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02/25/2025 - Release Notes - DW Spectrum Update 6.0.2.40414

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DW Technical Bulletin

To:  DW® Customers

Date: February 25, 2025

Re: DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.2.40414

 

DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.2.40414

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Affected Software: DW Spectrum IPVMS

New Software Version: 6.0.2.40414

Previous Software Version: 6.0.0.39503

Release Date: February 25, 2025

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In-Client Upgrade Information

  • Build Number: 40414
  • Password: xo2xhe

 

New Software Notes

Important Notes

  • These release notes cover changes implemented since the latest major release (6.0.0).
  • The release includes 6.0.1.39873 and 6.0.1.40074

 

Breaking Changes

  • DW Witness not supported (DW Witness update in development)
  • Support for Raspberry Pi 3 is discontinued.
  • Support for Ubuntu 18.04 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).
  • Support for MacOS 11 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).
  • Support for Raspberry OS 10 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).

 

Operating Systems & Platforms

  • Added support for Ubuntu 24.04

 

General Improvements

  • JPG is set as the default format when saving screenshots as it is a few times smaller than PNG.
  • Improved settings of the Mute action: add the Alt + U hotkey and a button for local media files
  • Added the "Mute incoming sound" button for the layout items. It is enabled if the "Play audio from all cameras on layout" local setting is enabled.
  • Once the sound is played on an item on the layout, the corresponding item will highlight.
  • On NXE VCA Cameras, the ROI config was not applied after camera restart. Fixed.
  • Improved the hardware acceleration device selection algorithm if a PC has multiple video adapters.
  • In order to get better quality of screen recordings shared with the Support team, the default resolution for Screen Recording is set to "Native".
  • The permission for rendering with hardware acceleration has changed since Ubuntu 20.04. To support that, the Server user which is created during the installation, has been granted the rendering permission.
  • The warning message when using Digest Authentication is improved.
  • The “Ctrl + Alt + S” shortcut interfered with some national characters as a keyboard shortcut to "Save Layout as..." instead of “Ctrl + Shift + S”. Now only “Ctrl + Shift + S” works.
  • Bookmark search is improved.
  • Japanese translations in Web Admin are improved.

 

Analytics Improvements & Fixes

  • IPCAM Cameras now work with the Milesight Analytics Plugin.
  • Alibi Cameras now work with the Uniview Analytics Plugin.
  • Face recognition did not work for Hikvision cameras. Fixed.
  • Analytics Object Detected rules were not properly triggered if the attributes contained the Allow / Deny lists. Fixed.
  • Axis analytics improved: Object Tracking is introduced.
  • On Hikvision cameras, multiple notifications could be triggered for a single analytic object. Fixed.
  • Native best shots for non-LPR objects are supported on Hikvision cameras.
  • Axis cameras did not send LPR metadata after upgrading to 6.x. Fixed.
  • Advanced Object Search did not list all the objects available. Fixed.

 

Device Support and Fixes

Digital Watchdog Only

  • Provision ISR I6-320LPR-MVF2 is added to the mx9 analytics plugin.
  • On some DW cameras, the expert option "Do not send Stop PTZ command" was missing after upgrading to 6.0. Fixed.

 

Device Specific Fixes

  • Fixed PTZ issues on Hikvision DS-2ZMN2507C-HT, DS-2CD6D55G2-IZHS.
  • Dual-Streaming was disabled on Aiphone Video Door Station IX-DV
  • Hikvision DS-2DE4225IW-DE was detected as a regular ONVIF camera with Hikvision specific capabilities unavailable. Fixed.
  • Truvision TVLP-S01-0402-BULx is detected as Hikvision to enable Hikvision-specific features.
  • The Axis TU9002 joystick is now supported on Ubuntu.
  • Fixed streaming issues on the FLIR AI series cameras.
  • Fixed issues with Optex Lidar cameras.
  • The Axis 2N SIP Horn speaker did not initialize properly. Fixed,
  • Stream from Aira Tablets did not show up in the Desktop Client. Fixed.
  • Server did not use the H.265 profile on Honeywell cameras. Fixed.
  • Server could reset time settings on Hikvision cameras after addition or Server restart. Fixed.
  • Hikvision DS-9032HUHI-K8 was displayed as a multi-sensor camera instead of NVR. Fixed.
  • Alarm input events are now supported on Hikvision DS-2TD1228x.
  • OEM camera IPC-Color4K-T-3.6mm is recognized as Dahua with all analytics capabilities.
  • Axis D4100-E could not be added. Fixed.
  • On Hikvision iDS-2CD7A46G0/P-IZHSY, bookmarks were created with wrong timestamps (one hour in the future). Fixed.
  • The stream from Reolink RLC-812A could not be displayed in the Desktop Client. Fixed.
  • Sound only devices (i.e. AXIS 1004E speaker) did not play sound after switching between layouts. Fixed.

 

Newly Supported Devices

  • The Axis TU9002 joystick is now supported on Ubuntu.
  • Hikvision DS-2TD1228-2/QA bi-spectrum camera.

 

Encoders Added to the Analog List

  • Dahua NVR608H
  • Axis M71xx
  • Uniview UV-XVR301x
  • Dahua NVR E56_NVR4COM3
  • Hikvision iDS-7204HUHI

 

Multi-Sensor Cameras

  • Hikvision DS-2SF8C442MX, DS-2TD4137-25/WY, DS-2SE7C432MW-AEB, DS-2TD4136x
  • Avigilon 15C-H4A-3MH-180, CAM 2-2 6.0C-H5DH-DO1-IR
  • Dahua BF1241
  • Hanwha PNM-9085
  • Milesight MS-C5321-FPE, NC5321-FPE
  • Axis P3735PLE, P47x
  • Uniview IPC28184EA-ADX5K-F40-I1, IPC3222SS-ADF28K-I1, IPC3222SS-ADF40K-I1, IPC3224SS-ADF28K-I1, IPC3224SS-ADF40K-I1, IPC68188EFW-X25-F40G-VH, IPC8544EA-KM-I1, IPC9312LFW-AF28-2X4, IPC94144SFW-X25-F40C, IPC94144SR-X25-F40C, IPC8645EA-ADZKM-I1, IPC98246EFW-X42-W-VH1, TIC2621SR-F3-4F4AC-VD, TIC2A32SA-F10-4F8AC-I1, TIC2A32SA-F3-4F4AC-I1, TIC2A32SA-F7-4F6AC-I1, TIC3612SA-F2-4F3AC-I1, TIC3612SA-F3-4F4AC-I1, TIC3612SA-F7-4F6AC-I1, TIC7626EL-GAF75-4X56-VH1
  • Axis M5000, P3735-PLE
  • Dahua DH-SDT5X425x

 

Advanced PTZ

  • Bolin Technology EXU248F, EXU230NX, EXU420N
  • Hanwha PNM-C34404RQPZ
  • Uniview IPC6424SR-X25-VF
  • Dahua DH-SD5A432XA-HNR

 

Bug Fixes

General Fixes

  • With the “Keep camera stream and profile settings” options enabled, if the configured profile was removed from the Camera web page, Server stopped getting the corresponding stream. Now Server changes the video profile to a default one in this case.
  • Server could change time on some cameras even if the "Allow System to optimize Camera Settings" option was disabled. Fixed.
  • Servers could not be updated from 5.1.5 to 6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. Fixed.
  • The actual pre-recording time for an Event Rule could not exceed 60 seconds even if a greater value was set. Fixed.
  • If the Desktop Client has a newer version than the Server and the Server should be updated, the automatic update did not work and the system required manual upgrade. Fixed.
  • In certain network environments, Cloud merge could fail. Fixed.
  • Some Samba storage locations could not be added to the Server, with the "Invalid storage path" error. Fixed.
  • The custom maxSceneVideoItems parameter could not be set above 64 cameras per layout. Fixed.

 

UI Fixes

  • After merging Systems, Cloud connection metrics in Web Admin on Linux server were shown incorrectly. Fixed.
  • After the failover occurred, streams from the devices which were switched to another Server did not show up in the Desktop Client (the recording still worked fine). Fixed.
  • The Desktop Client stopped playing sound on the Layout item when a zoom window was created. Fixed.
  • Cloud layouts (Shared layouts) were not properly displayed after saving. Fixed.
  • Administrators could not modify group membership/permissions for some Cloud accounts. Fixed.
  • When using hotspots, streams from devices could flip upside down. Fixed.
  • Non-power users could not add shared layouts on Showreel. Fixed.
  • The Desktop Client could freeze after displaying video streams for a long time (~24 hours). Fixed.
  • The Desktop Client running on Intel HD Graphics could freeze when hovering over the Resource Tree. Fixed.
  • On some H265 MPEG-TS streams, the Desktop Client displayed a gray overlay over a video. Fixed.
  • Multi-video exported files could display "NO DATA" on some items. Fixed.
  • Calendar on the timeline was displayed incorrectly if the first day of a week in the OS settings was not Sunday. Fixed.
  • On NVidia GPU, with the hardware acceleration enabled, the image quality degraded when applying dewarping and zooming on fisheye cameras. Fixed.
  • JPG files did not open when hardware decoding was enabled. Fixed.
  • On Mac OS, a Context Menu did not show up when performing a right click on any item in the top left corner (Device Tree). Fixed.
  • Non-owner local and cloud users could periodically disconnect from System. Fixed.
  • Time positions could go out of sync between cameras on big layouts after opening an item in full-screen mode. Fixed.
  • The object search menu text displayed incorrectly on Chinese localization. Fixed.
  • IP addresses in the device list were sorted incorrectly. Fixed.
  • Texts in some menus (i.e. User Management) were displayed incorrectly if the "Roboto" font was installed in the OS. Fixed.
  • The cell aspect ratio of the Alarm layout unexpectedly changed to 16:9 when it was triggered during the Showreel mode. Fixed.
  • The "Apply" button in the "Local Settings" dialog was active even if no changes were modified. Fixed.
  • Custom permission groups in the target system could disappear after the merge. Fixed.
  • On some localizations, the LDAP dialog texts were displayed incorrectly. Fixed.
  • The Desktop Client failed to restart in compatibility mode 6.0 -> 4.2. Fixed.
  • The Desktop Client did not open the linked camera when clicking on the corresponding hyperlink at the event log page. Fixed.

 

API/SDK New Features

  • Added new function /rest/v{3-}/devices/{deviceId}/ptz/limits to retrieve the Device PTZ limitations.

 

API/SDK Improvements

  • Server HTTP API:
    • In the response of the function /rest/v{2-}/devices/*/searches, the target field may take url as a value.
    • In the functions /rest/v3/devices/{id}/media, /rest/v3/devices/{id}/media.{format}, and /rest/v3/devices/{id}/webrtc, added new query parameter aspectRatio.
    • Parameter limit for the function /ec2/analyticsLookupObjectTracks might work incorrectly if the video archive for the camera is stored on multiple Mediaservers.

 

API/SDK Bug Fixes

  • Added option to skip aspect ration setting in MediaSettings to avoid transcoding.
  • The Access-Control-Allow-Origin header returned by the HLS streaming API now respects the configured setting.
  • Fixed "invalid storage path" issue when SMB network storage is added.
  • Fixed admin accounts ability to modify group membership and permissions for select cloud sync accounts.
  • In REST API functions “/rest/v{1-}/webPages”, the parentId parameter has been restored.
  • Fixed “maxSceneVideoItems” setting to control the maximum number of items in the layout.
  • Stub analytics Plugin, Engine “Object Streamer”: Fixed occasional crash when applying settings.

 

API/SDK Known Issues

  • Building sample plugins included with the Metadata SDK package with GCC 7.5 might fail on ARM devices. Newer GCC versions work fine.

 

 

 

 

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