FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 214 Network Camera Release date: 2006-09-04 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.33 File name: 214_433.bin Preceding release: 4.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 4.33 ============ Corrections in 4.33 since 4.32 ============================== 4.33:C01 Corrected serious startup issue in the products using module firmware 1.08. Symptoms were typically no video and/or bad controlability. Please check the firmware version stored into the 'PTZ.UserAdv.U1.DeviceVenModVer' parameter before upgrading. Known limitations ================= 4.33:L01 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. 4.33:L02 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.33:L03 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. 4.33:L04 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. 4.33:L05 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full screen mode off. 4.33:L06 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. 4.33:L07 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. 4.33:L08 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. 4.33:L09 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. 4.33:L10 Including format field #b or #B in text overlay will show incorrect bandwidth usage when frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG. 4.33:L11 PTZ click in image will not work when using QuickTime as the image viewer. 4.33:L12 The Axis Media Control should reload itself at audio configuration changes on server. Sometimes it does not. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.33:L13 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. 4.33:L14 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup. 4.33:L15 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. 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 214. The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 214 PTZ. 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 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 'preset' PTZ.PresetPos 'preset_hidden' PTZ.PresetPos 'ptzaction' Event.E#.Actions 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'source' Sequence.S0.Source 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP