Release Notes

ANALYTICS IMPROVEMENTS/FIXES

• Added support for the Dahua Smart Motion Detection events.
• VIVOTEK analytics plugin: Added ANPR package support.
• Enabled in-camera analytics for Provision I4-340IPE-MVF.
• BOSH analytics plugin: Changed object's speed to km/h or mi/h.
• Added support for ANRP events on Dahua ITC215-PW6M-x, ITC237-PW6M-x, ITC437-PW6M-x, ITC415-PW6M-x
• Hikvision analytics plugin:
  • Optimized Hikvision analytics plugins to reduce the number of LPR requests.
  • Fixed wrong object bounding boxes on some cameras.
  • Objects were sometimes not shown on new firmware. Fixed.
  • Duplicate objects were emitted. Fixed.
  • Sometimes Hikvision LPR could not recognize a license plate but still sent garbage objects. Fixed.
  • Object bounding boxes were displayed at the wrong place for Hikvision LPR. Fixed.

 
NEW DEVICE SUPPORT/IMPROVEMENTS/FIXES

• Hikvision DS-2TD4035x, DS-2TD6266x, DS-2TD4137x are switched to ONVIF PTZ.
• ONVIF Media2 is forced on PELCO IMV529-x.
• AXIS M2036-LE device was discovered twice. Fixed.
• Dropped support for the ACTI proprietary API integration and moved to ONVIF for the entire ACTi product line.
• Added I/O signal event support for Hikvision DS-2CD2543G0-IS, DS-2CD2563G0-IS, iDS-2CD7546G0-IZHSY
• Fixed invalid secondary stream configuration for Amcrest IP4M-1051.
• Digest authentication for Vista cameras did not work properly. Fixed.
• PTZ failed to initialize on Dahua DH-TPC-BF1241-T multi-sensor thermal camera. Fixed.
• Image in PTZ mode unexpectedly zoomed while panning/tilting on Aviglion encoder. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the initialization of Dahua IPC-PDBW5831 360 multi-sensor camera to fail.
• AXIS A9188 IO device didn’t have an audio stream. Fixed.
• Fixed PTZ issues on DS-2CD2646XM and DS-2SC3Q140MY by configuring them to use ONVIF-based PTZ instead.
• All models of i-PRO (Panasonic) devices will now use ONVIF Media2 by default.
• Fixed motion detection issues on ArecontVision 3105 camera.
• Fixed RTSP stream playback from TRUEN EPS-TSH device.
• Fixed an issue that caused live playback for Arecont 8185DN panoramic camera to stop after some time.
• Arecont camera 10655DN doesn't show live stream in the Desktop Client. FIxed.
• Added support for additional Dahua OEM devices: IPC-T5442T-ZE, ITC237-PU1B, ITC437-PW6M-x, DH-TPC-SD2221
• Added support Hikvision OEM models: BCS-V-TI236, IPC-T260H-x, TVB-5413, DS-2CD7A26G0, DS-2TD1217, DS-2CD2132-x, DS-2CD4A65-x, DS-2CD45C5F-x, DS-2CD2347G2-x , x-VBA32-LPR, HYU-x
• Encoders added to the analog list:
  • AXIS P7316
  • ClearPix CPX-ENC40-H2
  • Dahua N52B3P4, dh-hcvr5104he-s2, dh-nvr2108hs-8p-i2, dhi-nvr2104hsx, dhi-nvr5464-4ks2, dhi-nvr6a08-64-4ks2, hcvr4108hs3, hcvr8208a-s3, n41c1p2, n42c1p2, n52b2p, x72a2a2, x82a3a, xvr7416l-4kl-x, xvr7816s-4kl-x, dh-nvr5432-4k", dhi-ivss7008-2i, dh-xvr5104hs-i3, dh-xvr5116hs-i3, dhi-nvr5216-16p-4ks2e
  • Hikvision iDS-7216HUHI, iDS-7216HUHI-M2/S, ds-7216hqi-k2, ds-7304hqhi-sh, ds-7316huhi-f4/n, ds-7916n-k4, ds-7932n-k4, dvr-116g-f1, dvr-204u-k1, dvr-208u-m1, ds-7308hfi-sh, ds-7604ni-i1/4p, ds-7b08hqhi-k1, ds-96128ni-i16, dvr-216u-f2, dvr-216u-m2, ids-7716nxi-i4/16p/x, ids-8104ahqxli-e4, ids-9632nxi-i8/16s(b), ids-9632nxi-i8/8f(b), ids-7204hqhi-k1, ids-7208huhi-m2/s/a, ids-7216hqhi-m2/s, ids-9632nxi-i8/x
  • IVSEC NVR NR308XC
  • Dorani DORIP-13 Network Video Recorder
  • Eneo vuhdip-16-3, vxh8ahd-4
  • Ganz Security ZN-AIBOX8
  • Amcrest amdv108116-h5, amdv5108-ai, amdv5108-i3, amdv8m8-h5, amdvtenl8-h5
  • Honeywell hve1, hve8, hve8x, hrhq1080l.
• Advanced PTZ support:
  • Bolin Technology SD530SHD-x
  • Dahua DH-SD5A445XA-HNR
  • Hikvision DS-2DE2A404IW-x
  • TOA N-C5500, N-C5700
  • VIVOTEK SD9384, 9161, 9368
• Multi-sensor cameras:
  • Avigilon 24C-H4A-3MH-180, 12C-H4A-4MH-360
  • Axis SP3727-PLE
  • Bosch FLEXIDOME multi 7000i
  • Dahua DH-TPC-BF1241
  • Digital Watchdog DWC-PVX20WATW
  • Hikvision cameras: DS-2CD6984G0 series, DS-2TD1217-6/V1, DS-2TD1228, DS-7104HGHI-F1, DS-2TD1217-2/PA, DS-2TD2628x
  • LTS CMIP7553W4-x
  • UNIVIEW IPC9312LFW-AF28-2X4, IPC94144SFW-X25-F40C
• VMS Server could not get stream from Axis A9161 I/O device. Fixed.
• VMS Server was crashing when trying to add IPC-F20M. Fixed.
• The signal input event from Lilin P3R8822E2 was not properly detected by VMS Server. Fixed.

BUG FIXES/IMPROVEMENTS

• Files exported to .TS and .MKV format from USB cameras did not contain sound. Fixed.
• The Cloud merge status sometimes got stuck on "Merge in progress" after the mergeSystem API request. Fixed.
• Fixed filter when exporting bookmark from Bookmark Log
• Added support for mpeg4 RTP video streams.
• The last opened layouts wouldn't open after restarting the Desktop Client. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue with 2-way audio support for AXIS P8221 on the Mobile Client.
• Event log is not cleaned according to the setting eventLogPeriodDays.
• Opening a zoom window while a video was paused caused the video to playback at high speed. Fixed.
• Unable to add an administrator user after the ownership transfer process. Fixed.
• Desktop Client would crash when hiding the calendar after searching on the Motion tab by selecting an area and multiple dates on the calendar. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue that prevented cameras from being dragged and dropped within the Resource Group.
• VMS Server will no longer send ONVIF requests to cameras if auto discovery is turned off and the camera is registered with another Server in the System.
• Added audio codec parameter for RTSP streams.
• Fixed batch selection via the Shift modifier in the resource selection dialogs.
• No audio during video archive playback with AAC audio on the Desktop Client. Fixed.
• The RAM size for RPI4 was displayed incorrectly in the VMS WebAdmin. Fixed.
• Tiles are not displayed on the Bookmarks tab after the Desktop Client starts. Fixed.
• Bookmark notification headers contained unnecessary information. Fixed.
• The Desktop Client failed to connect to Cloud Systems that were unreachable through the Cloud, even if they were available locally. Fixed.
• Added support for AAC codec for video export to MP4.
• The Desktop Client would sometimes crash on M1 Mac devices. Fixed.
• Introduced the ownerApiForAdmins Server configuration option (default value of false). *Setting this flag to "true" will allow Admin-level users to initiate Create Backup or Restore Backup operations.
• Introduced the isFilePathPrefixedWithServerId Server configuration option (default value of 1).
  • It adds a Server GUID to the archive path when recording new footage. Originally implemented in the 5.0 release.
  • This setting can be changed without losing the archive. VMS Server checks both folders for reading.
  • Users can revert the storage structure back to the old version if desired.
• After plugging it out and back in, the joystick stopped working in the Desktop Client. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the audio backchannel API (api/http_audio) not to play audio files.
• The MJPEG stream from Bosch cameras did not play back correctly. Fixed.
• VMS Server ignored timezone and daylight saving attributes while setting the device time via ONVIF. Fixed.
• Added support for SET_PARAMETER method of RTSP protocol.
• The "Do HTTP request" action now supports PATCH requests.
• Certain cameras sometimes got deleted from the System after merging two Systems. Fixed.
• Desktop Client time was used instead of Server time in the exported video for the timestamp. Fixed.
• Screenshots were missing from Email notifications. Fixed.
• The default recorder name was displayed in the Resource Tree instead of the user-defined one. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Desktop Client to not start on macOS Mojave 10.14.6.
• Desktop Client archive playback issues.
• PTZ preset names in Korean could not be displayed in the Desktop Client. Fixed.
• Fixed VMS Server crash and increased CPU usage when fetching RTSP from Arecont Vision cameras.
• The “Setup New System” dialog did not show up if the certificate validation was disabled in the Desktop Client (local settings). Fixed.
• VMS Server could crash or work with degraded performance if using an SMB storage with poor bandwidth. Fixed
• Fixed the Desktop Client memory leak when multiple cameras are opened.
• Last opened layouts did not open after GUI client restart. Fixed.
• Desktop Client or Server could crash when saving a backup file bigger than 400Mb. Fixed.
• WebAdmin interface was causing increased memory usage by VMS Server on big systems. Fixed.
• Database size got significantly increased for big systems after the last patch. This caused increased Server memory usage and slow client connection speed. Fixed.
• The number of requests being sent by Desktop Client to Server was significantly reduced which should improve performance for big systems.
• When playing an archive with different stream resolutions (low and high), the Desktop *Client sometimes did not switch to a secondary stream. Fixed.
• Server could hang after some time because of token authorization. Fixed.
• Server could lose connection to Cloud after some time. Fixed.
• The “View cameras” page displayed incorrectly on Cloud Portal when 2FA was enabled. Fixed.
• Fixed incorrect shortcut hints for the buttons on scene items.
• The Showreel mode caused excess memory usage on the Desktop Client. Fixed.
• Joysticks stopped working in the Desktop Client if unplugged and plugged back in. Fixed.
• The distributor name in the Support Signature field was not shown on the license dialog in the Desktop Client. Fixed.
• Fixed a desktop client crash during in-client update.
• Live video loaded slowly in web admin in large systems. Fixed.
• Sometimes the Desktop Client was crashing while playing live video. Fixed.
• Desktop Client was crashing while trying to zoom timeline to a period when the daylight savings time occurred. Fixed.
• Custom certificates with an incorrect order of the certificate chain are not detected by Server anymore.
• Increased Server stability on Windows.

API CHANGES/FIXES

• The “timezoneUtcOffset” property was removed from the legacy Server API.
• The crop parameter provided in the /ec2/cameraThumbnail API did not work. Fixed.

HANWHA DEVICES SUPPORT/IMPROVEMENTS/FIXES

• Added initial support for the Hanwha Intercom integration
• Sometimes the SPC2000 Joystick couldn't be detected. Fixed.
• Hanwha Analytics:
  • Sometimes an invalid device agent manifest error notification would appear during initialization. Fixed.
• The face detection configuration tab in the analytics plugin settings was missing. Fixed.
• Fixed object detection for cameras without BestShot support.
• Hanwha ROI: Region information was missing for the "Intrusion" event. Fixed.
• Fixed "Vehicle" object classification
• Advanced Settings on Hanwha XNO-C8083R camera would not load. Fixed.
• Some cameras lock up and become deauthorized after recording is turned on/off. Fixed.
• The timeline was inconsistent on NVR devices. Fixed.
• Fixed crash when playing/seeking an archive on Hanwha XRN NVR.
• The "tracking" caption was removed from object names in the Hanwha analytic plugin. This makes the object types' naming consistent.
• Visual artifacts appeared after enabling Quick Sync on Ubuntu-based NVR with Ubuntu 22.04. Fixed.