FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 241Q Video Server Release date: 2004-05-12 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.02 File name: 241q_402.bin Preceding release: 4.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS ==================== The firmware can be upgraded using HTTP or FTP. After the firmware upgrade the PTZ-drivers that are installed need to be updated and reconfigured. The new drivers can be downloaded from here: http://www.axis.com/techsup/cam_servers/ptz/drivers.php 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 241Q_402.bin or axis241Q.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. During this step, the Status LEDs will be amber. After a while the progress of the upgrade will be displayed in the web browser. Step 3, Reboot: The system restarts automatically. During this step, all LEDs will be off. Step 4, Reconfiguration: The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings. The Status LEDs will be amber during this step. 11. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the system, during which the Status LEDs blink amber. When initiation is complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LEDs will be green. FTP === 1. You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the upgrade file. Example: C:\Axis\241Q\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 241Q_402.bin or axis241Q.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. During this step the Status LEDs will be amber. Step 3, Reboot: The FTP session terminates and the system restarts automatically. During this step, all LEDs will be off. Step 4, Reconfiguration: The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings. The Status LEDs will be amber during this step. 8. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the system, during which the Status LEDs blink amber. When initiation is complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LEDs will be green. RELEASE 4.02 ============ News in 4.02 ============ 4.02:1 The output ports can now be controlled simultaneously. 4.02:2 Added enhanced functionality on Axis Name Server. The name will not be changed when the video server is placed behind a NAT-box that changes external IP-address. 4.02:3 New AMC component. Corrected some motion detection problems. Corrections in 4.02 =================== 4.02:4 The performance while running Video Motion Detection has been improved. The frame rate no longer drops as in previous releases. 4.02:5 The resolutions on the image help pages have been corrected from 720x480 to 704x480. 4.02:6 Minor changes in the web interface. 4.02:7 Corrected the problem in earlier releases where the 241Q could deny access to video streams when other clients were requesting snapshots frequently. The AMC was displaying the following message : "503 Error: Maximum number of clients reached". 4.02:8 The frame rate delivered by the product while requesting streams at over 25 fps was lower than expected. This is corrected. 4.02:9 Removed one of the crypto-algoritm (IDEA) for HTTPS. 4.02:10 The link to the HTTPS help pages now works correctly Known limitations in version 4.02 ================================= 4.02:11 When starting a new live view stream or when getting a still image, running live view streams and events will be halted for a short while. 4.02:12 Adding a new event or modifying an existing event will restart all active events. 4.02:13 An active event will be stopped if the connection to the upload server fails. 4.02:14 Copying an event configuration does not work properly. Some parameters may not be copied correctly, please verify each parameter value in the cloned event configuration. 4.02:15 Risk of false triggers close to the edges of the motion detection windows since the width and height of motion detection windows will be adjusted to be evenly divided by 8 pixels. 4.02:16 PTZ click in picture will not work when using the Java applet as image viewer. 4.02:17 PTZ click in picture coordinates will not be correct in Mozilla when resizing the image using the view size buttons. 4.02:18 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. 4.02:19 Using IE and external video sources with user name and password may not work. To work around the problem leave these fields empty and you will be prompted for user name and password when accessing the external video sources. 4.02:20 Viewing full screen and rotating through different external video sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the screen mode. 4.02.21 When Vieing Quad stream in CIF resolution the performence of the framerate will decrease to approx. 6fps. This problem is introduced in v4.02 and is the disadvantage for improved overall performence for single streams. Application Developer Information ================================= The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 241Q. For more information please refer to the HTTP API 2.00 document available at www.axis.com. Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video PTZ Motion Detection I/O Serial port 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 '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