====================== Products affected: AXIS 243SA Video Server Release date: 2007-12-14 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.45 File name: 243SA_445.bin Preceding release: 4.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4.45 ============ New features ============ 4.45:F01 Added Access Logging. This log gathers information on accesses to the product and can be listed anytime from the log pages. 4.45: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. 4.45: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. 4.45:F04 Added a Event monitor function to VAPIX. By using this interface, an application can get information about all trigger information available in the product. 4.45:F05 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). 4.45:F06 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). 4.45:F07 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. 4.45:F08 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). This is only possible for triggered events. 4.45:F09 Possibility to display dynamic user text in image text overlay is added. Please use the online help file on the camera for more information. 4.45:F10 Added the possibility to schedule a Guardtour. From Event settings, choose to add a scheduled event. The guardtour will run as long as the event is active. If two scheduled guardtours overlap, the priority is given to the one scheduled to start first. The second scheduled guardtour will start when the first one is becoming inactive. 4.45:F11 Added pass through for device presets when using VAPIX, i.e. device presets used by means of VAPIX will not be administrated (no preset range checked and no "device preset parameter" created) any more. This means that any preset number could be passed through to the PTZ-unit. If using VAPIX device presets, the client application may need to take over the administration of the presets. Modifications ============= 4.45: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. 4.45: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. 4.45:M03 The product will perform DST time adjustment according to the new rules valid in the USA, starting 2007. More information about this change is available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005 #Change_to_daylight_saving_time Re-apply and save the time zone and DST setting on the product for changes to take effect. 4.45:M04 The AXIS Media Control installation will now work on Windows Vista. 4.45:M05 In Guard tour settings, a new parameter "Pause between runs" defines how long the Guard tour will pause before starting a new sequence. 4.45:M06 In Guard tour settings, view time and move speed have changed place. 4.45:M07 Improved event handling with regards to stability. 4.45:M08 Changed user access from Operator to PTZOperator for /axis-cgi/com/serial.cgi and /usr/html/axis-cgi/com/serial.cgi . 4.45:M09 Allow preset names including '&' characters. 4.45:M10 A new audio parameter, Audio.ReceiverTimeout, has been added. When receiving audio data from a client, the session is terminated if no data is received in this time span. Corrections in 4.45 since 4.41 ============================== 4.45: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. 4.45:C02 Corrected an issue in the MPEG-4/RTP streams where successive frames could have the same timestamp. 4.45:C03 It is now possible to add more than 12 users with usernames and passwords that have maximum length. 4.45:C04 The embedded HTTP client fills in the Host field in the HTTP header. 4.45:C05 Stability fix in kernel. 4.45:C06 When video stream is stopped don't start motion data stream when addning, removing and saving motion windows. 4.45:C07 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. 4.45:C08 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. 4.45:C09 It is now possible to mask the whole image. 4.45:C10 Added special text scale case for NTSC CIF/QCIF to avoid 'streched' text with aspect ratio correction. 4.45:C11 Ptz bars are now hidden when disabled in configuration. 4.45:C12 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. 4.45:C13 In MPEG-4, audio and video syncronization has been improved. 4.45:C14 Corrected an issue regarding time limits for camera connections. The connection closed at the right time, but then it immediately reconnected. 4.45:C15 Removed a memory leak in the Web server (ssid). Known limitations in 4.45 ========================= 4.45:L01 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. 4.45:L02 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. 4.45:L03 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. 4.45:L04 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full screen mode off. 4.45:L05 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. 4.45:L06 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. 4.45:L07 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. 4.45:L08 The verification of event duration configuration contains limitations and will not disallow alphabetic characters. 4.45:L09 During an HTTP upload, unnecessary log messages may appear and files may be missing in the uploaded file sequence. 4.45:L10 Rotated video streams are not rotated in Motion Detection setup. 4.45:L11 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. 4.45:L12 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. 4.45:L13 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. 4.45:L14 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. 4.45:L17 Image overlay coordinates can only be changed by the administrator and applies to all open video streams. 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) 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 VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface - found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 243SA. The following groups are supported by the AXIS 243SA. Fore 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 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 'preset' PTZ.PresetPos 'preset_hidden' PTZ.PresetPos 'ptzaction' Event.E#.Actions 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'source' Sequence.S#.Source 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' Eventservers.TCP