FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 206M Network Camera Release date: 2005-02-18 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.20 File name: 206m_420.bin Preceding release: 4.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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_420.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_20> 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_420.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 4.20 ============ News in 4.20 ============ 4.20:01 Functionality for automatic NAT traversal (port mapping) via UPnP. 4.20:02 Added secondary HTTP port. 4.20:03 optimization under Low-light behaviour, select for frame rate or image quality. 4.20:04 Color reproduction is now calibrated according to the sRGB standard. 4.20:05 French Help pages are added. 4.20:06 The hostname is passed to the DHCP server. 4.20:07 Network TCP/IP settings are split into Basic TCP/IP settings and Advanced TCP/IP settings. 4.20:08 The firmware version is no longer displayed it the title bar of the web browser. 4.20:09 Specifying the fps parameter in an HTTP API video request overrides the default frame rate setting. Improvements in 4.20 ==================== 4.20.10 Improved upgrade process over a slow connection. An upgrade attempt will time out after 30 seconds. 4.20:11 Improved Automatic white balance, better accuracy and more lights covered. 4.20:12 Added more fixed white balance modes. Corrections in 4.20 since 4.11 ============================== 4.20:13 Axis Media Control earlier could display the message: "503 Error: maximum number of clients reached" while other clients were requesting frequent snapshots. 4.20:14 Configuration of the camera is possible while the maximum number of clients are connected. 4.20:15 The Host-name of the camera is set uniquely and based on the serial number of the camera ("axis-00408cxxxxxx" instead of AxisProduct"). Known problems and limitations in version 4.20 ============================================== L1 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. L2 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. L3 Korean Help pages are removed. 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.