FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTE ======================== Products affected: AXIS Q8742-E Release date: 2020-10-29 Release type: Production Firmware version: 7.15.6 Preceding release: 7.15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrade recommendations ======================== If you need to step up your firmware several steps, it is recommended to do an intermediate upgrade to LTS-tracks before proceeding. For example if the current version is 7.40 and you want to upgrade to 9.70. Then you should do the upgrade in these steps: 7.40 => 8.40 LTS => 9.70. Upgrade the firmware according to the instructions given in howtoupgrade.txt, which is included in the firmware folder or at the firmware portal at https://www.axis.com NOTE ======================== For latest information about Axis Cybersecurity, see: https://www.axis.com/support/product-security Corrections in 7.15.6 ================================================================================ 7.15.6:C1 Corrected an issue with the test button for recipients in web GUI. 7.15.6:C2 Updated OpenSSH to version 7.9p to increase overall minimum cyber security level. 7.15.6:C3 Corrected a streaming issue that caused the RTSP server to omit the RTP-info header on rare occasions. 7.15.6:C4 Added support for health status from Western Digital SD-cards. 7.15.6:C5 Corrected an issue that caused param.cgi to show password in plain text when listing a specified ACAP parameter. 7.15.6:C6 Corrected an issue that on rare occasions caused the image to go grey when streaming JPEG. 7.15.6:C7 Added support for resolve domain name trap addresses in SNMP. 7.15.6:C8 Corrected a streaming issue affecting RTSP tunneled via HTTPs. 7.15.6:C9 Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1g to increase overall cyber security. 7.15.6:C10 Updated Apache to version 2.4.46 to increase overall cyber security level. 7.15.6:C11 Updated libssh2 to version 1.9.0 to increase overall cyber security level. 7.15.6:C12 Added ProxyDispatcherOnly option to the O3C/AVHS client that can control proxy configurations of dispatcher services. 7.15.6:C13 Corrected an issue that caused old recordings to not be removed after their retention period was expired. 7.15.6.:C14 Disabled the HTTP Options method in the Apache webserver replies to increase overall cyber security level. 7.15.6.:C15 Updated libcurl to version 7.68 to increase overall cyber security. 7.15.6.:C16 Updated curl to 7.69.1 to increase overall cybersecurity level. Known Bugs/Limitations ================================================================================ 7.15.6:L1 Safari Private Mode is not supported. 7.15.6:L2 Some topics are not translated when changing language. 7.15.6:L3 Products may have incomplete or missing help files or even include help files with information about features that are not supported on the product. 7.15.6:L4 Video streams in Chrome might flicker when scaled. This is due to how Chrome scales the resolution and mostly happens with "older" graphic cards/drivers. Problem does not show up when viewing 1:1 or fullscreen. 7.15.6:L5 The following features in Settings -> System will be displayed in English only as for now: Certificates, ONVIF, HTTPS, IEEE 802.1x, SNMP, Events, Stream profiles and Detectors. The current chosen language will not have any affect there. 7.15.6:L6 It is possible to set unreasonable x or y coordinates when configuring the position of the overlay image. This could cause the overlay image to disappear when outside the products image resolution. 7.15.6:L7 Stream Profiles cannot be chosen in Live View or when configuring a continuous recording. 7.15.6:L8 In order to allow the configuration of longer shutter times than 1/30s in the web-interface, the MaxSlowShutter parameter in System -> PlainConfig -> Image section needs to be adjusted accordingly first. 7.15.6:L9 It is not possible to click&select a existing privacy mask that is partially visible in the live view. 7.15.6:L10 It is possible to set a higher frame rate in the web-interface no matter if the product supports it e.g. Q1941 set to 30FPS if max. is 8.3FPS. 7.15.6:L11 Video streaming over HTTPS in Apple Safari requires the certificate to be added / trusted in the keychain store. 7.15.6:L12 Taking snapshots using the snapshot live view control is not supported in Internet Explorer 11. 7.15.6:L13 Video streaming H.264 for Safari has been temporarily disabled in the web- interface because of an bug in the Safari browser. 7.15.6:L14 An unecessary warning is printed in the system log when a user creates an action rule sending HTTP notification with custom parameter. 7.15.6:L15 Action rules set up to send images to an SMTP server will deliver half the amount of images requested. 7.15.6:L16 It is not possible to control PTZ in Windows Edge when using the thermal camera. 7.15.6:L17 It is not possible to start video streaming when the requesting client asked for a invalid or not supported resolution. 7.15.6:L18 Multichannel products with single processor might have performance issues if using VMD on more than one channel at the same time. Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS Q8742-E =========================================================== Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== Visual Camera ============= 1920x1080 1280x720 800x450 480x270 320x180 1400x1050 1) 1280x960 1) 1024x768 1) 1024x640 1) 1024x576 1) 800x600 1) 768x576 1) 720x576 1) 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 704x288 1) 704x240 1) 640x512 1) 640x480 1) 640x400 1) 640x360 1) 480x360 1) 480x300 1) 384x288 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 320x256 1) 320x240 1) 320x200 1) 240x180 1) 240x135 1) 192x144 1) 176x144 1) 176x120 1) 160x128 1) 160x120 1) 160x100 1) 160x90 1) 80x50 1) Thermal Camera ============== 800x600 720x576 640x512 640x480 480x360 384x288 320x256 320x240 240x180 176x144 160x128 160x120 1920x1080 1) 1280x720 1) 800x450 1) 768x576 1) 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 704x288 1) 704x240 1) 480x270 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 320x180 1) 240x135 1) 192x144 1) 176x120 1) 80x60 1) 1) Not visible in web user interface