For Vocera Voice Server:

• Improved: A badge user may now initiate an emergency broadcast immediately without requiring the badge to end a call, Genie session, or other badge interaction first (the Permissive Emergency Broadcast). This enhancement is disabled by default; the original emergency broadcast behavior of VS 5.2.3 will not change unless you enable the enhancement.

  The Permissive Emergency Broadcast reduces the time required to initiate an emergency broadcast when the badge is busy in an interaction. When this feature is enabled, an emergency broadcast immediately ends any existing interaction and does not resume it when the emergency broadcast ends. (CRVC-14175)

  Two values in properties.txt now allow a system administrator to control the emergency broadcast behavior:

  • Permissive Emergency Broadcast

    By default, this feature is disabled and must be enabled by setting the value of the PermissiveEmergencyBroadcast property to true, as follows:

    PermissiveEmergencyBroadcast=true

    Setting the value of this property to false or omitting it results in the default behavior.

  • Cancel Emergency Broadcast Touch Code

    By default, clicking the Call button once ends the emergency broadcast. You may optionally specify a value for the CancelEmergencyBroadcastTC property to require a user to press and hold the Call button to end the emergency broadcast, as follows:

    CancelEmergencyBroadcastTC=2

    Omitting the CancelEmergencyBroadcastTC property, setting the value of the property to 1, or setting the value to an invalid entry results in the default behavior.

For Vocera Voice Server:

• Fixed: In some situations, issuing a badge command results in a lengthy pause followed by the Genie saying, "I didn't hear you." This issue affects some Middle Eastern customers that are using Multiple Speech Pack 1.2.2.

  If you are experiencing this issue, please consult your Vocera Support representative.

  Hot Fix 1 resolves this situation. (VCXP-6117)

  Note: This Hot Fix will only change behavior for 5.2.3 deployments that have also deployed Multiple Speech Pack 1.2.2. All other installations are unaffected by this change.