FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES ====================== Products affected: AXIS 207W Network Video Camera Release date: 2006-10-02 Release type: Production Firmware version: 4.40 File name: 207w_440.bin Preceding release: 4.33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4.40 ============ Added features ============== 4.40:F01 Support for QoS. The product uses the DiffServ model and marks the following classes: Live Video, Live Audio, Event/Alarm and Management. 4.40:F02 It is now possible to configure FTP or HTTP uploads in the web interface. It is possible to use one upload event at a time. 4.40:F03 Added the parameter containing the path to the administrators web page (root.Properties.API.HTTP.AdminPath). 4.40:F04 Now possible to disable network services such as FTP, RTSP etc. See System Options | Support | System Overview for a list of the services that can be disabled. 4.40:F05 Server Report improvement. 4.40:F06 A toolbar with a play and stop button is now available when using the Mozilla/Firefox browser. 4.40:F07 Possible to trigger events based on changes in the sound level, as compared to the pre-defined audio level. 4.40:F08 AXIS Media Control now has a reconnection strategy accessible from Control Panel on the Windows client. This allows the user to decide how the AMC client should handle a loss of connectivity with the product, i.e. for how long the product will try to reconnect and at which interval. 4.40:F09 Recording of MPEG-4 streams to an .asf file with the AXIS Media Control. This functionality is enabled in the Live View Config menu. For more info see also the AXIS Media Control user's manual, available at: http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/amc/index.htm. 4.40:F10 Now possible to configure the mail server's port (default 25). 4.40:F11 New HTTP API command allows retrieval of parameter definitions in XML format. 4.40:F12 IPv6 support has been added. 4.40:F13 Support for HTTPS. 4.40:F14 SNMP has been added. 4.40:F15 Bandwidth limitation is now supported. 4.40:F16 IP filter support has been added. 4.40:F17 SOCKS support has been added. 4.40:F18 Audio is now supported also for the MJPEG-streams. Modifications ============= 4.40:M01 The view size buttons in Live View have been removed. 4.40:M02 Some Video Settings have been moved. White balance is now available from 'Basic' settings, while Color level, Brightness and Sharpness are available from 'Advanced' settings. 4.40:M03 Added Seoul in GMT+9 time zone. 4.40:M04 Reduced latency for I/O alarm trigger. 4.40:M05 Ad-Hoc wireless station mode can now be configured on the wireless web page. Unencrypted and WEP security is supported in Ad-Hoc mode. 4.40:M06 The wireless network interface will no longer use auto mode after the WLAN configuration has been saved. Corrections in 4.40 since 4.33 ============================== 4.40:C01 Improved event error handling, especially while using motion detection. 4.40:C02 When an event failed to upload its images, it could happen that the buffer data was not removed from the file system, eventually causing a 'Cache Full'. At this point no more images could be uploaded. This issue has now been corrected. 4.40:C03 Motion detection no longer gives intermittent false alarms when image is rotated. 4.40:C04 Corrected AXIS Media Control filter installation procedure on Windows systems using Windows Security Update (KB 896688). See the FAQ: http://www.axis.com/techsup/faq/index.php?id=63639 4.40:C05 The HTTP response is now correct when the time is set backwards using the VAPIX. 4.40:C06 It is now possible to use the 'force' option (param.cgi) in VAPIX. 4.40:C07 FTP login issue due to long signon message (longer than 256 characters) has been resolved. 4.40:C08 It is now possible to stream MPEG-4 over HTTP using a port other than 80. 4.40:C09 Improved stability of streaming MPEG4, when using QuickTime, for certain product configurations (Internal info: IP number ending with two digits number). 4.40:C10 It's now possible to upgrade the product when NAT traversal functionality is enabled. 4.40:C11 Improved stability of MPEG-4 streaming when using limited frame rate. 4.40:C12 A number of problems that could disturb a transition between the wireless and the wired network interface and WLAN reassocation after losing connection with the access point have been corrected. 4.40:C13 The 207W should now, after a factory default, associate to the nearest unencrypted BSS or IBSS wireless network when run if the network cable is not attached. 4.40:C14 Contact bounces on the I/O input pin can no longer cause a system restart. 4.40:C15 It is now possible to save the Wireless web page after setting the key when WPA-PSK is used with a manual key. 4.40:C16 An image artefact that could occur when rotating a video stream has been corrected. 4.40:C17 AXISNS registration can now be done from the web interface when the camera is using the wireless network interface. Known limitations in version 4.40 ================================= 4.40:L01 If you choose to rotate the image in the Video & Image setup, be aware that the coordinates for motion detection windows created in the Motion Detection setup will not be rotated. Workaround: When defining motion detection windows, temporarily configure the image for 0 degrees of rotation. Change back to the desired rotation again after having defined the motion windows. 4.40:L02 The Motion JPEG compression rate should not be set below 5% since it will give poor frame rates or may cause camera instability. 4.40:L03 Including format field #r, #R, #b or #B in the text overlay will show an incorrect frame rate and bandwidth usage when the frame rate is limited for Motion JPEG. 4.40:L04 If you have more than one IE window open running the AXIS Media Control and audio enabled, you may experience a delay that increases over time in all but the topmost window. 4.40:L05 Using dual screens and moving the AXIS Media Control window from one screen to the other can result in unexpected behavior. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.40:L06 The Axis Media Control should reload itself on audio configuration changes on server. Sometimes it does not. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. 4.40:L07 When using G.726 audio encoding, audio will not be available in QuickTime. Workaround: Choose G.711 or AAC encoding instead if you are using QuickTime. 4.40:L08 If viewing the image stream on Mac OS X with Mozilla Firefox using the AXIS Media Java Applet, a third party plug-in may be needed to get the browser to use the correct Java version. The Java Embedding Plug-in can be found at http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/. 4.40:L09 If you use G.726 or AAC audio encoding, audio will not be available in the AXIS Media Java Applet. Workaround: Choose G.711 encoding when using the AXIS Media Java Applet. 4.40:L10 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:L11 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. Workaround: Restarting Mozilla solves these two problems. 4.40:L12 If the RTSP port is changed when the RTSP server is disabled, then "Unicast RTP" and "RTP over RTSP" will not work in AMC when the RTSP server is enabled again ("RTP over RTSP over HTTP" will however work). Workaround: Disable the RTSP server and then re-enable it again. 4.40:L13 Storing multiple parameters simultaneously (with ACM) can trigger unexpected behaviour. Workaround: In most cases restarting the camera will correct this. 4.40:L14 In noisy or busy wireless environments the available WLAN data rate may drop, causing video artifacts to occur due to insufficient bandwidth being available to carry the video stream. 4.40:L15 Simultaneous use of different video formats, e.g. normal and inverted video rotation, will cause low frame rates. Note that when motion detection is enabled it will always use a normal rotation video stream. Application Developer Information ================================= The AXIS VAPIX API - Application Programming Interface (available at www.axis.com) is supported by the AXIS 207W. The following groups are supported by the AXIS 207W. 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 Video status, Image overlay Motion Detection I/O IP filter Audio Built in templates for dynamic parameters are: Template Group ======== ===== 'event' Event '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 'tcpaction' Event.E#.Actions 'tcp_config' EventServers.TCP Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions: Resolution Exceptions ========== ========== 640x480 480x360 352x288 1) 320x240 240x180 176x144 1) 160x120 1) Not equally scaled