Release Notes for MOBOTIX MxSoftPanel

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No new feature enhancements and feature requests are scheduled and processed for this product. Mandatory security updates are not affected by this development stop.

Using MxSoftPanel, you can easily set up a Windows or Mac OS X computer as an intercom for a MOBOTIX door station. To do so, the program basically provides the same functions as an MxDisplay+. This document contains notes for installing and operating the software as well as a description of its features.

Software Releases—Overview:

System Requirements

Windows

• Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or higher
• Processor with at least 2 GHz
• Minimum 2 GB RAM
• Graphics adapter with OpenGL V2.1 support

Mac OS X

• Mac OS X 10.8 or higher
• Intel processor with at least 2 GHz
• Minimum 2 GB RAM
• Graphics adapter with OpenGL V2.1 support

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Release 1.0.0.5 of MxSoftPanel

Creation Date: 2018-12-03

Publishing Date: 2019-01-17

Bugfixes

• "Do Not Disturb" Function (V1.0.0.5)
  On installations with several MxDisplay devices, when reactivating the status of the "Do Not Disturb" function on one MxDisplay device, the status was not displayed properly at the other devices.
• Access PIN and bell messages (V1.0.0.4)
  Adding a new PIN code for a door station in MxSoftPanel could delete doorbell notifications that had been defined in the Admin Menu > Video Door Station > Bell Behavior and Video Mailbox, section Messages System Configuration dialog of the camera. As a consequence, calls assigned to these doorbell notifications did not work any more.
• Access rights when using several door stations (V1.0.0.4)
  In systems with several door stations that had been configured using the same RFID admin card, it was not possible in MxSoftPanel to extend the access rights for RFID user cards from one door station to all others. Trying to do so prompted an error message in MxSoftPanel.
• Changing access rights (V1.0.0.4)
  After changing access rights and storing them for one or more RFID cards in the Settings > Access Control dialog, the application sometimes stopped working.

Known Limitations

• Event search
  When searching for general events ("lightning" icon), the device can show a wrong number of events or may not properly search the specified time range.
• Message texts
  The texts for notes and error messages of the program are currently only available in English.

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Version 1.0.0.1 of MxSoftPanel

Creation Date: 2016-10-07

Publishing Date: 2016-10-21

MxSoftPanel Features

MxSoftPanel is the new program provided free-of-charge by MOBOTIX, which brings the functionality and the user interface of the MxDisplay+ to the desktop of any Windows or Mac OS X computer, making it an additional intercom station. With its fixed size of 800x480 pixels, MxSoftPanel contains most of the features of an MxDisplay+ (except the features that are directly depending on the MxDisplay hardware or that are covered by the operating system, such as the floor call feature, training of RFID transponders, time adjustment, etc.). Using a computer with a large monitor further facilitates certain tasks that require more configuration steps (such as changing entry permissions or access times, or adding/removing PINs). When using remote connections to door stations in distant locations (e.g., in the vacation home), you can employ MxSoftPanel to create new PINs or remove existing ones from anywhere in the world. The user interface of the software presently supports English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

For further information on the features and for operating MxSoftPanel, please read the documentation available from www.mobotix.com/other/Support/Manuals/Software/MxSoftPanel.

Important Notes for Installing on Windows Systems

If you intend to install this version on 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 properly.

Please observe the following hints:

• The installation wizard (file MxSoftPanel_1-0-win32_Setup.exe) will automatically install this package in the last step of the setup process. If you cancel the wizard before completing this step, you will need to install the package manually. To do so, download the package from the Microsoft website (file vc_redist.x86.exe) and install it. You may have to remove a package that had only been installed partially in a previous attempt.
  Remark:
  If the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 package is not installed, MxSoftPanel will show an error message after starting that the file api-ms-win-crt-runtime-1.0.dll is missing.

• Additional prerequisites on Windows 7 systems for installing the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 package:
  • Make sure that the Service Pack 1 has been installed.
  • Install the newest version of Internet Explorer for the system.
  • Make sure that all security updates have been installed using Windows Update.

Bugfixes

• Screen saver
  If a screen saver had been configured, the application sometimes activated it on some actions or dialogs after the specified time, independent of any pending actions or user input.
• Announcement texts for doorbells
  In the Settings > Installation > Door Configuration > Bell Behavior dialog, it had not been possible to define an "announcement" for playing back after a doorbell event or after a contact number had been entered.

Known Limitations

• Message texts
  The texts for notes and error messages of the program are currently only available in English.