FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: M5014 Release date: 2015-04-24 Release type: Production Firmware version: 5.50.3.1 File name: M5014_5_50_3_1.bin Preceding release: 5.50.3 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. Improvements ============ 5.50.3.1:I01 Motor voltage disabled when motors are not running. 5.50.3.1:I02 Added FTP temporary mode. 5.50.3.1:I03 Made the #v modifier work with motion detection. 5.50.3.1:I04 Improved edge storage retry behaviour. 5.50.3.1:I05 Solved HTTPS tunneling issues. 5.50.3.1:I06 Time zone information sent in e-mail headers. 5.50.3.1:I07 Made it possible to determine the beginning of a new frame with GOV=1. 5.50.3.1:I08 Fixed memory leak in web services. 5.50.3.1:I09 SSLv2 and SSLv3 disabled by default. 5.50.3.1:I10 Time zone information sent in e-mail headers. 5.50.3.1:I11 OpenSSL updated to version 0.9.8za. 5.50.3.1:I12 Improved AxisNS stability. 5.50.3.1:I13 Solved ONVIF stability issues. 5.50.3.1:I14 Creating e-mail recipients is now possible in Safari. 5.50.3.1:I15 Moved Moscow to GMT+3. 5.50.3.1:I16 Audio detection default level set to 100. 5.50.3.1:I17 Added gdbserver to simplify ACAP development. 5.50.3.1:I18 Improved modifiers' behaviour with SMTP and FTP. 5.50.3.1:I19 Identity Association now present in DHCPv6 SOLICIT messages. 5.50.3.1:I20 HTTP recipient URL not converted to lower case anymore. 5.50.3.1:I21 E-mail aliasing is now possible. 5.50.3.1:I22 Stability fixes for VMD 2.1. 5.50.3.1:I23 Improved modifiers' behaviour with SMTP and FTP. 5.50.3.1:I24 Limit on simultaneous ACAPs changed from 1 to 20. Known Bugs/Limitations ====================== 5.50.3.1:L01 The camera can not play an audio clip while a viewer is sending/receiving audio from to/from the camera. 5.50.3.1:L02 Recording streams to SD Card with a total bit rate above 12Mbit/sec may cause missing frames/sequences. 5.50.3.1:L03 Multiple simultaneous recordings to SD cards and network shares can degrade the performance of the system. 5.50.3.1:L04 Windows Network Shares do not handle all modifiers e.g. %c, since modifiers are UNIX standard. 5.50.3.1:L05 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. 5.50.3.1:L06 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. 5.50.3.1:L07 Stream profile names are limited to alphanumerical characters. 5.50.3.1:L08 Check and repair is only available if the file system is ext4. 5.50.3.1:L09 The AXIS Media Control client may stop displaying the H.264 video stream after the PC has been locked. 5.50.3.1:L10 Live view does not work with QuickTime player using default settings. Workaround: Disable Direct3D acceleration in Quicktime. 5.50.3.1:L11 When using an action rule results in short recordings, it is recommended to extend post-event time. 5.50.3.1:L12 To avoid corrupt recordings, it is recommended to unmount the SD Card before ejecting it. 5.50.3.1:L13 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. 5.50.3.1:L14 It's not recommended to downgrade to previous firmware when having HTTPS enabled. 5.50.3.1:L15 Video overlay text size is a global setting and can not be set for each stream profile. 5.50.3.1:L16 If text overlay is more than 460 characters long, no text will be displayed. 5.50.3.1:L17 Private keys need to be in a PKCS#1 format in order to function. 5.50.3.1:L18 A maximum of 100 installed certificates is allowed 5.50.3.1:L19 If downgrading to previous firmware version, a factory default is recommended after performing the downgrade. 5.50.3.1:L20 Using control queue with Java Applet may result in wrong queue positions if switching between admin and viewer users. 5.50.3.1:L21 GOV values for stream profiles higher than 5000 are not supported. 5.50.3.1:L22 On Windows shares, upload paths for events needs to be created on the share before use. 5.50.3.1:L23 Not possible to view live or recorded video in Internet Explorer 10 Modern UI in Microsoft Windows 8. 5.50.3.1:L24 Time zone selection for Moscow Time is not correct according to the changes made to this time zone. 5.50.3.1:L25 Reboot is necessary after enabling SOCKS. 5.50.3.1:L26 With audio enabled, setting GOV lengths with I-frames more than 20 seconds apart may render the recordings unplayable via the web interface. 5.50.3.1:L27 When changing active https-certificate, the device needs to be restarted before it becomes active. 5.50.3.1:L28 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. 5.50.3.1:L29 Occasionally, G711 audio can lag when using Java applet. 5.50.3.1:L30 Embedded Motion Detection: When object size is set to low and sensitivity set to high, motion detection can occasionally be triggered when switching the IR filter on/off. Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS M5014 ========================================================= Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 1280x720 800x600 800x450 640x480 640x360 480x360 480x270 320x240 320x180 768x576 1) 720x576 1) 704x576 1) 800x500 1) 704x480 1) 640x400 1) 704x288 1) 704x240 1) 480x300 1) 384x288 1) 352x288 1) 352x240 1) 320x200 1) 240x180 1) 240x135 1) 192x144 1) 176x144 1) 176x120 1) 160x120 1) 160x100 1) 160x90 1) 80x50 1) 1) Not visible in web user interface