NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS Camera Station Release date: January 16, 2009 Release type: Release Software version: 3.11 Build 6 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 required. Supported Devices: AXIS video products with firmware versions 4.30 or higher except AXIS 206M and AXIS 206W. Virus Scanner: Trend Micro Languages: English, Swedish, French, Italian. German, Spanish. Last preceding release: 3.11 Build 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3.10 ======================= - This is the multilingual version of version 3.10. - Customizable backup directory and number of backups to keep through the AXIS Camera Station service control (AcsAdmin). Corrected problems in 3.11.006 ============================== - Fix for live view connection error in AXIS Camera Station Server. - Reduced MPEG-4 streaming data rate with low frame rate. - No motion activity for some camera firmwares fixed. Corrected problems in 3.11.004 ============================== - Some issues on the AXIS Camera Station service not starting is solved. - Avoiding false Disk Full system alarm when server starts. 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 continuously 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. - 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 installed on Windows 2003/2008 Server should only be used for configuration and not media viewing since Windows Media Player 11 is not supported. Upgrade from verion 2.x ======================= - 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 and later versions. - 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