FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V Network Camera Release date: 2007-05-02 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.40 File name: 216MFD_440.bin Preceding release: n/a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ============ 4.40 is the first official production release for the AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V Known limitations ================= 4.40: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. 4.40:L02 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.40: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. 4.40: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. 4.40: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. 4.40: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. 4.40: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. 4.40: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. 4.40:L09 Including format field #b or #B in text overlay will show incorrect bandwidth usage when frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG. 4.40:L11 The Axis Media Control should reload itself at audio configuration changes on server. Sometimes it does not. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.40: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. 4.40:L13 Video/audio stream can't be received in IE7 if an IPv6 address is used. Workaround: Use DNS name. 4.40:L14 When using JavaApplet viewer, sound in browsers on a MAC can be choppy. Application Developer Information ================================= The AXIS VAPIX API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V. The following groups are supported by the AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V. 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 Motion Detection I/O IP filter Audio 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 Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 2) 1024x768 1024x768 3) 1024x576 2) 800x600 800x600 4) 800x450 2) 720x576 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 640x480 640x480 4) 640x360 2) 480x360 480x270 2) 320x240 320x180 2) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 240x180 240x135 2) 176x144 1) 176x120 1) 160x120 160x90 2) 1) Not equally scaled 2) Widescreen (16:9) 3) partial 4) partial, full speed