FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS Q1604/-E Network Camera Release date: 2013-11-27 Release type: Production Firmware version: 5.50.3 File name: Q1604_5_50_3.bin Preceding release: 5.40.3.3 AMC version: 6.3.10.0 Onvif support: Profile S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS ==================== The firmware can be upgraded using Axis Camera Management, 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. New Features ============ 5.50.3:F01 Local Language Support, ability to change the camera's user interface to other languages than English. 5.50.3:F02 32 Privacy masks, ability to configure up to 32 simultaneous privacy masks. 5.50.3:F03 Edge Storage Disruption Detection, ability to be notified when the Edge Storage detects disruptions that may need administrative attention, typically disk unavailable, read/write error, disk full or disk locked. 5.50.3:F04 Text Overlay character set extension, ability to use non-western characters in the video text overlay. Note that, Right-to-left languages such as Arabic are not supported. 5.50.3:F05 Text Overlay Font Size, ability to select three different font sizes for the video text overlay in order to increase readability, especially for high resolution video. 5.50.3:F06 ONVIF Profile S conformance. The ONVIF Profile S replaces the ONVIF Version 1.02. 5.50.3:F07 Text Overlay Message Action, a camera action that provides a way to display a user defined message in the image's text overlay upon a detected event. 5.50.3:F08 Email/SSL Recipient, ability for the camera to connect to common email services. The camera includes predefined profiles for example, Gmail and Hotmail. 5.50.3:F09 HTTPS Recipient, systems using HTTP notifications from the camera can now do this in a secure way over HTTPS. 5.50.3:F10 Upload Video Clip Action, ability to upload a video clip to an FTP server or an email recipient upon an event. Note that, a media player with support for H.264 and Matroska File Format (MKV) is required to play the clip. 5.50.3:F11 Live Stream Access Detection, it is now possible to notify people that someone is actively monitoring a camera. 5.50.3:F12 Edge Storage Device Redundancy, ability to automatically switch recording device between SD Card and NAS if one device detects disruption. 5.50.3:F13 System Ready Event, ability to get notified when the camera has booted and all services are initialized. 5.50.3:F14 Virtual Inputs, used by clients to initiate Action Rules in the camera. Virtual Inputs extends the existing "Manual Trigger" with 32 additional. 5.50.3:F15 AXIS ACAP Applications, the behavior for AXIS Cross Line Detection 1.x and AXIS Video Motion Detection 2.x has been improved, making it less prone to false detection on small objects. 5.50.3:F16 Centralized Certificate Management, certificates for HTTPS and 802.1x are now managed in one place. The firmware also includes a number of pre-installed CA certificates such as Verisign, Thawt and GeoTrust. 5.50.3:F17 Improved Constant Bitrate Control, the Constant Bit Rate (CBR) will now adjust to target bit rate quicker. 5.50.3:F18 SSH (Secure Shell), a command line interface is added to the camera that may be used for specific support and maintenance activities. Note that, SSH is not enabled by default. 5.50.3:F19 The default resolution has been changed from 720p to 1280x960. Corrections in 5.50.3 since 5.40.3.3 ==================================== 5.50.3:C01 ISO 8859-1 characters are displayed correctly in motion detection names. 5.50.3:C02 Up to 127 characters can be used in the 'From email address' field. 5.50.3:C03 It is possible to add IP addresses to the IP filter list in the web interface. 5.50.3:C04 It is now possible to use HTTPS and port forwarding. 5.50.3:C05 It is no longer necessary to restart the camera after configuring default router parameter via VAPIX. 5.50.3:C06 Configuration of time zone for Australia appears correctly in the web interface. 5.50.3:C07 Double & (&&) are no longer present in HTTP notifications. The Action rule gives a valid URI. 5.50.3:C08 ONVIF: The Web Services parameter and consequently the information in System Overview relating to whether Web Services is enabled has been removed. ONVIF is enabled by specifying an ONVIF administrator in Security > ONVIF settings. 5.50.3:C09 Accessing the AVHS portal through a proxy is now working. 5.50.3:C10 The error condition encountered when creating two similar action rules (or by a copied action rule) has been fixed. 5.50.3:C11 Network share size will now be displayed as GB if less than TB in the web interface. 5.50.3:C12 Setting Always multicast TTL (Time To Live) to '0' is now working as expected. 5.50.3:C13 Use of IPs starting with 169.154.x.x is now properly reserved for link-local addresses. 5.50.3:C14 The #e modifier now displays proper event names. 5.50.3:C15 The Edge Storage disc utilization has been improved, this will also result in increased video retention time especially for larger discs. 5.50.3:C16 The default compression value has been changed, it is tuned more effectively to provide more flexibility for video applications in a wide variety of network environments. To revert to old setting, configure the camera to use compression=26. 5.50.3:C17 Issue where incorrect multicast addresses were used, has been corrected. 5.50.3:C18 It is now possible to use 169.254.x.x as a static IP. 5.50.3:C19 Improved ONVIF stability when no default router is configured and link-local IPv4 address is used. 5.50.3:C20 Correct network speed is now displayed when using SNMP network speed check. 5.50.3:C21 The Log message 'RTSP Login Failed' that relates to client RTSP commands after the nonce has expired has been removed, since the behavior is correct. 5.50.3:C22 Fixed an issue with the Axis Name Service and some router models. 5.50.3:C23 Fixed an issue where product could sometimes fail to startup when exposure control is set to flicker-free 50Hz. 5.50.3:C24 Support for Internet Explorer 11 added. 5.50.3:C25 The possibility to use dynamic text in text overlay is added. 5.50.3:C26 Before creating an event that utilizes audio detection, the audio detection level must be adjusted. Known Bugs/Limitations ====================== 5.50.3:L01 The camera can not play an audio clip while a viewer is sending/receiving audio from to/from the camera. 5.50.3:L02 Recording streams to SD Card with a total bit rate above 12Mbit/sec may cause missing frames/sequences. 5.50.3:L03 90 and 270 rotation can cause a drop in frame rate. 5.50.3:L04 Multiple simultaneous recordings to SD cards and network shares can degrade the performance of the system. 5.50.3:L05 Windows Network Shares do not handle all modifiers e.g. %c, since modifiers are UNIX standard. 5.50.3:L06 If max gain is set to a low value, e.g. 0, the IR cut filter may not switch back on automatically. 5.50.3:L07 When Guard Tour is active, it is not possible to use PTZ controls with Viewer access rights. 5.50.3:L08 Frame Size Control does not affect the size of the snapshot taken with the upper right control that can be added to the Live View. 5.50.3:L09 If the device has ongoing continuous recordings and the device is restarted using the restart option in web interface, the current part of recordings(block) can not be accessed or downloaded through the web interface. 5.50.3:L10 Sound from the mechanical shutter may be heard in the recorded audio clip when using the internal microphone. 5.50.3:L11 Stream profile names are limited to alphanumerical characters. 5.50.3:L12 Check and repair is only available if the file system is ext4. 5.50.3:L13 The AXIS Media Control client may stop displaying the H.264 video stream after the PC has been locked. 5.50.3:L14 Live view does not work with QuickTime player using default settings. Workaround: Disable Direct3D acceleration in Quicktime. 5.50.3:L15 When using an action rule results in short recordings, it is recommended to extend post-event time. 5.50.3:L16 To avoid corrupt recordings, it is recommended to unmount the SD Card before ejecting it. 5.50.3:L17 It's not recommended to downgrade to previous firmware when having HTTPS enabled. 5.50.3:L18 Video overlay text size is a global setting and can not be set for each stream profile. 5.50.3:L19 If text overlay is more than 460 characters long, no text will be displayed. 5.50.3:L20 Private keys need to be in a PKCS#1 format in order to function. 5.50.3:L21 A maximum of 100 installed certificates is allowed 5.50.3:L22 For low contrast scenes, false positives or negatives may occur because there is not enough information for the Tampering alarm. 5.50.3:L23 If downgrading to previous firmware version, a factory default is recommended after performing the downgrade. 5.50.3:L24 GOV values for stream profiles higher than 5000 are not supported. 5.50.3:L25 On Windows shares, upload paths for events needs to be created on the share before use. 5.50.3:L26 Not possible to view live or recorded video in Internet Explorer 10 Modern UI in Microsoft Windows 8. 5.50.3:L27 Time zone selection for Moscow Time is not correct according to the changes made to this time zone. 5.50.3:L28 Reboot is necessary after enabling SOCKS. 5.50.3:L29 With audio enabled, setting GOV lengths with I-frames more than 20 seconds apart may render the recordings unplayable via the web interface. 5.50.3:L30 When changing active https-certificate, the device needs to be restarted before it becomes active. 5.50.3:L31 Upgrading from firmware 5.40 and prior requires an upgrade of the recordings database. This can take up to five minutes and is conducted on first boot. Make sure to not remove power or SD card during the first five minutes after upgrading the device. 5.50.3:L32 Occasionally, G711 audio can lag when using Java applet. Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS Q1604 ========================================================= Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 1024x640 800x600 800x500 800x450 640x480 640x400 640x360 480x360 480x300 480x270 320x240 320x200 320x180 240x180 176x144 160x120 160x100 160x90 1400x1050 1) 768x576 1) 720x576 1) 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 704x288 1) 704x240 1) 384x288 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 240x135 1) 192x144 1) 176x120 1) 80x50 1) 1) Not visible in web user interface