Nx Witness Release Notes

Nx Witness v5.1.3.38363 (PUBLISHED 11 Mar 2024)

Nx Witness v5.1.3.38363

(PUBLISHED 11 Mar 2024)


 


  • BREAKING CHANGES AND KNOWN ISSUES:
    • Mobile Clients 22.4 and prior are incompatible with VMS 5.1.x.
    • Support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 will be discontinued soon. Minimum Microsoft OS version for Gen6 will be Windows 10 / Server 2016.

 

  • IMPROVEMENTS:
    • The Desktop Client stability improved for laptops with Mac M2 processors.
    • If Cloud is unstable, currently connected Cloud users would be disconnected from their systems after 10 minutes. Now the timeout is increased to 6 hours.
    • Cloud Merge is much more stable in the environments with a poor connection between Servers.
    • Server stability improved (crashes / memory leaks fixed).

 

  • ANALYTICS IMPROVEMENTS/FIXES:
    • The Desktop Client on Microsoft Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 incorrectly displayed analytic objects captured by a camera. Fixed.

 

  • NEW DEVICE SUPPORT/IMPROVEMENTS/FIXES:
    • High-res and Low-res streams were mixed up on the Dahua DHI-VTO2202F-P camera and the Dahua DHI-VTO2101E-P-S2 intercom. Fixed.
    • Alarm input events are now supported for TRUVISION TVTH-S01-0001 series
    • Alarm input events are now supported for Hikvision DS-2CD2326G2, Hikvision DS-2CD2347G2H
    • Axis P1468 and M3216 were duplicated during auto-discovery. Fixed.
    • Encoders added to the analog list:
      • DW ENC4K16
      • Dahua N54B5N added to resource data to enable encoder license usage. Fixed.
      • Hikvision DS-7604NXI-K1 NVR added as an encoder. Fixed.
    • Advanced PTZ:
      • Saved positions and tours did not work for Bosch Autodome 5000 camera. Fixed.
      • i-PRO WV-S61301-Z2, WV-U65301-Z1 WV-B61301-Z1, WV-B61300-ZY, WV-B65301-Z1, WV-S61300-ZY.
      • EUKLIS KLIS D36X-IP-UDV-IR500-V
    • Multisensor cameras:
      • Truvision TVTH-S01-0002-BUL-G
      • Dahua DHI-TPC-DF1241x, DHI-TPC-BF5441x, DH-TPC-BF2120
      • Axis f44x, f9114, P4707x, P4705x

 

  • HANWHA DEVICES SUPPORT/IMPROVEMENTS/FIXES:
    • The Server reported false positive network issues with the Hanwha Multi-sensor cameras. Fixed.
    • The option to disable audio has been added on Hanwha intercom's settings.
    • Add support for Hanwha SPC-2001 joystick.
    • Optimized CPU usage when performing analytics on Hanwha Edge devices.

 

  • BUG FIXES:
    • PTZ tour could stop when a user opened another camera on the Desktop Client. Fixed.
    • If the Motion tab (on the right panel) had been activated by a Hotkey in the Desktop Client, it was displayed by default after restart (instead of the Notifications tab). Fixed.
    • Video playback speed would slow and then increase when switching between layouts. Fixed.
    • The SOAP header was missing for some Server requests. Fixed.
    • After upgrading to 5.1.0, the Bookmark Log search did not display bookmarks created in version 5.0. Fixed.
    • The layout background image did not show up in the Video Wall mode. Fixed.
    • LDAP user failed to authenticate when opening a new window from the Desktop Client. Fixed.
    • The recorded footage was updated with the significant delay while the cursor was dragged over the timeline. Fixed.
    • The microphone icon was disabled in the Desktop Client when using redirected two-way audio. Fixed.
    • The "Camera does not support PTZ" message was incorrectly displayed when controlling a de-warped fisheye camera with a joystick. Fixed.
    • In rare cases if a Server had more than one storage and they shared the same file location, they were reported as disabled on the Desktop Client and reserved on Web Admin upon server restart. Fixed.
    • If using Cross-System Layouts, the Server could become unresponsive after some time when running on port 7001. Fixed.
    • The in-client browser could not process the login screen for some web applications that requested certain permissions (i.e. “Enable Desktop Notifications”). Fixed.
    • Starting 5.1.2, the exported video with timestamps had incorrect length (shorter). Fixed.

 

  • API/SDK CHANGES/FIXES:
    • Added the maxAnalyticsDetailsDurationS parameter to analyticsLookupObjectTracks.
    • The result description for /ec2/analyticsLookupObjectTracks was added to the API Documentation.
    • Chinese characters were misinterpreted in the JSON reply on the /ec2/saveEventRule handler. Fixed.
    • The Server had a broken manifest in the Stub: Events sub-plugin. Fixed.
    • Analytics API returned wrong coordinates for Line and Polygon. Fixed.
    • The Server responded incorrectly on the /bookmarks REST API omitting the creationTimeMs parameter. Fixed.
    • The description for /api/createEvent is clarified in the API Documentation.