Nx Witness Release Notes

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
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