FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTE ====================== Products affected: AXIS Q8685-E Release date: 2019-03-14 Release type: Production Firmware version: 8.40.1.2 Preceding release: 8.40.1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrade instructions ==================== Upgrade the firmware according to the instructions given at https://www.axis.com/ca/en/support/tecnical-notes/how-to-upgrade or howtoupgrade.txt, which is included in the firmware folder. NOTE ==================== For latest information about Axis Cybersecurity, see https://www.axis.com/se/sv/support/product-security. Corrections in 8.40.1.2 since 8.40.1.1 ======================================= 8.40.1.2:C01 General minor improvements to the 8.40 LTS platform. 8.40.1.2:C02 Corrected an issue in the web GUI when creating a preset position and the language was set to German. 8.40.1.2:C03 Corrected an issue that could cause the camera to get unresponsive when two clients are streaming over multicast using the same streaming parameters. 8.40.1.2:C04 Upgraded Apache to version 2.4.38 to increase overall minimum cyber security level. 8.40.1.2:C05 Corrected an issue with Always Multicast over IPv6. 8.40.1.2:C06 Corrected an issue that caused factory default settings to not be applied correctly when upgrading from a firmware version prior to 6.20. 8.40.1.2:C07 Corrected an issue in the web GUI that caused IO Port values to be displayed incorrectly. 8.40.1.2:C08 Corrected an issue that caused Recorded Guard Tour not to work properly on rare occasions. 8.40.1.2:C09 Improved re-connection behavior to AVHS server. The time between failed connection attempts will now gradually increase until a hard limit is reached. New features in 8.40.1.1 ================================================================================ 8.40.1.1:F1 The FTP Server is now disabled by default as it is not used during normal operation and may pose a security risk. The FTP Server may be enabled during advanced maintenance or troubleshooting in Settings -> System -> PlainConfig -> Network. 8.40.1.1:F2 Apache web server has been updated to version 2.4.35. 8.40.1.1:F3 New web-interface with improved usability and broader support of web-clients and operating systems. For more information please see https://www.axis.com/global/en/support/technical-notes/browser-support. 8.40.1.1:F4 The new web-interface supports 12 different pre-installed languages which will be chosen automatically based on browser settings. Uploading individual language files is not needed anymore. Supported Languages: English - German - French - Spanish - Italian - Portugese - Polish - Russian - Japanese - Chinese (Mainland) - Chinese (Taiwan) - Korean 8.40.1.1:F5 Pressing "Download the server report" in System -> Maintenance will now automatically attach a snapshot of the image to the .zip file in order to simplify support. 8.40.1.1:F6 AXIS Motion Guard is now pre-installed. 8.40.1.1:F7 AXIS Fence Guard is now pre-installed. 8.40.1.1:F8 Support for SRTP (Encrypted Video Streaming) according to RFC 3711. The cameras video stream can be received via secure end-to-end encrypted transportation method only by authorized clients. 8.40.1.1:F9 Support for day / night shift level adjustment. 8.40.1.1:F10 Support for Adaptive Resolution. Adaptive Resolution is enabled per default and takes only effect when viewing live stream in the web-interface. The viewing client will receive a image resolution that is adapted or close to the viewing clients real display resolution to improve the user experience. 8.40.1.1:F11 Support for Zipstream Dynamic FPS - Lower Limit Support for Zipstream Dynamic GOP - Upper Limit It is now possible to further adjust and set limits for Dynamic FPS and Dynamic GOP settings and can be configured under Stream settings -> Zipstream. 8.40.1.1:F12 Support for Flash All/Factory Default while performing a firmware update. It is now possible to select an option that will factory default the camera after a firmware update/downgrade has been performed under Settings -> System -> Maintenance. 8.40.1.1:F13 Changed the default setting of SRTP to disabled in order to reduce the number of ports opened by default. 8.40.1.1:F14 AXIS Video Motion Detection 4.2-5 is now pre-installed. 8.40.1.1:F15 Prepared support for signed firmware to increase overall cyber security level. It is planned that the product will only accept AXIS security-signed firmware starting in Q1/Q2 2019 and onwards. Corrections in 8.40.1.1 ================================================================================ 8.40.1.1:C1 Corrected an issue that caused the camera to stop streaming on rare occasions. 8.40.1.1:C2 Corrected an issue when an ONVIF client connected to the camera via digest authentication. 8.40.1.1:C3 Reduced the waiting time for receiving a video stream significantly when a 2nd client requests a video stream via multicast. 8.40.1.1:C4 Fixed critical vulnerability ACV-116267. 8.40.1.1:C5 The area zoom functionality has been removed from the web-interface. Area zoom was used to draw a rectangle in the live view to let the camera either mechanical or digital PTZ to its desired position. 8.40.1.1:C6 Corrected an issue that delivered E-Mails send from the camera with a wrong time stamp in the e-mail header. 8.40.1.1:C7 Corrected an issue with FTP recipients configured with a DNS name instead of a static IP-address which caused the FTP recipient test or action rule to fail. 8.40.1.1:C8 Corrected an issue that let the recorded video to the computer using the Video Capture button be incorrectly displayed or unusable on some rare occasions. 8.40.1.1:C9 Corrected critical vulnerability ACV-128401. 8.40.1.1:C10 Increased user awareness when converting legacy overlays to dynamic overlays. A restart of ongoing recordings is required after overlay conversion. 8.40.1.1:C11 Corrected an issue that could cause the configuration file upload from ADM to camera to fail. 8.40.1.1:C12 Patched security vulnerability CVE-2018-5390 to increase overall minimum cyber security level. 8.40.1.1:C13 Patched security vulernability CVE-2018-14526 to increase overall minimum cyber security level. Known Bugs/Limitations ================================================================================ 8.40.1.2:L1 There might be features currently explained in the help files that may not be supported by the camera. 8.40.1.2:L2 Videos recorded using the video capture feature in Live View may not be playable or might get stuck in some media players. This was seen e.g. with Windows Media Player. 8.40.1.2:L3 An overlay text (e.g. date/time modifier) that has been configured in the classic web-interface will still be shown in the new web-interface even though a user might have disabled the overlay text there after firmware update. A user needs to disable the overlay text in the Plain config. Untick the checkboxes for Image Ix Text -> ClockEnabled and DateEnabled. 8.40.1.2:L4 IEEE 802.1x configuration does not work in Microsoft Edge. 8.40.1.2:L5 A user might experience frame drops on rare conditions when video streaming in Firefox 57 due to specific computer hardware. It is recommended to use Google Chrome instead. 8.40.1.2:L6 It is recommended to refresh the browser with F5 after doing a FW upgrade from FW 6.xx to 8.xx or higher in order to show all the new settings in the web- interface. Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS Q8685-E ================================================================= Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1920x1080 2) 1280x720 800x450 480x270 320x180 1400x1050 1) 2) 1280x960 1) 2) 1024x768 1) 2) 1024x640 1) 1024x576 1) 800x600 1) 768x576 1) 720x576 1) 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 640x480 1) 640x400 1) 640x360 1) 704x288 1) 480x360 1) 704x240 1) 480x300 1) 384x288 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 320x240 1) 320x200 1) 240x180 1) 240x135 1) 192x144 1) 176x144 1) 176x120 1) 160x120 1) 160x100 1) 160x90 1) 80x50 1) analyze 1) 1) Not visible in web user interface 2) 1080p 1920x1080 (16:9) @ 25/30 fps