May 29, 2026, Durham, NC—Ganz®, a leading manufacturer of intelligent security systems, announced the release of CORTROL VMS 1.33. Ganz CORTROL unites actionable intelligence in a central command center by unifying IP-based video surveillance, access control, AI, analytics, IoT smart sensors, license plate recognition, facial recognition, communications, and other IP systems. This major release brings new features, enhancements, new device support, and fixes. Download it now, or try our 60-day demo here.
New Features:
- Added an alarm escalation mechanism based on bookmarks
- Enabled copying of items in the Console application
- Added support for i-PRO Active Guard 3.0
Enhancements:
- Updated control panels with new functionality and tile design
- Added anti-aliasing setting to the Client application
- Improved security of the updater mechanism*
- Added a time offsetoption when creating bookmarks
- Added an Audit event for low system disk space
- Enabled file-by-file replication by default for new installations*
- Extended tree menu search in the Console to include item features
- Security systems: users can now define custom button labels
- Updated Inner Range Integriti integration
- Improved Console UI: replaced New Item buttons with a New + drop-down menu
- Enabled channel pop-up from the keypad (without a dialog) in the Client application
- Client: Added an option to display the server name in every viewport
- Improved archive access audit for the Streaming Server
- Improved precision of VA metadata in the archive playback in Client
- Improved video export using the VP8 codec in terms of speed and disk space usage (updated the engine used for video export)
- Added display of connected server version in the Connections dialog in the Client application
- Client: instant playback is now shown in the popup window that is displayed for “Send event to client” and “Create confirmation bookmark” events
- Stability improvements for RTSP server
- Added possibility to reset bookmark severity colors to default in Console
- Improved importing shared layouts from the database (now they are imported with their associated channels)
- Improved support for i-PRO devices with FW 2.85+ (Randomnum parameter)
- Improved Uniview speaker UNV IPS302030-S integration
New Device Support
- i-PRO WV-U25501-F3L, WV-U25502-V3L, WV-U15501-V3L, WV-U22501-F3L, WV-U11501-V3, WV-U25301-F3L, WV-U25302-V3L, WV-U15301-V3L, WV-U22301-F3L, WV-U21301-V3L, WV-U11301-F3, WV-U11301-V3, WV-U25501-F3L, WV-U25302-V3L models
- Bosch FLEXIDOME IP micro 3000i model
View and download the complete release notes here.
About Ganz
Ganz Security is a global leader in designing, developing, and manufacturing world-class intelligent security solutions. The Ganz brand offers integrated system architecture across multiple market segments, including CORTROL video management software, video analytics, AI, Recorders, cameras, and supporting devices. With millions of network systems and camera installations globally, we continually set the standard for innovation, quality, and value.
