FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
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Products affected: AXIS 225FD Network Fixed Dome Camera

Release date:      2010-03-26 

Release type:      Production

Firmware version:  4.49

File name:         225FD_449.bin

Preceding release: 4.45

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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 4.49
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New features
============

4.49:F01 Added HTTP Digest Authentication.

4.49:F02 Added Secure Initial Configuration. This makes it possible to enable 
         HTTPS the first time the user accesses the product, located on the same page
         where the root password is defined.

4.49:F03 Added the possibility to display dynamic user text in image text overlay. 
	 (See VAPIX for more information)

4.49:F04 Added Exposure Area functionality.

4.49:F05 Added backlight compensation functionality.

4.49:F06 Added contrast settings.

Modifications
=============

4.49:M01 The motion detection algorithm has been improved in regard to      
	 sensitivity. Previously when using high sensitivity almost any
         movement would cause high red peaks due to noise generation. This has been
         improved and the new algorithm will only affect behaviour when using 
         high sensitivity.

4.49:M03 Improved event handling in regards to stability.


Corrections in 4.49 since 4.45
================================

4.49:C01 The embedded HTTP client fills in the Host field in the HTTP header.

4.49:C02 When video stream is stopped motion data stream is not started when adding,
         removing and saving motion windows.

4.49:C03 When creating a self signed certificate, if the validity time entered is
         more than the maximal validity (defined on the web page), it is set to
         the maximum, and not to 30.

4.49:C04 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.

4.49:C05 Corrected an issue regarding time limits for camera connections.
         The connection was closed at the right time, but then it was immediately 
         reconnected.

4.49:C06 Restart_stream.cgi work as expected, i.e. a new I-frame is sent immediately.

4.49:C07 Removes duplicate HTTP header from response to call to /axis-cgi/view/imagesize.cgi.


Known limitations in 4.49
=========================

4.49: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.

4.49:L02 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
         are divisible by 8 (pixels).

4.49: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.

4.49: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.

4.49: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.

4.49: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.

4.49: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.

4.49:L09 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup.

4.49:L10 Privacy mask is not rotating. 
         Workaround: Place the privacy mask after rotating the image.

4.49:L11 Trying to "Restore" a file that is bigger then 1 MB will return the 
         "Page can not be displayed" message. Trying to "Restore" using a non
         proper file will return the message "No such file or directory ...".


Application Developer Information
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Supported HTTP API Image Resolutions

Resolution  Exceptions
==========  ==========
768x576     1)
704x576     1) 2)
704x480        2)
704x288        2)
704x240        2)
640x480
480x360
384x288
352x288        2) 3)
352x240        2) 3)
320x240
240x180              4)
192x144
176x144        2) 3)
176x120        2) 3)
160x120

1) Not available as bitmap (bmp) image
2) Not equally scaled
3) No support for 90/270 degrees rotation
4) 176x240 when rotated 90/270 degrees

The Axis Video API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is
supported by the AXIS 225FD.

The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 225FD. For more
information please refer to the HTTP API specification version 2, available
at www.axis.com.

Group             Exceptions
=====             ==========
General
Image and Video   Video status
Motion Detection
I/O
Serial port
IP filter

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