NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS Camera Station Release date: December 03, 2008 Release type: Release Software version: 3.10 Build 26 File name: AXISCameraStationSetup.exe AXISCameraStationRedistSetup.exe Supported OS: Windows Vista Business, XP Professional, Server 2008, Server 2003 (latest service packs). Microsoft .NET version 3.5 SP1 is requred. Supported Devices: AXIS video products with firmware versions 4.30 or higher except AXIS 206M and AXIS 206W. Virus Scanner: Trend Micro Languages: English Last preceding release: 3.10 Build 24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ============ - It is very important that your system is up-to-date before attempting to install AXIS Camera Station. Update your system by running Windows Update - If an existing installation is being upgraded with this version please consult the 'Upgrade consideration' section below before upgrading - If not already installed, Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 framework will be installed (included in installation file). This will take a few minutes. It is recommended to install Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 framework via Windows Update prior to installing AXIS Camera Station - The AXIS Camera Station client requires Windows Media Player 11. The installation program will detect if installation of Windows Media Player 11 is required - Run the self-extracting AXIS Camera Station setup 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 - 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. AXIS Camera Station version 3 can be installed in parallel with a current AXIS Camera Station version 2.xx installation. If downgrade for some reason is necessary, simply uninstall version 3 and keep the version 2 installation - 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/ - 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 - Make sure that the latest available graphics card driver is used - Install AXIS Camera Station on a dedicated computer mainly running this application - Defragment the hard disk periodically for optimal performance - Make sure used Axis devices run latest available firmware -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New features since 3.01 ====================== - Introducing support for site maps and floorplans - Bookmark recordings - Digital signature on exported material - Configure PTZ presets from ACS - Views can now be used from the sequencer - Snapshots to jpg images on live images and recorded material - Improved event configuration wizard - Warnings on system alarms e.g hard disk full and broken connections - Alarm procedures and acknowledgement of alarms - Override schedules e,g. for Christmas and Easter Corrected problems in 3.10.026 ====================================== - Modified recording directory structure to improve support for Linux based network attached-storage (NAS) units using Samba. - Removed a return null statement that caused the upgrade checker to crash when trying to open the file path null in a special case. - The recording cleanup algorithm is now redesigned Corrected problems in 3.10.024 ====================================== - Database crash seen in 3.01 is fixed. Corrected problems in 3.01.035 ====================================== - A problem using scheduled recordings is fixed. Corrected problems in 3.01.027 ====================================== - Some optimization on Motion detection mechanism to avoid continously motion triggered - Some optimization on Database size to avoid huge size databases Corrected problems in 3.01.025 ====================================== - Changed network timeout value to 30 seconds to avoid problems on wireless networks - Fix that saves the audio volume between sessions. - Some optimization on reconnections when showing live images Known limitations ================= - AXIS Camera Station doesn't handle 2CIF correctly, use 2CIF Expanded instead - AXIS Camera Station will use the current regional settings from Windows but will not make use of any custom settings e.g. numeric separators etc. - 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 - I/O will not work with AXIS Q7401 on Windows XP - A maximum of 10 Motion detection windows can be used on each video camera/Video encoder. - Only one-way synchronized audio supported - If a network disk is configured in Axis Camera Station, then afterwards physically removed from the network, there is a risk that the disk can't be removed from the Axis Camera Station configuration. - AXIS Camera Station Client will not run on Windows 2003/2008 Server as Windows Media Player 11 is not supported. Upgrade considerations ====================== - No configuration of AXIS Camera Station 2.xx will be retained - Recordings from AXIS Camera Station 2.xx will not be available in AXIS Camera Station 3.0 - AXIS Camera Station Clients connected to the AXIS Camera Station must also be upgraded. - Microsoft Windows 2000 is no longer supported - Web interface is removed from the product - Archive functionality is replaced with support for recording to network drives and flexible export functionality - AXIS Image Enhancer cannot be used with AXIS Camera Station 3.0 and later versions Best Regards, Axis Communications