NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS Camera Station Release date: Nov 1, 2007 Release type: Production Software version: 2.11 Build 38 File name: AXISCameraStationSetup.exe File size: 29 954 944 bytes Supported OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4), 2003 Server, XP Professional (Service Pack 2) and Vista Business 32-bit Last preceding release: 2.11 Build 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information ==================== Please contact Axis Communications for product information, updates and support at: http://www.axis.com Solutions to new problems and FAQ' s are listed at: http://www.axis.com/techsup/cam_servers/cam_station_software/index.htm Installation ============ - If an existing installation is being upgraded with this version please consult the 'Upgrade consideration' section below before upgrading. - Run the self-extracting AXISCameraStationSetup.exe file. - For upgrade to this version an upgrade license must be valid. - Make sure you have full administrator rights on the computer you install on. - Do NOT install AXIS Camera Station on a computer already running AXIS Camera Station Client. - The background service will be stopped for the upgrade (no recordings). The background service will start automatically after the upgrade. - After upgrade to this version it is not possible to downgrade to the previous version without a complete uninstallation. - If AXIS Camera Station is upgraded any AXIS Camera Station Clients must also be upgraded. Uninstallation ============= - Run 'Uninstall' under Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove programs/ Some files might need to be manually erased under C:\Program Files\Axis Communications\Axis Camera Station\ and under C:\TempACS\. - Recordings are not erased by 'Uninstall' and need to be manually erased under C:\Recordings\ or where located as specified for each camera. Recommendations =============== - Observe the hardware requirements for running AXIS Camera Station. See users documentation at www.axis.com for details. - Install AXIS Camera Station on a dedicated computer mainly running this application. - Defragment the harddisk periodically for optimal performance. - Make sure used Axis devices run latest available firmware. - Check your Motion Detection settings after upgrading to this version. - If password protection is enabled in AXIS Camera Station it is recommended to be logged on as a user with admin rights in AXIS Camera Station when upgrading. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New features since 2.10 ======================= - Microsoft Windows Vista support. - Multilingual support (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian). New features since 2.01 ======================= - New models of Axis network cameras and video servers are automatically supported. - Support for the AXIS 295 Surveillance Joystick has been added. Camera PTZ control and AXIS Camera Station functionality via function buttons. - Audio recording and playback with MPEG-4 video. - Support for SMTP authentication has been added. - Administration of users has been simplified and support for LDAP filtering has been added. - Setup of external I/O alarms has been improved and made easier. Corrected problems since 2.11 Build 8 ===================================== - A problem that sometimes made it impossible to open events for playback through the event log has been corrected. - Some minor synchronization errors and a problem that sometimes made the 4 camera playback functionality to freeze has been corrected. - An error that made it impossible to install the component (AXIS Media Control) necessary for live viewing in the web interface has been corrected. - It is now possible to record audio also when the computer running AXIS Camera Station does not have a sound card. - The integration with Active Directory has been made more robust to network problems. - An error that could cause AXIS Camera Station to stop recording on motion detection from one or more cameras has been corrected. - An installation problem on Windows 2000 has been corrected. Corrected problems since 2.11 Build 32 ====================================== - In rate circumstances the recording could stop when internal computer resources were exhausted. This is now handled. Corrected problems since 2.11 Build 34 ====================================== - This version handles an installation problem on Windows 2000. Corrected problems since 2.11 Build 36 ====================================== - Multi-language support is now working as intended. Known limitations ================= - Recordings and backups to network mapped drive letters don't work. Use the full network path instead, e.g. \\computer\directory - Due to performance reasons, motion detection in AXIS Camera Station and Advanced Search are not supported for MPEG-4. Motion detection in the camera is supported and recommended. - If DNS names are used for local network resources they must be entered with domain like camera1.mycompany.com. - When AXIS Camera Station accesses cameras outside the local network, the proxy settings of the current account is used. Automatic configuration scripts cannot be used. The recording service runs under the Local System Account, and the service user must be changed to use the proxy settings. - Web interface only works on Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. - Overview page in the web interface will not show any images from MPEG-only devices such as AXIS 230 and 250. - AXIS Camera Station does not support the switch to and from daylight saving time. Daylight saving should be disabled on the computer running AXIS Camera Station. - Sometimes the alarm table does not show correct status for any active (red) I/O after the background service is started. The alarm table in the web interface does not have this problem. - Pop-up calendar when setting specific scheduling dates will be in the default language set on the PC. - If several cameras are set to record from the same I/O, the Alarm table will only show one button for one camera. - The alarm table can only show 8 I/O alarms. More I/O alarms can be defined but they are not shown in the alarm table. - If the web interface is enabled it will create a virtual folder called /tempacs in the wwwroot folder pointing to C:\tempacs. This can fail without any message if the AXIS Camera Station administrator does not have full admin rights on the used computer. In this case the web interface will only show blank images for any recording. - Minimum screen resolution is 1024x768. Smaller resolutions will show corrupted windows. - AVI files generated from b/w recordings require that the jpeg decoder used when playing the file supports 8-bit greyscale (not supported by the standard Microsoft decoder). - AVI generation of recordings smaller than CIF will be playbacked in QCIF format. - 'Save image to disk' in 4-view playback on station does sometimes not save any image(s). - User specific views don't work with groups. Upgrade considerations ====================== - During upgrade the recording database will not be converted into the new internal format used since 2.00. Save important recordings in AVI format before upgrading. - AXIS Camera Station Clients connected to the AXIS Camera Station must also be upgraded. - The Recording Database settings should be verified after update (Options - General Settings - Recording Database). - Motion detection recording properties are different in version 2.00 and higher compared to version 1.20 and the installation should be checked for proper motion detection operation after upgrade. - Proxy settings have been removed from the application. Live view relies, as before, on Internet Explorer proxy settings. For remote cameras accessed via a proxy server, the background recording service now uses the proxy settings for the user account that runs the background service. - Recording images via FTP is no longer available. - I/O triggered recording mode ‘FTP’ is not available in this version. - I/O will not work with AXIS 221, 240Q, 241QA/SA, 225FD, 216FD, 214PTZ or 207W unless they are upgraded to firmware 4.40 or higher. - AXIS 205 must be updated to firmware version 4.05 or higher to work with AXIS Camera Station 2.0 or higher. Other ===== - To make a factory default of AXIS Camera Station copy all files from the folder: c:\Program Files\AXIS Communications\AXIS Camera Station\parm to c:\Program Files\AXIS Communications\AXIS Camera Station\ (applicable when installed in the default directory) License information will not be affected. Best Regards, Axis Communications