FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
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Products affected: AXIS 243Q Blade Video Server

Release date:      2007-06-15

Release type:      Production

Firmware version:  4.41

File name:         243Q_4_41.zip

Preceding release: None

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

243Q_4_41.zip contains the files 243Q_4_41.bin (FW2) and 243Q_1_4_41.bin (FW1).
FW1 contains extra functionality only available in CPU1. FW2 is for CPU2-4. 
The firmwares will only work in the CPU they are intended for. All CPU's need to be upgraded to ensure a working product. 

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 4.41
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New features 
============

4.41:F01 Support for PTZ in CPU2-4

4.41:F02 After a factory default, each CPU will get a unique default IP-adress

Known limitations in 4.41
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4.41:L01 The verification of event duration configuration contains limitations
         and will not disallow alphabetic characters.

4.41:L02 During an HTTP upload, unnecessary log messages may appear and files
         may be missing in the uploaded file sequence.

4.41:L03 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup.

4.41:L04 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

4.41:L05 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.

4.41:L06 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
         are divisible by 8 (pixels).

4.41:L07 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.

4.41:L08 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.

4.41:L09 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video
         sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the 
         full screen mode off.

4.41:L10 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.

4.41:L11 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.

4.41:L12 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.

4.41:L13 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.

4.41:L14 PTZ click in picture will not work when using the Java applet as the
         image viewer.

Application Developer Information
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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)

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

The AXIS VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface found at www.axis.com is
supported by the AXIS 243Q.

The following groups are supported by the AXIS 243Q. 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
PTZ		  
Motion Detection
I/O
Serial port	  Only FW1
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
'preset'         PTZ.PresetPos
'preset_hidden'  PTZ.PresetPos
'ptzaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'smtpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'source'         Sequence.S0.Source
'tcpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'tcp_config'     EventServers.TCP