FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTE
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Products affected:        AXIS Q8742-EZOOM

Release date:             2024-12-09

Release type:             Production

Firmware version:         7.15.6.8

Preceding release:        7.15.6.7

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Upgrade recommendations
========================

Upgrade the firmware according to the instructions given in howtoupgrade.txt,
which is included in the firmware folder or according to instructions at
https://www.axis.com/support/firmware.


NOTE
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For latest information about Axis Cybersecurity, see:
https://www.axis.com/support/product-security


Features
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Cybersecurity
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7.16.6.8:S1
Updated Apache to version 2.4.62 to increase the overall cybersecurity level.

7.16.6.8:S2
Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1za to increase overall cybersecurity level.

7.16.6.8:S3
Updated cURL to version 8.10.1 to increase overall cybersecurity level.

7.16.6.8:S4
Updated wpa-supplicant to version 2.11 to increase overall cybersecurity level. 

Corrections
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7.16.6.8:C1
Corrected CVE-2023-45853. For more information, please visit the Axis vulnerability management portal (https://www.axis.com/support/cybersecurity/vulnerability-management).

7.16.6.8:C2
Corrected CVE-2023-52160. For more information, please visit the Axis vulnerability management portal (https://www.axis.com/support/cybersecurity/vulnerability-management).


Known Bugs/Limitations
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7.15.6.8:L1
Safari Private Mode is not supported.

7.15.6.8:L2
Some topics are not translated when changing language.

7.15.6.8: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.

7.15.6.8: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.

7.15.6.8: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.

7.15.6.8: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.

7.15.6.8:L7
Stream Profiles cannot be chosen in Live View or when configuring a continuous
recording.

7.15.6.8: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.

7.15.6.8:L9
It is not possible to click&select a existing privacy mask that is partially
visible in the live view.

7.15.6.8: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.

7.15.6.8:L11
Video streaming over HTTPS in Apple Safari requires the certificate to be added
/ trusted in the keychain store.

7.15.6.8:L12
Taking snapshots using the snapshot live view control is not supported in
Internet Explorer 11.

7.15.6.8:L13
Video streaming H.264 for Safari has been temporarily disabled in the web-
interface because of an bug in the Safari browser.

7.15.6.8:L14
An unecessary warning is printed in the system log when a user creates an action
rule sending HTTP notification with custom parameter.

7.15.6.8:L15
Action rules set up to send images to an SMTP server will deliver half the
amount of images requested.

7.15.6.8:L16
It is not possible to control PTZ in Windows Edge when using the thermal camera.

7.15.6.8:L17
It is not possible to start video streaming when the requesting client asked for
a invalid or not supported resolution.

7.15.6.8: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
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Resolution  Exceptions
==========  ==========

Visual Camera
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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