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TDVR Capture Card Faulty Board

Description 

There were reports of capture cards working for upwards of 10 minutes and then would fail to produce video in live views. We have identified the issue and made the proper corrections. If this is seen on a system please follow the instructions below to identify if the board is affected. Then take the appropriate steps to set up a RMA with support to get a new card shipped for replacement.

Product 

  • Exacq Servers A and Q series.
  • exacqVision 23.03 up to 24.03

Steps to Reproduce 

If a Capture card is exhibiting these symptoms then please identify the stamp on the card seen below.

These instructions provide step by step procedure for replacing a tDVR analog card in the Q-Series / A-Series Desktop chassis.   Before changing the board, be sure that the system is unplugged from any power source and the system is placed on a clean anti-static surface. Faulty PCB board can be identified by the manufacture marking HTG on the back of the board centered near the top.  Replacement cards will have a CTX marking seen below.

Tools Required:
Phillips Screwdriver
5MM 1/4″ hexdriver

  1.  Remove top cover screws on both side of the chassis.

2. Remove two top cover screws and three card mounting bracket screws.

3. Remove top Cover and pull out tDVR card by pulling straight up.                                                                                                                           

4. Disassemble the mounting bracket from the card by removing two hex nuts.  

5. Attach the replacement card to the bracket and assemble the system by reversing the steps above.

To test the new board, boot the system and open client and verify 16 port display in live view.  

Solution

We found that a component was change during manufacturing which was found to be faulty and we have the proper components now that have been validated and working.

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Video Loss on Live View TDVR Capture Card

Description 

Reports of 23.09.9.0 Server would cause the Capture Card to show video loss on live page. This was not affecting video recording as live and recorded video were searchable.

Product 

  • Server 20.09.9.0

Steps to Reproduce 

Update server from server version prior to 23.09.9.0

Expected Results 

Should not show video loss.

Actual Results 

Live view would show video loss.

Solution

Update to Server Version 24.03.7.0

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Stretch cards not showing in exacqVision server/client but showing in OS

Description 

Analog stretch cards are not showing in exacqVision server or client but they are showing in the OS. Installation of drivers will not remedy the issue nor will reinstalling exacqVision.

NOTE: Please take a backup of your server settings and config as reinstalling the OS will wipe everything.

Product 

  • exacqVision Server
  • exacqVision Client.
  • Exacq Hybrid NVRs with Stretch capture cards

Expected Results 

Stretch cards show in exacqVision Server and Client.

Actual Results 

Stretch cards do not show in the exacqVision Server or Client.

Solution

Try a clean re-install of the OS.

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tDVR board fails to initialize after cold starting a system

Symptom

When starting a system from power-off the tDVR board fails to initialize, causing one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Blinking red LED lights near the processor.
  • Device Manager misreporting an 8008, 8016, or half of an 8032 as hardware ID 8000 in the Device Properties detailt tab.
  • Ispci not listing an Exacq Technologies 8008, 8016, 8032 device at all.

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Affected platforms

All exacqVision systems with tDVR boards using tDVR Hybrid version < 1.2.20

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Workaround

Power the system off, let it sit for 60 seconds or more. Power on the system again.

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Resolution

Install tDVR Hybrid Driver 1.2.20 or greater and update the tDVR board bootloader.

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Instructions:

For Windows:

  1. Download tDVR Hybrid Driver 1.2.20 exe file.
  2. Stop the exacqVision server in the Windows Service Control Manager
  3. Open the Command Prompt and Run “C:\Program Files\tdvr\board_info” -U
  4. View the output to verify that the bootloader was updated to version 1.1.1.665 or greater

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For Linux:

  1. Download tDVR Hybrid Driver 1.2.20 deb file.
  2. Open a terminal session and stop the exacqVision server: sudo service edvrserver stop:
  3. Install the tDVR Setup version 1.2.20 sudo dpkg -i tdvr.deb
  4. Run the bootloader update command: /usr/local/tdvr/board_info -U
  5. View the output to verify that the bootloader was updated to version 1.1.1.665 or greater.
  6. Start the exacqVision server: sudo service edvrserver start