Nx Witness v2.6.0 (October 5 2016)
Nx Witness v2.6.0 is a major release that brings Nx into a new level as a video platform. With 4 key new features, 11 new devices, 16 smart improvements, and 31 bug fixes Nx Witness v2.6.0 is a strong release that includes many desired enterprise capabilities - including 2-way audio integrated for Axis cameras and I/O devices, HTTP Request-as-an-Action, and Rapid Review!
NEW FEATURES
- 2-way audio integrated for Axis cameras and I/O device (requires firmware 5.x) - Allows Nx Witness operators to communicate using 2-way audio in a walkie-talkie like fashion with Axis devices running firmware version 5.x or higher.
- Audio-as-an-Action now available for Axis devices (requires firmware 5.x) - Allows Nx Witness operators to send Audio alerts over the network to Axis devices running firmware version 5.x or higher.
- HTTP Request-as an-Action - allows operators to define HTTP GET requests as an action in the Events & Rules engine.
- Rapid Review - allows Nx Witness users to export and compress long periods of archived video into shortened, time-lapse-like videos.
NEW DEVICE SUPPORT
- IPv6 support (required for publishing iOS apps)
- FLIR AX8 and FC-series cameras integrated via ONVIF
- Pelco NET5516 Encoder
- Pelco Optera Series Cameras (180, 270, and 360 - no motion detection support)
- ACTi A41, A81, E925, E924, E12a cameras
- ACTi PTZ Dome I98
- New Arecont Vision(G5) and new Axis cameras support
- Arecont Vision AV2195 and AV2196
- AHD DVR
- DWC-PF5M1TIR camera
IMPROVEMENTS
- ACTi Cameras advanced Integration
- Sony SNC-EP550 audio is now supported
- Improved PTZ for Uniview and Vivotek cameras
- Added playback speed controls for VMAX
- DW CPRO-manufactured cameras now use H.264-High profile
- DW Panzilla optimizations
- Improved default password auto-fill during auto-discovery for DW cameras
- RTSP workflow improvement reduces glitches for cameras that experience short-time RTSP-stream frequent stops
- Software Motion Detection stream resolution threshold increased to 1024x768. Works also for single-stream cameras
- Storage Database management optimizations
- Write to storage function optimizations for high bitrate cameras. Drastically decreases "HDD Slow" errors
- Modified warnings to LDAP "Test" results to be clearer
- Incremental expansion of Server API documentation
- General server stability improvements based on anonymous usage and crash statistics
- Added IR controls for Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I to the "Advanced" tab of camera settings in Desktop Client
- Sending email via SMTP servers w/out authentication now allowed.
- To prevent OS malfunction, system disk drive is disabled for recording if there's more than one storage drive on Server and system disk drive is 5 times less than summary capacity of other storage drives
- Added screenshot and video links to "Input on camera" email for recorded cameras
- Modified warnings to LDAP "Test" results to be clearer
- Added a possibility to use PTZ functions directly on Video Wall
- Incremental expansion of Server API documentation
- General server stability improvements based on anonymous usage and crash statistics
BUG FIXES
- Inputs were not properly recognized from camera VK2-1080XVRDPTZf. Fixed.
- ACTi V32 did not accept Analog Encoder licenses. Fixed.
- Motion detection stopped working at DW-MV421 Onvif camera. Fixed.
- Server used default HTTP port :80 for Axis cameras instead of parsing multicast reply. Fixed.
- Desktop Client crashed while viewing archive recordings from some cameras with g726 coded audio. Noticed w/ Axis firmware 6.x. Fixed.
- Cameras intermittently displayed unauthorized state after moving between servers. Fixed.
- Video noise appeared on specific frames of DW-CP16. Fixed.
- Server crash when advanced settings modified for DWC-PF5MTIR. Fixed.
- Server locked after effort to restart it. Fixed.
- Windows Error Report about Server crash might appear right after update because of improper Server restart. Fixed.
- Server froze after "maximum archive days" option value had been decreased for any camera. Fixed.
- Server memory leak on email notifications. Fixed.
- If storage drive was mounted via Desktop Client first, then removed and mounted via fstab as local, it might become inaccessible. Fixed.
- Sending emails would not work if SMTP server did not support support PLAIN. Fixed.
- Local (not Internet connected) SMTP Server could not be used as Email Server for email notifications. Fixed.
- Email notifications for "Device Disconnected", "Network Issues" and "Generic Events" stopped functioning after the v2.5 update. Fixed.
- Server could not connect to LDAP without an active Internet connection. Fixed.
- If Desktop Client wasn't able to connect to Server directly, web page in camera Advanced Settings dialog couldn't be displayed. Fixed.
- Some local video couldn't be played in Desktop Client after the v2.5 update. Fixed.
- Motion alarm layout notifications (green frames) were improperly displayed. Fixed.
- Desktop Client intermittent crashes when zoom window was dragged between items. Fixed.
- Exporting to executable in Chinese language Desktop Client failed with message about absent FFMPEG. Fixed.
- Chinese input did not work in Desktop Client on Ubuntu. Fixed.
- Mobile App did not allow connection if login or password contained the specific symbols like '@', '#' etc. Fixed.
- System names in "Saved Connections" in Mobile App could change after connect to Server in case of specific network configuration. Fixed.
- iOS App may not to switch its orientation to portrait/landscape mode after switching between the applications. Fixed.
- Mobile App intermittently did not display video in 1080p. Fixed.
- Fixed "No video" issue from camera Sony SNC-VM772R.
- Archive playback hung on occasion if video item was switched to fullscreen mode. Fixed.
- Couldn't add camera manually if there was other offline device with the same IP in the Resources Tree. Fixed.
- Canon VB-S30D lost PTZ capabilities after some time after the initialization. Fixed.
- Server may not delete some particular video files during archive rewriting. Fixed. Rebuild of archive index is needed after update to 2.6.0.
- Server crashed on attempt to export video of big size via API GET /hls/<physicalId>.<format>
- Part of archive may not be played in Client if archive was located on several Servers of the System at the same time. Fixed.
- File exported as exe from 32 bit system couldn't be opened by double-clicking. Fixed.
- Video Wall didn't start on Windows startup. Fixed.
- Thumbnails were not loaded in Mobile Client for users with capital letters in login. Fixed.
KNOWN ISSUES
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Sound issues with Axis devices running firmware v6.x (live video has audio, but archive does not). Planned to fix in 3.0
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Rare server crashes caused by unstable RTSP streams from certain Hikvision devices. The issue has been identified in systems with the following Hikvision models: DS-2CD2112F-I, DS-2CD2312-I, DS-2CD2332-I, DS-2CD6412FWD-20, DS-2CD2632F-I, DS-2CD2732CD2312-I, DS-2CD2332-I, DS-2CD6412FWD-20, DS-2CD2632F-I, DS-2CD2732
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Nx Witness v2.6 ends support for Windows XP OS, which Microsoft officially quit supporting in April of 2014.
Comments
2 comments
Regarding the known issue of the RTSP streams on Hikvision devices. Is this a new problem or existing from earlier version?
Asking because when I upgraded from 2.5 to 2.6 I started getting emails about packet loss from a few cameras. They all seem to be from multiple Annke I81FB (w/firmware v5.3.8 b151230) cameras, which I think are just rebranded HikVision DS-2CD2042WD-I model cameras.
Everything worked fine in 2.5.
AHD DVR was in the device support list, would like to know what are the brands and models can be supported by NX witness?
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