiration latency for scheduled DMS messages
• Fixed msg_feed bug preventing messages from expiring normally

5.15.0 (6 Aug 2020)

• Added GStreamer client video enhancements (thanks to SRF)
• Added station_id to travel_time_event_view
• Tweaked auto-fail OCC SPIKE thresholds
• Fixed corridor calculation bugs

5.14.0 (18 Jun 2020)

• Auto-fail: add OCC SPIKE check and event type
• Auto-fail: don’t fail abandoned detectors
• TPIMS: renamed exitId to exitID
• Send email to GATE_ARM_ALERT address when system is disabled
• Improved corridor mile point calculations
• Fixed test build errors

5.13.0 (14 May 2020)

• Added WYSIWYG editor for DMS messages (thanks to John Stanley and Gordon Parikh at SRF!)
• Increased minimum required Java version to 1.8
• Added sign_group_text_view SQL
• For inc_feed protocol, add optional “direction” field
• Append camera name when notifying “publish” field changes in PostgreSQL

5.12.0 (23 Mar 2020)

• Added Camera “streamable” flag
• Fixed camera encoding quality logic bugs
• Added streambed protocol
• Renamed “Dictionary” to “Word” in UI and documentation
• Fixed bug where “prefix page” messages would lose incident association
• Fixed LCS found on branched corridors for incident deployment

5.11.0 (22 Jan 2020)

• Added flow streams to manage streambed video streams
• Don’t base camera active / failed status on PTZ controller
• Incident deployment:
  1. Use landmark for [locxn] tag if cross street is blank
  2. Don’t pick r_node if cross street and landmark are both blank
  3. Added sample configuration to template DB
  4. Removed [locxa] locator tag
• Filter out quick messages containing DMS action tags from Quick Msg combo box
• Reserved streambed comm protocol
• Improved camera / video monitor documentation
• Cleaned up database trigger functions

5.10.0 (2 Dec 2019)

• Use “allowed words” list for abbreviating DMS messages from incidents
• Removed abbrev columns from incident deployment tables
• Added camera actions to schedule the recall of camera presets
• Reduced distances for LCS ranges when deploying incidents

5.9.0 (25 Nov 2019)

• Added encoder_stream table associated with encoder_type, to allow multiple streams per camera
• Don’t clear confirmed incidents when cleared through incident feed
• Added “external” DMS item style
• Fixed transparent DMS markers when message sent by other system
• When checking DMS message CRC, try with and without graphic IDs
• Moved “hidden” field from sign_group to dms
• Improved MULTI normalization for sign_text, inc_descriptor, etc.
• Fixed incident deploy ahead range
• Increased incident deploy near range to 3 exits
• Increased maximum width of graphics to 240 pixels
• Added camera NOTIFY with publish payload
• Fixed problems in database script

5.8.0 (4 Nov 2019)

• Fixed bug adding $0.25 to all tolling prices
• Fixed bug ignoring failed detectors for tolling / travel times
• Include landmark in all geo_loc location descriptions
• Removed r_node abandoned column/field
• Removed alt_dir column from road table
• Removed redundant cached vehicle count values from detector
• Removed unused IN / OUT directions
• honeybee v0.7.0: refactored code, added segments module

5.7.0 (16 Oct 2019)

• Synchronize clock immediately after collecting a sample with wrong time (Wavetronix + HD + G4)
• Don’t record samples with invalid time stamps (Wavetronix + HD + G4)
• For Houston Radar, set time averaging to match poll period of comm link
• Canoga: store binned samples in addition to vehicle event log
• Removed redundant cached occupancy and speed values from detector
• Incident deployment:
  1. For tolling signs, limit suggestions to 1 mile from incident
  2. Don’t include exits from CD roads in exit count for range
  3. For new DMS operator messages, keep link if line 1 does not change
  4. Make all lane impact priorities higher than shoulder priorities
  5. Fixed 2-page suggestion bug
  6. Don’t suggest DMS if gap between r_nodes is greater than 10 miles
  7. Use linked incident color for DMS pixel panel background

5.6.0 (10 Oct 2019)

• Add detector column to price_message_event table
• Apply minimum toll zone price separately for each zone
• Fixed toll zones using stale density data when occupancy is missing
• Separated file mirroring out of honeybee into “mere” project
• More documentation cleanups and additions

5.5.0 (2 Oct 2019)

• Converted documentation (administrator guide) to Jekyll markdown
• Added missing documentation
• Removed width/height from lane_use_multi table/class
• Simplified corridor names - don’t use alt dir
• Fixed JSON formatting of temperature values
• Cleaned up ntcip rwis JSON sample data
• Fixed an NPE in network domain checking on login (for real this time)

5.4.0 (24 Sep 2019)

• Added JSONB settings column to weather_sensor table
• Added JSON output for NTCIP RWIS operations
• Fixed an NPE in network domain checking on login
• Removed SSI protocol driver
• Improved documentation

5.3.0 (17 Sep 2019)

• Incident deployment:
  1. Don’t suggest DMS too far from an r_node
  2. Don’t suggest messages for DMS in opposite direction
  3. Don’t search upstream past COMMON transition r_node
  4. Treat INTERSECTION r_nodes as exits for range
  5. Allow creating 2-page messages for 2-line signs
  6. Changed ahead threshold to avoid “1 MILES” problem
  7. Added allow_retain flag to road_affix table
  8. Fixed some DMS deployment bugs
• Added JSONB sample column to weather_sensor table
• Fixed SONAR attribute notifications for weather sensors
• Draw marker on r_node list cells in corridor list
• Added blocked_lanes and blocked_shoulders to incident_view
• Improved documentation

5.2.0 (10 Sep 2019)

• Add markers for dedicated purpose DMS (tolling, parking, wayfinding)
• Fixed some incident DMS deployment bugs
• Added incident_clear_advice_multi and incident_clear_advice_abbrev system attributes
• Removed cleared from inc_advice table
• Changed all_lanes_blocked incident impact to lanes_blocked. Also, all_lanes_affected to lanes_affected
• Increased middle and far incident deployment ranges to 5 and 9 exits, respectively
• Restricted ahead range to less than about 1 mile
• Incident deployment: use dedicated tolling signs when left lane is impacted and sign is on same corridor as incident
• Added lane use dedicated device purpose
• Log FAIL DOMAIN events in client event table
• Sort comm protocols by description in comm link UI combo box

5.1.0 (4 Sep 2019)

• Add device purpose for DMS (wayfinding, safety, etc.)
• Send PTZ stop command to all cameras on startup
• Reduced ramp meter grow/shrink actions to 50 veh/hour increments
• Show incident deploy form when incident updates are logged
• Fixed bugs in new incident deployment features
• Removed incident descriptor cleared field
• Removed lanes_blocked and lanes_affected incident impacts
• Increased middle and far range (number of exits) for incident deployment
• Use PSA message priority for cleared incidents
• Rearranged incident advice columns
• Log user for unexpected blank DMS (NTCIP)

5.0.0 (28 Aug 2019)

• Switched from Mercurial to Git and moved to github.com
• “Vendored” scheduler and sonar dependencies
• Fixed NPE in GeoLocHelper.getParkingRoot
• Only allow detector samples with reasonable time stamps
• Fixed auto-fail locked-on clearing bug
• Reset auto-fail when detector configuration changes
• Fixed off-by-one error in BitmapGraphic/PixmapGraphic
• Updated honeybee dependencies
• Improved compatibility with SierraGX 450 modem

IRIS 4.x Release Notes