DW Technical Bulletin

To: DW Customers

Date: July 9, 2025

Re: DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.5.41290

DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.5.41290

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Affected Software: DW Spectrum Professional

New Software Version: 6.0.5.41290

Previous Software Version: 6.0.3.40736

Release Date: July 9, 2025

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In-Client Upgrade Information

Build Number: 41290
Password: 170fpg

New Software Notes

Breaking Changes

DW Cloud support for VMS versions 4.2 or 5.0 will officially end in August ~ September 2025.
Support for Server versions 4.2 or lower will not be supported in upcoming DW Spectrum Mobile version 24.2 (August ~ September 2025).
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).

General Improvements

DW CaaS Edge cameras no longer create core dump files after crash, saving internal storage space.
Japanese translation has been improved.
Sometimes, mobile notifications about issues were logged to the Server logs. Logging has since been improved.
On Ubuntu Linux, multiple USB cameras can now be detected.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

General UI Fixes

The "Cell Spacing" context menu did not work correctly when changing spacing with Ctrl+mouse wheel. Fixed.
The Desktop Client could crash on MacOS after waking up from sleep mode if Cross-Site-Layouts were being viewed. Fixed.
Camera items could slightly move on the layout when PTZ controls were used in the full-screen mode. Fixed.
Some strings were untranslated in the Desktop Client and Web Admin. Fixed.
Forms in the Desktop Client were displayed incorrectly when switched to Japanese. Fixed.
When Line Crossing analytics was set up, the detection lines could disappear during zooming. Fixed.
The Desktop Client could crash while viewing some NOV files. Fixed.
The Desktop Client could crash when zooming cameras in Windows with DirectX rendering turned on. Fixed.
When trying to merge a system with a non-existent host, the “Invalid Login/Password“ message displayed. Fixed.
Fixed incorrect button sizes in Windows installer on Japanese localization.
After the ownership transfer, the previous owner was disabled instead of deleted. Fixed.

Web Admin Fixes

Incorrect placeholder ("Unavailable") was displayed for the offline camera in the Web Admin. Fixed.
Incorrect status ("Server Offline") was displayed for the offline camera in the Web Admin. Fixed.
Sometimes, when trying to log into the Cloud Portal using the "Login with Cloud" button via local Web Admin interface, a user was redirected back to the Web Admin login page instead of Cloud Portal. Fixed.
If click on a device on the bottom of the device list in Web Admin multiple times, the selection may be reset and moved to the top of the list. Fixed.

Analytics Improvements & Fixes

Only the first object was detected on Dahua ITC413-PW4D-IZ1. Fixed.
Objects detected on Hikvision iDS-2CD7146G0-IZS did not trigger actions. Fixed.
Analytic events (IVA) did not work on Bosch cameras. Fixed.

Device Support & Fixes

Devices Specific Fixes:
- On Axis Q8742-E, the stream from channel 2 could not be displayed after upgrading to v6.0.x. Fixed.
- Cannot play the RTSP stream of Suprema FaceStation F2 with Firmware v2.2.1 after upgrading to v6.0.x. Fixed.
- Audio could not be enabled on Axis P3267-LVE Mic. Fixed.
- The Dallmeier Panomera S8 camera stayed in the "Unauthorized" state after being discovered even though the password was correct. Fixed.
- Cameras configured to receive audio from Axis I/O devices, did not play back the sound. Fixed.
- Incorrect menu item and icon was displayed for Adam I/O module. Fixed.
- The i-Pro S32402-F2L camera went offline with camera optimization enabled. Fixed.
- Hikvision NVR DS-7216HUHI-K2 became offline after upgrading to version 6.0.2. Fixed.
- Input events did not work on Hikvision DS-2CD2523G2-IS and DS-2CD2523G2-IS. Fixed.
- On IqEye IQM62W and IQ762W, the MPEG compression was used even if H264 was configured, which resulted in much higher bitrate. Fixed.
Newly Supported Devices:
- Dahua PTZ3E10Xx, DN2X4DUAL
- Cook Solutions Group PE-IPAi97A10x/20x
- Avycon AVR-NSVx
- Axis P3747-PLIVE
- Hikvision DS-2TD4228x
- Panasonic WV-S8530
Encoders added to the analog list:
- Uniview XVR302
- Dahua N82B3x
- Advidia VP-16-V3
Multisensor Cameras:
- Hikvision DS-2CD6362Fx, iDS-2CD8A46G0 / iDS-2CD8A86G0
- Sunell SN-TPC2553DRT-Fx
- Milesight MS-C8477-HPG1
- IPCAM NC8477
- Hykon TB307A, TB317A, HYKON|TB325A, TB335A, TB310A, TB207A, TB202A, TB203A, TB210A
Advanced PTZ:
- Multiple Milesight cameras

API & SDK Fixes

On a large server database, making an API request to audit log led to high server RAM usage or crash. Fixed.
RTSP streaming from Server could not be viewed if a user name contained capital letters. Fixed.

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