FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V Network Camera Release date: 2008-03-13 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.47 File name: 216MFD_4_47.bin Preceding release: 4.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS ==================== The firmware can be upgraded using Axis Camera Management 2.0, 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. Release 4.47 ============ New features ============== 4.47:F01 Added Access Logging. This log gathers information on accesses to the product and can be listed anytime from the log pages. 4.47:F02 Added Connection list. It gives an overview of the connections made to the product specifying which IP is connected, the user and protocol used. 4.47:F03 Added support for Camera Tampering detection. The video stream is analyzed constantly to detect if the image changes significantly. This can detect if the lens is hooded, painted, severly defocused or redirected. The tampering detection is available in the event framework so an alarm can be sent. This functionality has to be configured to be enabled. 4.47:F04 Added HTTP Digest Authentication. 4.47:F05 Added Secure Initial Configuration. This makes it possible to enable HTTPS the first time the user accesses the product, i.e. on the same page where the root password is defined. 4.47:F06 Added mirroring, i.e. possibility to mirror the video stream. It can be configured using VAPIX as well as through the GUI. 4.47:F07 Added a Event monitor function to VAPIX. By using this interface, an application can get information about all trigger information available in the product. 4.47:F08 Added Advanced MJPEG settings (Video&Image -> Advanced). Using these settings, you can easily control the frame size of the JPEG images. The compression level is then adjusted automatically if the images for some reason become too large (e.g. sensor noise at night, complex motive). 4.47:F09 Added the setting for a time interval (or delay) between triggered events. This is the minimum time period that the event type must wait after a trigger before it will be possible to trigger it again. The interval starts as soon as the first trigger occurs (see online help for more information). 4.47:F10 Added the setting for a minimum trigger interval before the event is started. This can be used to trigger event after a trigger has been set active for a given amount of time. 4.47:F11 It is now possible to create a separate folder for each event when uploading images via FTP. The folder name can include modifiers commonly used in file names (see the online help for more information). N.B: This is only possible for triggered events. 4.47:F12 Possibility to display dynamic user text in image text overlay is added. Please use the online help file on the camera for more information. 4.47:F13 The possibility to fine-tune low light behaviour has been added. 4.47:F14 Added functionality to maintain color image even in low light conditions. Modifications ============= 4.47:M01 The motion detection algorithm has been improved to work better under low light conditions and to be less sensitive for exposure changes. The number of false triggers should be lower with this improvement. Motion detection settings might need to be modified after firmware upgrade to assure the desired function. 4.47:M02 The Server Report has been reformatted, in order to let the most important information come first. In order to avoid incomplete reports, the report is not displayed before its generating is finished. 4.47:M03 New timezone for Venezuela has been added. 4.47:M04 The AXIS Media Control installation will now work on Windows Vista. 4.47:M05 Improved event handling with regards to stability. 4.47:M06 A new audio parameter, Audio.ReceiverTimeout, has been added. When receiving audio data from a client, the session is terminated if no data is received in this time span. 4.47:M07 The format of the MaxGain and MaxExposureTime parameters has been changed in accordance with the VAPIX specification. Corrections in 4.47 since 4.40 ============================== 4.47:C01 When creating a self signed certificate, if the validity time entered is more than the maximal validity (defined on the web page), then set it to the maximum, and not to 30. 4.47:C02 Corrected an issue in the Web server so that it now handles manually created certificate files where LF at the end of the file may be missing. 4.47:C03 In MPEG-4, audio and video syncronization has been improved. 4.47:C04 Corrected an issue regarding time limits for camera connections. The connection closed at the right time, but then it immediately reconnected. 4.47:C05 The restart_stream.cgi now work as expected, i.e. a new I-frame is sent immediately. 4.47:C06 A change has been done that removes duplicate HTTP header from response to call to /axis-cgi/view/imagesize.cgi. Known limitations ================= 4.40:L01 Copying an event configuration does not work properly. Some parameters may not be copied correctly. Please verify each parameter value in the cloned event configuration. 4.40:L02 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height are divisible by 8 (pixels). 4.40:L03 When saving a snapshot image, some web browsers (e.g. Mozilla) will fetch a new picture and the saved picture will not match the displayed snapshot. 4.40:L04 The Mozilla web browser does not always close the image stream properly when leaving the live view page. Restarting the stream can sometimes fail as well. Restarting Mozilla solves these two problems. 4.40:L05 Viewing full screen and sequencing through different external video sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full screen mode off. 4.40:L06 The AXIS Media Control may stop displaying the MPEG-4 stream after the screen saver has been active or the computer has been locked. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.40:L07 If using dual screens and moving the AXIS Media Control window from one screen to the other, the MPEG-4 stream may stop updating. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.40:L08 A snapshot image of the MPEG-4 stream will not be aspect ratio corrected when using the AXIS Media Control to take the snapshot image while aspect ratio correction is enabled. 4.40:L09 Including format field #b or #B in text overlay will show incorrect bandwidth usage when frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG. 4.40:L11 The Axis Media Control should reload itself at audio configuration changes on server. Sometimes it does not. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.40:L12 When starting a new live view stream or when getting a still image, running live view streams and events will be stopped for a short while. 4.40:L13 Video/audio stream can't be received in IE7 if an IPv6 address is used. Workaround: Use DNS name. 4.40:L14 When using JavaApplet viewer, sound in browsers on a MAC can be choppy. Application Developer Information ================================= The AXIS VAPIX API, RTSP - Interface Specification found at www.axis.com is supported by the AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V. The following groups are supported by the AXIS 216MFD/216MFD-V. For more information, please refer to the AXIS VAPIX HTTP API specification version 2, part of the AXIS VAPIX API, available at www.axis.com Group Exceptions ===== ========== General Image and Video Motion Detection I/O IP filter Audio Built in templates for dynamic parameters are: Template Group ======== ===== 'event' Event 'external_video' ExternalVideo 'ftpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'ftp_config' EventServers.FTP 'httpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'http_config' EventServers.HTTP 'hwaction' Event.E#.Actions 'motion' Motion 'smtpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'source' Sequence.S0.Source 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 2) 1024x768 1024x768 3) 1024x576 2) 800x600 800x600 4) 800x450 2) 720x576 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 640x480 640x480 4) 640x360 2) 480x360 480x270 2) 320x240 320x180 2) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 240x180 240x135 2) 176x144 1) 176x120 1) 160x120 160x90 2) 1) Not equally scaled 2) Widescreen (16:9) 3) partial 4) partial, full speed