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

Products affected: AXIS 242S IV Video Server

Release date:      2006-09-10

Release type:      Production 

Firmware version:  4.30

File name:         242SIV_4_30.bin

Preceding release: None

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

The firmware can be upgraded using Axis Camera Management, 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 
242SIV_4_30_howtoupgrade.txt.


RELEASE 4.30
============

4.30 is the first official production release for the AXIS 242S IV.

Known limitations in 4.30
=========================

4.30:L01 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.

4.30:L02 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
         are divisible by 8 (pixels).

4.30:L03 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.

4.30:L04 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.

4.30:L05 The text overlay in a 90/270 degree rotated NTSC image is garbled in
         both MJPEG and MPEG-4 when the image width is not evenly divisible by
         16.

4.30:L06 Including format field #b or #B in text overlay will show incorrect
         bandwidth usage when frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG.

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

AXIS VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface (available at www.axis.com)
is supported by AXIS 242S IV.

The following groups are supported by the AXIS 242S IV. For more information,
please refer to the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API specification version 2, part of the
AXIS VAPIX API.

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

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
'tcpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'tcp_config'     EventServers.TCP
'ptzaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'smtpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'motion'         Motion
'preset'         PTZ.PresetPos
'preset_hidden'  PTZ.PresetPos
'button'	 PTZ.Auxiliary.A#.Button
'user_ctlqueue'	 PTZ.UserCtlQueue
'guardtour'	 GuardTour
'tour'	 	 GuardTour.G#.Tour
'sequence'	 Sequence
'source'         Sequence.S0.Source
'external_video' ExternalVideo

Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions:

Resolution  Exceptions
==========  ==========
4CIF
704x576     1)
704x480        2)
2CIFEXP
704x288x2   1)
704x480x2      2)
2CIF
704x288     1)
704x240        2)
CIF
352x288     1)
352x240        2)
QCIF
176x144     1)
176x120        2)

1) Only available for PAL  cameras
2) Only available for NTSC cameras