FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 216FD Network Camera Release date: 2008-03-13 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.47 File name: 216FD_4_47.bin Preceding release: 4.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 4.47 ============ New features ============== 4.47:F01 Added Access Logging. This log gathers information on accesses to the product and can be listed anytime from the log pages. 4.47:F02 Added Connection list. It gives an overview of the connections made to the product specifying which IP is connected, the user and protocol used. 4.47:F03 Added support for Camera Tampering detection. The video stream is analyzed constantly to detect if the image changes significantly. This can detect if the lens is hooded, painted, severly defocused or redirected. The tampering detection is available in the event framework so an alarm can be sent. This functionality has to be configured to be enabled. 4.47:F04 Added HTTP Digest Authentication. 4.47:F05 Added Secure Initial Configuration. This makes it possible to enable HTTPS the first time the user accesses the product, i.e. on the same page where the root password is defined. 4.47:F06 Added mirroring, i.e. possibility to mirror the video stream. It can be configured using VAPIX as well as through the GUI. 4.47:F07 Added a Event monitor function to VAPIX. By using this interface, an application can get information about all trigger information available in the product. 4.47:F08 Added Advanced MJPEG settings (Video&Image -> Advanced). Using these settings, you can easily control the frame size of the JPEG images. The compression level is then adjusted automatically if the images for some reason become too large (e.g. sensor noise at night, complex motive). 4.47:F09 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). 4.47:F10 Added the setting for a minimum trigger interval before the event is started. This can be used to trigger event after a trigger has been set active for a given amount of time. 4.47:F11 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). N.B: This is only possible for triggered events. 4.47:F12 Possibility to display dynamic user text in image text overlay is added. Please use the online help file on the camera for more information. 4.47:F13 The possibility to fine-tune low light behaviour has been added. 4.47:F14 Added functionality to maintain color image even in low light conditions. Modifications ============= 4.47:M01 The motion detection algorithm has been improved to work better under low light conditions and to be less sensitive for exposure changes. The number of false triggers should be lower with this improvement. Motion detection settings might need to be modified after firmware upgrade to assure the desired function. 4.47:M02 The Server Report has been reformatted, in order to let the most important information come first. In order to avoid incomplete reports, the report is not displayed before its generating is finished. 4.47:M03 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. 4.47:M04 New timezone for Venezuela has been added. 4.47:M05 The AXIS Media Control installation will now work on Windows Vista. 4.47:M06 Improved event handling with regards to stability. 4.47:M07 A new audio parameter, Audio.ReceiverTimeout, has been added. When receiving audio data from a client, the session is terminated if no data is received in this time span. 4.47:M08 The format of the MaxGain and MaxExposureTime parameters has been changed in accordance with the VAPIX specification. Corrections in 4.47 since 4.40 ============================== 4.47:C01 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. 4.47:C02 It is now possible to add more than 12 users with usernames and passwords that have maximum length. 4.47:C03 The embedded HTTP client fills in the Host field in the HTTP header. 4.47:C04 When video stream is stopped don't start motion data stream when adding, removing and saving motion windows. 4.47:C05 Only print nc's output if it returns an error code. Otherwise the webpage will report that connection failed if the tcp server sends any reply. 4.47:C06 When creating a self signed certificate, if the validity time entered is more than the maximal validity (defined on the web page), then set it to the maximum, and not to 30. 4.47:C07 Corrected an issue in the Web server so that it now handles manually created certificate files where LF at the end of the file may be missing. 4.47:C08 In MPEG-4, audio and video syncronization has been improved. 4.47:C09 Corrected an issue regarding time limits for camera connections. The connection closed at the right time, but then it immediately reconnected. 4.47:C10 The restart_stream.cgi now work as expected, i.e. a new I-frame is sent immediately. 4.47:C11 A change has been done that removes duplicate HTTP header from response to call to /axis-cgi/view/imagesize.cgi. Known limitations ================= 4.47:L01 If you choose to rotate the image in the Video & Image setup, be aware that the coordinates for motion detection windows created in the Motion Detection setup will not be rotated. Workaround: When defining motion detection windows, temporarily configure the image for 0 degrees of rotation. Change back to the desired rotation again after having defined the motion windows. 4.47:L02 If you set compression to 0% the frame rate may decrease substantially for Motion JPEG for certain scenes. This is because the image size may not exceed 128 KB. Workaround: Set the compression to 5% instead. The image quality will not suffer noticeably, but the image size will be much smaller. 4.47:L03 Including format field #r, #R, #b or #B in the text overlay will show an incorrect frame rate and bandwidth usage when the frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG. 4.47:L04 If you have more than one IE window running the AXIS Media Control and audio enabled, you may experience a delay that increases over time in all but the topmost window. 4.47: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. 4.47:L06 The AXIS Media Control may stop displaying the MPEG-4 stream after the screensaver has been active, or when the computer has been locked. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.47:L07 Using dual screens and moving the AXIS Media Control window from one screen to the other can result in unexpected behavior. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.47:L08 The Axis Media Control should reload itself on audio configuration changes on server. Sometimes it does not. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.47:L09 When using G.726 audio encoding, audio will not be available in QuickTime. Workaround: Choose G.711 or AAC encoding instead if you are using QuickTime. 4.47:L10 If viewing the image stream on Mac OS X with Mozilla Firefox using the AXIS Media Java Applet, a third party plug-in may be needed to get the browser to use the correct Java version. The Java Embedding Plug-in can be found at http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/. 4.47:L11 If you use G.726 or AAC audio encoding, audio will not be available in the AXIS Media Java Applet. Workaround: Choose G.711 encoding when using the AXIS Media Java Applet. 4.47:L12 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. 4.47:L13 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. 4.47:L14 If the RTSP port is changed when the RTSP server is disabled, then "Unicast RTP" and "RTP over RTSP" will not work in AMC when the RTSP server is enabled again ("RTP over RTSP over HTTP" will however work). Workaround: Disable the RTSP server and then re-enable it again. 4.47:L15 Storing multiple parameters simultaneously (with ACM) can trigger unexpected behaviour. The workaround in most cases is to restart the camera. 4.47:L16 When retrieving two (or more) video streams with differing rotations, some frames may be of incorrect rotation. 4.47:L17 When using Flicker-free mode 50Hz, the exposure time cannot go below 1/100s despite having set Max Exposure Time to a faster exposure time. The reason is that there are no flicker safe exposure times below 1/100s for this flicker-free mode. The same applies to Flicker-free mode 60 Hz where the exposure time cannot go below 1/120s as this is the fastest flicker safe exposure time. Application Developer Information ================================= The AXIS VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface (available at www.axis.com) is supported by the AXIS 216FD. The following groups are supported by the AXIS 216FD. For more information, please refer to the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API specification version 2, part of the AXIS VAPIX API, available at www.axis.com Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video Video status Motion Detection I/O IP filter Audio Built in templates for dynamic parameters: 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 Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions: Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 640x480 480x360 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 320x240 240x180 176x144 1) 176x120 1) 160x120 1) Not equally scaled