2021.1 Release Notes

Notifiers and Activators

When editing an IP Device, you can define a location using the map tool. See Editing IP Device Details.

Revolution now supports geolocation information that may be stored in the SIP header. You can use the source.Coordinates and source.Location text variables to send this information in your notification.

The SNMP activator now supports SNMPv3 and SNMPv2c, in addition to SNMPv1, when creating Mitel dial monitors and generic trap triggers. See SNMP Trap Messages for instructions on defining the SNMP version.

When entering Geocodes into your CAP activators and notifiers, you can manually enter a NAME|Value pair, where it must have at least one character on either side of the pipe character ( | ).

The Simultaneous SMTP Clients setting now defaults to 10, in a range of 1 to 20. See Email Notifier.

When you choose the Email, SMS, or Dialer contact methods when creating a notification, you will have the option to select a specific gateway you created for the modules. See Choose Contact Methods.

When you analyze responses to notifications (via the Sent Notification Responses Tab) you can view the coordinates of responders and will have access to any loaded floor plans.
Responses to notifications, as seen on the Sent Notification Responses Tab, will now update without a screen refresh.

Revolution is now integrated with Intrado Safety Shield. This integration allows your in-building alarms or other Revolution triggers to report or trigger events in Safety Shield. Alternatively, you can set up Safety Shield to trigger in-building notifications via Revolution. See Revolution and Safety Shield Integration

For Sending Account users with administrator privileges, you can view sent notifications as well as any responses to those notifications from your mobile device. See Mobile App Interface.

Revolution uses a new internal framework for controlling server redundancy. This change does not impact the user interface in any way.

The Directory tab of the Endpoints page contains information about devices that are not Revolution-supported Endpoints. You populate the directory by using the Directory Import options in the Cisco and Mitel settings pages, or by manually adding devices. See Directory Tab. This feature ensures that you can provide location information when an emergency call is dialed from unsupported endpoints, which is a requirement for the Ray Baum's Act and Kari's Law, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States.

The macOS installer for the DNC now supports command line options for customized installation. See DNC Command Line Installation for macOS.

Revolution now saves your search string in four pages: Manage Notifications, Sent Notifications, Contacts, and Users. The string will be saved until you clear the search string or log out of Revolution.
The System Status page now displays License Statistics at the top of the page for easy reference.

You can now replace media files without having to update your notifications. See Replacing a Media File.