Release Notes for Surveillance Station

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 7.1-4155 is compatible with DSM 5.0 to 5.2 only.

What's New

1. Enhanced the performance of Live View and the system.
2. Enhanced the connection stability of I/O modules.
3. Enhanced the Live View stability on certain Synology NAS/NVR models.

Fixed Issues

1. Reduced the CPU usage of CMS host server for Live View streaming or Timeline playback from recording servers.
2. Fixed an issue where the archive rotation rules may not function properly to remove old recordings.
3. Fixed an issue where Timeline application on the paired VisualStaion VS360HD devices may not work properly when users edit the multiple streaming settings on CMS host server for the recording servers.
4. Fixed an issue where the volumes hosting recording shared folders may not be displayed properly during the installation of Surveillance Station package.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 7.1-4152 can only be installed on Synology products running on DSM 5.0 to DSM 5.2.

1. Fixed an issue where the the recordings may not display the file name containing Chinese characters properly when downloaded from "Timeline" or "Smart Search".
2. Fixed an issue where the recording rotation may not function properly when a recording size is over 2GB.
3. Fixed an issue where the camera migration and/or the mounting of recordings from recording servers may not work properly when such servers have joined a domain.
4. Fixed an issue where IP cameras may not work properly when installed with I/O Module.
5. Enhanced "Live View" interface stability.
6. Fixed an issue where, under a few circumstances, the recording files from recording servers in a CMS architecture may not be synced to the host server.
7. Fixed an issue where the playback of audio from cameras may fail on Safari.
8. Minor bug fixes.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 7.1 can only be installed on Synology products running on DSM 5.0 to DSM 5.2.

Fixed Issues

1. Improved the system performance by optimizing the memory usage of the Synology NAS for certain connections.
2. Fixed an issue where the Timeline application may not display recording properly after the system time of Synology NAS is adjusted.
3. Enhanced the performance for playing audio tracks of recordings, and fixed the time delay of audio and video tracks.
4. Adjusted the options in PTZ Speed Control page: the option of "Keep original camera settings" will not be configurable if the camera does not support the speed settings.
5. Minor bug fixes.

What's New

1. Enhanced Timeline and Live View playback performance.
2. Enhanced camera connection stability to reduce the possibility of showing repeatedly disconnect and reconnect message.
3. Enhanced the performance when multiple action rules are triggered at the same time in large scale project.
4. Enhanced the compatibility of high-availability cluster composed of different NAS models.
5. Enhanced the startup speed of add-ons when the Internet connection is not available.
6. Added the mechanism to avoid the default motion detection configuration on the camera may be overwritten when adding cameras.
7. Added the support to merge recording file deleting messages of multiple cameras when reach the space or time limitation to reduce the message of large scale project.
8. Added support for SMS password length up to 128 characters.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where the DS cam could not play back audio streaming in Live View on certain NAS models.
2. Fixed an issue where user may not be able to download multiple snapshots at the same time.
3. Fixed an issue where the share quota of Btrfs file system may not function properly.
4. Fixed an issue where DS cam may not be able to playback recordings with low FPS.
5. Fixed an issue where the NAS may not be able to enter hibernation mode when no device is installed on the Surveillance Station.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where Surveillance Station plug-in cannot be installed properly in certain versions of Internet Explorer.
2. Fixed an issue where I/O modules may not be triggered or stopped normally.
3. Fixed an issue where DS cam (for iOS) may not display multi-view correctly in specific environment.
4. Fixed an issue where configuration and recordings may not be synchronized properly in CMS architecture.
5. Fixed an issue where Surveillance Station may fail to find other VisualStation devices in the network after switchover is performed in the high-availability cluster.
6. Fixed issues related to Notification application.
7. Minor bug fixes.

Compatibility and Installation

1. The identical version of the Surveillance Station package is required to be installed on all the servers in the CMS architecture.
2. Recommended browsers for Surveillance Station: Internet Explorer 11, Firefox (32-bit), and Safari.

What's New

1. Added support for I/O modules from Advantech ADAM-6050, ADAM-6052,ADAM-6250, and AXIS P8221.
2. Added support for setup of initial position before the start of auto pan.
3. Enhanced Timeline seeking performance.
4. Enhanced other UI performances.
5. Adjusted the connection recovery mechanism for multicast streams by preventing from auto-reconnecting via unicast.
6. Fixed an issue where the recording rotation may not work properly after users rename the shared folder used as recording storage.
7. Fixed an issue where the live-view stream may be disconnected after being played for one minute on DS cam.
8. Fixed an issue where the Recording application may not display properly on CMS host server in specific environment.
9. Fixed an issue where the User application may become unresponsive at loading page in specific environment.
10. Fixed an issue where DS cam may not display Live View correctly when multiple streams are played from the same camera, or when multicast is enabled.
11. Fixed an issue where the live view streamed from a recording server's camera cannot be played on DS cam when the CMS recording server is set up via a DDNS host name.
12. Fixed an issue where the motion detection may not trigger the action rule to take snapshots under a large-scale CMS setup.
13. Fixed an issue where the low-resolution snapshots may not be attached to and sent with email notifications.
14. Fixed an issue where the Live View application may fail to work normally when enabling live-view analytics of cameras with vertical view in certain resolution.
15. Fixed an issue where some DSM firewall settings may cause unstable connection to cameras.
16. Fixed an issue where log generated from Surveillance Station may not be synced to VisualStation VS360HD correctly.
17. Fixed an issue where the Timeline application and the built-in recording player may fail to work properly when Surveillance Station is accessed via QuickConnect.

Fixed Issues

1. Enhanced UI performance on CMS host server under large scale deployment.
2. Improved CMS pairing mechanism, allowing the setup of CMS structure in a limited network environment where the recording server cannot connect to the host server.
3. Fixed an issue where video streaming in Live View may not work properly with limited network bandwidth.
4. Fixed an issue where recordings in MJPEG format from certain cameras may fail to be played on iOS DS cam and Windows Media Player.

Fixed Issue

1. Fixed an issue where the camera license verification may fail.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 7.1 can only be installed on Synology products running DSM 5.0 ~ 5.2.
2. Surveillance Station 7.1 is now ONVIF Profile G compliant.
3. Device Pack 3.5-0859 is only compatible with Surveillance Station 7.1-4056 or later.
4. Surveillance Station 7.1 cannot be downgraded to Surveillance Station 7.0 once it’s installed.
5. Internet Explorer 11, Firefox, and Safari are the recommended browsers for Surveillance Station.

What's New

1. Introduced Real-time streaming protocol (RTSP) in Surveillance Station with improved stability and compatibility in video streaming.
2. Introduced multicast communication using RTSP over HTTP to provide better bandwidth efficiency under multi-client access.
3. Added various detection types in live view alert and enhanced the alert effect.
4. Added ONVIF Profile G to support edge recording.
5. Enhanced CMS performance and stability using better communication architecture between CMS host and recording severs.
6. Enhanced video feeds performance and stability in iOS DS cam.
7. Added live view from camera support in iOS DS cam.
8. Enhanced camera search feature to discover all ONVIF Profile S compliant devices within the same local network.
9. Added H.264 & MPEG4 video formats for user-defined cameras.
10. Enhanced the alert notification by providing options to choose the user-preferred notification types to be displayed under web interface.
11. Single recording file has extended its length up to 4 hours with size up to 64GB.
12. Each camera can be set to different recording storage folder. Users can category the storage on demands, and it also make storage expansion easier.
13. Enhanced the action rules by allowing VisualStation and Surveillance Station to be designated as different action devices, and support multi actions triggered by single action.
14. Integrated DSM Notification into Surveilance Station to get unified notification management interface
15. Enhanced Live View Alert by providing alert info preserving time/storage space settings. User can custmoize the settings according to their available storage space and significance.
16. Add new camera settings by providng keep_alive, liveview source of mobile, and AXIS Zipstream settings.
17. Redesign camera batch edit to make editing easier. When editing, users can decide what items to apply to on demand.
18. The home position in PTZ cameras can now be customized.
19. Added the sorting feature in User / IP camera pages for better navigation.
20. Video recording can now be archived without audio track for certain local regulations.
21. Enhanced notification relay mechanism for AXIS door controller and VisualStation.
22. Improved the system performance by optimizing system resources to get better user experience.
23. Add more "Customize" options for users to customize their recording schedule.
24. Added generic camera APIs support from Axis & Bosch to enhance future compatibility.
25. Added support for more than 400 new camera models including: Arecont Vision, Vivotek, Hikvision, TrendNet and others. More than 3,700 camera models in total are now supported. Please refer to the Surveillance Station IP Camera Support List for more information.
26. Online activation is now required for adding camera licenses to indemnify user's rights and interests.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue that when storage is filled may cause recording rotation failed problem.
2. Fixed an issue that delete camera failed may cause camera status keep in deleting.
3. Fixed an issue that pre-record time of recording is too long.
4. Fixed an issue that camera is disconnected in DS cam when network bandwidth is limited.
5. Fixed an issue that multicast path can not played in Live View.

Change Log

1. Fixed an issue where video image may be distorted occasionally on Brickcom, Compro, and Y-Cam cameras, etc.
2. Fixed an issue where video image is constantly broken through QuickConnect connection.

Change Log

1. Fixed an issue that audio patterns cannot be played properly via Action Rule.
2. Fixed the duplicated event notification issue when synchronized with the NTP server.
3. Fixed the failure of enabling full screen after users pressed ESC to exit the previous full screen mode.
4. Fixed the speed inconsistency of auto pan in Action Rule.
5. Fixed a header corruption issue of recordings from cameras with high bit rates.
6. Fixed an issue where recordings will be duplicated when the IP address is renewed by the DHCP server.
7. Fixed a timeout issue when adding multiple camera licenses within the local network environment.

Improvements

1. Enabled time interval for scheduled patrol with one loop per cycle.
2. Supported customized default login page.
3. Added VisualStation and its related actions into Action Rule.
4. Supported three modes (Auto/Enable/Disable) for video relay over the Internet.
5. Extended the limit of recording length to four hours.
6. Added the log feature to WebAPI.
7. Improved the compatibility of VisualStation for multiple LAN ports.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue that the dewarping option list may not display properly in Live View layout management.
2. Fixed an issue where errors may occur when users add a large amount of preset positions to a patrol path.
3. Fixed an issue where patrol-related action rules may not be executed properly when the rules have been duplicated.
4. Fixed the out-of-memory issue when playing back certain recordings.
5. Fixed an issue where the system hibernation may be interrupted by Surveillance Station.
6. Fixed an issue where the snapshot feature may fail when logging in via HTTPS.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 7.0 can only be installed on Synology products running DSM 5.0 or later.
2. Surveillance Station 7.0-3742 is only compatible with VS240HD with VisualStation 2.2-1413 and onward.
3. VisualStation VS60 and VS80 have reached end-of-life status. They do not support Surveillance Station 7.0 and onwards.
4. Added 64-bit support to Surveillance Plugin for the following browsers: IE10, IE11, and Chrome.
5. Surveillance Station 7.0 is now ONVIF 2.4 compliant.
6. CMS in Surveillance Station 7.0 is only compatible with recording servers running Surveillance Station 7.0 or later.

What’s New

1. Improved user interface
2. Contemporary features promote ease-of-use and multi-tasking.
3. Enhanced the interaction between applications to simplify tasks (e.g., drag and drop recordings between applications).
4. Implemented global search for better application navigation.
5. Certain applications can be opened in a new window for easier viewing.
6. The desktop wallpaper can be changed.
7. Customize events and actions to automate surveillance tasks and notifications.
8. Audio Pattern is now a dedicated application for recording and uploading audio patterns.
9. Added multichannel support for Live View sequential layouts.
10. Added support for Axis Door Controller A1001
11. Use both controller access data and video feeds to make access control more reliable.
12. Manage and operate the access control system as well as watch Live View video feeds from one central interface.
13. Refined video analytics for improved performance.
14. Added an alerts panel to Live View for real-time alerts playback and download.
15. Smart Search is now an independent application.
16. Video snapshots are now saved to the NAS for access anywhere, anytime.
17. Added two snapshot-editing features: privacy mask and blur.
18. Recording servers can now be managed at the application level.
19. Servers in recording server mode can now run CMS to manage applications locally.
20. Add-ons for all paired recording servers can now be manually updated from the host server.
21. Added two-way audio support for Axis cameras to play audio from the camera microphone or from pre-recorded audio patterns.
22. Added digital output support for Axis and Vivotek cameras to execute external device actions.
23. Added by-channel support for digital inputs.
24. Added auto-pan and auto object tracking support for PTZ cameras made by certain camera brands.
25. Added speed control support for certain PTZ cameras, enabling users to operate cameras at their preferred speed.
26. Implemented fisheye dewarping via Surveillance Station for wall-mounted and floor-mounted fisheye cameras.
27. Greatly improved the performance of fisheye dewarping via Surveillance Station.
28. Added audio and tampering detection support for certain cameras.
29. Brand-new design allows for better application management of the following add-ons: Device Pack, CMS, Joystick, VisualStation, and Axis Door Controller.
30. Add-ons can now be hidden.
31. Enhanced push notification coverage by adding events related to access control, VisualStation, and external devices.
32. Added notification support for external devices, enabling communication between Surveillance Station and external devices via WebAPI.
33. Added external device support in Action Rule for more flexibility in surveillance deployments.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 6.3-3380 requires DSM 5.0-4493 and onward.
2. VisualStation VS60 and VS80 have reached end-of-life status, this is the latest version of Surveillance Station supporting them.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where retrieving thumbnails may fail for some motion detection recordings.
2. Fixed an issue where high resolution recordings may freeze when being played back.
3. Fixed an issue where Smart Search for MJPEG codec may fail after one recording search.
4. Fixed an issue where an error display may occur in sequential live view.
5. Fixed an issue of black screen which may occur in live view display or camera preview.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 6.3-3347 requires DSM 5.0-4493 and onward.

What’s New

1. Fixed an issue that caused errors in recording list after Surveillance Station upgraded from 6.0.
2. Fixed an issue where the privilege of e-maps on recording server would not apply to host server correctly.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 6.3-3341 requires DSM 5.0-4493 and onward.
2. Updating to VisualStation 2.0-1164 or later is required to pair with servers running Surveillance Station 6.3.
3. Device Pack 2.3-0379 is only compatible with Surveillance Station 6.3-3341.
4. Two free camera licenses are available by default.

What’s New

1. TV wall solution and live view operations for large-scale deployment.
2. 64-channel Live View support enhances deployment flexibility.
3. Instant playback and direct camera editing allows for multi-tasking on the Live View page.
4. Joystick support replaces mouse clicking and for more intuitive operation.
5. Drag and zoom support allows for easy zooming in objects on the Live View page.
6. Scroll wheel support to operate camera’s optical zoom.
7. Timeline enhancements for advanced playback management.
8. 64-channel Timeline support enhances the efficiency of recording playback.
9. Customized layout management and inheritance from Live View layout increases layout flexibility and consistency on both pages.
10. Frame by frame playback strengthens the review process of recordings.
11. Edge recording support for Axis and Vivotek cameras with seamless recording and bandwidth control.
12. Surveillance Plugin is available for Safari on Mac OS X to boost video playback performance and significantly reduce the loading time when operating Surveillance Station.
13. Re-defined management interface to facilitate CMS installation.
14. Categorization for servers, IP cameras, recorded videos, user privilege, and logs expedites navigation and organization.
15. Pageless design for managing large amounts of configurations, devices, and data without the hassle of switching pages.
16. Thumbnail support reduces time needed to identify items, such as recordings and cameras.
17. Premium, customizable user privileges.
18. Privilege settings for individual features allow administrators to customize privilege profiles for different spectator and manager personnel.
19. User profile photos can be customized for recognizing different users more easily.
20. Multiple manager account login is supported.
21. User profile report can be generated from Surveillance Station.
22. Multiple channel support for panoramic camera and multi-lens cameras increase the efficiency of the live view and recording.
23. Performance and quality of de-warping in Surveillance Station have been improved.
24. In-camera de-warping is supported and requires only one license for multiple channels.
25. Multi-lens camera is now supported and requires only one license for multiple channels.
26. Mobile Live View stream is supported for smoother mobile streaming when network bandwidth is limited.
27. Playlist and repeat functions improve the recording player experience.
28. Image enhancement is available on the recording playback and Timeline channels for greater convenience.
29. Responsive design automatically resizes Live View and Timeline channels when browser size is adjusted.
30. Mount recordings from other Synology NAS/NVR via external storage devices.
31. Skype and MSN have been removed from event notification service.
32. Minor bug fixes

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 6.3-3364 requires DSM 5.0-4493 and onward.

Improvements

1. Improved performance to avoid timeout issues caused by a large number of recording events.
2. Improved the speed of verifying camera license number in Surveillance Station.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an incompatibility issue of Device Pack and Surveillance Station on certain models.
2. Fixed the video rotation issue when the disk volume is insufficient.
3. Fixed an audio issue in DS cam when multiple users are watching live view at the same time.
4. Fixed the black screen issue when viewing H.264 on DS cam via HTTPS.

Limitation and Known Issues

1. To shorten the upgrading time, only part of the recording thumbnails before the system upgrade will be retained.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Two free camera licenses are available by default.
2. Surveillance Station 6.2-3147 will be the last update for version 6.2. For the latest features, please upgrade to Surveillance Station 6.3.

What’s New

1. Skype and MSN have been removed from event notification service.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Two free camera licenses are available by default.

What’s New

1. Skype and MSN have been removed from event notification service.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 6.2 requires DSM 5.0 (official) and onward.
2. Embeds Device Pack 2.1. For detailed information, please see Release Notes for Device Pack.

What’s New

1. Synology Mail Service Support: Enable Synology mail service to push notifications in Surveillance Station.
2. Device Pack Auto-update: Keep the camera support in Surveillance Station up-to-date.

What’s New

1. Device Pack Auto-update - keep the camera support in Surveillance Station up-to-date.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed a compatibility issue when upgrading Device Pack.
2. Fixed an inconsistency issue when downloading logs from Visual Station and Surveillance Station.

1. Max camera number has been increased to 35 for DS2413+, DS1813+, DS1513+, RS2414(RP)+, RS814(RP)+.
2. Max camera number has been increased to 25 for DS1812+, DS1512+, DS713+, DS412+, RS2212(RP)+, RS812(RP)+

Compatibility and Installation

1. Surveillance Station 6.1-2941 requires DSM 4.0 and onward. DS109j and DS209j are not supported due to hardware performance. Surveillance Station 6.1-2941 will be the last version to run on DSM 4.2.

What’s New

1. Surveillance Station CMS has been enhanced to be more efficient in large-scale deployment.
2. Support Windows AD Domains and Trusts, and LDAP.
3. Notification can now be batch edited.
4. Multiple live-view screens are now available for the TV wall solution.
5. Field of View provides options for users to change the range of image to adjust the streaming performance.
6. Bitrate can now be manually set up for bandwidth control.
7. Multiple codec engines are now available for dual-stream support.
8. TV Standard allows users to switch the TV system between PAL and NTSC to have different resolution and frame rate.
9. RTSP/RTP Tunneling Protocol enables users to choose among four protocols (Auto, UDP, TCP and HTTP) to determine how to connect to the camera.
10. Replaced Java with Surveillance Plugin for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox on Windows to improve the live view performance and loading time, and to avoid Java security issues.
11. Supports 49 channels on single Live View with 1080p resolution on the client PC.
12. Made the Live View loading speed five times faster.
13. On-screen operations are available for Live View, Timeline, and event player. Operations include PTZ control, Snapshot, Pause, Manual Recording, Iris, and Focus for Live View; Seek, Smart Search, and Recordings Download for Timeline.
14. E-map management is now enhanced. Camera preview by clicking the icon on e-map is available.
15. Auto daylight saving mode is now supported in Timeline.
16. Device Pack is now available for enriching camera library in the future.
17. Removed Virtual Fence and Tally Counter from analytic tools.
18. More than 80 new camera models have been added from Axis, Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic. Please refer to Camera Support List on Synology website.
19. Minor bug fixes.

Special Notes

1. Live View performance depends on the client PC specification. 49ch@1080p@10FPS@H.264 was tested on the following PC specifications: (CPU Intel Xeon Quad-Core E3-1230 V3 @ 3.30 GHz; RAM: 16 GB (independent display card is required)
2. Loading time difference compared between 6.0-2719 and 6.1-2909 is tested with Chrome and Firefox browsers. The test result may vary depending on different environments. (PC Specifications: CPU Pentium Dual-Core E5400 2.7GHz with 2 GB memory; Synology NAS: DS1513+)

Known Issues

1. Issues of live feeds with H.264 and HLS on some certain mobile devices are now under investigation.

1. Removed Virtual Fence and Tally Counter from analytic tools.
2. Reduced memory usage on Smart Search for better performance.
3. Fixed an issue where frozen-frame may occur after conducting Seek in Timeline.
4. Minor bug fixes.

1. 193 new camera models have been added from Axis, ACTi, D-Link, Edimax, and Panasonic, and now supports more than 1500 camera models in total. Please refer to here for the complete list.
2. Fixed an issue when backing up Surveillance Station in DSM.
3. Fixed an issue with liveview snapshot in Internet Explorer.
4. Minor bug fixes.

1. Surveillance Station 6.0-2636 does not support DS108j and DS109j, and it will be the last upgrade for DS209j due to hardware capabilities.
2. All Synology NVR must run Surveillance Station 6.0-2636 or later to set up Surveillance Station CMS.
3. Existing paired CMS servers will have to go through the pairing process with DSM’s admin password after upgrading to Surveillance Station 6.0-2636.
4. Central Management System (CMS) has been redesigned for large-scale and high level enterprise surveillance projects:
   • A Synology NVR can act as a “CMS host,” providing a single entry point to manage your entire surveillance system.
   • Multiple Synology NVR can be designated as “Recording servers” to provide recording storage and resources for IP camera installation.
   • The camera list can now be quickly filtered by different criteria, such as server, camera group, brand, model, and more.
   • Recordings can now be filtered by server, camera, start time, and more.
   • Customized CMS access privileges can be assigned to different users and groups.
   • Notifications can be managed on the CMS host to provide a CMS level notification center.
   • Camera licenses on all recording servers are centralized on the CMS host to simplify management.
   • Logs from recordings servers are centralized on the CMS host to offer easy access and smart filtering.
   • Advanced filtering options are now available throughout the CMS user interface, offering a quick and unified search experience.
5. Tunneling can be implemented to stream MPEG4, H264 via RTSP over HTTP.
6. Digital zoom is now available when live view is paused.
7. Image quality has been improved when adjusting digital zoom in/out.
8. Live view performance has been improved.
9. Notifications can now be sent to VS240HD.
10. New camera models have been added from Axis, ACTi, D-Link, and Edimax.
11. Minor bug fixes.

1. Surveillance Station is now ONVIF Profile S certified.
2. Mobotix MxPEG support.
3. 64bit Java support on Mac Safari.
4. New IP camera models are added from 3S, A-MTK, Brickcom, Edimax, Panasonic, Skywatch, and etc.

1. Fixed the launching issue after upgrading your Surveillance Station.