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A new release of LuxRiot is available for download.

Download links

• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiot-1.2.17.exe // Regular version, use unless instructed otherwise
• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiot-1.2.17-Client.exe // Client side only
• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiot-1.2.17-t.exe // Extended debug tracing
• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiotCodecs-1.2.17.exe // Codecs only

What’s new in this release?

• Fixed: unexpected persistent false motion regions
• Fixed: possible distortion in rotated video from network camera
• Fixed: zoomed in video in GDI video rendering mode with digital PTZ feature enabled
• New: application lock feature
• New: enhanced digital PTZ feature for live video
• Updated: enhanced performance monitoring for stable operation
• Updated: based on latest ArecontVision SDK 2.5.37
• Updated: based on latest ComArt XeCap SDK 3.8.12.65
• Fixed: minor cosmetic changes and other updates

See changle log for more information on latest updates.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.16 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.16 and more recent

Summary

LuxRiot watchdog is capable of monitoring amount of pool nonpaged memory in use by operating system (Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes performance counter). The feature protects from overuse of memory which may bring entire system into unstable state.

Some versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems (presumably non-server operating systems) appear to have memory leak problems caused by long and intensive network activity. Monitoring of pool nonpaged memory usage offers an option to automatically restart LuxRiot applications and/or reboot operating system to recover from these problems.

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The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.16 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.16 and more recent

Summary

LuxRiot DVR Client received an enhanced digital PTZ feature with better control using mouse pointer.

Digital PTZ feature allows to manipulate with zoomed video streams, post-processed on the client side of the application.

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The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.16 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.16 and more recent

Summary

LuxRiot DVR Client application may be put into locked state so that no user interface activity is allowed until exclusivity mode password is provided to remove the lock.

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The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.Ñ… up to LuxRiot 1.2.15

Symptoms

With GDI mode selected for rendering video and digital PTZ feature enabled, actual video may appear as if it is zoomed in and it is unable to zoom out to full frame.

Resolution

The fix for the problem will be included into next LuxRiot update, LuxRiot 1.2.16.

The information applies to:

• LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.14

Symptoms

When image flip or rotation option is enabled to post-process image received from typically network camera, the resulting image may get distorted, especially having a split shifting image by several pixels.

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 DVRCodecs-1.2.14.2629.zip
2. Stop all LuxRiot applications
3. Open Windows system32 directory, typically C:\Windows\system32
4. Backup file DVRCodecs.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRCodecs.01.dll
5. Extract new DVRCodecs.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.x

Symptoms

Mobotix network cameras installed with the default settings produce low frame rate in LuxRiot DVR.

Resolution

The default Mobotix settings have to be changed in order to increase frame rate in LuxRiot DVR. This may be done by setting “Refresh Rate for Guest Access” (go to “Admin Menu” -> “Page Administration” -> “Language and Entry Page, Web Server Ports”) to the maximum available values, e.g. “30″.

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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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A new release of LuxRiot is available for download.

Download links

• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiot-1.2.14.exe // Regular version, use unless instructed otherwise
• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiot-1.2.14-Client.exe // Client side only
• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiot-1.2.14-t.exe // Extended debug tracing
• http://luxriot.com/downloads/LuxRiotCodecs-1.2.14.exe // Codecs only

What’s new in this release?

• Fixed: motion detection exclusion area mask corruption
• Fixed: ComArt HiCap/XeCap board cameras may lose permission settings
• Fixed: file/FTP export might fail while exporting video from certain network cameras
• Updated: slight optimization of ring buffer recording to archive
• Updated: problem report wizard allows saving to file after failed internet submission of a report
• Fixed: video near maximum JPEG quality might get distorted being shown on the screen
• New: archive integrity wizard (beta) to check archive and fix some of the most frequent issues
• New: support for Mobotix M22M series network cameras
• New: support for SONY SNT-V704 network video server
• New: advanced support for DLink/Repotec cameras
• Fixed: minor problem in XeCap and HiCap cameras which caused configuration database to constantly increase in size
• Fixed: minor cosmetic changes and other updates

See changle log for more information on latest updates.