10/29/2024 - Release Notes - DW Spectrum Update 6.0.0.39503

DW Technical Bulletin

To: DW® Customers

Date: October 29, 2024

Re: DW Spectrum 6.0.0.39503 Release Notes

DW Spectrum IPVMS Software Update 6.0.0.39503

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Affected Software: DW Spectrum IPVMS

New Software Version: DW Spectrum 6.0.0.39503

Previous Software Version: DW Spectrum 5.1.5.39242

Release Date: October 29, 2024

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In-Client Upgrade Information

Build Number: 39503
Password: 5tzxht

Important Notes

Release notes show changes relative to the latest official release (5.1.5.39242)
Support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 is discontinued.
Support for Ubuntu 18.04 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).
Support for Raspberry Pi 3 will be discontinued in the next minor release (6.0.x).
Support for Raspberry OS 10 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).

New Features

Improved and redesigned user management with group-applied permissions:
- User management UI design was significantly reworked and improved.
- User rights system has been enhanced:
  - Assigning a single user or group unique permissions to selected cameras is now possible.
  - A user can be a member of multiple permission groups.
  - Groups can inherit permissions from other groups.
Enhanced LDAP Integration:
- VMS continuously synchronizes users and groups with LDAP.
- LDAP Groups can be imported to VMS as well as a user membership in those groups, and it is possible to configure permissions for those groups in VMS.
- Deployed new LDAP Sync Issue Event and added support to Desktop Client.
A new user type (Temporary) is introduced:
- Temporary Users can only use the Desktop Client / Web Admin but cannot use Cloud Portal.
- Temporary Users are limited to Viewer Group Permissions and cannot access Secure APIs.
The ability to follow objects of interest with Camera Hotspots and Camera Linking is introduced.
NVidia hardware video decoding acceleration implemented on the Desktop Client running on Windows and Ubuntu.
Emails from VMS can now be sent through the Cloud SMTP Server, which facilitates SMTP Email setting a lot.

New Operating System Support

MacOS 14.0.
Raspberry Pi OS 11 (32-bit).
Raspberry Pi OS 12 on Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi4 (32-bit) without support for native Raspberry cameras.

General Improvements

New calendar provides efficient navigation across large archives and timeframes.
WebRTC is greatly improved. More details will be provided in the separate API release notes.
DST Support is greatly improved.
JWT Tokens are supported. This should eliminate issues with the Cloud DB performance and logout.
Webpages and Integrations have been separated in the Main Menu.
Logs configuration and extraction functionality is greatly improved in the Desktop Client.
The look and feel of the Desktop Client is redesigned to match the modern design requirements and be ready to implement for future design changes.
SECURITY:
- Bulk approval for Self-Signed certificates is enabled.
- Administrators now cannot change certain advanced system settings through WebAdmin. Now all settings are available to the owner only.
- Client-Server API communication is switched to a more secure protocol.
- Trusted Man in the Middle (MITM) certificates are supported by the Desktop Client.
- New user sessions are now logged in the Audit Trail.
User Manual on Linux opens in the internal browser window instead of the system default browser.
The Desktop Client Welcome screen can be configured to hide systems found through auto-discovery.
The background image size limitation within the Desktop Client is removed.
In-Client Browser (Webkit) has been updated.
The Desktop Client retains the last screenshot export settings as the default for future screenshot exports.
The Camera Settings Tab is optimized to lower the CPU load.
The Storage Management Dialog now provides automatically refreshed capacity data in place of a manual refresh process.
The "Email address is not set" notification is removed from the Desktop Client.
Added double-click option to select current user and system in the resource tree.
During video playback, the Desktop Client will rewind to the previous chunk upon a long-press of the “Previous Chunk” button or Hotkey.
Webpage titles can now be hidden in the Desktop Client.
Improved settings dialog for the SMTP email servers.
New prompt for Cloud connection after session expiration.
Revised dialog when decrypting archives prior to export.
Virtual Camera can now be added from the Server context menu.
The PTZ Control Guide within the Desktop Client was updated to describe new functionality, usage examples, and operational controls.
Added quick action buttons to rewind video or fast forward 10 seconds.
Added the ability to drag fisheye and PTZ cameras by their title and header.
The Desktop Client dialog for signing into web pages has been refined.
The dialog box to delete multiple or shared layouts now provides more information.
Analytic chunks (yellow) populate on the Timeline much faster.
The archive read/write operations have been optimized.
Improved resilience of Cloud Shared Layouts during network congestion or timeout.
The log file describing the 1-Click Update progress (update.log) can be downloaded in the Desktop Client or by using the API.
If a Server the license is activated on becomes offline the corresponding message within the Desktop Client shows up immediately.
Pause overlay was redesigned to let users see the video even if it is paused.
The new “Generate Event” permission is added to custom user groups on upgrade and is available to more permission Groups.
A generic Cloud URL is provided to relay Temporary User access links.
The Desktop Client menus have been updated to replace New (item) with Add (item).
In the Desktop Client, the filename for export is limited to 256 characters to avoid OS related issues.
LDAP import speed has improved.
Added tooltips for different logging levels at the “Log Management” table.

DW Device Support / Improvements / Fixes

Digital Watchdog Megapix Ai Edge plugin version was updated to 2.5.49.
Digital Watchdog mx9 analytics plugin failed on multichannel devices. Fixed.

Third-Party Device Support / Improvements / Fixes

Axis:
- Axis C1310E devices would toggle between an online and offline state. Fixed.
- Axis cameras experienced intermittent recording of an H.265 stream. Fixed.
- Camera PTZ positions drifted on MacOS Clients when using an Axis T8311 joystick. Fixed.
- The Axis T8311 joystick movement affected all PTZ capable cameras on the layout instead of the selected PTZ camera only. Fixed.
On Dahua NVR(X82B3A), not all NVR channels were properly discovered. Fixed.
Reduced the time required to authorize specific Hikvision cameras.
Reduced the time required to authorize specific Hikvision cameras.
Video archive from Hikvision DS-2CD3T56G2-4IS contained recording gaps when a camera clock was not in sync with the system clock or the “Keep Camera Time Settings” option was not selected. Fixed.
A Separate device was created for each channel of the Vivotek VS8801 encoder when manually added to a System. Fixed.
Allnet cameras are now supported.
Unauthorized error generated for an I/O module when the correct credentials were provided. Fixed.
Daylight Saving Time was not applied when forcing Server time on Bosch cameras. Fixed.

Analytics Improvements & Fixes

Vivotek:
- Add support for new event types: Smart tracking Parking detection, Restricted zone detection.
- Vivotek Deep Learning VCA is limited by the manufacturer to 5 rules of any type.
- The Advanced Smart Tracking now incorporates zoom variables into the Region of Interest settings.
- The Advanced Smart Tracking feature in the Desktop Client has been enhanced with an Exclusion Mask function.
Hikvision:
- Hikvision cameras reported invalid object types. Fixed.
- LPR worked incorrectly on HIKVISION cameras with the new version of LPR. FIxed.
On Axis cameras, subscriptions to multiple analytic events worked very slowly. Fixed.
Uniview analytics is enabled on Univiewtec cameras.

Bug Fixes

General Fixes

During a database restoration, the information was pushed to Servers that were no longer part of the system (i.e. unmerged), leading to potential Server misconfiguration. Fixed.
Server version 5.1 running on Ubuntu 22.04 failed to restart after being stopped with the SIGTERM ($kill PID) method. Fixed.
Server reported inaccurate SMB storage space to the Desktop Client and APIs. Fixed.
During restoration tasks, corrupted or damaged backup files reset the server settings. Fixed.
The installer process did not completely remove temporary user and group data. Fixed.
Raspberry Pi systems could become unstable or reboot after extended use. Fixed.
The session expiration dialog would not respond when using the Web Admin. Fixed.
Camera snapshots were missing in the "Event" tab if a Generic Event was triggered with "metadata":{"cameraRefs":[]} specified. Fixed.
In unstable network environments, Server did not release connections over the HTTP port, resulting in Web Admin connections being refused. Fixed.
In rare cases, a duration of archive periods could differ between main and backup storage. Fixed.
After restoring a camera archive and reindexing, low quality stream could be lost. Fixed.

Advanced Object Search Fixes

Filter settings shown in the Advanced Object Search dialog did not match the Object Search parameters displayed in the Desktop Client Notification Panel. Fixed.
The Advanced Object Search dialog of the Desktop Client remained in the foreground after a user selected Show on Layout. Fixed.

Desktop Client Fixes

The Desktop Client Welcome Screen sometimes did not show icons for Cloud-connected systems. Fixed.
The Desktop Client displayed an inaccurate message that "The latest version is already installed" when connecting to a down-revision server. Fixed.
The Desktop Client embedded browser did not accept non-Latin input. Fixed.
The Desktop Client did not display the certificate name on the General tab. Fixed.
The "synchronizedTime" value in the Desktop Client did not match the System time when the Client was without an Internet connection. Fixed.
The Desktop Client uninstallation process is improved to remove temporary folders and files.
Email alerts initiated from a Soft Trigger contained an internal user ID instead of the username. Fixed.
The Analytics object search function did not process enum attributes and substrings correctly on the Stub Analytics Plugin. Fixed.
The Desktop Client sent the incorrect password of newly added FTP storage while communicating with Servers if the password contained special symbols. Fixed.
The Desktop Client did not play back audio from Multicast UDP streams. Fixed.
The Desktop Client did not display the Hardware Acceleration icon on the video item where enabled. Fixed.
After clearing all notifications within the Desktop Client, the notification panel was empty rather than displaying the “No New Notifications” label. Fixed.
The Desktop Client was unable to merge two systems having trusted Man in the Middle (MITM) certificates. Fixed.
The “Additional Video Wall licenses required” warning in the Desktop Client was persistent and could not be dismissed. Fixed.
If trying to add an overlay to the exported video, the text on the preview did not match the text on the actual video. Fixed.
Desktop Client usernames that contained HTML style syntax (admin<h>something</h>) did cause the login process to freeze. Fixed.
The Bookmark Log displayed the user ID in the “Bookmark Creator” field instead of the username. Fixed.
Creating a zoom area on a local file video item within the playback window caused the Desktop Client to hang. Fixed.
The Desktop Client could not define an Analytic Search Area while playing the video in full-screen mode and moved the video item instead. Fixed.
The option to “Save Layout as Cloud” was displayed for local users. Fixed.
The Desktop Client displayed the incorrect icon for Servers detached from the System. Fixed.
Camera tours containing PTZ device positions with defined Stay Time values did not stay for the specified duration. Fixed.
The Desktop Client (Client Only) update did not work if Servers in the System were without an active Internet connection. Fixed.
Renaming a default PTZ position in the Desktop Client created an additional preset on the camera with the new name. Fixed.
The Popular Tag suggestions within the Bookmark dialog of the Desktop Client had an undesired alignment of the text. Fixed.
Video Wall misbehaved when configuring six screens at 150% scaling. Fixed.
The Desktop Client embedded browser did not display certain web pages. Fixed.
The Local Settings dialog box displaying notification types reset the sorting order on each opening. Fixed.
The In-Client update did not work on Ubuntu 22.04. Fixed.
The "Camera Offline" notification was displayed a single time when a camera was manually added. Fixed.
Object detection database created notifications with a future date that could not be deleted. Fixed.
2FA: the client logged out from the cloud when trying to open it from the cloud. Fixed.
If the device list contained an NVR without licenses, analytic objects were not displayed with the "Cameras on Layout" filter. Fixed.
The Analytics object search function did not process enum attributes and substrings correctly on the Stub Analytics Plugin. Fixed.
The Desktop Client did not display the certificate name on the General tab. Fixed.
The Storage Analytics Dialog now provides automatically refreshed capacity data in place of a manual refresh process. Fixed.
The Client was logged out of the Cloud unexpectedly. Fixed.
The “Finish update" button was not displayed during a Server-only update, Fixed.
The Welcome Screen search function was not invoked by hotkey. Fixed.
The System Administration dialog box in the Desktop Clients displayed an Apply button on newly installed systems when no changes were unapplied. Fixed.
Disconnecting from Systems with unsaved (Camera or Server) changes produced an incorrect confirmation dialog. Fixed.
The Desktop Client displayed the Apply button in the Local Settings dialog as active for newly added systems even though there were no pending changes to apply. Fixed.
The Watermark Check function within the Desktop Client reported a false failure for files exported with the Add Info option selected. Fixed.
The Desktop Client on Windows displayed the video playback slider at the end of the seek bar when starting a video in the Advanced Object Search mode. Fixed.
Pre-recording did not work with rules set on the source camera. Fixed.
The Desktop Client could crash if trying to operate with a password protected NOV file. Fixed.
The Desktop Client could hang while importing a large number of users from LDAP. Fixed.
The “Custom Media Port” expert setting was not available for I/O devices. Fixed.
If an error occurred during the extraction of log files, there was no corresponding error message. Fixed.
In the bookmarks list, the current timezone was used instead of the bookmark creation timezone. Fixed.
Sometimes, the "Allow using client API" checkbox was not saved after creating a web page. Fixed.
If a System with 2FA enabled was opened in the Desktop Client from Cloud, the user was not logged in. Fixed.

Known Issues

The Desktop Client could not connect to systems 4.2 and older in compatibility mode.

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