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The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.14

Symptoms

With motion detection enabled for a camera, it may sometimes appear that some of the regions (especially along right and bottom margins) are persistently and falsely shown as having motion detected. The problem may go or re-appear with restart of the LuxRiot DVR Server application or service. In rare cases the problem may cause crash of server side of the software.
Resolution

An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.

It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.14 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.

1. Download the archive DVRServerTools-1.2.14.6623.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Backup file DVRServerTools.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerTools.01.dll
5. Extract new DVRServerTools.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
6. Start LuxRiot applications

The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.14 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.14 and more recent

Summary

Starting version 1.2.14 a new tool is included into LuxRiot distribution - an archive integrity wizard. The wizard is capable of scanning and repairing LuxRiot DVR Service archive.

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The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.11

Symptoms

Defined exclusion area for motion detection may get corrupted after LuxRiot DVR Server restart and will not be taken properly into consideration.

Resolution

An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.
It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.11 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.

1. Download the archive DVRServerTools-1.2.11.6552.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Backup file DVRServerTools.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerTools.01.dll
5. Extract new DVRServerTools.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
6. Start LuxRiot applications

The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.

Note that currently defined exclusion area will be lost and has to be re-defined for each camera.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.11

Symptoms

A change in permission settings for ComArt HiCap/XeCap cameras might appear to be not saved into persistent configuration database and after restart of LuxRiot DVR Server the settings get reverted to their original state.

Resolution

An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.

It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.11 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.

1. Download the archives DVRServerXeCap-1.5.22.22.zip and DVRServerHiCap-1.2.12.15.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Backup files DVRServerXeCap.dll and DVRServerHiCap.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerXeCap.01.dll and DVRServerHiCap.01.dll respectively
5. Extract new DVRServerXeCap.dll and DVRServerHiCap.dll from downloaded archives in place of the renamed files
6. Start LuxRiot applications

The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.

Without the update, to workaround the problem after changing permission settings administrator may reconfigure any camera using camera setup wizard and LuxRiot DVR Server will flush latest configuration into persistent database including permission settings changes.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.8

Symptoms

Despite confgiration of post-motion recording feature, LuxRiot DVR Server may unexpectedly record all video frames regardless of motion state.

Resolution

An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.

It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.8 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.

1. Download the archive DVRServerTools-1.2.8.6485.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Backup file DVRServerTools.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerTools.01.dll
5. Extract new DVRServerTools.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
6. Start LuxRiot applications

The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.8

Symptoms

Under some circumstances any setup of a new or existing camera may unexpectedly end with “Exception occurred” failure message.

There may be other rare random symptoms related to the fixed problem.

Resolution

It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.8 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.

1. Download the archive DVRServerTools-1.2.8.6466.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Backup file DVRServerTools.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerTools.01.dll
5. Extract new DVRServerTools.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
6. Start LuxRiot applications

The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.

Motion controlled recording is extended with the capability to keep recording after motion has been detected.

Once motion is detected, LuxRiot will keep storing frames into archive during specified period of time, typically a few seconds. (more…)

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.6

Symptoms

LuxRiot DVR Server configured to record to archive may excessively erase old data when freeing space for new recordings.

Resolution

The fix for the problem is only applicable for LuxRiot 1.2.6, upgrade before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.

1. Download the archive DVRServerTools-1.2.6.6430.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Backup file DVRServerTools.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerTools.01.dll
5. Extract new DVRServerTools.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
6. Start LuxRiot applications

The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.1.17 through 1.1.21

Symptoms

Properly configured Vivotek PZ6112, PZ6122 (also applies to branded models such as for example 4XEM cameras) cameras neither show live video nor record to archive.
Resolution

An update of one of the LuxRiot modules is required on LuxRiot server machine. Please follow update instructions below:

1. Download archive with updated module DVRServerNetworkCameras-1.5.21.79.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications and services
3. Find installed DVRServerNetworkCameras.dll file on server machine, it is located in LuxRiot installation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
4. Overwrite existing file with new file from archive
5. Start LuxRiot applications and services

The fix will be included into next release of LuxRiot 1.1.22.

Preliminary support of Microsoft Vista OS added in upcoming 1.1.19 version of LuxRiot. Tested on Vista OS Beta 2. The full support of Vista OS will be added in near future. We are working hard to make the product better.