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November 18, 2006

FIX: Unexpected persistent motion regions

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 3:25 am

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.

November 3, 2006

FIX: Motion detection exclusion area mask corruption

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 5:42 am

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.

FIX: ComArt HiCap/XeCap board cameras may lose permission settings

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 5:12 am

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.

October 7, 2006

FIX: Incorrect recording when using post-motion recording feature

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 3:57 pm

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.

October 5, 2006

FIX: Camera setup wizard may unexpectedly fail with “Exception occurred” message

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 4:58 pm

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.

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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.

September 20, 2006

PROB: Recording archive files may get excessively erased during ring buffer recording

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 2:44 pm

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.

August 9, 2006

PROB: LuxRiot does not show video from Vivotek PZ6112, PZ6122 network cameras

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, Fixes — roman @ 2:39 am

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.

July 13, 2006

PROB: LuxRiot DVR Server running with ComArt XeCap capture board stops itself

Filed under: Bugs, Change Log, ComArt Boards, Fixes — roman @ 7:35 am

The information applies to:

  • LuxRiot 1.1.12 through 1.1.17

Symptoms

When LuxRiot DVR Server is configured to run in service mode with ComArt XeCap boards, it may appear that one or more of the capture board channels stop sending video in which case LuxRiot DVR Server Watchdog restarts service in attempt to recover from the error occurred.

However restart mail fail and LuxRiot DVR services would remain stopped.

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 DVRServerWatchdogTools-1.1.18.891.zip
  2. Stop all LuxRiot applications and services
  3. Find installed DVRServerWatchdogTools.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 1.1.18.

May 7, 2006

Multiple Video Mixing Renderer 9 filters problem (sample code)

Filed under: Bugs, DirectShow — roman @ 12:48 am

There see to be an unexpected failure trying to use multiple video mixing renders. The sample project reproduces the problem on Intel D915 GEV series motherboard machine with integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 video adapter (Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2, DirectX 9.0c).
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May 5, 2006

BUG: Continuously running Arecont network camera may crash LuxRiot DVR Server

Filed under: Bugs — roman @ 7:47 am

The information applies to:

  • LuxRiot 1.1.Ñ… up to LuxRiot 1.1.17

Symptoms

An Arecont camera configured to run on LuxRiot DVR Server and running continuously (the duration may vary, typically 20-30 hours) may cause LuxRiot DVR Server crash.

Resolution

The fix for the problem will be included into next LuxRiot update, LuxRiot 1.1.18.

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