DW Technical Bulletin
To: DW Customers
Date: April 29, 2025
Re: DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.3.40736
DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.3.40736
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Affected Software: DW Spectrum
New Software Version: 6.0.3.40736
Previous Software Version: 6.0.2.40414
Release Date: April 29, 2025
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In-Client Upgrade Information
- Build Number: 40736
- Password: hm0ima
New Software Notes
Important Notes
- These release notes cover changes implemented since the last major release (6.0.2.40414)
Breaking Changes
- Support for Raspberry Pi 3 is discontinued
- Support for Ubuntu 18.04 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1)
- Support of 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)
myDW Support
- myDW Plugin 1.0.3 included in the Server installation packages for Windows and Ubuntu
Digital Watchdog Only
- Server would sometimes not detect input signal events from the DW doorbell (DWC-INTCAM02). Fixed.
- Motion detection settings could not be accessed for the DWC-XSBA05MiM camera. Fixed.
Analytics Improvements & Fixes
- Digital Watchdog DWC-XPZA03Mi camera could not use H265. Fixed.
- Analytic data from Milesight cameras with new API showed “Invalid” object boxes. Fixed.
- Analytic objects could not be received from Uniview IPC328SB-ADF28K-I0. Fixed.
- Hikvision iDS-2CD7A26F0x was initialized with a wrong manufacturer which prevented it from running Hikvision Analytics. Fixed.
- Hikvision DS-2TD4238x thermal cameras started moving uncontrollably once a user tried to view the stream from them. Fixed.
Device Support & Fixes
- Specific Device Fixes
- The Desktop Client could sometimes skip notifications about I/O state changes in Hikvision cameras. Fixed.
- Hikvision DS-2CD2523G2x now supports alarm input events.
- Hikvision DS-2TD2628-x, regular and thermal streams were mixed up. Fixed.
- Newly Supported Devices
- Axis C1610x
- New Multi-Sensor Camera Support:
- Dahua
- DHI-TPC-SD5641-T, DHI-TPC-BF4441x, DS-2CD63C5G1-IVS, DH-IPC-MFW5241T2, DH-SDT4E425
- DHI-TPC-BF4641x thermal cameras
- Hikvision DS-2CD6D55G2, DS-2TD4238
- Pelco MLE1-20V5-4H
- Eneo INM-78M2812M0A
- Grundig GD-CI-AT30516
- TrueVision TVTH-S01-0001x
- Dahua
- Advanced PTZ
- Bolin EXU420Nx, EXU420Fx, EXU248x, EXU230x
- Milesight MS-C2941-X30, MS-C2941-X25, MS-C5341-X42, TS5367-X12, MS-C2967-X12, MS-C8241-X36, MS-C5371-X23, MS-C2871-X20
- Safire Smart SF-IPSD8037ITA-4X1-L800, SF-IPSD5040ITA, SF-IPSD5032ITA-8I1
- Redvision RVX2S
- Milesight MS-C4441-Xx
- DN4MPTZ3in1
- Uniview IPC6658SR-X25-VF, IPC94144SR-X25-F40C, IPC6424SR-X25-VF, IPC6622SR-X33-VF and IPC6652EL-X33-VF
- NOTE: Advanced PTZ for Cameras UNIVIEW IPC6622SR-X33-VF and IPC6652EL-X33-VF with firmware earlier than QIPC-B2202.10.23.240821 is no longer supported. Please update the camera firmware.
Bug Fixes
- General Fixes:
- URL-based authentication could fail for some Cloud users. Fixed.
- When trying to downgrade the 6.0.x version to 5.1.4, Server updated the database back to 6.0 after it had been restored from the backup. Fixed.
- In some cases, cameras could not be added to the cross-system layout even if the user had permission to access it. Fixed.
- UI Fixes:
- The Calendar could jump to the first day of recording instead of the current data, if the recording was more than 1 month old. Fixed.
- Video streams failed to play with fast rewind after switching between full screen and layout modes. Fixed.
- The Desktop Client could unexpectedly terminate if running multiple instances. Fixed.
- Web Admin Fixes:
- Some features in camera details in the View page (transcoding, quality switch) were missing in Web Admin. Fixed.
- Server name changes were not reflected in Web Admin without browser refresh. Fixed.
- Web Admin could not run the Desktop Client from a link. Fixed.
For More Information or Technical Support
DW Technical Support:
Toll-free: 866.446.3595
https://www.digital-watchdog.com/contact-tech-support/
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