FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 213 PTZ Network Camera Release date: 2005-12-29 Release type: Service Firmware version: 4.30.1 File name: axis213.bin Preceding release: 4.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 213_430.bin or axis213.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. After a while the progress of the upgrade will be displayed in the web browser. Step 3, Reboot: The system restarts automatically. Step 4, Reconfiguration: The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings. 11. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the system. FTP === 1. You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the upgrade file. Example: C:\Axis\213\4_30> 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 213_430.bin or axis213.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. Step 3, Reboot: The FTP session terminates and the system restarts automatically. Step 4, Reconfiguration: The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings. 8. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the system. RELEASE 4.30.1 ============== Corrections in 4.30.1 ===================== 4.30.1:C1 Corrected a network issue that could cause upload sessions to hang. 4.30.1:C2 Fixed a PTZ command speed issue. When shifting from joystick to center mode, the speed was not restore to its initial value. Improvements in 4.30.1 ====================== 4.30.1:I1 It is now possible to set the Receiver buffer length. This can be done using 'Plain Config' and set the Audio.ReceiverBuffer parameter to some integer value (time in milliseconds). 4.30.1:I2 The new version of AXIS Media Control handles better the incoming audio samples, resulting in less breaks when playing them. In the case of not synchronized audio (when displaying Motion JPEG) pre-buffering of the audio samples has also been introduced, from minimum 120ms to maximum 2s depending on the Audio buffer setting in the Control Panel > AXIS Media Control > Audio. Please note that increasing the buffer size will introduce latency. Known limitations in 4.30.1 =========================== 4.30.1: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. 4.30.2: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. 4.30.1:L3 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full screen mode off. 4.30.1:L4 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. 4.30.1:L5 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. 4.30.1:L6 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. 4.30.1:L7 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. 4.30.1:L8 Including format field #b or #B in text overlay will show incorrect bandwidth usage when frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG. 4.30.1:L9 PTZ click in image will not work when using QuickTime as the image viewer. 4.30.1:L10 PTZ click in image coordinates will not be correct in Mozilla when resizing the image using the view size buttons. 4.30.1:L11 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup. 4.30.1:L12 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. 4.30.1:L13 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. 4.30.1:L14 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.30.1:L15 The Axis Media Control should reload itself at audio configuration changes on server. Sometimes it does not. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.30.1:L16 Half duplex audio does not function when viewing an MPEG-4 video stream. The audio stream will be transmitted in Full duplex mode, even if the audio mode is set to Half duplex. Application Developer Information ================================= Supported HTTP 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) QCIF 176x144 1) 176x120 2) 1) Only available for PAL cameras 2) Only available for NTSC cameras The Axis Video API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 213. The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 213. For more information please refer to the HTTP API specification version 2, available at www.axis.com. Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video PTZ Motion Detection I/O IP filter Serial port 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 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP 'ptzaction' Event.E#.Actions 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'motion' Motion 'preset' PTZ.PresetPos 'preset_hidden' PTZ.PresetPos 'button' PTZ.Auxiliary.A#.Button 'user_ctlqueue' PTZ.UserCtlQueue 'guardtour' GuardTour 'tour' GuardTour.G#.Tour 'sequence' Sequence 'source' Sequence.S0.Source 'external_video' ExternalVideo