GenWatch-TRBO Update Notes

GenWatch-TRBO Release Notes

This update applies to GenWatch-TRBO® for Motorola MOTOTRBO® systems only. Use of this update on any system other than GenWatch-TRBO for MOTOTRBO will result in unrecoverable loss of data. Installation of this update will require an updated license file from Genesis Customer Support.

GenWatch-TRBO 4.26.1

New GenWatch Web!

We are excited to introduce GenWatch Web, the newly redesigned web experience for our platform, formerly known as iVISTA. This update delivers a more modern, intuitive interface along with improved performance and usability across the board.

Site Wide Enhancements

  • Use the site-wide quick search to instantly access the latest information for a subscriber, talkgroup, or site, with enhanced support for MOTOTRBO system types
  • Dark mode/light mode theme options
  • Agency options allow grouping subscribers to allow focusing content for users. These can be used for filtering options in Activity and Report pages
  • All grids have a page search included to quickly filter and locate relevant data
  • Sort, filter, and, where applicable, hide columns within any grid to customize your view

Activity Redesign

  • Added Resource filters to allow more granular filtering on the different data connections

Channel Redesign

  • Customize channel display with more granular options, including font size, layout elements, and visible data fields

Dashboard Redesign

  • Access a wide range of new widgets (29 total) to tailor your dashboard experience, including:
    • A customizable Site Status widget for improved monitoring views
    • A new KPI widget with drill-down capabilities from system-level views into zones and individual sites
  • Arrange your dashboard using drag-and-drop, resizable widgets
  • Set a default dashboard view for all users (administrator)
  • Create dashboard templates and mark them as public for shared access and collaboration (administrators and users)

Map Redesign

  • Access layer menus through a streamlined toolbar
  • Easily show or hide layer types for more focused views
  • Weather layers are now available as default options
  • Introduced an Active Diagnostics widget for a more detailed view of current system activity

New Browser Delivered Reports

All existing reports have been migrated into GenWatch Web, powered by a new, more flexible reporting engine:
  • Access newly available reports, including:
    • Site KPI Detail – Overview of KPI metrics, segmented into five-minute intervals
    • SNMP All Events – Detailed list of all SNMP event messages received from the system
  • Save report configurations by creating reusable templates
  • Export reports in Excel or CSV format
  • Leverage advanced capabilities such as pivoting and charting
  • Distribute reports via email or SFTP/FTP
  • View large datasets with row counts exceeding typical Excel limits
  • Schedule reports to run automatically based on your preferred cadence
  • Allow administrators to assign report queue priority and schedule reports for users, making results readily available

New SAM Page

The SAM module has been redesigned in GenWatch Web to provide a more modern and streamlined view of suspect subscribers:
  • Filter views by hotlist-specific or general suspect lists
  • Drill down into a specific suspect ID to review subscriber history

New Stream Page

The Stream page delivers real-time visibility into system activity and anomalies, with enhanced monitoring and filtering capabilities:
  • View recent system anomalies in a centralized feed
  • Drill down into specific anomaly types to access detailed event information
  • Subscribe to relevant events for more focused tracking
  • Display GenWatch triggers alongside events in a unified view

Site Drilldown Redesign

  • Arrange your drilldown page using drag-and-drop, resizable widgets
  • A new Peers Widget displays all peers on a given site and their current alarm status

New System Map Page

The System Map module has been redesigned in GenWatch Web to support modern system types and provide enhanced visibility into repeater activity and alarms:
  • Added support for MOTOTRBO Capacity Max system types
  • Monitor new repeater alarms, including:
    • FCC Channel Interference
    • Mass Random Access
  • Focus the peer list to display only repeaters with active alarms
  • Drill down into a repeater’s active alarms for detailed insights
  • Launch the System Diagnostic report directly from active alarm details

MSI Compatibility

  • TRBO: 2025.3

GenWatch-TRBO 2.23.5

New Features

  • Dynamic Site Markers provide a real-time visualization of site statistics
  • User session timeout can be configured per user instead of server-wide
  • User sessions no longer expire at different times based on which pages are loaded
  • User session timeout can be disabled for any user except the initial administrator account

Improvements and Fixes

  • Throttle batch commands for TRBO to ensure each command is processed
  • SQL Express redistributable version updated to 2022

GenWatch-TRBO 2.17.5

New Features

  • A new report is available: Activities by Site Over Time

Improvements and Fixes

  • Emergency call information has been added to the following reports:
    • Activities by Talkgroup Over Time
    • Activities by Talkgroup by Site Over Time

GenWatch-TRBO 2.17.4

New Features

  • Aeris weather layers are available in iVista
  • GenWatch-TRBO can process presence information from the following system types:
    • CapMax via CMSS connection
    • CapacityPlus via DDMS connection

Improvements and Fixes

  • GenWatch-TRBO supports Unicode characters for radio, talkgroup, site, and channel aliases
  • Data revert repeaters that are repurposed as voice repeaters are properly identified as voice repeaters

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