Release Notes for MOBOTIX MxManagementCenter Software

Document Information

Publisher: MOBOTIX AG
Author: Bernd Wilhelm
Thilo Schüller
Date: 2021-01-14
Document: release-notes_en.html
Confidentiality: public

Contents

MOBOTIX MxManagementCenter (MxMC) is an intuitive video management system for Windows and Macintosh systems. This document contains notes for installing and operating the software as well as a short technical description of the most important system functions.

Software Releases—Overview

Release Version

Creation Date

Publishing Date

MxMC 2.4.1 2020-11-17 2020-11-18
MxMC 2.4 2020-10-26 2020-10-27
MxMC 2.3.4 2020-09-30 2020-10-01
MxMC 2.3.2 2020-06-10 2020-06-15
MxMC 2.3.1 2020-06-08 2020-06-09
MxMC 2.3 2020-04-29 2020-04-30
MxMC 2.2.2 2020-02-13 2020-02-14
MxMC 2.2.0 2019-12-04 2019-12-05
MxMC 2.1.2 2019-09-23 2019-09-25
MxMC 2.1.1 2019-07-26 2019-07-31
MxMC 2.1.0 2019-04-12 2019-04-15
MxMC 2.0.1 2018-12-18 2018-12-20
MxMC 2.0 2018-10-31 2018-11-02
MxMC 1.8.1 2018-08-13 2018-08-15
MxMC 1.8 2018-06-15 2018-06-15

MxMC 1.7

2018-02-14

2018-02-14

MxMC 1.5

2017-07-27

2017-07-31

MxMC 1.4

2017-04-27

2017-04-28

MxMC 1.3

2016-11-11

2016-11-14

MxMC 1.2

2016-06-21

2016-06-27

MxMC 1.1.1

2015-12-17

2015-12-18

MxMC 1.1

2015-11-19

2015-11-20

MxMC 1.0.1

2015-06-29

2015-06-30

MxMC 1.0
(only for macOS)

2015-06-03

2015-06-03

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Supported MOBOTIX IoT Camera Models

The full functionality of the MxManagementCenter is available for the following camera models:

This applies to the basic functions of the MxManagementCenter. In addition, there are functions that are based on special functions of certain camera models and are only supported for these models (e.g. the configuration of the MOBOTIX 7 Camera Apps). The supported cameras are indicated in the present release notes for the respective functions.

When integrating older MOBOTIX P2 cameras M12/D12/V12/M22M/D22M/Q22M with firmware versions 3.x, the following features are available:

In particular, the following functions are not supported in the P2 camera models because they are based on the camera’s Event Stream interface, which is not included in the corresponding firmware versions 3.x:

Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems

If you intend to install this version on Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 systems, you need to make sure that the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 package has been installed.

Please observe the following hints:

Important Information

For more information including "Tips and Tricks" for operating MxManagementCenter, please open the document MxManagementCenter Tutorial that is available on the MOBOTIX website www.mobotix.com in the section Support > Download Center > Documentation > Brochures & Guides > Tutorials.


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Release 2.4.1 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-11-17

Published on: 2020-11-18


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application's online help.

More Smart Data Sources for MOBOTIX 7 Apps

The support for MOBOTIX 7 camera Apps within the Smart Data Search introduced with version 2.4 has been extended by two additional Apps:

Name of the App

Function

Name of The Smart Data Source in the Admin > Camera Administration > Smart Data Configuration Dialog

FF MMCR

Detection of vehicles with their brand, model and colour

FFMMCR.vehicle

FF LPR US

Recognition of U.S. vehicle registration plates

FFLPRAM.plate


The same applies to the setup and use of the generated App data within Smart Data Search as for the Apps already supported with the previous version 2.4. Once these new Apps are available in the firmware for MOBOTIX 7 cameras, they can be used as Smart Data Sources in the MxManagementCenter.

Translations and online help

With this version, all functions in the program interface are available again in the languages DE, EN and FR. In addition, the English online help of the program has been updated to the content of version 2.4.

Other improvements

Note:
The P2 cameras must be inserted to the MxMC via the function Add Devices of the File > Welcome dialog. Manual adding via the device tree is not possible with these camera types.

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

The same restrictions apply as for version 2.1.1 of MxManagementCenter.


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Release 2.4 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-10-26

Published on: 2020-10-27


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application's online help.

Smart Data Sources for MOBOTIX 7 Apps

For IoT cameras of the MOBOTIX 7 series with firmware from version 7.1.2.24, within the MxMC the meta data of the analysis results of various Apps can now be filtered and displayed in the Smart Data Search. This makes it possible, for example, to filter the license plates identified by a License Plate Recognition App by a specific region and to display the result in the Smart Data search. For the Apps of the MOBOTIX 7 cameras, this feature is royalty-free in the MxMC, unlike the other Smart Data Sources. Currently, the followinng Apps are supported:

To set up this feature for an App, the following steps are required:

Note:
For the Smart Data configuration to take effect, the definitions must be saved and the camera must then be restarted!

Creation and installation of own SSL certificates

In the Wizards & Tools view, there is the new SSL Certificates feature. Selecting this function starts a wizard that can be used to upload a previously created SSL certificate to the camera or group of cameras currently selected. Alternatively, a new certificate can be created first and then uploaded to the camera or cameras of the current camera group. The root certificates used in both operations are copied to a user-specific directory of the MxMC and used for later verification of the cameras' certificate when connecting to the cameras. 

Note:
This way you can also create a certificate in one instance of the MxMC and then use it in another MxMC instance by uploading it to at least one camera again.

Histogram and alarm bar

The positions of the Event Histogram and the Alarm Bar have been changed so that the histogram now appears horizontally below the display area and the alarm bar appears vertically to the right of the display area. The most recent event is displayed at the top of the alarm bar. In the course of this change, the histogram function has also been optimized for the following points:

Other improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

The same restrictions apply as for version 2.1.1 of MxManagementCenter.


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Release 2.3.4 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-09-30

Published on: 2020-10-01


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application's online help.

Configuration of new IoT Camera Apps

This release allows you to configure the following new apps, which are available for IoT cameras starting with firmware version 7.0.6.18:

For configuration, there is a register of the same name for each of these Apps in the Camera Apps section of the Configuration view.  For details on installing and using these new apps on an Mx7 camera, see the release notes for version 7.0.6.18

Notes:

In this version, MOBOTIX Analytics counting corridors defined by the MxMC are only stored in the camera if the camera dialog Mobotix Analytics Settings is opened in the web browser and the Set button is pressed after the configuration.

Smart Data Enhancements

The following changes have been made to the Smart Data Search view:

Licenses

Starting with this release, the functions below the View > Configuration menu for configuring IoT cameras and in the Health Check section below the View > Assistants & Extras menu for monitoring IoT cameras, are royalty-free. They can be used directly without registration and without purchasing a license.

Other improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

The same restrictions apply as for version 2.1.1 of MxManagementCenter.


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Release 2.3.2 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-06-10

Published on: 2020-06-15


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

This version differs from the previous version 2.3.1 only in the following improvements:

Known Limitations

The same restrictions apply as for version 2.1.1 of MxManagementCenter.


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Release 2.3.1 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-06-08

Published on: 2020-06-09


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Cumulative counting corridor evaluation ("Customer Counter")

This version allows the accumulated evaluation of MxAnalytics counting corridors of several integrated cameras and the display of the result in a separate dialog. For example, after the corresponding definition of counting corridors at the entrances and exits of a shop, customers are counted and evaluated as passes in "north direction" when entering and when leaving as passes in "south direction". The current number of visitors to the shop is then the difference between all passes in north direction and the passages in south direction. This, together with a previously defined limit, determines the number of customers who are still allowed to enter and the number is displayed in a separate dialog. The setup and display of the result are carried out as follows:

Other improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

The same restrictions apply as for version 2.1.1  of MxManagementCenter.


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Release 2.3 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-04-29

Published on: 2020-04-30


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Program mode "Pre-Configuration"

For simple applications, or if MxMC is not the main VMS, for example because the cameras are used in Genetec or the MOBOTIX CLOUD, the new program mode Pre-Configuration can be used: The MOBOTIX cameras can be secured, updated and pre-configured particularly quickly and easily.

Improved integration of MOBOTIX NAS devices

To make it easier to integrate MOBOTIX NAS devices via the Components view, this view has been extended to include the MOBOTIX NAS Configuration section with the following sub-sections:

Using Mx7 Camera App by A.I. Tech

With this version, you can configure installed and licensed apps from A.I.Tech for integrated Mx7 camera models and also display their results. The configuration and result evaluation are done for MxMC users with admin rights via the Camera Apps section of the  Configuration view or the selection of the new AI Camera Apps  entry from the View menu.  The new AI Camera Apps entry of the View menu can also be used for MxMC users without admin rights to evaluate the results using the AI Dashboard.

Note: Some systems may still experience problems configuring and saving changes through View > Configuration > Camera Apps,  while the feature works correctly through View > AI Camera Apps.

Other improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

Otherwise the same limitations as for MxManagementCenter release 2.1.1 apply.


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Release 2.2.2 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2020-02-13

Published on: 2020-02-14


When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Improved alarm handling

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

The same limitations as for MxManagementCenter release 2.1.1 apply.


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Release 2.2.0 of MxManagementCenter

Created on: 2019-12-04

Published on: 2019-12-05

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes


Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Exporting Hemispheric Images

When exporting hemispherical images to AVI (M-JPEG) and MP4 (H.264), you can now apply distortion correction as an export option in MxMC. In the Export Profile dialog, activate the additional Dewarp Enabled option to apply the currently selected display mode in Playback also for exporting the hemispheric full image.

Note: This release supports the “Panorama” and “Normal” display modes.

Reverse Playback of Recordings from MOBOTIX NAS Devices

This version supports playing back recordings of MOBOTIX MOVE and other ONVIF S-compatible cameras from MOBOTIX NAS devices with up to 8x speed. This requires updating the MOBOTIX NAS Recorder Software to release 1.2.3.1 on the MOBOTIX NAS device.

Directly Accessing MxFFS Media

You can now directly (i.e., without the camera) browse, play back, and export the recordings of MOBOTIX IoT cameras directly from MxFFS media (USB flash/hard drives, SSD drives). Select the new “MxFFS Medium” device type in the MxMC device tree to and an attached USB MxFFS storage device to MxMC. You can then activate the Playback view for accessing the recordings and for exporting.

Note: You have to launch MxMC with admin privileges on Windows and using “sudo” on macOS.

Support of Mx7 Models

Besides the established Mx4/5 Mx6 camera models, this release also supports the new M73 and the other Mx7 models that will follow. To support the new models, two new features have been added.

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

The same limitations as for MxManagementCenter release 2.1.1 apply.


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Release 2.1.2 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2019-09-23

Publishing Date: 2019-09-25

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Bugfix

Program crash during camera (device) search

When the MxManagementCenter was started without project data or when the Welcome Wizard was opened later, a program crash could occur in networks with integrated ONVIF-enabled devices due to non-ONVIF-compliant behavior of these devices. The same behavior could occur in such networks when opening the File Server tab in the Components dialog. 

Known Limitations

The same limitations apply as for version 2. 1. 1. 

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Release 2.1.1 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2019-07-26

Publishing Date: 2019-07-31

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Wizard for Initializing MOBOTIX Door Stations

The Wizards & Tools view now contains the new Initialize Door Station feature. After selecting a door station (T25, S15, T26, S26, S16) in the device tree, you can start this wizard in order to set up MOBOTIX door stations and MxDisplay devices for the first time. Note, that the door stations must have been added to MxManagementCenter and the MxDisplay devices must be visible in the network. The wizard performs the first important configuration steps and provides additional information to the remaining configuration, i.e., to the configuration tasks you need to perform after finishing the wizard.

Note: To use this new feature on Mx6 door station, they need to run a software release 5.2.4.15 or higher, Mx4/5 door stations require a software release 4.7.2.34 or higher.

Improved Integration of MOBOTIX NAS Systems

Accessing the recordings of MOBOTX MOCE cameras on MOBOTX NAS systems has been greatly improved in several ways:

Note: To access the recordings of MOBOTIX MOVE cameras, this release of MxMC mandates that the minimum software release of the MOBOTIX NAS Recorder Software (QVRProServer) on the NAS device is 1.2.2.1 or higher.

Support of the PelcoD Protocol

This release allows using controlling MOBOTIX IoT cameras mounted to PelcoD PTZ heads. Once a camera has been attached to the PTZ head and properly configured, all commands sent using the mouse or a joystick will be sent as commands to the PTZ head. The camera will execute zoom actions as digital zoom actions like before. The following steps are required to use a PelcoD PTZ head:

Note: To use this new feature on Mx6 door station, they need to run a software release 5.2.4.15 or higher, Mx4/5 door stations require a software release 4.7.2.34 or higher.

Improved Integration of MxThinClient Devices

The Components view now has the additional ThinClients tab. This tabs allows searching all MxThinClient devices in the network, add them to MxMC and configure the access data and the most important settings.

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

With the exception of the two bugfixes "MxMOVE cameras and Grid Playback" as well as "RTP/RTSP via HTTPS", the same limitations as in the release 2.0.1 apply.


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Release 2.1.0 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2019-04-12

Publishing Date: 2019-04-15

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Enhanced Camera Configuration

The Camera Configuration has been extended to include the following important settings:

"Components" View

The configuration of recording paths and cash point systems (POS) does not use the File > Settings dialog any more, but the new and more convenient Components view. This view contains the following sections:

Adding additional Cash Point Systems and Smart Data Sources

Using the new view Components > Smart Data Sources, you can add Vectron cash point systems as before, but also additional formats for data sources for other cash point systems or generic systems:

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations

Besides the limitations above, the same limitations as for the predecessor release 2.0.1 apply.


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Release 2.0.1 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2018-12-18

Publishing Date: 2018-12-20

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Enhanced Camera Configuration

The program contains the following additional settings and improvements in the camera configuration:

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 2.0 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2018-10-31

Publishing Date: 2018-11-02

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the application online help.

Licensing

Beginning in release 2.0, many features are being added, some of which require a license: Integration of ONVIF S cameras and H.264, Extended camera configuration, Advanced Service including Health Check. In addition, the licensing mechanism introduced in release 1.8 for POS has been extended by additional features. Different license packages are available that depend on the number of ONVIF S devices, the video codec used, the number of MxMC instances and the number of MOBOTIX devices. For more information on the available licenses and how to obtain them, please see the MOBOTIX website under Products > Software > MxManagementCenter.

Integration of MxMOVE and other ONVIF S-Based Cameras

You can now add MxMOVE cameras and other cameras that understand ONVIF S to MxMC. For these types of cameras, the Camera Configuration dialog contains the following new settings:

Currently, the following features are available for these cameras:

When using M-JPEG as video codec, you can use any number of MxMOVE cameras and up to eight other ONVIF S cameras in MxMC without having to buy a license. When using the H.264 codec for MxMOVE and other ONVIF S-based cameras or when integrating more than eight ONVIF S cameras in MxMC, the corresponding licenses are required (see Licensing section above).

Integration of MOBOTIX NAS Devices

The new MOBOTIX NAS devices allow storing the H.264 streams of MxMOVE cameras and other ONVIF S cameras. Using MxMC, you can browse these recordings and play back the video. For accessing the recorded video, the application uses the ONVIF Profile G interface. To set up the entire system consisting of MxMOVE cameras and other ONVIF S cameras, a MOBOTIX NAS and MxMC, the following steps are required:

The QVR Pro app is available on the MOBOTIX website under Support > Download Center > Software Downloads > MOBOTIX NAS for downloading. For a more detailed description of these steps, please see the MOBOTIX website and read the Quick Install document in the Support > Download Center > Manuals section.

To access the recordings of MxMOVE cameras and other ONVIF S cameras on a MOBOTIX NAS, MxMC provides the following functions:

Advanced Camera Configuration

Apart from the basic camera settings of release 1.8, release 2.0 now shows many additional tabs for configuring camera settings in the Configuration view (Network, Time, Hardware, Audio, Video, Events, Recording, etc.). These tabs allow accessing most of the parameters (currently about 75 %) that are only accessible using the browser interface otherwise. By using the configuration bar on the right-hand border of the MxMC window, you can apply the settings quite easily to many cameras at the same time. The configuration changes can be applied to the currently selected camera in the device tree and to all cameras of the superordinate group. Note that you can edit the configuration of up to 80 cameras at once. Using the advanced configuration requires a license (see Licensing section above).

Notes

Health Check

The Wizards & Tools view now contains the new Health Check feature. It allows testing all MOBOTIX IoT cameras of the Mx6 model range for problems regarding the system status. The test covers all cameras of the camera group currently selected in the device tree. The results are displayed with traffic light icons (Green – no problems, Yellow – at least one warning in the system, Red – at least one critical state of one camera). If warnings (Yellow) and errors (Red) have been detected, the system will propose solutions and recommendations to resolve the issues.

The Health Check feature is part of the Advanced Service License (see Licensing section above).

Online Help

In addition to the existing Quick Help, this release features an extensive online help with integrated search. To open the online help, click on Help in the menu or press Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+?.

Design of the User Interface

The user interface of the program shows numerous enhancements of buttons, graphics and icons.

Other Enhancements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 1.8.1 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2018-08-13

Publishing Date: 2018-08-15

Please note that for MxManagementCenter 1.8.1, the same Important Usage Notes apply as for the predecessor release MxManagementCenter 1.8.

This release only contains the error correction measures listed under Bugfixes. All other features and restrictions have not changed.

Bugfixes


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Release 1.8 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2018-06-15

Publishing Date: 2018-06-15

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the Quick Help of the application.

New Configuration view to configure the basic camera settings

With the new Configuration view, the most important settings of cameras can be changed within 5 different tabs (General, Network, Time, Image and Recording).
Where:

New Assistant to secure cameras

In the Wizards & Tools view there is now the new wizard function Secure System. By activating this function, a camera selected in the device tree or the cameras of a selected group are first checked for various security-relevant settings (access data, encryption and public access). If necessary, the corresponding settings can then be changed and the system can be secured.

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 1.7 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2018-02-14

Publishing Date: 2018-02-14

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the Quick Help of the application.

Integration of Cash Point Systems (POS)

From this version on, you can display and search the transaction data of Vectron cash point systems (POS = point of sale) together with the corresponding video recordings of a MOBOTIX camera in MxManagementCenter. For this purpose, MxMC now has a new Retail bar that can be pulled out of the right-hand border of the program window. This bar shows the current transaction data of a specific cash point on a continuous basis. It also allows playing back the video recordings associated with individual transactions. In addition, you can use the new Retail view to search the transaction data of the integrated cash points according to different criteria. Moreover, you can show the transactions of the search results individually or together with the data of the entire sales receipt for easy access to the corresponding video recordings.

To set up such a POS system, you basically need to follow these steps:

Note: The new views and configuration options for setting up a POS system in MxMC are only available once you have activated the appropriate license in the application (see next section).

Licensing

Industry-specific solutions and special features – such as settings up a POS system described above – require a license in MxMC. To activate the licenses in this release of MxMC, open the Windows menu and select Licenses to open this new dialog. After you have purchased the licenses from a MOBOTIX partner, you can use the activation codes to activate the corresponding licenses. The licenses activated in this way are valid for the MxManagementCenter on the current computer. Once you have activated the licenses and restarted the application, the licensed features are available.

Note:

If you had to adjust the MxMC 1.7 installation on Windows 7 systems to be be able to run the program, the licensing module will not available (see section Important Usage Notes above).

Integration of MxThinClient

MxThinClient devices with a firmware V1.1.0.3 and higher can now be integrated into MxManagementCenter. You can use an MxThinClient thus integrated to show live streams of cameras on a monitor or TV connected to the MxThinClient via HDMI. You can add MxThinClient devices as a separate type in the device bar of MxMC; these devices are managed in the new MxThinClient Devices section of the bar.

The communication between MxMC and an MxThinClient device uses the MxMessageSystem. Besides setting up the MxThinClient in the device tree of MxMC, you also need to configure the MxMessageSystem in MxMC accordingly. To configure the MxMessageSystem, open the Settings dialog and the MxMessageSystem section. Make sure that you are using exactly the same settings for Broadcast Port and Passphrase as in the MxThinClient device. It is also required that the MxMC computer and the MxThinClient are using the same time server to stay in sync. This is a prerequisite for successful operation of the MxMessageSystem.

Recording Paths and Device Tree

Exporting MxPEG clips

This release can export MxPEG clips you added to the program before in parts or as a whole, just like any other recording.

Live Recorder

In the Live and Grid views, the command bar now has a new Recorder function icon. If you click on this icon, MxMC records the live stream of the camera shown in the Live view or in the focus window of the Grid view as MxPEG clip file. In the Settings dialog, the new Live Recorder section contains the settings for the storage location of the MxPEG clip files and the maximum duration of the live recording.

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 1.5 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2017-07-27

Publishing Date: 2017-07-31

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the Quick Help of the application.

Multi-Camera Configuration

The edit mode of the device bar now allows selecting several cameras at once (using [Shift]-click or [Ctrl]-click) and right-click to open the new Multi-Camera Configuration dialog. This dialog also allows setting the most important properties for all selected cameras at once, such as the camera access data (user name and password) or the recording path.

"Active" Camera Property

By default, the "Active" property of the Camera Configuration dialog has been disabled to reduce the system load in large projects with many cameras. In addition, this property has been renamed Background Alarms. As in previous releases, activating this option will keep a permanent connection to the cameras that are currently not displayed or whose storage is not accessed. This permanent connection is used to get information about camera events to create MxMC alarms.

Notes

Performance on Large Project Data

The system behavior and the response times when working with large project data (several hundred cameras) has been improved. This is most noticeable when using the device bar on the left-hand side of the application window, e.g., when switching grids.

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 1.4 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2017-04-27

Publishing Date: 2017-04-28

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the Quick Help of the application.

Device Bar With Extended Tree Structure for Camera Groups (Nested Groups)

Starting with MxMC 1.3, you had the option to show a device bar on the left-hand side of the window border. The displayed tree structure provides a structured overview, quick selection of elements and simplified management of the video sources. With MxMC 1.4, you can now create a tree structure with several group levels (i.e., with groups and subgroups). Distributing the cameras onto any number of nested subgroups will help to create an easily navigable tree structure even in large installations with many cameras. When using descriptive names for cameras and groups will allow the users to easily find specific cameras. To create a structure with subgroups, make sure that the lock icon is open, then drag&drop the desired cameras.

In addition, the width of the device bar can now be adjusted within a preset range.

New Features and Controls for Configuring the Grid View

To display and arrange the individual cameras of a group in the Grid and Grid Playback views, you can use several options, such as the number of cameras to be displayed, the format of the grid tiles and the scaling of the focus window.

MxMC 1.4 adds two more options to set the grid layout:

To set the grid type (Auto/Manual) and freeze the Auto Grid, make sure that the lock icon is open. Starting with MxMC 1.4, all controls for these tasks have moved from the group bar and the Group Configuration dialog to the control bar in the bottom right corner. Make sure that the window is wide enough to see these controls; if the window is too small, the controls may be hidden from view.

Per-User Settings Stored in Last MxMC Session

By default, the program looks will be the same as when you closed the program the last time. This applies to the views, selected camera group, opened sidebars and sizes as well as window positions of the program. In MxMC 1.4, this has been extended to a per-user setting of the settings. If several users are working at the same computer and login (e.g., several security persons working in shifts), every user will get the same view as when he/she logged out the last time. It is thus unnecessary to manually adjust the program settings after switching users.

User Management With Extended Security Options

In the user management dialog (opened using the button in the top left corner of the program's header bar), the section for entering the user password has been expanded by options to enhance data security:

  1. Password expiration
    You can set the password to expire – never, after one or two weeks or after one, three or six months. After that, the user will have to create a new user password at the next login.
  2. Prompt user to enter a new password at next login
    You can force a new user to change the standard user credentials and to apply the new extended security settings. This is done by setting an option for new users to change the password upon their first login.
  3. Force higher password complexity
    The third new security feature applies to the complexity of the password. Using this option, you can force the user to define a password that follows these requirements:

    As soon as the password complexity requirements have been fulfilled, the frame around the text field changes from red to green.

Improved Format for Project Data

Starting with MxMC 1.4, the project data are stored in a different format (data covers, cameras, groups, etc., but not the user-sepcific settings, such as window positions, etc.). This change has resulted in better performance when loading project data and has also resolved other problems in the same area. Project files created via the File > Save Project as menu command now have the .interchange file name extension instead of .configuration.

The following applies to existing MxMC installations and the corresponding project data:

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 1.3 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2016-11-11

Publishing Date: 2016-11-14

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems (MxManagementCenter 1.2).


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note

For additional information about the new features described in the following, please see the Quick Help of the application.

Tree Structure of Integrated Cameras, Groups and Clips for Administration and Navigation

Starting with MxMC 1.3, you can show a device bar on the left-hand side of the window border. The displayed tree structure provides a structured overview, quick selection of elements and simplified management of the video sources.

The device bar serves the purpose of main navigation and information tool (as an alternative to the camera and group bar) and it is very helpful especially when handling a larger number of cameras and groups. It can be used to accomplish the following tasks (among other things):

The device bar has two different modes: a selection mode for selecting cameras, clips, groups, and the views as well as an edit mode for changing the properties of cameras and groups. Note that the new device bar also replaces the camera management that had been accessible from the Live view. The Camera Management icon has been removed from the control bar in this view.

Note

This release does not yet support nested groups (i.e., groups within groups). This will be possible using release 1.4 of MxManagementCenter.

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

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Release 1.2 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2016-06-21

Publishing Date: 2016-06-27

When installing MxManagementCenter on systems with Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, please make sure that you follow the instructions in the section Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems.


Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Note: For additional information on the new features described in the following, see the document MxManagementCenter 1.2 Tutorial under www.mobotix.com/other/Support/Tutorials/MxManagementCenter or the integrated quick help of the program.

Event Histogram

You can now activate a histogram at the left-hand side of the Playback and Grid Playback views. This histogram shows the frequency distribution of the selected events and cameras/groups within the selected time span. By default, the histogram shows all event types of the current camera or the camera in the focus window (when in the Grid Playback view). Using the sliders at the right-hand border of the histogram, you can select the event types and the cameras that will be examined. The three icons at the bottom right of the histogram allow selecting the display precision, the examined time span and setting a filter for the recorded events. The histogram hence provides a quick overview on how many and which events occurred on one or more cameras. In addition, you can quickly re-position the cursor for examining the times where many events occurred: Simply click into the histogram area to find the recordings closest to that point in time.

Note: The database with the data required for displaying the histogram is stored on the SD cards of the individual cameras. To use this feature, however, the SD card needs to be formatted using a camera with software release 4.3.4.83 or higher and the camera needs to run a software release 4.4.0.31 or higher.

Export Enhancements

Action Log (User Log)

When creating a new MxMC project, the program automatically creates a file that logs all significant actions of the current user. To view this log, open Window > Action Log in the menu; this dialog also allows filtering by search text and exporting the displayed log as a PDF file.

Configurable Alerting

The Alarms option in the Camera Configuration dialog has been extended by additional settings. You can now define individual sets of event types for each camera, which will prompt MxMC to alert the user. In addition, the entire alerting mechanism can now be scheduled. For this purpose, you can define weekly schedules and assign them to individual event types. An alarm will apply red color to the event images, the alarm bar and the alarm info bar in the display windows of a grid. if activated, an alarm message will pop up.

The alarm bar contains the new Alarm filter slider. Use this slider to show all event images in the alarm bar (default) or only the event images that have also been activated as alarms.

Important: The alerting mechanism is a program setting that is individual to each installation; it is not a general setting that is stored in the camera. This means that events can occur, which will not trigger an alarm. On the other hand, there is no alerting without an event, since they are used as alarm triggers. Independent of the current alarm settings, you can always access all recorded events of the integrated cameras using the (Grid) Playback and Research views in MxMC.

Connection Monitoring (Lost Connection Detection)

The connections to all cameras that have been integrated into MxMC and are active are monitored constantly; a warning dialog will list the lost connections. The program indicates lost connections by showing a red exclamation mark in the top right corner of the program window. Clicking on the icon will show detail information on the cameras with lost connections. In the Monitoring section of the MxManagementCenter > Preferences dialog (Mac) or the File > Preferences dialog (Windows), you can select different options for the audio-visual alarm indicators. In addition, the program can add current snapshot images of all cameras that will be shown automatically for the corresponding camera if that connection is disrupted. This means that even in case of vandalism or theft of a camera, you will always have meaningful images at hand.

Post VM (Post Video Motion Detection)

Using this new feature, you can search recordings retroactively for changes in the images. To do so, click on the new Plugins icon in the Playback or Grid Playback views and select Post Video Motion detection from the context menu. Use this dialog to set the search options and to define one or more search windows in the video image. Next, play back the recording in any direction and with the desired speed. If the plugin detects a change in the defined search windows that fits the specified criteria, playback stops. You can repeat this process as often as you like, until you have found the image with the change you looked for (e.g., a missing object).

Performance Improvements

This version of MxManagementCenter can display a lot more camera live images at the same time in one or more grids as the predecessor version. This is especially true if the integrated cameras are triggering many events on a regular basis that have to be processed by MxMC. Depending on the hardware and the same number of detected events, MxManagementCenter can now show up to twice the number of live cameras with unlimited frame rate on a grid than its predecessor.

Other Improvements

Bugfixes

Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems

If you intend to install this version on Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 systems, you need to make sure that the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 package has been installed.

Please observe the following hints:

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Release 1.1.1 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2015-12-17

Publishing Date: 2015-12-18

Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Exporting With Direct File Server Access

If direct file server access has been defined for browsing and playing back recordings, exporting will now also use the direct file server access. Until now, the data for exporting had been handled via the camera, which also provided the actual data. Using the direct file server access perceptibly increases export speed.

Note: Currently, the progress indicator does not show a fully completed export when using direct file server access. The indicator stops at 99%, although the exported file has been written completely. If the indicator stops, you can cancel the export. Next, you can manually add the exported file to the application (using drag&drop) for playback.

Alarm Handling

Using the new Alarms option in the Camera Configuration dialog, you can set up MxMC to interpret new events received by individual cameras as alarms. An alarm will apply red color to the event images, the alarm bar and the alarm info bar in the display windows of a grid. if activated, an alarm message will pop up.

Message Distribution Using MxMessageSystem

From this release onward, you can define special hyperlinks to send messages using the MxMessageSystem of the integrated cameras and their MxBus modules. The hyperlinks are defined using the following syntax:

mxmsg://<camera IP address>/<message>
 or
mxmsg://<camera name>/<message>
 instead of when using regular URLs
http://<camera IP address>/<URL>

Note that you can only use IP addresses and names of cameras that have already been integrated into MxMC and that have also been activated.

Example:
mxmsg://10.17.143.93/OpenGarageDoor

Bugfixes

Known Limitations


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Release 1.1 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2015-11-19

Publishing Date: 2015-11-20

Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Direct File Server Access

For browsing and playing back recordings, the program can now access the data directly on the file server using SMB/CIFS (e.g., a NAS system). This includes direct access to the data stored in MxFFS archives or in the classical MOBOTIX folder/file structure. As a result, the playback of recordings is independent of the camera and – most often – a lot faster than when accessing the data via the camera.

To use the direct file server access, the corresponding file server paths are defined in the File > Preferences > Recording Paths dialog. Next, these paths are assigned to the individual cameras in the Camera Configuration dialog. Depending on the setting, MxMC will access the recordings either via the camera or directly on the defined file server. When playing back the recordings from the file server, the Player now shows an additional > icon below the image. It is used to browse the recordings to a maximum of 30 seconds before and after the current image.

Several Languages Supported

The user interface and the integrated quick help of the program are available in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

If available, the program will automatically use the same language as the operating system. If the language is not present, English or the second system language will be used. Note that you can manually select other languages in the File > Preferences > General dialog.

Grid View With Option for Performance Optimization

The Group Configuration dialog (right-click on a group or the Camera Management icon) now allows setting a maximum frame rate. Doing so will limit the live cameras that are displayed in the grid tiles to the specified frame rate. Depending on the number and the frame rates of the cameras, this will result in a significant reduction of processor load in the application. Likewise, the required bandwidth used for transferring the images from the cameras to MxMC will drop. This means that you can show even more cameras at the same time. Note that this setting does not affect the focus window of a grid.

Grid Export

When exporting recordings from a grid, you can now select individual cameras after starting the export.

Joystick Calibration, Axis Adjustment and Behavior

To calibrate a joystick and to adjust its axes and its behavior, open the File > Preferences > Joystick PTZ dialog and change the settings as desired.

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Release 1.0.1 of MxManagementCenter

Creation Date: 2015-06-29

Publishing Date: 2015-06-30

Important Usage Notes

Enhancements and Improvements

Windows Support

As opposed to release 1.0 of the software, this release also supports Windows systems with Windows Vista or higher (32 and 64 bit).

OpenGL and Image Quality Settings

The Preferences dialog, General section contains two new options:

In addition, release 1.0.1 contains many error corrections and smaller improvements as compared to release 1.0.

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MxManagementCenter Release 1.0 − Mac OS X Only

Creation date: 2015-06-03

Publishing date: 2015-06-03

Content

The MOBOTIX MxManagementCenter is a completely newly developed, intuitive video management system for Windows and Macintosh systems. This document describes how to install and use the software and includes a brief technical description of the essential system functions as well.

Important Notes

The First Program Start and a Demo Configuration

Main Functions

The MxManagementCenter is a video management software with a focus on a simple and intuitive interface. Full screen display of a camera via mouse click, multi-monitor support, a clear representation of events and alarms, the control of door stations as well as the execution of many actions by "drag and drop" are just some examples of the many program functions.

Main Functions

Out of the above already mentioned many possibilities for viewing and control of cameras and door stations of your video surveillance system, the most important functions are the following ones:

Notes for Operation

Known Limitations


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