DW Technical Bulletin
To: DW Customers
Date: July 9, 2025
Re: DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.5.41290
DW Spectrum Software Update 6.0.5.41290
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Affected Software: DW Spectrum Professional
New Software Version: 6.0.5.41290
Previous Software Version: 6.0.3.40736
Release Date: July 9, 2025
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In-Client Upgrade Information
- Build Number: 41290
- Password: 170fpg
New Software Notes
Breaking Changes
- DW Cloud support for VMS versions 4.2 or 5.0 will officially end in August ~ September 2025.
- Support for Server versions 4.2 or lower will not be supported in upcoming DW Spectrum Mobile version 24.2 (August ~ September 2025).
- Support for Raspberry Pi 3 is discontinued.
- Support for Ubuntu 18.04 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).
- Support for MacOS 11 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).
- Support for Raspberry OS 10 will be discontinued in the next major release (6.1).
General Improvements
- DW CaaS Edge cameras no longer create core dump files after crash, saving internal storage space.
- Japanese translation has been improved.
- Sometimes, mobile notifications about issues were logged to the Server logs. Logging has since been improved.
- On Ubuntu Linux, multiple USB cameras can now be detected.
Bug Fixes & Improvements
General UI Fixes
- The "Cell Spacing" context menu did not work correctly when changing spacing with Ctrl+mouse wheel. Fixed.
- The Desktop Client could crash on MacOS after waking up from sleep mode if Cross-Site-Layouts were being viewed. Fixed.
- Camera items could slightly move on the layout when PTZ controls were used in the full-screen mode. Fixed.
- Some strings were untranslated in the Desktop Client and Web Admin. Fixed.
- Forms in the Desktop Client were displayed incorrectly when switched to Japanese. Fixed.
- When Line Crossing analytics was set up, the detection lines could disappear during zooming. Fixed.
- The Desktop Client could crash while viewing some NOV files. Fixed.
- The Desktop Client could crash when zooming cameras in Windows with DirectX rendering turned on. Fixed.
- When trying to merge a system with a non-existent host, the “Invalid Login/Password“ message displayed. Fixed.
- Fixed incorrect button sizes in Windows installer on Japanese localization.
- After the ownership transfer, the previous owner was disabled instead of deleted. Fixed.
Web Admin Fixes
- Incorrect placeholder ("Unavailable") was displayed for the offline camera in the Web Admin. Fixed.
- Incorrect status ("Server Offline") was displayed for the offline camera in the Web Admin. Fixed.
- Sometimes, when trying to log into the Cloud Portal using the "Login with Cloud" button via local Web Admin interface, a user was redirected back to the Web Admin login page instead of Cloud Portal. Fixed.
- If click on a device on the bottom of the device list in Web Admin multiple times, the selection may be reset and moved to the top of the list. Fixed.
Analytics Improvements & Fixes
- Only the first object was detected on Dahua ITC413-PW4D-IZ1. Fixed.
- Objects detected on Hikvision iDS-2CD7146G0-IZS did not trigger actions. Fixed.
- Analytic events (IVA) did not work on Bosch cameras. Fixed.
Device Support & Fixes
- Devices Specific Fixes:
- On Axis Q8742-E, the stream from channel 2 could not be displayed after upgrading to v6.0.x. Fixed.
- Cannot play the RTSP stream of Suprema FaceStation F2 with Firmware v2.2.1 after upgrading to v6.0.x. Fixed.
- Audio could not be enabled on Axis P3267-LVE Mic. Fixed.
- The Dallmeier Panomera S8 camera stayed in the "Unauthorized" state after being discovered even though the password was correct. Fixed.
- Cameras configured to receive audio from Axis I/O devices, did not play back the sound. Fixed.
- Incorrect menu item and icon was displayed for Adam I/O module. Fixed.
- The i-Pro S32402-F2L camera went offline with camera optimization enabled. Fixed.
- Hikvision NVR DS-7216HUHI-K2 became offline after upgrading to version 6.0.2. Fixed.
- Input events did not work on Hikvision DS-2CD2523G2-IS and DS-2CD2523G2-IS. Fixed.
- On IqEye IQM62W and IQ762W, the MPEG compression was used even if H264 was configured, which resulted in much higher bitrate. Fixed.
- Newly Supported Devices:
- Dahua PTZ3E10Xx, DN2X4DUAL
- Cook Solutions Group PE-IPAi97A10x/20x
- Avycon AVR-NSVx
- Axis P3747-PLIVE
- Hikvision DS-2TD4228x
- Panasonic WV-S8530
- Encoders added to the analog list:
- Uniview XVR302
- Dahua N82B3x
- Advidia VP-16-V3
- Multisensor Cameras:
- Hikvision DS-2CD6362Fx, iDS-2CD8A46G0 / iDS-2CD8A86G0
- Sunell SN-TPC2553DRT-Fx
- Milesight MS-C8477-HPG1
- IPCAM NC8477
- Hykon TB307A, TB317A, HYKON|TB325A, TB335A, TB310A, TB207A, TB202A, TB203A, TB210A
- Advanced PTZ:
- Multiple Milesight cameras
API & SDK Fixes
- On a large server database, making an API request to audit log led to high server RAM usage or crash. Fixed.
- RTSP streaming from Server could not be viewed if a user name contained capital letters. Fixed.
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