Release Notes for MOBOTIX Camera Software

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These Release Notes contain a technical description of the most important changes in the software for the MOBOTIX network camera line MxONE.

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Notes:

• Please note that some of the described features in the dialogs will only be visible if the More button at the bottom of a dialog has been pressed.
• Please send an email to support@mobotix.com for feedback.

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Software release MX-V8.0.0.95 for MOBOTIX ONE camera models M1A-S

Creation Date: 2024-11-25

Publishing date: 2024-12-04

Enhancements and improvements

User Interface Improvements

• Softbutton List
  Some rarely used Softbuttons (Arm & Record, MxPEG Off/On,...) are now hidden by default. They are all still there and can be added to the list at any time via the Drag and drop buttons dialog, which is opened with the help of the lock symbol at the bottom left of the window.
• Softbutton User Click
  The Softbutton for triggering a User Click (UC) event has been renamed from UC to User Click.
• Softbutton Arm and Record
  The functions of this Softbutton have been modified so that additional events are no longer defined by pressing the Softbutton. The other functions are unchanged.
• Quick Controls - Vario Focus
  In the Image section of the Quick Controls, the function button for displaying the Vario Focal settings has been renamed from Autofocus to Vario Focus.
• Information about the camera report download
  When downloading a camera report in the Download System Information dialog, a corresponding information dialog is displayed immediately after starting the loading process until it is completed.

Improvements in the area of WDR as well as the picture and streaming settings

• WDR in dark scenes
  The use of WDR in dark scenes without activated IR illumination could lead to high image noise, especially in the dark areas of the image. This effect has been significantly improved.
• Default values for image settings
• The default value of the Sharpness option in the General Image Settings dialog has been changed from 4 to 6.
• In the General Image Settings, the Automatic Sharpness Control option for low image brightness has been removed as it had no effect.
• In the Color Settings, the Automatic Saturation Control for low image brightness is disabled by default.
• New Bitrate Control Option
  In the Integration Protocols dialog, there is a new Bitrate Control option in the Stream Settings section, with the selection values MBR (Maximum Bit Rate) and VBR (Variable Bit Rate):
• In MBR mode (the default mode used in MX-V8.0.0.94), the stream bitrate is limited to the specified maximum bitrate. Below this limit, the actual bitrate may vary depending on the complexity and motion in the camera scene and the selected stream quality value. If the stream bitrate exceeds the set maximum, the stream quality is automatically reduced. This makes MBR suitable for streaming applications with limited available bandwidth.
• VBR mode allows the stream bitrate to be varied depending on the content complexity and motion in the scene, but without a fixed maximum bitrate. Instead, the bitrate depends only on the configured stream quality value. This makes VBR  suitable for scenarios in which the highest possible quality is desired and high stream bitrates are not critical.

Other improvements

• Text display of the ActivitySensor ONE App
  Depending on the resolution and image content, the texts displayed to identify the objects detected by the App were sometimes difficult to read. This display has been greatly improved.
• Transfer Profiles
  The existing definitions for FTP, e-mail, and network message profiles have been revised and cleaned up.
• Online Help Page
  Missing online help pages, such as for the Visual Alarm Profile dialog, have been integrated.
• Image sharpness with WDR
  The image is sharpened more internally when WDR is activated.
• Alerting the MxLive App through push notifications
  The camera can now also be integrated into the MxLive App and alert the App via push messages in response to events.
  

Bugfixes

• Exposure window in dark scenes
  In dark scenes, it could happen that a defined exposure window (e.g. "Spot") was not applied correctly.
• Serial interface
  The control of external devices, such as a rotor head, via the RS232 protocol, using an FTDI-to-USB adapter connected to the camera for standard RS232 connections, was faulty.
• Integration Protocols Settings
  After enabling Integration Mode for the first time, some settings on the Integration Protocols dialog may have not been shown at first.
• Download Camera Report
  In rare cases, the download of the camera report could be aborted due to a timeout.

Known limitations

• Difficulty in changing SD Card
  Users may experience difficulty when attempting to change or replace the SD card. The SD card slot is designed with a tight fit, making it challenging to remove and insert the card without applying some force.
• App MOBOTIX ActivitySensor ONE
• The use of this new App from MOBOTIX can lead to a short-term failure of the live image or a camera restart in the event of longer runtimes.
• In dark scenes, where vehicle objects are partially obscured, incorrect motion detections can occur with a high set of motion sensitivity.
• Currently, the App's motion event does not yet trigger the associated ONVIF MotionAlarm (cf. Standard ActivitySensor). MxMessage events triggered by the App can be integrated into third-party systems as custom ONVIF alarm events if they support the interface. Support for MQTT events is also limited.
  
• Auto focus function
  In some scenes with few recognizable edges, it can happen that the automatic focusing does not work well enough. In addition, it can happen that after dragging a window for focusing, the automatic focus setting does not work. In both cases, the focus can then be carried out manually within the dialog.
  
• Old configuration files from previous camera generations
  In some cases, old parameter are not available any more and have no effect effect or display wrong values.
•  Image generation
• In rare application situations with daylight, incorrect reddish image components may occur.
• When the MxPEG codec is activated, "ghosting effects" can occur in rare cases, especially in dark scenes with a noise filter setting of High.
• H.265 ONVIF G fail-over recordings
  In some cases, the camera does not send some parts of its ONVIF G fail-over recording clips to the requesting ONVIF client (e.g. MxHUB), which can lead to gaps in the retrieved recordings. Only recordings using H.265 as video codec are affected by this limitation. Recordings with H.264 as the video codec are not affected by this limitation.
• Translation of the web interface
  The dialogs of the web interface are only fully translated into English, German and French. In all other languages, some dialogue parts can be displayed in English instead of the selected language.

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Software release MX-V8.0.0.94 for MOBOTIX ONE camera models M1A-S

Creation Date: 2024-09-05

Publishing date: 2024-09-09

Enhancements and improvements

Compared to the firmware V7.x of the Mx7 camera line, many extensions and improvements have been integrated into this software.

New Varifocal Settings Dialog

For camera models with a varifocal lens (Mx-ONE-M1A-S-8DNTELE/WIDE), there is a new Vario Focal Settings dialog in the Admin Menu > Hardware Configuration area. There, both the desired zoom level and the focus can be set. For focus, the auto-setting option is enabled by default.

New App MOBOTIX ActivitySensor ONE

In this firmware, the most important functions of the previous MOBOTIX ActivitySensor and Object Recognition apps have been combined and improved in the new AI-based MOBOTIX ActivitySensor ONE App. Compared to the two previous Apps, this App is above all easier and more flexible to configure.

Graphical editing of window areas

In the dialogs of the Setup Menu area, in which image areas (windows) are defined for various purposes, these areas can now also be graphically modified interactively after insertion. The text boxes previously used for this purpose have been removed from the dialogs and instead the individual windows are schematically displayed with their position in the image together with an Edit function icon. This applies to dialogs for defining windows for obscured image areas, motion detection windows, and App detection areas.

Exposure settings

In the Setup Menu > Image Control > Exposure Settings dialog, some options have been removed, the setting of which is no longer necessary.

Dialog Options

In the Admin Menu > Page Administration > Language and Start Page dialog there is a new section Dialog Options with various settings for the behavior of the web interface dialogs

• Separate window
  This option can be used to display the dialogs in a separate window or embedded as before. The setting can be predefined as default or selected specifically via the new function icon Move dialog to separate window in the upper right corner of the dialog title bar and, if necessary, changed again at the same location via the analogous icon Move window to embedded dialog.
• MxWeb
  The MxWeb option in the Select Start Page section of the same dialog is no longer available

Improved transmission profiles

In the dialogs of the Admin Menu > Transfer Profiles section, there is the option to test the individual profiles for FTP transfer, e-mails and network messages. When defining network messages, a user-defined header can also be defined.

Other improvements

• Camera mode
  It is no longer necessary to select a camera mode and the dialog of the same name in the Admin menu > Hardware Configuration area has been removed.
• Display of the camera illumination
  In the Setup Menu > Image settings > display and text settings dialog, there is the new option Show light status. This can be used to activate an icon at the top right of the live image that shows the current status of the IR illumination LEDs.
• Multiview Views
  In the Admin Menu > Page Settings > Multiview screens dialog, the aspect ratios 4:3, 16:9 and 1:1 can now be used.
• Manage Certificates
  In the new dialog Admin Menu > Network Configuration > Manage Certificate Authorities, certificates can now be uploaded to the camera and then used in various places, e.g. when defining HTTPS network messages.
• New Maintenance section
  The dialogs Update System Software and Reboot the camera have been moved to the new Admin Menu > Maintenance section.
• Message Profiles for Action Groups
  In the Admin Menu > MxMessageSystem > Message Profiles for Action Groups dialog, there is a preview for defined message content.
• Date and Time
  In the Admin Menu > Camera Configuration > Date and Time dialog, additional values (Whittington and Westminster) have been added for the Hourly Sound. In addition, the Hourly Sound can be deactivated by option between 23:00 and 06:00.
• LED Configuration
  The selection values of the LED Main Switch option in the Admin Menu > Camera Configuration > LED Configuration dialog have been simplified.

Known limitations

• Difficulty in changing SD Card
  Users may experience difficulty when attempting to change or replace the SD card. The SD card slot is designed with a tight fit, making it challenging to remove and insert the card without applying some force.
• App MOBOTIX ActivitySensor ONE
• The use of this new App from MOBOTIX can lead to a short-term failure of the live image or a camera restart in the event of longer runtimes.
• In dark scenes, where vehicle objects are partially obscured, incorrect motion detections can occur with a high set of motion sensitivity.
• Currently, the App's motion event does not yet trigger the associated ONVIF MotionAlarm (cf. Standard ActivitySensor). MxMessage events triggered by the App can be integrated into third-party systems as custom ONVIF alarm events if they support the interface. Support for MQTT events is also limited.
  
• Auto focus function
  In some scenes with few recognizable edges, it can happen that the automatic focusing does not work well enough. In addition, it can happen that after dragging a window for focusing, the automatic focus setting does not work. In both cases, the focus can then be carried out manually within the dialog.
  
• Old configuration files from previous camera generations
  In some cases, old parameter are not available any more and have no effect effect or display wrong values.
•  Image generation
• In rare application situations with daylight, incorrect reddish image components may occur.
• When the MxPEG codec is activated, "ghosting effects" can occur in rare cases, especially in dark scenes with a noise filter setting of High.
• In rare cases, a defined exposure window (e.g. "Spot") may not be applied correctly in dark scenes.
• Using WDR in dark scenes without IR illumination enabled can result in high image noise.
• H.265 ONVIF G fail-over recordings
  In some cases, the camera does not send some parts of its ONVIF G fail-over recording clips to the requesting ONVIF client (e.g. MxHUB), which can lead to gaps in the retrieved recordings. Only recordings using H.265 as video codec are affected by this limitation. Recordings with H.264 as the video codec are not affected by this limitation.
• Integration Protocols settings
  After activating an integration mode for the first time, some settings on the Integration Protocols page may not be displayed at first. In this case, please try to close and open Integration Protocol settings page again or temporarily set the integration mode to "Off".
• Online help
  There is no online help for some dialogs, including the Visual Alarm Profiles dialog.
• Translation of the web interface
  The dialogs of the web interface are only fully translated into English, German and French. In all other languages, some dialogue parts can be displayed in English instead of the selected language.