Week of February 6th, 2023

OWS Server Software

Apex Server Software version 2.6 will be made available as a General Release the week of January 30th, 2023.

• Added analytics-enabled Smart Motion natively within web services. With Smart Motion, users will experience increased accuracy from motion-events resulting in more actionable alerts, less false positives and a reduction in storage requirements. To configure visit, Setup > Camera > Configuration > Motion > enable Smart Motion.
• Added ONVIF multisensor and encoder support.
• Added support for AXIS people and vehicle analytic events.
• Added AXIS two way audio support.
• Added ability to import and export a CSV file when manually adding cameras within Add Cameras > Import tab to make setup faster and more efficient.
• Added a virtual keyboard to the local console.
• Added a 4 channel spot monitor option for the local Linux console.
• Added the ability to import custom certificates for local connections in Setup > System Settings.
• Added logic to the j3455 and j1900 CPUs (in recorder models MA, MD, ME, and MV) to disable spot live when smart motion is enabled.
• Added a two-grid option to the web client.
• Added IP information for the recorder network interface cards within system logs.
• Added support for Arecont multisensor cameras to display one sensor in discovery and add all sensors automatically when added to the recorder through Discovery, Manual Add and Import.
• Added the connection type detail to the system log for when a user connects to the recorder through web services.
• Added the ability to download the Linux OS logs from the system log page.
• Added a dialog message to the Manual Add Cameras page that lets the user know "It may take up to a minute to add the camera".
• Added support for cross OS configuration import.
• Updated security and dependencies.
• Updated UI for improved usability.
• Updated the UI of the general logs for improved usability.
• Updated the format of the Add Cameras page under Setup > General Configuration > Cameras to a tabbed structure and added the Import tab.
• Updated logic of auto discovery to be initiated by clicking a new Discover Cameras button rather than Add Cameras.
• Updated the logic of the Analytics tab to be present regardless if the camera supports analytics and added language to the UI to explain this.
• Updated DMP reader/door event UI within Alerts, Notifications and Event Search for improved usability.
• Updated the description field in clip exports to Public Note to align with other clients.
• Updated the default for recorders with internal switches or internal analog encoders to be added through discovery, rather than having Plug-and-Play enabled by default.
• Updated policy dependencies for web services.
• Added display message notifying users if a camera only supports rotation mode auto in Setup > General Configuration > Cameras, select the desired camera > Image Settings.
• Added the ability to set the motion type under Setup > General Configuration > Cameras > Multi-Camera Edit, select the desired camera Next > Recording Options.
• Added support for additional Arecont camera models.
• Updated the logic of the timeline bar to display the dark blue sections as continuous recorded video and the light blue sections as motion event video.
• Fixed an issue that caused the import configuration to not display a loading spinner during import.
• Fixed an issue that caused the individual POE ports for PnP to not be disabled in Setup > Network Configuration > Power over Ethernet.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Bosch Cardholder and Reader lists to be sent to web services as empty content.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Search in the web client to continue to play backwards after the Search had been stopped.
• Fixed an issue that caused Search to go to unintended times when playing backwards.
• Fixed an issue that caused Search to not skip gaps in recording when playing back in multi-grid view.
• Fixed an issue that caused OSD in the web client to not display completely on certain monitors.
• Fixed an issue that caused an error to appear in the logs when the config file is backed up before an update.
• Fixed an issue that caused the integration ID not to update correctly if already in use.
• Fixed an issue that caused the camera name field to extend beyond intended within Manual Add cameras.
• Fixed an issue that caused the 'unable to connect' error to remain after the state was corrected when changing the default camera port on Arecont cameras.
• Fixed an issue that caused the grid stream limitations not to be enforced as intended in the web client.
• Fixed an issue that caused recorders running on VM's not to display the OS image version.
• Fixed an issue that caused the recorder to report stream retention data to web services for invalid chunks.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash or hang when disabling Smart Motion before the system had time to finish initializing.
• Fixed an issue that caused a partial configuration import to modify the recorder name.
• Fixed an issue that caused event search in the web client to not default to the correct time on first use.
• Fixed an issue that caused retention Limit changes to not be captured correctly.
• Fixed an issue that caused the keyboard delete key to not delete selected Motion areas in Setup.
• Fixed an issue that caused Sensor 2 events were to be reported as Sensor 1 events for Hanwha cameras.
• Fixed an issue that caused 'unknown' to be shown in the logs for various setting changes.
• Fixed an issue that caused the web client with the grids to not scale correctly leaving unused space in the UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused Vivotek cameras to not receive stream info correctly.
• Fixed an issue that caused a constant restart of a Support link if the client device had changed it's internal system time.
• Fixed an issue that caused a camera to lose connection to the recorder when adding and deleting a duplicate RTSP camera.
• Fixed an issue that caused some OpenEye camera models to show unknown in the Sensor / Relay page in Setup.
• Fixed an issue that caused the camera thumbnail in setup timestamp to be incorrect after rebooting the recorder.
• Fixed an issue that caused certain cameras to fail to clear connection error messages once they were resolved.
• Fixed an issue that caused an existing camera's Integration ID to not save after updating if another camera already held that ID.
• Fixed an issue that caused an overlap of the username and navigation bar buttons in the local console.
• Fixed an issue that caused partial imports to change the name of the recorder.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the console to display error messages when upgrading or uninstalling the server software.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Vivotek cameras to not display video.
• Fixed an issue that caused RTSP camera not to stream video after deleting its duplicate.
• Fixed an issue that caused AXIS cameras to not update with newly enabled analytic settings after synchronizing in camera configuration.
• Fixed an issue that caused polygons to not cancel as intended in the Object Search of the web client.
• Improved enforcement of MP4 exports when bandwidth limiting is enabled.
• Fixed an issue that caused camera reboots to not show up in the System Logs.
• Fixed an issue that caused the OE-MA Rev. B exported archives to not play back video in the archive viewer.
• Fixed an issue that cause an incorrect frame rate to be displayed in the console for the AXIS P3818-PVE camera.
• Fixed an issue that caused video to not steam correctly on the NTSC Axis encoders.
• Fixed an issue that caused special characters to not be accepted in the login information on the console.
• Fixed an issue that could cause duration events to not display for Hikivision person and vehicle events.
• Fixed an issue that caused Hanwha PTZ controls and presets to not work as intended.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the search button in the web client object search to not function as intended.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Arecont Contera cameras to not connect when manually added.
• Fixed an issue that caused Camera Link to not work on Axis cameras with updated firmware versions 10.12 or higher.
• Fixed an issue that caused Arecont multi-sensor cameras to not be configurable in Setup > Cameras > Live/Recording > Stream Configuration & Remote Viewing.