Release Notes for MOBOTIX Camera Software

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These Release Notes contain a technical description of the most important changes in the software for the MOBOTIX network cameras.

Software Releases—Overview:

Notes:

• Please download the stable customer releases of the software from www.mobotix.com in the Support > Software Downloads section.
• Please note that some of the described features in the dialogs will only be visible if the More button at the bottom of a dialog has been pressed.
• Please send an email to intl-support@mobotix.com for feedback.

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Software Release MX-V5.0.0.133 − for Mx6 Camera Models D16, M16, S16, V16, D26, M26, Q26, S26, c26, i26, p26, v26 − With Thermal Sensors as well as 6MP and 5MP Image Sensors

Creation Date: 2017-07-21

Publishing Date: 2017-08-08

Enhancements and Improvements

Support of FTPS (TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2)

This software release supports file transfers of the camera using FTPS (FTP via Transport Layer Security). The supported TLS versions are TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2.

Other Improvements

• Improvement to Intrusion Detection
  When attempting to connect an IP address that is blocked by intrusion detection, the error message "404 not found" can now be returned by the camera instead of the standard error message "403 forbidden". For that purpose the following entry must be inserted in the camera configuration file:
  SECTION httpd
  ids_http_403_to_404=1
  ENDSECTION httpd
• Update of the OpenVPN-Client to version 2.4.3.
  This version provides, among other things, improved protection against DoS and memory overflow attacks.

Bugfixes

• Fixed gSOAP security issue in OVIF integration
  This release fixes the gSOAP security issue "Devil's Ivy", which was created due to a vulnerable part of the ONVIF Toolkit.
  

  However, this vulnerability could only be exploited in the affected software releases, if the ONVIF integration had been activated. If only the MxPEG video streaming codec developed by MOBOTIX was being used, the vulnerability could not be exploited.

• Profile for Network Messages and Full Image Recording
  When using profiles for network notifications (IP-Notify) with event images in combination with Full Image Recording, the IP Notify message was not sent if the triggering event of such a profile did not simultaneously trigger recording.
• Image Logo Upload
  Automated uploading of logos via web server URLs did not work properly in some cases.
• Thermal TR cameras with temperature values ​​above 2000° C
  A Thermal TR camera could, in rare cases, display a temperature of more than 2000 ° C.
• Integration Protocols dialog and IE 11
  The Admin Menu > Cameras Administration > Integration Protocols dialog did not work properly when using Internet Explorer 11. The changes made in the dialog were not stored properly in the camera.

Known Limitations

• SIP video
  This release does not support SIP video. This feature will be available again in a later release.
• Shock Sensor
  This version does not yet support the integrated shock sensor to trigger Shock Sensor events.

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Software Release MX-V5.0.0.130 − for Mx6 Camera Models D16, M16, S16, V16, D26, M26, Q26, S26, c26, i26, p26, v26 − With Thermal Sensors as well as 6MP and 5MP Image Sensors

Creation Date: 2017-06-21

Publishing Date: 2017-07-14

Enhancements and Improvements

Support of Mx6 Indoor Camera Models

This software release also supports the new Mx6 indoor camera models i26, c26, p26 and v26. As a consequence, the new features of the Mx6 camera line are also supported on these models (noticeably higher frame rates, H.264 video streaming, ONVIF, etc. In addition, the design and the handling of the i26, c26, p26 and v26 cameras does not differ from their predecessor models of the P3 camera line.

Factory Default Settings changed

The following factory default settings have been changed in this version:

• Image size = MEGA and Image Quality = Normal
  The camera now delivers 25 fps immediately after first start because of this change.
• Genetec and ONVIF Support activated per default
  The integration of cameras in Genetec and ONVIF video management systems is easier now because Genetec and ONVIF are now activated per default in the Admin Menu > Camera Administration > Integration Protocols dialog.

Event Stream Group Right for Integrating Cameras into MxManagementCenter

To integrate a MOBOTIX camera into MxManagementCenter (MxMC), you had to use the access credentials of a user with admin rights on the camera.

This software release provides a better solution: In the Admin Menu > Security > Group Access Control Lists, you can now add a new group with the new Event Stream right. If you are using the credentials of such a user to integrate the camera into MxMC, you can use all features of MxMC (except updating the camera software). In addition, the user cannot make any configuration changes in the browser-based user interface of the camera.

Separating the rights in such a manner has significantly increased the system security, especially where larger installations are concerned.

Enhanced Security Thanks to Special Characters in Passwords

Firmware release MX-V5.0.0.130 (just like MX-V5.0.0.127) allows using special characters to create more complex passwords (Admin Menu > Security > Users and Passwords). This again increases the protection against unwanted camera access. To prevent problems when logging in from different browsers, all printable special characters from the US ASCII character set are allowed:
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * +, −. /:; < = >? @ [ \ ] ^ _ `{ | } ~.

ONVIF Description

The online help for the ONVIF integration has been extended.

Bugfixes

• M16: Day/night operation
  When using an M16 in Day/Night mode, the Black&White (Night) image sensor sometimes showed image errors.
• Warning note for network settings
  After changing and storing the network settings in the Admin Menu > Network Configuration > Ethernet Interface dialog, the Administration dialog showed a faulty warning in the Network Configuration section.
• Storage on external file server after changing the language
  After setting French or Italian as language in the browser-based user interface, the Admin Menu > Storage > Storage on External File Server / Flash Device dialog showed some wrong contents.

Known Limitations

• IP Notify profiles and full image recording
  When using IP notify (network message) profiles with event images in combination with full image recording, errors may occur if the event that triggered the sending of the message not also triggers a recording.
• Logo upload
  The automated loading of logos from web server URLs does not always work reliably.
• Thermal TR cameras show temperature values above 2000 °C.
  On rare occasions, Thermal-TR cameras can show temperatures above 2000 °C.
• Integration Protocols dialog and IE 11
  The Admin Menu > Cameras Administration > Integration Protocols dialog does not work properly when using Internet Explorer 11. The changes made in the dialog will not be stored properly in the camera.
• SIP video
  This release does not support SIP video. This feature will be available again in a later release.
• Shock Sensor
  This version does not yet support the integrated shock sensor to trigger Shock Sensor events.

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Software Release MX-V5.0.0.127 − for Mx6 Camera Models D16, M16, S16, V16, D26, M26, Q26, S26 − with Thermal Sensors as well as 6MP and 5MP Image Sensors

Creation Date: 2017-04-27

Publishing Date: 2017-05-05

The following list describes the new features, enhancements and improvements as compared to the P3 models (software releases V4.x).

Enhancements and Improvements

Higher Frame Rates

As mentioned above, the Mx6 models display noticeably higher frame rates with less variation as in the P3 camera models. This is mainly due to the higher computational power of the dual-core processor. The frame rate can reach 42 fps when using HD image size (1280x720), the MxPEG video codec and Normal image quality:

RTP Streaming, H.264 and Genetec Integration

To integrate these camera models into other video management systems, you can use RTP streaming, H.264 and a special Genetec integration interface. Open the Admin Menu > Camera Administration > Integration Protocols dialog and activate the RTP Server and/or Genetec options to use these features.

ONVIF Integration

This is the first software release to support the ONVIF standard; it complies with many basic features of this global and open communication standard. Currently, the following ONVIF features or codecs and protocols are supported: Discovery Service, Digest Authentication, Scope Management, Profiles with Reset via Web UI, H.264, M-JPEG, RTP, TCP, HTTP.

Open the Admin Menu > Camera Administration > Integration Protocols dialog and activate the ONVIF option to activate the integrated ONVIF support. If you activate the ONVIF Discovery Service in this dialog, you can also define ONVIF Scopes and show or delete the ONVIF Profiles created by an ONVIF video management system.

Bugfixes

The bugfixes described in the following refer to the software releases prior to release V5.0.0.127 that had been delivered with the first Mx6 camera models.

• Recording on SMB/CIFS file server
  When using an SMB/CIFS file server as primary recording target (with MX folder/file structure) or as MxFFS archive, the camera sometimes could not connect to the file server.
• Several RTP H.264 streams
  When requesting more than one RTP H.264 stream, the additional streams sometimes displayed image errors.
• RTP server and storage on file server as primary target
  When recording on a file server as primary storage target (MX folder/file structure) and activating the RTP server, a camera reboot sometimes deleted the recorded video data.

Known Limitations

• SIP video
  This release does not support SIP video. This feature will be available again in a later release.
• Shock Sensor
  This version does not yet support the integrated shock sensor to trigger Shock Sensor events.