FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 241S Video Server Release date: 2008-06-23 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.47 File name: 241S_447.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. 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. 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 It is now possible to send TCP Notifications continously. 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 Corrected an issue regarding time limits for camera connections. The connection closed at the right time, but then it immediately reconnected. 4.47:C09 Restart_stream.cgi work as expected, i.e. a new I-frame is sent immediately. 4.47:C10 Removes duplicate HTTP header from response to call to /axis-cgi/view/imagesize.cgi. 4.47:C11 Corrected the guard tour handling to avoid some occasional lockups. 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: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 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:L09 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:L10 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:L11 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:L12 Storing multiple parameters simultaneously (with ACM) can trigger unexpected behaviour. The workaround in most cases is to restart the camera. 4.47:L13 When retrieving two (or more) video streams with differing rotations, some frames may be of incorrect rotation. Application Developer Information ================================= Supported HTTP API Image Resolutions Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 4CIF 704x576 1) 704x480 2) 2CIFEXP 704x576 1) 704x480 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 3) Not available for quad images 90/180/270 degress rotation is not supported for quad images. The Axis Video API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 241S. The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 241S. For more information please refer to the HTTP API specification version 2, available at www.axis.com. Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video PTZ 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 'preset' PTZ.PresetPos 'preset_hidden' PTZ.PresetPos 'ptzaction' Event.E#.Actions 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'source' Sequence.S0.Source 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP