FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
			======================

Products affected: AXIS 209MFD/209MFD-R Network Camera

Release date:      2007-11-19

Release type:      Production

Firmware version:  4.45

File name:         209MFD_445.bin

Preceding release: n/a

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UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
====================

The firmware can be upgraded using Axis Camera Management 2.0, 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.

Release 4.45
============
4.45 is the first official production release for the AXIS 209MFD/209MFD-R.

Known limitations
=================

4.45:L01  The camera can't handle multiple image streams with different
          resolutions while zooming. The result will be oscillating exposure
          calculations generating a flickering image.

4.45:L02  If you choose to rotate the image in the Video & Image setup, be
          aware that the coordinates for motion detection windows created in
          the Motion Detection setup will not be rotated.
          Workaround: When defining motion detection windows, temporarily 
          configure the image for 0 degrees of rotation. Change back to the 
          desired rotation again after having defined the motion windows.

4.45:L03  If you set compression to 0% the frame rate may decrease substantially
          for Motion JPEG for certain scenes. This is because the image size 
          may not exceed 256 KB.
          Workaround: Set the compression to 5% instead. The image quality will
          not suffer noticeably, but the image size will be much smaller.

4.45:L04  When saving a snapshot image, some web browsers (e.g. Firefox) will
          fetch a new picture and the saved picture will not match the displayed
          snapshot.

4.45:L05  The Firefox web browser does not always close the image stream properly
          when leaving the live view page. Restarting the stream can sometimes
          fail as well. Restarting Firefox solves these two problems.

4.45:L06  Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video
          sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full
          screen mode off.

4.45:L07  The AXIS Media Control may stop displaying the MPEG-4 stream after the
          screen saver has been active or the computer has been locked.
          Workaround: Reload the Live View page.

4.45:L08  If using dual screens and moving the AXIS Media Control window from one
          screen to the other, the MPEG-4 stream may stop updating.
          Workaround: Reload the Live View page.

4.45:L09  A snapshot image of the MPEG-4 stream will not be aspect ratio
          corrected when using the AXIS Media Control to take the snapshot image
          while aspect ratio correction is enabled.

4.45:L10  Including format field #b or #B in text overlay will show incorrect
          bandwidth usage when frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG.


4.45:L11  When starting a new live view stream or when getting a still image,
          running live view streams and events will be stopped for a short while.

4.45:L12  Video stream can't be received in IE7 if an IPv6 address is used.
          Workaround: Use DNS name.

4.45:L13  Panning and tilting by clicking in the image is not available when
          using QuickTime as viewer.
          Workaround: Use the pan and tilt bars instead.

4.45:L14  Zooming using the mouse wheel is only available using the AXIS Media
          Control or the AXIS Media Java Applet viewers.
          Workaround: Use the zoom bar instead.

4.45:L15  Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
          are divisible by 8 (pixels).

Application Developer Information
=================================

The AXIS VAPIX API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is
supported by the AXIS 209MFD/209MFD-R.

The following groups are supported by the AXIS 209MFD/209MFD-R.  For more information, 
please refer to the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API specification version 2, part of the 
AXIS VAPIX API, available at www.axis.com

Group             Exceptions
=====             ==========
General
Image and Video
Motion Detection
I/O
IP filter
PTZ               PTZ driver update
                  PTZ administation
                  Set PTZ parameters
                  PTZ control queue

Built in templates for dynamic parameters are:

Template         Group
========         =====
'button'         PTZ.Auxiliary.A1.Button
'event'          Event
'external_video' ExternalVideo
'ftpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'ftp_config'     EventServers.FTP
'guardtour'      GuardTour
'httpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'http_config'    EventServers.HTTP
'hwaction'       Event.E#.Actions
'motion'         Motion
'position'       PTZ.Preset.P0.Position
'ptzaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'smtpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'source'         Sequence.S0.Source
'tcpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'tcp_config'     EventServers.TCP
'tour'           GuardTour.G#.Tour

Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions

Resolution  Exceptions
==========  ==========
1280x1024
1280x960
1280x720        2)
1024x768
1024x576        2)
800x600
800x450         2)
720x576
704x576       1)
704x480       1)
640x480
640x360         2)
480x360
480x270         2)
320x240
320x180         2)
352x288       1)
352x240       1)
240x180
240x135         2)
176x144       1)
176x120       1)
160x120
160x90          2)

1) Not equally scaled
2) Widescreen (16:9)