FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 206M Network Camera Release date: 2004-10-25 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.11 File name: 206_411.bin Preceding release: 4.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS ==================== The firmware can be upgraded using HTTP or FTP. 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 206m_411.bin or axis206m.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 Power LED will blink green/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 LED will be amber during this step. 11. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the system, during which the Status LED blinks amber. When initiation is complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LED will be green. FTP === 1. You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the upgrade file. Example: C:\Axis\206m\4_11> 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 206m_411.bin or axis206m.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 Power LED will blink green/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 LED will be amber during this step. 8. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the system, during which the Status LED blinks amber. When initiation is complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LED will be green. RELEASE 4.11 ============ Improvements in 4.11 ==================== 4.11:01 Improved White balance settings * Increased accuracy of the fixed whitebalance modes to better match the described light sources in the help pages. * Added two new fixed whitebalance modes for fluorescent and outdoor use. * Automatic whitebalance is faster and covers more kinds of lighting. 4.11:02 Color correction with improved representation of skin tones (before, there was a tendency of skin tones to be rendered slightly blue or purple in some kinds of light). Corrections in 4.11 since 4.10 ============================== 4.11:03 The web server occasionally stopped responding. This has now been corrected. 4.11:04 The frame rate drop that were seen with the highest resolution has now been corrected. 4.11:05 Small web-interface fix regarding video stream limitation. Known problems and limitations in version 4.11 ============================================== L1 Mails sent by the camera are not translated. English only. L2 The online help is not translated into French. L3 Full screen viewing does not take aspect ratio into account. L4 Preview of Live View settings shows buttons not available in this product. L5 Text overlay can only be shown if parameter is saved, i.e. Test button or HTML Example page can not show any other textstring. L6 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. Application Developer Information ================================= The following HTTP API commands are supported by the AXIS 206M. For more information please refer to the HTTP API v.2 document available at www.axis.com. Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Add and remove parameters Image size JPEG/MJPG JPEG buffer request, overlayimage, textstring, text(bg)color, rotation 90 or 270.