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Products affected: AXIS 233D Network Dome Camera

Release date:      2007-09-12

Release type:      Production

Firmware version:  4.42

File name:         233D_4_42.bin

Preceding release: 4.41

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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 4.42
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Known limitations in 4.42
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4.42:L01 Pan/tilt coordinate directions presented in the text overlay (#x #y)
         will not be rotated along with the image when rotation is 180.

4.42:L02 When activating IPV6/DHCP, the camera doesn't register it's address
         in the DNS.

4.42:L03 On "Image Settings", when entering a overlay text string comprising of
         "#x" and "#Z" and pressing the "Test" button, the Browser window may
         hang/crash on some systems.  

4.42:L04 Some combinations of slow setting on manual shutter speed or max
         exposure time together with low max gain settings will cause
         exposure errors.

4.42:L05 If using IE/AMC and there is a proxy server between the client and
         the 233D, a yellow balloon with a Proxy POST size error occurs
         sometimes when audio is enabled.

4.42:L06 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup.

4.42:L07 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.

4.42:L08 If you have more than one IE window open running the AXIS Media
         Control and audio enabled, you may experience a delay that increases
         over time in all but the topmost window.

4.42:L09 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video
         sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the
         full screen mode off.

4.42:L10 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.

4.42:L11 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.

4.42:L12 The number of configurable privacy masks is limited to 8.

4.42:L13 No more that 4 privacy masks can be placed so close together that
         they are in the same view at any given time.

Modifications
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4.42:M01 Added software support for the new hardware revisions of the 233D 
         camera.

Corrections in 4.42 since 4.41
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4.41:M01 Corrected problems with using motion detection features with aspect 
         ratio corrected video streams.

4.41:M02 Corrected error in configuration GUI when saving a privacy mask with 
         preexisting name.

Application Developer Information
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Supported AXIS VAPIX 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              3)
176x144     1)    3)
176x120        2) 3)

1) Only available for PAL cameras
2) Only available for NTSC cameras

90/270 degress rotation is not supported.

The AXIS VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface - found at www.axis.com
is supported by the AXIS 233D. 

The following groups are supported by the AXIS 233D. 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
PTZ               PTZ driver update (ptzupdate.cgi), PTZ administration
                  (ptzadmin.cgi), set PTZ parameters (ptzparam.cgi)
Motion Detection
I/O
IP filter
Audio

Built in templates for dynamic parameters are:

Template           Group
========           =====
'event'            Event
'ftpaction'        Event.E#.Actions
'guardtouraction'  Event.E#.Actions
'httpaction'       Event.E#.Actions
'hwaction'         Event.E#.Actions
'ptzaction'        Event.E#.Actions
'smtpaction'       Event.E#.Actions
'tcpaction'        Event.E#.Actions
'ftp_config'       EventServers.FTP
'http_config'      EventServers.HTTP
'tcp_config'       Eventservers.TCP
'external_video'   ExternalVideo
'guardtour'        GuardTour
'tour'             GuardTour.G#.Tour
'sequnce'          Sequence
'source'           Sequence.S#.Source
'motion'           Motion
'ptzlocator'       PTZ.Locator.L#.Zone
'user_ctlqueue'    PTZ.UserCtlQueue