Nx Witness v2.6.0 Release (2016-10-05)

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

• Sound issues with Axis devices running firmware v6.x (live video has audio, but archive does not). Planned to fix in 3.0

• 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

• Nx Witness v2.6 ends support for Windows XP OS, which Microsoft officially quit supporting in April of 2014.