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Can’t Export Video as Restricted User

Symptom

Unable to export video while logged in as the restricted “user” account

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Affected platforms

Linux 12.04, 14.04

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Workaround

  1. Log in as ‘Admin’
  2. Open Terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
  3. Type the following command
    sudo chown user /mnt/export/user/
  4. Enter your admin password when prompted (default: admin256)
  5. Log back in as ‘user’ and exports should save properly
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Cannot connect more than 52 E-Series encoders to a server

Affected platforms

exacqVision 4.10 to 7.0 (E-Series support introduced in 6.4)

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Symptom

When attempting to add the 53rd E-Series encoder to a server, the 53rd E-Series will not connect. On Linux platforms the server will crash.

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Workaround

If no Arecont, Illustra or UDP devices are being used on that server, install exacqVision development build 7.1.3402.84249. During the installation, uncheck the Arecont, illustra3 and UDP plugins at the “Select Components to Install” step.

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Resolution

Fix expected in exacqVision 7.2

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exacqVision admin shows “Live+Search” privileges after importing exacqVision license

Affected platforms

exacqVision 4.6.3 to 7.0 on Linux Ubuntu 10.04 or 12.04

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Symptom

Immediately after importing a license key from an unlicensed state, the group for the admin user changes to Live + Search.

A client using Admin access is not impacted and can continue to perform admin tasks even after closing and re-opening the client, however the web service will not connect to the server using the admin credentials while the system is in this state.

Note: The useraccounts.xml file is not changed due to this issue. It will consistently showed the correct admin privileges.

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Workaround

The admin users group returns to Full Admin after either stopping and starting the exacqVision Server or rebooting the server. Web Server will then connect using the admin credentials.

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Resolution

Fixed in exacqVision 7.2

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RAID drives show threshold exceeded on Linux

Description

On server version 8.9.25 or newer, RAID drives may show threshold exceeded error on Linux systems. Some windows systems may also show this depending on the raid controller and drive model.

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Workaround

Add following rows to hwmconfig.xml file under <SmartConfig> section

Fix will be available in v9.1.1

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Soundpi Does Not Detect Some Sound Cards on Linux

Problem:

System audio is not listed in client because soundpi does not detect some sound cards in Linux. Introduced in Server 8.9.6. 

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Solution:

Update to Server 9.2.x

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PTZ Stops Functioning After Reboot on Linux

Symptoms:

Systems with Ubuntu 14.04 exhibit no analog PTZ control after rebooting. 

Customer may note that they find the ‘Profile / Protocol’ field on the Serial Ports page has changed or defaulted and PTZ works again after setting this back to the correct protocol. 

Issue is exhibited after system reboots but not after restarting only the server service.

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Problem:

ModemManager is taking control of the serial port before exacqVision Server.

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Solution:

1) If they are using the exacqVision USB DIO accessory, this requires install of the exacqVision USB DIO Setup Package found on the Software Downloads page under ‘Accessory Installers’. 

    Ensure they have installed version 1.2.3.99807 or higher installed. 

2) If they already have the above mentioned USB DIO version mentioned above installed or are not using a USB DIO device, perform the steps below:

A) Open Terminal.

B) You will need ‘root’ access. If a ‘root’ password has already been assigned, type:   su     Then press Enter. Enter the ‘root’ password when prompted. 

     If ‘root’ has not been configured yet, type:   sudo passwd root    Press Enter and type a password for the ‘root’ account’.

C) Once you are ‘root’ type: 

 echo “manual” > /etc/init/modemmanager.override     Press Enter. 

D) When rebooting this should resolve the issue.

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Server/SoundPI crashes on Linux

Symptom:

On some Linux systems, including 12.04, the exacqVision Server does not start. The exacqVision Client cannot connect. 

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Problem:

Server 9.1.10 introduced issue causing ALSA audio mixer to fail. ‘gdb’ shows:

ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear

ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe

ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side

core: pcm_params.c:2249: snd1_pcm_hw_params_slave: Assertion `err >= 0' failed. Aborted (core dumped)

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Solution:

Update exacqVision Server to version 9.2 or higher. 

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Audio from motherboard sounds “choppy”

Description

Users report “choppy” audio from motherboard audio outputs on Linux-based systems.

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Affected platforms

exacqVision Server 5.8 to 7.2.3, on Linux systems

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Symptom

Sound quality of audio coming from motherboard sounds “choppy”.

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Workaround

No workaround

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Resolution

Update to exacqVision Server 7.4.0.89244 or higher

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Uninstall of Server May Leave Files Behind on Linux / M-Series

A normal uninstall of the the exacqVision Server software may leave plugin binaries behind in the plugin-store directory. 

Ubuntu:    /usr/local/exacq/server/plugin-store

M-series:  /opt/exacq/server/plugin-store


Fixed in exacqVision Server version 9.6.

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GetAdaptersInfo and QueryLinkSpeed Errors

Symptom:

Warning or Error messages seen in logs regarding either ‘GetAdapatersInfo’ in Windows or ‘QueryLinkSpeed’ in Linux. 

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Problem:

These failures could occur for a number of sporadic reasons, such as high memory usage or disconnected interfaces, and may not cause any errant behavior. 

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Solution:

Update exacqVision Server version to 9.2 or higher. 

9.2 marks a redesign of how the software queries the network configuration.