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

Products affected: AXIS 213 PTZ Network Camera

Release date: 2004-09-14

Release type: Production 

Firmware version: 4.02

File name: 213_402.bin

Preceding release:  none

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

The firmware can be upgraded using HTTP or FTP.


HTTP
====

1.  Download the upgrade file to a directory that is accessible from your local
    computer.

2.  Go to the product's start page (e.g. http://192.168.0.90).

3.  Click the Setup link and log in as root (or any other user with 
    Administrator privileges) if you are prompted for a user name and password. 
    You must be logged in as an Administrator to upgrade the unit.

4.  Click System Options in the menu to the left.

5.  Click Maintenance.

6.  Click the Browse button in the Upgrade Server section.

7.  Select the upgrade file you downloaded (and maybe decompressed) from our 
    site. This file is typically named 213_402.bin or axis213.bin. 

8.  Click the Open button.

9.  Click the Upgrade button in the Upgrade Server section.

10. Wait for the flash load to complete, which may take 1-10 minutes. The
    upgrade procedure is in four steps:
    Step 1, Shut down:
      Running applications are shut down and active connections are terminated.
    Step 2, Uploading firmware:
      The old firmware will be erased and the new firmware will be saved.
      After a while the progress of the upgrade will be displayed in the web 
      browser.
    Step 3, Reboot:
      The system restarts automatically.
    Step 4, Reconfiguration:
      The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings. 

11. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the
    system. 

FTP
===

1.  You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the
    upgrade file.
    Example: C:\Axis\213\4_02>

2.  From the command prompt, open an FTP connection to the unit you wish to
    upgrade. (Do not use a "Windows" based FTP-program to do this, use only 
    command line FTP programs!)

3.  Log in as root. The default password for the root user is "pass", unless
    this has been changed by the user. You must be logged in as the root user
    to upgrade the unit.

4.  Change to binary transfer mode by typing "bin" and press enter.

5.  Type "hash" and press enter. (This will allow you to see how the upgrade
    progresses)

6.  Type the command "put XXX.bin flash" where XXX.bin is the name of the
    upgrade file you downloaded (and maybe decompressed) from our site. This 
    file is typically named 213_402.bin or axis213.bin. 

7.  Wait for the flash load to complete, which may take 1-10 minutes. The
    upgrade procedure is in four steps:
    Step 1, Shut down:
      Running applications are shut down and active connections are terminated.
    Step 2, Uploading firmware:
      The old firmware will be erased and the new firmware will be saved.
    Step 3, Reboot:
      The FTP session terminates and the system restarts automatically.
    Step 4, Reconfiguration:
      The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings. 

8.  After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the
    system. 

RELEASE 4.02
============

4.02 is the first official production release for the AXIS 213.


Known limitations in version 4.02
=================================


4.02:01 Adding a new event or modifying an existing event will restart all 
        active events.

4.02:02 An active event will be stopped if the connection to the upload server
        fails.

4.02:03 PTZ click in picture will not work when using the Java applet as image
        viewer.

4.02:04 PTZ click in picture coordinates will not be correct in Mozilla when
        resizing the image using the view size buttons.

4.02:05 When saving a snapshot image, some browsers (e.g. Mozilla) will fetch
        a new picture and the saved picture will not match the displayed
        snapshot.

4.02:06 The Mozilla 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 Mozilla solves these two problems.

4.02:07 The Axis Media Control toolbar is not available when using the Mozilla
        and Netscape web browsers.  This is because images are viewed with
        server push instead of Active X (AXIS Media Control).

4.02:08 The Operator user defined in the User Setup cannot configure the product 
        using setup web pages. This issue will be corrected in the next firmware 
        release.

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

The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 213. For more
information please refer to the HTTP API 2.00 document available at
www.axis.com.

Group             Exceptions
=====             ==========
General
Image and Video
PTZ
Audio
I/O
IP filter

Built in templates for dynamic parameters are:

Template         Group
========         =====
'event'          Event
'ftpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'ftp_config'     EventServers.FTP
'httpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'http_config'    EventServers.HTTP
'hwaction'       Event.E#.Actions
'preset'         PTZ.PresetPos
'preset_hidden'  PTZ.PresetPos
'ptzaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'smtpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'source'         Sequence.S#.Source
'tcpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'tcp_config'     Eventservers.TCP