FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
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Products affected: AXIS 221 Network Camera

Release date:      2010-04-23      

Release type:      Production

Firmware version:  4.49

File name:         221_449.bin
		   
Preceding release: 4.45.1

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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 4.49
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New features
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4.49:F01 Added HTTP Digest Authentication.

4.49:F02 Added Secure Initial Configuration. This makes it possible to enable 
         HTTPS the first time the user accesses the product, located on the same page
         where the root password is defined.


Modifications
=============

4.49:M01 The motion detection algorithm has been improved in regard to      
	 sensitivity. Previously when using high sensitivity almost any
         movement would cause high red peaks due to noise generation. This has been
         improved and the new algorithm will only affect behaviour when using 
         high sensitivity.

4.49:M02 Improved event handling with regards to stability.


Corrections in 4.49 since 4.45.1
================================

4.49:C01 When video stream is stopped motion data stream is not started when adding,
         removing and saving motion windows.

4.49:C02 When creating a self signed certificate, if the validity time entered is
         more than the maximal validity (defined on the web page), it is set to
         the maximum, and not to 30.

4.49:C03 Corrected an issue in the Web server so that it now handles manually 
         created certificate files where LF at the end of the file may be missing.

4.49:C04 Corrected an issue regarding time limits for camera connections.
         The connection was closed at the right time, but then it was immediately 
         reconnected.

4.49:C05 Restart_stream.cgi work as expected, i.e. a new I-frame is sent immediately.

4.49:C06 Removes duplicate HTTP header from response to call to /axis-cgi/view/imagesize.cgi.


Known limitations in 4.49
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4.49:L01 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
         are divisible by 8 (pixels).

4.49:L02 When saving a snapshot image, some web browsers (e.g. Mozilla) will
         fetch a new picture and the saved picture will not match the displayed
         snapshot.

4.49:L03 The Mozilla 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.

4.49:L04 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video
         sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch full
         screen mode off.

4.49:L05 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.

4.49:L06 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.

4.49:L07 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.

4.49:L08 Privacy mask is not rotating. 
         Workaround: Place the privacy mask after rotating the image.

4.49:L09 Trying to "Restore" a file that is bigger then 1 MB will return the 
         "Page can not be displayed" message. Trying to "Restore" using a non
         proper file will return the message "No such file or directory ...".

4.49:L10 After synchronize to a NTP server the clock can be adjusted with 2.4 seconds.

4.49:L11 Crash Report limited to user space applications.

Application Developer Information
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Supported HTTP API Image Resolutions

Resolution  Exceptions
==========  ==========
768x576     1) 5)
704x576     1) 2)
704x480        2)
704x288        2)
704x240        2)
640x480
480x360
384x288
352x288        2) 3)
352x240        2) 3)
320x240
240x180              4)
192x144
176x144        2) 3)
176x120        2) 3)
160x120

1) Not available as bitmap (bmp) image
2) Not equally scaled
3) No support for 90/270 degrees rotation
4) 176x240 when rotated 90/270 degrees
5) Motion JPEG only

The Axis Video API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is
supported by the AXIS 221.

The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 221. For more
information please refer to the HTTP API specification version 2, available
at www.axis.com.

Group             Exceptions
=====             ==========
General
Image and Video   Video status
Motion Detection
I/O
Serial port
IP filter

Built in templates for dynamic parameters are:

Template         Group
========         =====
'event'          Event
'external_video' ExternalVideo
'ftpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'ftp_config'     EventServers.FTP
'httpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'http_config'    EventServers.HTTP
'hwaction'       Event.E#.Actions
'motion'         Motion
'smtpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'source'         Sequence.S0.Source
'tcpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'tcp_config'     EventServers.TCP