FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS M3203/-V/M3204/-V Network Camera Release date: 2013-11-27 Release type: Production Firmware version: 5.50.3 File name: M3204_5_50_3.bin Preceding release: 5.40.9.2 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 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:F03 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:F04 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:F05 ONVIF Profile S conformance. The ONVIF Profile S replaces the ONVIF Version 1.02. 5.50.3:F06 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:F07 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:F08 HTTPS Recipient, systems using HTTP notifications from the camera can now do this in a secure way over HTTPS. 5.50.3:F09 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:F10 Live Stream Access Detection, it is now possible to notify people that someone is actively monitoring a camera. 5.50.3:F11 Edge Storage Device Redundancy, ability to automatically switch recording device between SD Card and NAS if one device detects disruption. 5.50.3:F12 System Ready Event, ability to get notified when the camera has booted and all services are initialized. 5.50.3:F13 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:F14 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:F15 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:F16 Improved Constant Bitrate Control, the Constant Bit Rate (CBR) will now adjust to target bit rate quicker. 5.50.3:F17 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. Corrections in 5.50.3 since 5.40.9.2 ==================================== 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 While using flicker-free 50Hz or 60Hz exposure control, highlight environments can be overexposed. 5.50.3:C12 Network share size will now be displayed as GB if less than TB in the web interface. 5.50.3:C13 Setting Always multicast TTL (Time To Live) to '0' is now working as expected. 5.50.3:C14 Use of IPs starting with 169.154.x.x is now properly reserved for link-local addresses. 5.50.3:C15 The #e modifier now displays proper event names. 5.50.3:C16 The Edge Storage disc utilization has been improved, this will also result in increased video retention time especially for larger discs. 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 Correct network speed is now displayed when using SNMP network speed check. 5.50.3:C20 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:C21 Fixed an issue with the Axis Name Service and some router models. 5.50.3:C22 Fixed an XSS vulnerability in view.shtml. 5.50.3:C23 Support for Internet Explorer 11 added. Known Bugs/Limitations ====================== 5.50.3:L01 To be able to use all parts of the image in a View Area use the 4:3 Aspect Ratio for the View Area. 5.50.3:L02 90 and 270 rotation can cause a drop in frame rate. 5.50.3:L03 Windows Network Shares do not handle all modifiers e.g. %c, since modifiers are UNIX standard. 5.50.3:L04 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:L05 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:L06 Stream profile names are limited to alphanumerical characters. 5.50.3:L07 The AXIS Media Control client may stop displaying the H.264 video stream after the PC has been locked. 5.50.3:L08 Live view does not work with QuickTime player using default settings. Workaround: Disable Direct3D acceleration in Quicktime. 5.50.3:L09 When using an action rule results in short recordings, it is recommended to extend post-event time. 5.50.3:L10 For actions based on PTZ events, it is not possible to use the #P (PTZ preset name) and #p (PTZ preset number) modifiers in the file names for network share uploads. 5.50.3:L11 It's not recommended to downgrade to previous firmware when having HTTPS enabled. 5.50.3:L12 Modifying a PTZ view area using API and afterwards clicking save in the web interface, will cause the view area to revert to the old position. 5.50.3:L13 If text overlay is more than 460 characters long, no text will be displayed. 5.50.3:L14 Private keys need to be in a PKCS#1 format in order to function. 5.50.3:L15 A maximum of 100 installed certificates is allowed. 5.50.3:L16 For low contrast scenes, false positives or negatives may occur because there is not enough information for the Tampering alarm. 5.50.3:L17 If downgrading to previous firmware version, a factory default is recommended after performing the downgrade. 5.50.3:L18 Using control queue with Java Applet may result in wrong queue positions if switching between admin and viewer users. 5.50.3:L19 GOV values for stream profiles higher than 5000 are not supported. 5.50.3:L20 On Windows shares, upload paths for events needs to be created on the share before use. 5.50.3:L21 Not possible to view live or recorded video in Internet Explorer 10 Modern UI in Microsoft Windows 8. 5.50.3:L22 Time zone selection for Moscow Time is not correct according to the changes made to this time zone. Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS M3203/-V/M3204/-V ===================================================================== Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1280x800 2) 1280x720 2) 1024x768 2) 1024x640 2) 800x600 800x500 800x450 640x480 640x400 640x360 480x360 480x300 480x270 320x240 320x200 320x180 240x180 176x144 160x120 160x100 160x90 1440x900 1) 2) 768x576 1) 704x576 1) 704x480 1) 704x240 1) 384x288 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 192x144 1) 176x120 1) 1) Not visible in web user interface 2) AXIS M3204/-V only