FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS M3204 Fixed Dome Network Camera Release date: 2012-04-25 Release type: Production Firmware version: 5.40.9 File name: M3204_5_40_9.bin Preceding release: 5.12.1 AMC version: 6.0.6.7-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS ==================== The firmware can be upgraded using Axis Camera Management, HTTP or FTP. Please follow the instructions from the user's manual, the web page at http://www.axis.com/techsup/cam_servers/how_to_upgrade.htm or the file named howtoupgrade.txt. New Features ============ 5.40.9:F01 Added embedded AVHS (Axis Video Hosting System) client. 5.40.9:F02 Added support for 802.1x. 5.40.9:F03 Functionality has been added making it possible for customer to upload a customer logotype in the live view webpage. 5.40.9:F04 Edge storage with support for CIFS/SMB (Microsoft Network share). 5.40.9:F05 The internal Event Management system has been redesigned and VAPIX has been extended with a new Event-API based on Web-Services. Utask has been removed and with that the possibility to start scripts and applications from user.task.list. The legacy user action rules in the camera will continue to work but will not be visible in the camera user interface unless converted to the new design. Event Management user interface (GUI) has been redesigned. For more information please see User's manual. 5.40.9:F06 Always Multicast. Provides the ability to multicast video regardless of whether clients are accessing the streams or not. 5.40.9:F07 ONVIF 1.02 support. 5.40.9:F08 Server Report download. Possibility to download a ZIP-file server report (with or without camera snapshot). This simplifies the process of attaching the server report when submitting a support ticket. 5.40.9:F09 Storage Management 1. Clean up policy is enabled by default and the default value for the parameter is 1 week. 2. Parameter for clean up level is in the Plain Config and default is set at approximately 90% of the storage device capacity. 3. The start time of a recording is updated when data is removed due to clean up policy. 5.40.9:F10 Power line frequency has been introduced. After setting initial root password, select the power line frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) used at the location of the Axis product. Selecting the right frequency will reduce image flicker if the product is used in fluorescent light environments. When using 50 Hz, the maximum frame rate is limited to 25 fps. Note: After initial configuration, power line frequency can only be changed through Plain Config (capture frequency parameter) or by resetting the product to factory default. Corrections in 5.40.9 since 5.12.1 ================================== 5.40.9:C01 Encoding of email subject is now correct for some special characters („هنِ” etc.). 5.40.9:C02 Web services parameter is removed and thus status from the System Overview as well. ONVIF is enabled by specifying an ONVIF administrator in the Security -> ONVIF settings. 5.40.9:C03 RTP over RTSP over HTTP with other than default http port works as expected. 5.40.9:C04 It is no longer necessary to restart the camera after configuring default router parameter via VAPIX. 5.40.9:C05 Improved memory handling when using motion detection. 5.40.9:C06 Improved camera responsiveness. 5.40.9:C07 Configuration of time zone for Australia appears correctly in the web interface. 5.40.9:C08 It is possible to use HTTPS and port forwarding. 5.40.9:C09 It is possible to add IP addresses to the IP filter list in the web interface. 5.40.9:C10 Up to 127 characters can be used in the 'From email address' field. 5.40.9:C11 Image with 800x450 resolution and 90 or 270 degrees rotation is displayed correctly. 5.40:9:C12 Corrected the SMTP authentication issue with IPv6. 5.40.9:C13 Fixed an issue with an uploaded bitmap overlay which was made partially transparent unconditionally. 5.40.9:C14 Corrected the issue of stopping and restarting running events when an event or event server is added, modified or deleted. 5.40.9:C15 Bitmap images have same contrast as the corresponding JPEG images. 5.40.9:C16 The critical message, "Failed to write to file. Broken pipe" due to short time between unregistering and registering to Axis Internet Dynamic DNS will not be shown in the log. 5.40.9:C17 While installing AMC, clicking "View Certificate" in "Digital Signature Details" will not show expired validation date for AAC and H.264. 5.40.9:C18 Double & are no longer present in HTTP notification. The Action rule gives a valid URI. 5.40.9:C19 The error condition encountered when creating two similar action rules (or by a copied action rule) has been fixed. 5.40.9:C20 Improved Web service deamon memory handling. Known Bugs/Limitations ====================== 5.40.9:L01 The effect of backlight compensation on/off may not be noticable. 5.40.9:L02 Stream profile names are limited to alphanumerical characters. 5.40.9:L03 Limiting the bandwith to lower than 100kbit/s may lead to losing contact with the camera. 5.25.1:L04 The web interface for ACAP Image Test application looks odd compared to normal webinterface. 5.40.9:L05 Adding color=0 to the rtsp video link will not result in black&white image. Set color to 0 in Camera Settings instead. 5.40.9:L06 Video stream lost when clock is synchronizing to a past computer time. 5.40.9:L07 Frame Size Control does not affect the size of the snapshot taken with the upper right control that can be added to the Live View. 5.40.9:L08 Constant bit rate might fluctuate more than 10%. This will be adjusted in a future release. 5.40.9:L09 Events triggered at the same time, will by default settings share the same filename. This may result in upload of corrupted image. 5.40.9:L10 When using action rule resulting in short recordings, it is recommended to extend post-event time. 5.40.9:L11 Date modifiers "%m-%d-%Y" are not formatted correctly when used with folder name, SMTP subject and message. Application Developer Information ================================= The AXIS VAPIX Application Programming Interface version 3 is supported by AXIS M3204. For more information, please refer to the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API specification version 3, part of the AXIS VAPIX API, available at www.axis.com. Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS M3204. Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1280x800 1280x720 1024x768 1024x640 800x600 800x500 800x450 640x480 640x400 640x360 480x360 480x300 480x270 320x240 320x200 320x180 240x180 176x144 160x120 160x100 160x90 1440x900 1) 2) 768x576 1) 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 704x240 1) 384x288 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 192x144 1) 176x120 1) 1) Not visible in web user interface 2) Upscaled resolution