FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 243Q Blade Video Server Release date: 2008-09-03 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.46 File name: 243Q.zip Preceding release: 4.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS ==================== 243Q_4_46.zip contains the files 243Q_4_46.bin (FW2) and 243Q_1_4_46.bin (FW1). FW1 contains extra functionality only available in CPU1. FW2 is for CPU2-4. The firmwares will only work in the CPU they are intended for. All CPU's need to be upgraded to ensure a working product. 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 4.46 ============ New features ============ Modifications ============= Corrections in 4.46 since 4.45 ============================== 4.46:C01 Corrected an issue in multicast streaming. Known limitations in 4.46 ========================= 4.46:L01 The verification of event duration configuration contains limitations and will not disallow alphabetic characters. 4.46:L02 During an HTTP upload, unnecessary log messages may appear and files may be missing in the uploaded file sequence. 4.46:L03 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup. 4.46:L04 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 4.46:L05 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. 4.46:L06 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.46:L07 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. 4.46:L08 The Mozilla 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. 4.46: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. 4.46:L10 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. 4.46:L11 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. 4.46:L12 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. 4.46:L13 The text overlay in a 90/270 degree rotated NTSC image is garbled in both MJPEG and MPEG-4 when the image width is not evenly divisible by 16. 4.46:L14 PTZ click in picture will not work when using the Java applet as the image viewer. Application Developer Information ================================= 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) 1) Only available for PAL cameras 2) Only available for NTSC cameras The AXIS VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 243Q. The following groups are supported by the AXIS 243Q. 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 Motion Detection I/O Serial port Only FW1 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