FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS Q1755/Q1755-E Network Camera Release date: 2008-12-17 Release type: Production Firmware version: 5.02 File name: Q1755_5_02.bin Preceding release: n/a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 5.01 ============ 5.02 is the first official release for the AXIS Q1755/Q1755-E. Known limitations ================= 5.02:L01 It is not possible to use a space in the upload path for a ftp server. 5.02:L02 If IPv6 is enabled while IPv4 is disabled, the DHCP options received from IPv4 are not removed. Also there is no IPv6 address in the mail body of an SMTP test mail. 5.02:L03 The NTP implementation will not synchronize to NTP servers that signal an alarm condition (clock not synchronized) in its Leap Indicator. 5.02:L04 After changing the date/time of the camera, the video stream will stop after 60 seconds with an RTSP session time out. It does not matter if the media stream is started before or after the time is changed. Workaround: Reboot the camera after the time has been changed manually or by NTP. 5.02:L05 It is not supported to configure always multicast RTP. 5.02:L06 If RTSP authentication is switched off, streaming H.264 with QuickTime and other Apple compatible clients will not work as they require authentication of the RTSP, but do not allow HTTP authentication. 5.02:L07 The AXIS Media Control client may stop displaying the H.264 video stream after the PC has been locked. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 5.02:L08 AXIS Media Control may on some client computers with insufficient performance buffer up images which may lead to latency and use of memory. Stopping the streams will restore the memory. 5.02:L09 Quicktime and windows media player does not show H.264 in resolution 1920x1080 and capture mode 1080i in correct 16:9 aspect ratio, windows media player show correct if ffdshow decoder is used. 5.02:L10 Bitmap and text overlays are stretched 33% horizontally in H.264 when capture mode is 1080i and resolution is 1920x1080. 5.02:L11 H.264 live view in resolutions 800x450 or 480x270 with rotation 90 or 270 does not work in Windows media player or AMC and may crash IE. 5.02:L12 When using Mozilla Firefox to view MJPEG, rendering artifacts (parts of the previous frame) can be seen when there is a lot of movement. 5.02:L13 If a tab or window with a runnning MJPEG stream is closed in Firefox 3 the stream will still be running in the background. The stream is not closed until Firefox is terminated. 5.02:L14 Stream profile names are limited to alphanumerical characters. 5.02:L15 When audio volume slider in AMC is set to 0, you may still hear sound. 5.02:L16 Joystick used for PTZ camera movement will not work in full screen without first using the mouse. 5.02:L17 When using Java Applet viewer and the PTZ control queue enabled, PTZ interaction by clicking in picture the does not work. 5.02:L18 The image is neither mirrored nor rotated at Motion Detection page. 5.02:L19 In Gate Keeper motion detection setup, the activity indicator will at first not show any activity until object size, history or sensitivity is changed. 5.02:L20 Saving a home preset activates auto focus after preset is saved. APPLICATION DEVELOPER Information ================================= The AXIS VAPIX Application Programming Interface is supported by the AXIS Q1755/Q1755-E. The following groups are supported by the Q1755. For more information, please refer to the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API specification version 3, part of the AXIS VAPIX API, available at www.axis.com. Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video PTZ Not supported: ptzupdate.cgi, ptzadmin.cgi, ptzparam.cgi Motion Detection I/O IP filter Audio 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 'motion' Motion 'ptzaction' Event.E#.Actions 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP Resolution ========== 1920x1080 (16:9) 1280x720 (16:9) 800x450 (16:9) 480x270 (16:9) 320x180 (16:9)