Product Updates 2020-08-06

LenelS2 is pleased to announce the release of the following features and improvements for Elements.

The following changes are now available in your Elements System.

  • Custom Card Formats: Along with Elements' standard format templates, creating custom card formats and defining card format priority order are now available.
  • Event Filtering: Filter by a variety of attributes to show only the events you want to see.

Improvements

  • Device Improvements
    • Fixed issues that produced duplicate "connection established" events
    • Added events for detection of invalid PIN entry
    • Devices that do not support secure channel no longer allow the secure channel attribute to be configured
    • More actions can be taken directly from the device list
    • Gateway firmware update available in the related event details
  • UX Improvements
    • Device hierarchy and connection statuses are now easier to read
    • Fixed a defect where photos captured by iOS devices were presented in the wrong orientation
    • iPad "take photo" option has been fixed
    • Time/date inputs now display correctly on iPads
  • Accessibility

    • Improved page title descriptions based on URL routes

  • Security Improvements
    • Customer portal and management portal now implement Subresource Integrity (SRI) to enable browsers to verify that resources they fetch are delivered without unexpected manipulation
  • General Improvements
    • Improved the efficiency and speed of generating large audit reports

Product Updates 2020-06-09

New Features

  • PIN Support: Configure readers to use a keypad and easily assign and email PINs to people

    PIN usage for Existing Customer Accounts

    Gateways must be updated to use the latest available firmware.

    Existing customer accounts must set a PIN length (found in the Configuration area of the main menu) for this feature to work correctly.

Improvements

  • Device Improvements

    • Controllers now reliably reload when there are larger cardholder populations in the system

    • Controller sync status now reliably creates a corresponding event in the activity feed
    • Unknown Device events now display associated event data

  • Mobile Credential Improvements

    • Provisioned reader names now appear in the BlueDiamond toolkit application

    • Improved BlueDiamond installation documentation is now available

  • Accessibility

    • Web pages now have appropriate page titling based on URL navigation, complying with WCAG 2.0 Guideline 2.4.2

    • Elements now offers an option to use the OpenDyslexic typeface
  • General Improvements

    • Fixed a defect where badge offsets could not be edited

    • Better mobile scroll support on dashboard page
    • Inactivity timeouts no longer cause infinite loop refreshes
    • People assignment to spaces is now more clearly represented in the UI

Product Updates 2020-04-30

LenelS2 is pleased to announce the release of the following features and improvements for Elements.

The following changes are now available in your Elements System.

New Features

  • OSDP Secure Channel: Elements reader configuration now supports OSDP secure channel
  • Video Content Library: The management portal support documentation now contains short videos outlining common tasks in Elements

Improvements

  • UX Improvements

    • Fixed an issue where role was not displayed in main list

    • The people list now supports dynamic height and width, as well as horizontal scrolling

    • Added an informational prompt when updating controller firmware

  • Gateway Improvements

    • Improved the tracking for lost/restored events

  • Accessibility

    • Improved tooltips in both the management and customer portals

  • General

    • Fixed an issue where switching between customers broke device editing

Product Updates 2020-04-03

LenelS2 is pleased to announce the release of the following features and improvements for Elements.

The following changes are now available in your Elements System:

Elements Web Addresses Have Changed

The management portal for resellers now resides at https://manage.elementssecure.com

The customer portal for end users now resides at https://portal.elementssecure.com

Previous Elements sites will redirect to these new URLs.

New Features

  • Search by Badge ID
    • The search input now accepts badge ID numbers
  • Gateway Offline Status
    • Elements now reports online and offline events for gateways

Improvements

  • UI & Accessibility Improvements
    • Improved WCAG compliance for lists and tables
    • Ad blockers no longer block dashboard information
  • Device Management Improvements
    • Fixed an issue where reload commands were not sent correctly
    • Fixed an issue that caused 500 errors when navigating to the Devices page
  • General Improvements
    • Fixed an issue where signing out caused a 404 error

Product Updates 2020-03-18

LenelS2 is pleased to announce the release of the following features and improvements for Elements.

The following changes are now available in your Elements System:

New Features

  • People Search
    • Find people more easily using a search in the people list as well as when assigning people to spaces
  • OSDP Support
    • Readers can now be configured to use OSDP
  • TLS Encryption to Controllers
    • Controllers can be configured to use TLS encryption, which secures communication from the gateway to the controller
  • BlueDiamond Installer Credentials
    • Technicians can now manage BlueDiamond Toolkit credentials directly from the reseller portal
    • For controllers configured prior to March 6, 2020, a controller reload is required to use the BlueDiamond Mobile credential card format
  • Easy Gateway Replacement
    • Easily swap or deallocate a gateway using actions found in the gateway actions menu

Improvements

  • UI Improvements
    • Days of the week are now translated correctly
    • Fixed issues where dates did not respect language locale
    • Fixed an issue where users were getting redirected to the login screen
  • Device Management Improvements
    • Downstream devices can now be reliably configured while a gateway is initializing
  • Cyber Security
    • Routine library updates ensuring known vulnerabilities are patched

Product Updates 2020-02-25

LenelS2 is pleased to announce the release of the following features and improvements for Elements.

The following changes are now available in your Elements System:

New Features

  • Filtering People
  • Crossing Midnight Support
    • Schedules are now able to span across midnight, making it easy to schedule reader modes across 2 days
    • A new interactive graphic better explains holiday behavior
    • Read more about configuring schedules
  • Gateway Replacement
    • In cases where a gateway needs to be swapped for another one, the system retains essential information so nothing is lost in the transition
    • A gateway can now be "deallocated" so it is available for use in other systems (ideal for testing or moving around gateway devices)
    • Read more about gateway replacement

Improvements

  • Privacy Policy
    • The privacy policy for Elements was updated
    • When logging into the portal, users are prompted to accept the latest terms
  • User Experience
    • Reader address now prompts the number keyboard on mobile devices
    • Fixed minor cross-browser inconsistencies
    • Resolved interface issues around people/space assignments, and schedules applied to the reader mode configuration
    • Improved dashboard device counts for new or empty systems
    • Improved event export to only allow dates that are within the retention period
  • Gateway
    • "Gateway Sync" better handles download failures and simultaneous sync requests
    • Improved diagnostic logs to include gateway networking data for troubleshooting
  • Security
    • Libraries and frameworks were updated to the latest security patches to fix vulnerabilities
  • Accessibility
    • Improved keyboard support for navigating pages including tabbing between elements, using dropdowns and menus, and interacting with forms
    • Improved screen reader support for input fields and notifications
    • Consistent form behavior for adding and editing people, devices, card formats, and more
    • Standardized keyboard and dropdown behaviors with keyboard
  • Defects
    • Login service was unavailable
    • Reader dropdown was cut off by other elements on the screen
    • Door issues weren't reported reliably on the Devices page for "Door Forced" and other door status events
    • 500 errors when a VAR user switched between customer accounts when managing devices

Product Updates 2020-01-09

LenelS2 is pleased to announce the release of the following features and improvements for Elements.

The following changes are now available in your Elements System:

New Features

  • Activity Feed Export: Event activity from Elements can now be exported as a CSV file

Improvements

  • Device Management Improvements
    • Configuration changes during a controller reload action are more reliably executed when reload completes
    • Event activity referencing a deleted device can now be viewed without a 500 error
  • Activity Feed Improvements
    • Fixed a defect where events were displayed in reverse order
    • People and device details are now consistently displayed as read-only when viewing from activity feed
  • Schedules Improvements
    • Holidays can now be created for the current day and take effect immediately
    • Added additional help content explaining how holidays are used by schedules
  • People Management Improvements
    • Fixed an issue where existing photos fail to display correctly
  • General UX Improvements
    • Email addresses are now pre-populated when issuing a mobile credential to a person
    • When viewing device details, current version and upgrade version are now displayed more clearly
  • Accessibility Improvements
    • Fixed an issue where badge validation didn't execute reliably when using keyboard for navigation




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