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
- People list can now be filtered by whether or not they have login access to the system
- Read more about 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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