FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 211 Network Camera Release date: 2006-12-28 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.40 File name: 211_440.bin Preceding release: 4.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 4.40 ============ New features ============ 4.40:F01 Support for IPv6. 4.40:F02 Support for QoS. The product uses the DiffServ model and marks the following classes: Live Video, Event/Alarm and Management. 4.40:F03 Added a parameter containing the path to the administrator web page (root.Properties.API.HTTP.AdminPath). 4.40:F04 Now possible to disable network services such as FTP, RTSP etc. See System Options | Support | System Overview for a list of the services that can be disabled. 4.40:F05 Added process list, /proc/netstat, ifconfig and vmstatus to the Server Report. 4.40:F06 A toolbar with a play and stop button is now available when using the Mozilla/Firefox browser. 4.40:F07 AXIS Media Control now has a reconnection strategy accessible from Control Panel on the Windows client. This allows the user to decide how the AMC client should handle a loss of connectivity with the product, i.e., for how long the product will try to reconnect and at which interval. 4.40:F08 Recording of MPEG4 streams to .asf files with the AXIS Media Control. This functionality is enabled in the Live View Config menu. For more info see also the AXIS Media Control user's manual, available at: http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/amc/index.htm. 4.40:F09 Recording of MJPEG streams to .asf files with the AXIS Media Control. This functionality is enabled in the Live View Config menu. For more info see also the AXIS Media Control user's manual, available at: http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/amc/index.htm. 4.40:F10 Now possible to configure the mail server's port (default 25). 4.40:F11 Support for multi-lingual web pages. Language files for French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish may be downloaded at www.axis.com/techsup. See online help for more information. 4.40:F12 Added the setting for a time interval (or delay) between triggered events.This is the minimum time period that the event type must wait after a trigger before it will be possible to trigger it again. The interval starts as soon as the first trigger occurs (see online help for more information). 4.40:F13 It is now possible to create a separate folder for each event when uploading images via FTP. The folder name can include modifiers commonly used in file names (see the online help for more information). Modifications ============= 4.40:M01 The view size buttons in Live View have been removed. 4.40:M02 Added Seoul in GMT+9 time zone. 4.40:M03 Reduced latency for I/O alarm trigger. 4.40:M04 The embedded HTTP client fills in the Host field in the HTTP header. 4.40:M05 The MPEG-4 performance in VGA has increased from 21 to 25 fps. A new parameter for MPEG4 Stream Optimization has been introduced under Setup | Video&Image | Advanced | MPEG-4. See the online help for more information. Corrections in 4.40 since 4.30 ============================== 4.40:C01 Improved event error handling, especially while using motion detection. 4.40:C02 When an event failed to upload its images, it could happen that the buffer data was not removed from the file system, eventually causing a 'Cache Full'. At this point no more images could be uploaded. This issue has now been corrected. 4.40:C03 Corrected AXIS Media Control filter installation procedure on Windows systems using Windows Security Update (KB 896688). See the FAQ: http://www.axis.com/techsup/faq/index.php?id=63639 4.40:C04 The HTTP response is now correct when the time is set back using the VAPIX. 4.40:C05 It is now possible to use the 'force' option (param.cgi) in VAPIX. 4.40:C06 FTP login issue due to long sign-on message (more than 256 chars) has been resolved. 4.40:C07 It is now possible to stream MPEG4 over HTTP using a port other than 80. 4.40:C08 Improved stability of streaming MPEG4, when using QuickTime, for certain product configurations. 4.40:C09 It is now possible to upgrade the product when NAT traversal functionality is enabled. 4.40:C10 Corrected RTC low voltage detection. When the battery was replaced, the system would continue claiming that the voltage was low. This is now corrected. 4.40:C11 Corrected output monitoring. It is now possible to use the following VAPIX http request: http:///axis-cgi/io/output.cgi?monitor=1,2,... 4.40:C12 Corrected an issue in the Axis Internet Dynamic DNS functionality. The complete server list is now used if the first host name in the list cannot be resolved. 4.40:C13 Corrected an issue in the MPEG-4/RTP streams where successive frames could have the same timestamp. 4.40:C14 It is now possible to add more than 12 users with usernames and passwords that have maximum length. 4.40:C15 The white balance setting is kept even if the product is restarted (Applicable to 'hold current'). Known limitations in 4.40 ========================= 4.40:L01 During an HTTP upload, unnecessary log messages may appear and files may be missing in the uploaded file sequence. 4.40:L02 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup. 4.40:L03 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. 4.40:L04 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. 4.40:L05 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.40:L06 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. 4.40:L07 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. 4.40:L08 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch full screen mode off. 4.40:L09 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. 4.40:L10 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. Application Developer Information ================================= Supported HTTP API Image Resolutions Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 768x576 1) 704x576 1) 2) 704x480 2) 704x288 2) 704x240 2) 640x480 480x360 384x288 352x288 2) 3) 352x240 2) 3) 320x240 240x180 4) 192x144 176x144 2) 3) 176x120 2) 3) 160x120 1) Not available as bitmap (bmp) image 2) Not equally scaled 3) No support for 90/270 degrees rotation 4) 176x240 when rotated 90/270 degrees The Axis Video API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 211. The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 211. For more information please refer to the HTTP API specification version 2, available at www.axis.com. Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video Video status Motion Detection I/O 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 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'source' Sequence.S0.Source 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP