Nx Witness Release Notes

Nx Witness v6.0.3.40736

PUBLISHED 04 Apr 2025

IMPORTANT:

These release notes cover changes implemented since the latest minor release (6.0.2.40229).

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 for 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).

OPERATING SYSTEMS/PLATFORMS UPDATES:

NEW FEATURES

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS:

ANALYTICS IMPROVEMENTS / FIXES:

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-2CD7A26G0x 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.
DW DWC-XPZA03Mi camera could not use H265. Fixed.

DEVICE SUPPORT AND FIXES:

Devices Specific Fixes:
- The Desktop Client could sometimes skip notifications about I/O state changes on the Hikvision cameras. Fixed.
- Hikvision DS-2CD2523G2x now supports alarm input events.
- On Hikvision DS-2TD2628-x, regular and thermal streams were mixed up. Fixed.
Newly Supported Devices:
- Axis C1610x
Encoders added to the analog list:
- N/A
Multisensor Cameras:
- Dahua
- 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
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 f/w 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 a 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 permissions to access it. Fixed.
UI Fixes:
- 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 fullscreen 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.

CHANNEL PARTNERS SPECIFIC FIXES

After disconnecting a Site from an Enterprise Organization through Connect, Site Servers could not activate licenses or be connected to any Organization again. Fixed.

Hanwha ONLY:

Hanwha Analytics: color metadata processing is improved.

In-Client Upgrade:

Build Number: 40736

Password: hm0ima

Nx Witness v6.0.2.40414

(PUBLISHED 19 Feb 2025)

IMPORTANT:
- These release notes cover changes implemented since the latest major release (6.0.1).

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 for 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).

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS:
- In order to get better quality of screen recordings shared with the Support team, the default resolution for Screen Recording is set to "Native".
- The permission for rendering with hardware acceleration has changed since Ubuntu 20.04. To support that, the Server user which is created during the installation, has been granted the rendering permission.
- The warning message when using Digest Authentication is improved.
- The “Ctrl + Alt + S” shortcut interfered with some national characters as a keyboard shortcut to "Save Layout as..." instead of “Ctrl + Shift + S”. Now only “Ctrl + Shift + S” works.
- Bookmark search is improved.
- Japanese translations in Web Admin are improved.
ANALYTICS IMPROVEMENTS / FIXES:
- Axis analytics improved: Object Tracking is introduced.
- On Hikvision cameras, multiple notifications could be triggered for a single analytic object. Fixed.
- Native best shots for non-LPR objects are supported on Hikvision cameras.
- Axis cameras did not send LPR metadata after upgrading to 6.x. Fixed.
- Advanced Object Search did not list all the objects available. Fixed.

DEVICE SUPPORT AND FIXES:
- Devices Specific Fixes:
  - Hikvision DS-9032HUHI-K8 was displayed as a multi-sensor camera instead of NVR. Fixed.
  - Alarm input events are now supported on Hikvision DS-2TD1228x.
  - OEM camera IPC-Color4K-T-3.6mm is recognized as Dahua with all analytics capabilities.
  - Axis D4100-E could not be added. Fixed.
  - On Hikvision iDS-2CD7A46G0/P-IZHSY, bookmarks were created with wrong timestamps (one hour in the future). Fixed.
  - The stream from Reolink RLC-812A could not be displayed in the Desktop Client. Fixed.
  - Sound only devices (i.e. AXIS 1004E speaker) did not play sound after switching between layouts. Fixed.
- Newly Supported Devices:
  - Hikvision DS-2TD1228-2/QA bi-spectrum camera.
- Encoders added to the analog list:
  - Dahua NVR E56_NVR4COM3
  - Hikvision iDS-7204HUHI
- Multisensor Cameras:
  - Uniview IPC28184EA-ADX5K-F40-I1, IPC3222SS-ADF28K-I1, IPC3222SS-ADF40K-I1, IPC3224SS-ADF28K-I1, IPC3224SS-ADF40K-I1, IPC68188EFW-X25-F40G-VH, IPC8544EA-KM-I1, IPC9312LFW-AF28-2X4, IPC94144SFW-X25-F40C, IPC94144SR-X25-F40C, IPC8645EA-ADZKM-I1, IPC98246EFW-X42-W-VH1, TIC2621SR-F3-4F4AC-VD, TIC2A32SA-F10-4F8AC-I1, TIC2A32SA-F3-4F4AC-I1, TIC2A32SA-F7-4F6AC-I1, TIC3612SA-F2-4F3AC-I1, TIC3612SA-F3-4F4AC-I1, TIC3612SA-F7-4F6AC-I1, TIC7626EL-GAF75-4X56-VH1
  - Axis M5000, P3735-PLE
  - Dahua DH-SDT5X425x
- Advanced PTZ:
  - Hanwha PNM-C34404RQPZ
  - Uniview IPC6424SR-X25-VF
  - Dahua DH-SD5A432XA-HNR
BUG FIXES:
- General Fixes:
  - Servers could not be updated from 5.1.5 to 6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. Fixed.
  - The actual pre-recording time for an Event Rule could not exceed 60 seconds even if a greater value was set. Fixed.
  - If the Desktop Client has a newer version than the Server and the Server should be updated, the automatic update did not work and the system required manual upgrade. Fixed.
  - In certain network environments, Cloud merge could fail. Fixed.
  - Some Samba storage locations could not be added to the Server, with the "Invalid storage path" error. Fixed.
  - The custom "maxSceneVideoItems" parameter could not be set above 64 cameras per layout. Fixed.
- UI Fixes:
  - Non-power users could not add shared layouts on Showreel. Fixed.
  - The Desktop Client could freeze after displaying video streams for a long time (~24 hours). Fixed.
  - The Desktop Client running on Intel HD Graphics could freeze when hovering over the Resource Tree. Fixed.
  - On some H265 MPEG-TS streams, the Desktop Client displayed a gray overlay over a video. Fixed.
  - Multi-video exported files could display "NO DATA" on some items. Fixed.
  - Calendar on the timeline was displayed incorrectly if the first day of a week in the OS settings was not Sunday. Fixed.
  - On NVidia GPU, with the hardware acceleration enabled, the image quality degraded when applying dewarping and zooming on fisheye cameras. Fixed.
  - JPG files did not open when hardware decoding was enabled. Fixed.
  - On Mac OS, a Context Menu did not show up when performing a right click on any item in the top left corner (Device Tree). Fixed.
  - Non-owner local and cloud users could periodically disconnect from System. Fixed.
  - Time positions could go out of sync between cameras on big layouts after opening an item in full-screen mode. Fixed.
  - The object search menu text displayed incorrectly on Chinese localization. Fixed.
  - IP addresses in the device list were sorted incorrectly. Fixed.
  - Texts in some menus (i.e. User Management) were displayed incorrectly if the "Roboto" font was installed in the OS. Fixed.
  - The cell aspect ratio of the Alarm layout unexpectedly changed to 16:9 when it was triggered during the Showreel mode. Fixed.
  - The "Apply" button in the "Local Settings" dialog was active even if no changes were modified. Fixed.
  - Custom permission groups in the target system could disappear after the merge. Fixed.
  - On some localizations, the LDAP dialog texts were displayed incorrectly. Fixed.
  - The Desktop Client failed to restart in compatibility mode 6.0 -> 4.2. Fixed.
  - The Desktop Client did not open the linked camera when clicking on the corresponding hyperlink at the event log page. Fixed.
Hanwha ONLY:
- Hanwha analytics plugin has been optimized: excessive requests removed.
- On Systems with RoadAI configured, the vehicles detected as "Gray" were displayed as "Orange". Fixed.
- Hanwha Intercom: the pop-up tooltip did not show up on the Push-to-talk soft-trigger button. Fixed.
- Archive that was recorded from Hanwha QNV-8080R could not be played back after the recording had been running for some time. Fixed.

In-Client Upgrade
Build Number: 40414
Password: xo2xhe