FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 214 Network Camera Release date: 2007-09-14 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.40 File name: 214_440.bin Preceding release: 4.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Support for 802.1X/EAPOL(Extensible Authentication Protocol Over Lan) using EAP-TLS (EAP-Transport Layer Security). 4.40:F04 Added a parameter containing the path to the administrator web page (root.Properties.API.HTTP.AdminPath). 4.40:F05 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:F06 Added process list, /proc/netstat, ifconfig and vmstatus to the Server Report. 4.40:F07 A toolbar with a play and stop button is now available when using the Mozilla/Firefox browser. 4.40:F08 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:F09 Recording of Motion JPEG/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:F10 Now possible to configure the mail server's port (default 25). 4.40:F11 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:F12 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). 4.40:F13 Added the possibility to define guard tours. The minimum time between presets can however not be set under 10 minutes for mechanical reasons. 4.40:F14 Added the possibility to schedule a guard tour. From Event settings, choose to add a scheduled event. The guard tour will run as long as the event is active. If two scheduled guard tours overlap, the priority is given to the one scheduled to start first. The second sceduled guard tour will start when the first one is becoming inactive. 4.40:F15 Added Areazoom in AMC. This function make it possible to draw a rectangle in the image and automatically center and zoom on the position. 4.40:F16 Added calibrations tool for the PT movements. This tool helps to correct for the offset between the optic center and the mechanical center of the unit. It's convenient to use together with Areazoom, as this type of error becomes visible when using this feature. 4.40:F17 Possibility to display dynamic user text in image text overlay is added. Please use the online help file on the camera 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:M05 Allow preset names including '&' characters. 4.40:M08 The embedded HTTP client fills in the Host field in the HTTP header. 4.40:M09 The product will perform DST time adjustment according to the new rules valid in the USA, starting 2007. More information about this change is available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005#Change_to_daylight_saving_time Re-apply and save the time zone and DST setting on the product for changes to take effect. 4.40:M10 The MPEG-4 performance in 4CIF has increased from 21 to 25 fps for NTSC and from 17 to 21 fps for PAL. 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 4.33 ============================== 4.40:C01 Corrected possible hang up of the PTZ mechanics. 4.40:C02 Improved event error handling, especially while using motion detection. 4.40:C03 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:C04 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:C05 The HTTP response is now correct when the time is set back using the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API. 4.40:C06 It is now possible to use the 'force' option (param.cgi) in AXIS VAPIX HTTP API. 4.40:C07 FTP login issue due to long sign-on message (more than 256 chars) has been resolved. 4.40:C08 It is now possible to stream MPEG4 over HTTP using a port other than 80. 4.40:C09 Improved stability of streaming MPEG4, when using QuickTime, for certain product configurations. 4.40:C10 It is now possible to upgrade the product when NAT traversal functionality is enabled. 4.40:C11 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:C12 Corrected output monitoring. It is now possible to use the following AXIS VAPIX HTTP API request: http:///axis-cgi/io/output.cgi?monitor=1,2,... 4.40:C13 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:C14 Corrected an issue in the MPEG-4/RTP streams where successive frames could have the same timestamp. 4.40:C15 It is now possible to add more than 12 users with usernames and passwords that have maximum length. Known limitations in 4.40 ========================= 4.40:L01 In 'joystick' mode, the PTZ driver will automatically slow down in a 50 degrees area from the extreme limits. 4.40:L02 The verification of event duration configuration contains limitations and will not disallow alphabetic characters. 4.40:L03 During an HTTP upload, unnecessary log messages may appear and files may be missing in the uploaded file sequence. 4.40:L04 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup. 4.40:L05 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:L06 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:L07 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.40:L08 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:L09 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:L10 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:L11 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:L12 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. 4.40:L13 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. 4.40:L14 The text overlay in a 90/270 degree rotated NTSC image is garbled in both MJPEG and MPEG4 when the image width is not evenly divisible by 16. Application Developer Information ================================= Supported AXIS VAPIX 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 VAPIX RTSP API - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 214. The following AXIS VAPIX HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 214. For more information please refer to the AXIS VAPIX 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 '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 'user_ctlqueue' PTZ.UserCtlQueue 'guardtour' GuardTour 'tour' GuardTour.G#.Tour 'sequence' Sequence 'source' Sequence.S0.Source 'external_video' ExternalVideo