NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS Camera Station Release date: May 16, 2018 Release type: Release Software version: 5.17 Build 017 Protocol Version: 5.0.22 File name: AXISCameraStationSetup.exe Required: 64-bit Operating System Microsoft .NET version 4.6.2 Supported OS: Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 7 Pro SP1, Windows Server 2016 with Desktop Experience, Server 2012 standard, Server 2012 R2 standard, Server 2008 R2 SP1(*)(**). (*) Only AXIS Camera Station Server is supported on server OSs. (**) When installing AXIS Camera Station on a Server OS, Windows Desktop Experience must be enabled​ before hand. For Windows Server 2016, choose "Server with Desktop Experience" when installing the operating system. Note: Windows Server 2016 Core and Nano versions are not supported due to lack of Windows Media Player. Recommendations: Latest OS Service Packs. Supported Devices: AXIS video products with firmware versions 4.30 or higher except AXIS 206M and AXIS 206W. AXIS Auxiliary devices such as AXIS A1001, C3003-E, A9188, P8221. ONVIF Profile S conformant third-party devices that have been verified to work with AXIS Camera Station through AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool Installer scanned with: Trend Micro. Languages: (UI + help files) English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish. (UI only) Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, Finnish, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. Last preceding release: 5.16 Build 008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY * Contact Information * Installation * Uninstallation * Recommendations * New features * Known limitations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information =================== Please contact Axis Communications for product information, updates and support at: http://www.axis.com Solutions to new problems and FAQ's are listed at: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/support-and-documentation Installation ============ - For a comprehensive description of the installation steps, please refer to the Installation Guide or User Manual at: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station - Make sure you have full administrator rights on the computer you install on. - The background service will be stopped for the upgrade (no recordings). The background service will start automatically after the upgrade. - If AXIS Camera Station Server is upgraded, any AXIS Camera Station 3 or 4 Clients must also be upgraded. Within version 5, connection to a server with a different version is possible. The appropriate client version will be downloaded from the server. Uninstallation ============== - Run 'Uninstall' under Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove programs. - Recordings are not erased by 'Uninstall' and must to be manually removed. Recommendations =============== - Please take time to read the hardware guidelines for AXIS Camera Station at: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/hardware-guidelines/system - Make sure the latest graphics card driver are used in computers running the client. - Install AXIS Camera Station on a computer dedicated to run this application. - Make sure Axis devices run latest available firmware. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrade considerations for 5.17.017 =================================== * Several client settings will be reset when upgrading to version 5.17. See limitations below for more information. New features in 5.17.017 ========================= * The New Client interface is enabled per default: Switch back to the old interface from Configuration > Client > Customize: Uncheck “Use Beta version of client”. * Added support for AXIS Camera Station System Health Monitoring: AXIS Camera Station System Health Monitoring is now available for connected systems and can be enabled in AXIS Camera Station client. More information and documentation available at: https://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/support-and-documentation * Alert Tab for Live View and Recordings action: The user can configure a tab to receive recording alerts, from the go to recording action in an alarm, or live alerts from live view action rule. Such tab can be moved from a monitor to another and the position is saved even after restarting the client. Alert tabs are only displayed if the user has access rights to the specific devices. * Improved mouse, keyboard, joystick and touch screen digital PTZ behavior. * Improved Dewarping for 360 degrees cameras * Added support for control boards revision 2 and support for multiple control boards on a single client. * Support for configuring custom server certificate for the HTTPS API used by AXIS Camera Station Server. Documentation available on request via the Online Helpdesk. * Network Logging from the AXIS Camera Station Service Control: Tool available in the Service Control, helps the user to gather network logging using Wireshark. The trace can be started/stopped by the user or will be automatically disabled after 1 hour. The user will be prompted to choose a location and filename when starting the logging. The traffic is not filtered and contains all in/out traffic from all network adapters on the server. Wireshark needs to be downloaded and installed (at C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)) on the AXIS Camera Station Server before opening the Service Control. * Ability to configure Zipstream parameters in the "Configuration > Management > Configure Devices" menu. Changes made in 5.17.017 ========================= * Improved handling of user settings: User settings for the client are now based on the AXIS Camera Station user or Windows user (for multi-server systems signed-in as different users). * Secure Remote Access sign-in form improvements for improved security. * Upon installation, new option to enable/disable sharing of anonymous usage data with Axis Communications to help improving the application and user experience. Possible to enable/disable in for the client (Client -> Customize -> Feedback) and the sever (Service Control -> General -> Share anonymous serer usage data) * Added support for upgrading to firmware 8.25 and above. * "No scaling of video" is no longer available in the Streaming > Video scaling options. * Updated task bar icons for AXIS Camera Station Client, Server and Service Control. * AXIS Installation Verifier improvements * Corrected an issue where Client auto-update would sometimes require admin priviledges * Corrected an issue where Client would stay minimized in Windows * Corrected an issue with adding a device using hostname:port, where port is not the default one. * Client and server stability improvements. * Corrected an issue preventing Microsoft Azure cloud storages to be added to AXIS Camera Station. Performance cannot be guaranteed with third party cloud storage. * TLS 1.2 is now used for communication between AXIS Camera Station client and AXIS Camera Station server Limitations in 5.17.017 ========================= * The user settings are now based on AXIS Camera Station user or Windows User, meaning that some of the previous client configuration will be reset when upgrading to version 5.17. This includes: - Several settings available at Client > Customize and Client > Streaming (Navigation system, Video Scaling, Notifications, Snapshot, Startup...) - Different dialog layouts in AXIS Camera Station client. Note: The AXIS Camera Station server configuration (recording configuration, action rules, streaming profiles, user permissions...) will NOT be reset. * Currently not available in the new client interface: Smart Search Adding new hotkeys The old client should be used if such function is required. Expected to be available shortly. New features in 5.16.008 ========================= * Ability to use the New Client interface: At Client -> Customize ​it is possible to set - Use new client interface. * New Client Interface: Themes - In the new client it is possible to select a graphical UI theme. Light, Classic (default) and Dark * New Client Interface: Export - A new concept for the client, which enables the user to add several intervals or events/recordings to the export. * Check for update of AXIS Camera Station software * Improved streaming between AXIS Camera Station server and AXIS Camera Station mobile app. * AXIS Installation Verifier (Beta) improvements. Changes made in 5.16.008 ========================= * Improved the Collect non-indexed files * Filter out unsupported alarm types in the result for AXIS Camera Station SDK. * Improved the Dewarp functionality: will not Dewarp the text overlay in initial state. * Corrected an issue with the AXIS Camera Station Client crashing with 20MP camera. * Improved the export time from remote client. * Failover recording gap correction is included in firmware 7.40.1 and 6.50.2.2, which includes most camera models. * Corrected an issue with special characters in Windows user name for Mobile apps. * Solved an issue where A1001 couldn't be added to AXIS Camera Station when connected to many doors​. * Corrected an issue where the client could not reconnect automatically to a server after it has been automatically updated. Known limitations in 5.16.008 ============================== * New Client Interface: Live view actions are not implemented yet. Go to recordings from Alarm is not implemented yet. Smart Search is not implemented yet. Switching between new and old client (and vice versa), will generate an AcsClient.exe_Instance2.log file. New features in 5.15.007 ========================= * AXIS T8705 Decoder integration in AXIS Camera Station: Single camera, split view or sequence can be sent to the decoder that displays it on the connected Monitor. * VMD 4 for Multi-Sensor Devices: It is now possible to configure and trigger VMD 4 for each sensor/channel in a multi-sensor device. * Multiselect in Recording Method and Streaming Profiles configuration pages. * Support for ONVIF Multi-Sensor Devices. * Chromium web browser integration for webpages in Live View. * Dynamic Video Quality improvements and stream selection. It is now possible to select the Streaming profile in Live View by a right click. * Shared streaming port for Windows application. * Updated AXIS File Player to handle large resolutions such as 20MP (5472x3648). Includes Auto Gain Control (AGC) option for audio. * It is possible to Insert “Device name”, "Device serial number", "server name" and "server time zone" as variable in the text overlay. * Edit Address of Network Share Storage. Possible to reconnect (i.e edit the IP address) of a Network Share that is unavailable. * ONVIF continuousPan/Tilt speed factor: Possible to do adjust the continuous tilt and pan speed for ONVIF PTZ cameras in a configuration file. OnvifPtzContinuousPanSpeedFactor and OnvifPtzContinuousTiltSpeedFactor can be adjusted in "C:\Program Files\Axis Communications\AXIS Camera Station\AcsService.exe.config" * Secure Remote Access is no longer in Beta. Changes made in 5.15.007 ========================= * Corrected an issue where audio would drop after a few seconds in Live View. The problem mostly happened when using audio from external devices. * AXIS C8033 audio bridge integration. It is now possible to select the AXIS C8033 as both a speaker and a microphone for a camera, instead of just as a speaker. * Corrected an issue with CPU load increasing to 100% when network changed state. * Reduced the number of snapshot requests from client to server. Improving general performance. * Corrected a server crash while doing playback. * Corrected an issue where connection to the server using Secure Remote Access would stop working after a while. * Corrected an issue preventing the disabling of Secure Remote Access or MyAxis account to be updated after the database was moved to a new hardware. * Corrected a Server crash with unstable networks and delayed network packets. * Corrected Live View and playback issues for 360 degrees cameras on computers with poor graphic cards. Known limitations in 5.15.007 ============================== * The client will not reconnect automatically to a server after it has been automatically updated. The user needs to click the "Log on" button on the AXIS Camera Station Client. * T8705 Decoder: The decoder does not support: Camera with permission error, maps, web pages, sequence in split views, hotspots. Any AXIS Camera Station user with access to live view can send views to the decoder. Camera and decoder must be added to the same server. Corridor format is limited to the height supported by the decoder Stream reuse on ACS server does not apply to the streams used by the decoder. Old cameras with CIF, 4CIF resolutions are not supported. Currently no native support of stopping the decoder from streaming of the current view. * VMD 4 Multi-Sensor/Channel Devices: From ACS it is only possible to edit the first VMD4 profile on each sensor/channel. There is no support for other profiles that are configurable in the device webpage. If other profiles have been added and configured at the device webpage, motion detection will trigger in ACS if any of the sensors profiles are triggered. * Multiselect in Recording Method and Streaming Profiles configuration pages: The settings will be greyed out if multi-selected cameras contain unreachable cameras: Using Ctrl + A will select all cameras including unreachable, and it is not possible to deselect them one by one. Select only reachable camera using CTRL + click instead of CTRL + A For multi-server systems: Recording schedules will only apply for selected cameras located on the same server as the schedule. This does not apply to the Always schedule which is present on all servers. * Chromium web browser for webpages: Unsupported video decoding of H264, H265, MP3 and MP4 Axis ACAPs that previously worked with Internet Explorer that does not work: AXIS Video Motion Detection AXIS Cross Line Detection It is no longer possible to use Internet Explorer to display webpages. * Include analytics data for Smart Search is not supported when using audio for external devices (such as P8221): Metadata is only supported when not using audio, or using audio from the built-in microphone or line in. Changes made in 5.14.008 ========================= * It is no longer possible to open several AXIS Camera Station Client instances in a single user session. I.e. A given Windows user can only open one AXIS Camera Station Client at a time. It is still possible to open another AXIS Camera Station Client with another user. * Fixed a server crash after upgrading to 5.14. * Fixed empty camera list in “attach snapshot” dialog of an Email action. * Fixed an issue with Hotspot on main monitor. * Fixed an issue with adding devices with default password. * Improved client-server communication to reduce load on the server. New features in 5.14.003 ========================= ​* Desktop MJPEG screen capture support using VLC version 2.0.1, see FAQ for details https://www.axis.com/support/faq/FAQ116359 ​* Mobile port added to Service Control * Updated VMD 4 to version 4.1-6 in installation package * Collect non-indexed files. From Storage Management it is now possible to collect non-indexed files from a recording folder. Changes made in 5.14.003 ========================= * Fixed compatibility issue with several Flir cameras​ Known limitations in 5.14.003  ============================== * Windows Server 2008 is removed from AXIS Camera Stations supported OS. Current .NET version is not supported by the OS. * Mobile app iOS: Does not support fps above 30. I.e. no support for 60/50 fps 120/100 fps. Changes made in 5.13.028 ========================= * Solved a streaming issue on 2N Helios IP Verso, Canon and other manufacturers, in ​AXIS Camera Station and Device Compatibility Tool. * Solved server crash related to deadlock in the snapshot service * Solved issues where some database upgrade dialog did not close after successful upgrade. * Solved issue where service couldn't start after upgrading to 5.13.024​ * Solved short recording gaps (5-30 seconds) appearing randomly when using continuous recording. Known limitations in 5.13.028 ============================== AXIS M1065-L/LW do not support full duplex, only microphone is supported in AXIS Camera Staion. ​ Upgrade considerations for 5.13.024 =================================== * Database split might cause upgrade to take more time. More details in the 5.13 Migration guide (www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/support-and-documentation) and FAQ 116349: https://www.axis.com/support/faq/FAQ116349 * New Configuration workspace introduces a lot of updates in the user interface, including new placement and renaming of menus. New features in 5.13.024 ========================= * ​Internal database split, increasing reliability and performance: - The database has been split into three files, located in the same directory: - ACS.FDB: containing the system configuration such as devices, views, permissions, events, stream profiles... This is the main database. - ACS_RECORDINGS.FDB: containing references to recorded files on the drive. This file is required by AXIS Camera Station to display the recordings in the timeline during playback. - ACS_LOGS.FDB: containing log entries (Audit log, alarms and event logs). * Low latency mode: - General improvements in the latency/jitter calculations. AXIS Camera Station now favors lower latency when using mechanical PTZ. - Length of the jitter buffer is configurable through ClientSettings.xml​. More details in FAQ FAQ115566: https://www.axis.com/support/faq/FAQ115566 * New configuration workspace: - Optimized performance of configuration pages. - A clearer and searchable configuration menu available in a side navigation panel. - More details in the 5.13 Migration guide. * Support for one-way audio in Axis Mobile viewing apps. Only AAC encoding is supported. (Requires mobile application 1.3.0) Changes made in 5.13.024 ========================= * The option to have Local client users given administrator privileges to the AXIS Camera Station server is now removed. From 5.13, local and remote client users will have the access rights that are defined under User/Group Privileges. * Uploaded applications (VMD & VCS) are only started when required (configuring Motion Detection) instead of being started during the Add Camera wizard. * The overview of 360 degrees cameras is no longer cropped. * It is now possible to handle Door Station calls with Basic Authentication. * Solved a server crash during nightly refresh. * Solved a server crash when sending HTTP notifications to an Axis devices. * Solved a server crash when receiving duplicated CSeq packets. * Solved a server crash when receiving invalid SDP packets from a device. * Solved a server crash related to invalid GUID format. * Solved a client crash when using fast forward playback of 360 degrees camera's overview. * Solved a client crash when exporting recordings. * Solved a recording issue after a device status change. * Solved a recording issue after changing camera password. * Solved a memory leak when viewing cameras with Hardware Decoding active. * Solved an issue with Secure Remote Access and failing connection attempts. * Views permissions are respected on secondary monitors as well. * When adding a NAS requiring credentials, ACS will always clear the network connections beforehand, ensuring the credentials are not cached in Windows and instead, properly saved in ACS. * Device Compatibility Test tool tests are now prioritize in the following order: Discovery > Streaming > PTZ > Events. * Fixed an issue where the Device Compatibility Test tool would crash which reporting an error. * Updated embedded Database Maintainer tool to version 1.11, handling the new database structure as well as any version from 3.50 * Improved handling of password for old devices, such as P8221. * Other corrections and stability improvements. Known limitations in 5.13.024 ============================== * Audio from P8221 does not work in Live View when recording with the same stream profile as the Live View profile. The issue will be solved in a new service release. * Enabling "Include analytics data for Smart search" on a dewarped view from a 360 degrees camera, causes the video stream to be unavailable. (In previous versions as well) - Disable Analytics in the Streaming Profile page for the affected dewarped view. * Enabling "Include analytics data for Smart search" when Video Content Stream is not started or not installed, causes the video stream to be unavailable. (In previous versions as well) - Start the Video Content Stream ACAP in the camera Web Interface. * Image configuration doesn't support multi-channel cameras. All changes are applied to the first channel only. * Touch screen: Zoom-out is not supported on touch screen devices running AXIS Camera Station Client. (In previous versions as well) * Windows Server 2016 Core and Nano versions are not supported due to lack of Windows Media Player. (In previous versions as well) * AXIS File Player does not support playback of 20 Megapixels video streams. Changes made in 5.12.007 ========================= * Help pages are now available in the usual languages. Changes made in 5.12.006 ========================= * Fixed a Client crash that could occur after upgrading to 5.12.005 Known limitations in 5.12.006 ============================== * The help files search menu is not available in Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. The problem will be fixed in a new service release. Upgrade considerations for 5.12.005 =================================== * Microsoft .NET version 4.6.2 is required. Installing a new .NET version will require a restart before continuing installing AXIS Camera Station 5.12 or above. New features in 5.12.005 ========================= * AXIS Camera Station Secure Remote Access BETA: - AXIS Camera Station Secure Remote Access simplifies remote access, eliminating the need for manual port-forwarding and router configurations. - AXIS Camera Station Secure Remote Access increases the overall system security level. - It enables an easy way to access video from a public Internet location, in a secure, encrypted, way without exposing the server or cameras to public access. - More information in the Secure Remote Access technical note: https://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/support-and-documentation * Improved Dynamic Media Profile selection, optimizing performance depending on the monitor resolution and streaming resolution: - Monitor DPI support (vs System DPI). Requires Windows 10 with the Anniversary update (Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825). - Customizable tolerance values to prioritizing specific media profile. See Dynamic Media Profile documentation at https://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/support-and-documentation * Configurable PTZ stop commands: - When using Control Queue, automatic PTZ stop commands can be disabled. See FAQ and updated documentation at: https://www.axis.com/support/faq/FAQ116335 * 36-split views are now available using a 6 by 6 layout. * Improved snapshot handling in email alerts: - Behavior of the snapshot method is changed so that all snapshot options (text, date/time, image overlay...) fall back to what is configured in the camera.​ - Default email snapshots resolution is changed to 1920x1080​ (previously 800x450). Changes made in 5.12.005 ========================= * In order to prevent Intruding Data on operating system drives (due to growing files and database backups), a 60GB margin has been added for those drives, instead of the regular 15GB limit. * "Enable/Disable Mechanic PTZ" context menu also applies to joystick. It previously only applied to mouse and keyboard. * Fixed a server crash related to HTTP notifications. * A client will infinitely try to connect to a remote server after an unexpected shutdown if "Run application when Windows starts" is selected. - Helps in case of power outage if the remote server takes a longer time to start than the client PC. * Fixed handling of session count on the server. Known limitations in 5.12.005 ============================== * Due to a limitation, some special symbols are currently not supported in the MyAxis account password, although they are supported on www.axis.com If the password containing the following special symbols (at least) are entered in Axis Camera Station, the credentials will always be considered invalid: £ ¤ Å Ä Ö * Mobile application 1.1.0 is required to using Secure Remote access. Applications for iOS and Android expected to be available on Monday 29th of May. * Secure Remote Access servers are not displayed in the server selection dropdown when using a Client version lower than 5.12 * Automatic Client upgrade is not available when trying to connect to a remote server using Secure Remote Access. The Client won't be upgraded and the following error message will be displayed: "Download of new client installer failed. Unable to install the client version required in order to communicate with the chosen server." * Systems using the Tree view navigation and a non-English language may experience a Client crash after upgrading to 5.12.005. Fixed in 5.12.006 Changes made in 5.11.008 ======================== * Fixed colour space issue in the latest MJPEG decoder when streaming from older camera models with , e.g. 210a, 223m, 241s encoder, etc. * Fixed device Compatibility Tool crashes at GetVideoEncoderConfiguration request. * Fixed devices with multiple video sources but are not supported by VMD 4 will use VMD1 by default in ACS, e.g. M7010/16.​ * Fixed a server crash related to media profiles. Known limitations: (with previous version as well) ================================================== * "Could not take a snapshot" from MJPEG stream in live view or recording workspace. New features in 5.11.002 ======================== * Improved Dewarping focusing on performance and user experience. Changes made in 5.11.002 ======================== * New recording folder structure: - Previously, folders were named after the camera GUIDs (available from the server config sheet). - From now on, the camera GUIDs is not used and the Server GUID and camera ID are used instead. ​* Updated H.265, H.264 and MJPEG decoders * Validated support for Windows Server 2016. * Fixed an issue with playback of 120 FPS video recordings * Improved Device Compatibility Test Tool with third party PTZ cameras * Fixed a server crash related to I/O communicator errors New features in 5.10.005 ======================== * VMD 4.1 is now replacing VMD 4.0 during the Add Camera wizard. * VMD 4 complete configuration - filter settings: - The user can now configure filter settings in the VMD configuration dialog in ACS. - A visual comparison, to guide the user when editing small objects and swaying objects has been added. * Improved performance when uploading ACAP. * Aggregated log workspace: - In multi-server setups, the log workspace is now aggregated across all servers. Changes made in 5.10.005 ======================== * Network drives can be reconnected when the server has ”No Permissions” to the drive. * Fixed an issue when adding a network drive. * Fixed a server crash caused by invalid web requests. * The default task queue limit is changed from 1 to 10 minutes to avoid some server crashes in case the system is temporarily overloaded. * Improved handling of drives with small capacity (below 32GB). Those drives can no longer be used in ACS (as expected). The Operating System drive is now shown in the wizard if no other drives are available for recording. * ACS no longer changes Bitrate and GOV length of third party devices when editing video media profiles. * Improved playback stability and experience: - Fixed an issue where pausing the playback of recorded video will display a black image. - Playback is now paused when using Video Scrubbing. - Fixed an issue with choppy playback after a fast forward. * Added info message when trying to configure VMD 4 when the ACAP is not running or not installed. “Please ensure that Video Motion Detection application is installed and running on camera”. * WS-Addressing is now only used by the ONVIF Event service. New features in 5.09.008 ======================== * Site Designer Schedules import: - Site Designer schedules can now be imported in ACS. * Improved video rendering, decreasing CPU, GPU usage and video latency * DirectX 11 support. * Live view & playback optimizations: - Reduced number of network calls between client and server when starting live view or playback stream. This will reduce the connection time on bad networks. * ACAP Version check in Application Installation Changes made in 5.09.008 ======================== * A1001 firmware 1.55 and above is supported correctly. Previously new A1001 with 1.55 couldn’t be enrolled in ACS. * Fixed an issue with Network Attached Storage that couldn’t be connected to ACS. * VMD2 is now used for cameras supporting it, usually firmware 5.50 and above (EmbeddedDevelopment.Version >= 1.40). In 5.07 and 5.08 VMD1 was used. More details in this external FAQ (coming). * Modified system alarm when computer restarts unexpectedly while ACS service is running. * Improved handling of small drives, below 32GB. These drives are now blocked and can no longer be added into ACS. * Fixed pre/post buffer value in Server Configuration Sheet. * Fixed camera display when clicking on a PTZ camera split view. * Fixed a recording problem. * Third party cameras that are no longer accessible can be removed from ACS. * The client will now reconnect automatically to the local server after a computer restart. * Improved general client and server stability. * Improved audio support for third party devices. * Fixed a playback issue when the operator was inactive for a long period of time. Known Limitations in 5.09.008 ============================= * Trying to add the T8516 PoE+ Network Switch into ACS will crash the client. - The problem will be fixed in the next release, 5.10. - The issue can also be experienced with older ACS versions. New features in 5.08.004 ======================== * Added support for upcoming I/O relay module AXIS A9161 * AXIS Installation Verifier (AIV) improvements: - Support for multiple View Areas: Each view area is considered as a separate device. - Added support for new cameras such as M1065, M3045, M3104... - Improved stability for installations with 20 devices or more. - Improved PDF generation. * Server configuration sheet improvements​. Changes made in 5.08.004 ======================== * Fixed a memory increase on the server. * Fixed an issue when exporting recordings and wrong timestamps in the export dialog. * Fixed an issue with ACS Device Compatibility Test tool. * Fixed an unhandled exception when starting the server after a reboot. * Improved search responsiveness in the Logs workspace. * Fixed an issue related to view permissions when upgrading from previous versions. Known Limitations in 5.08.004 ======================== - Under certain condition the client won't reconnect automatically to the local server after a computer restart. > Fixed in 5.09.008 New features in 5.07.010 ======================== * Basic support for Video Motion Detection 4(VMD 4) – Install VMD 4 automatically when adding products with support for VMD 4 to ACS. For products that don’t have support for VMD 4, VMD 2 is installed as before. – Configuration for include/exclude area can be done in ACS. – When upgrading to VMD4, user needs to redo the configuration. Changes made in 5.07.010 ======================== * Default retention time is changed from 30 days to 90 days. This is to prevent cases where customers doesn’t change the default value and thought the recordings will continue as long as the storage is full. – Customers in countries and regions where there is a legal requirement on removing recordings after certain number of days need to adapt the value according to the law. * Camera Management workspace is now enabled by default. * ACS mobile viewing app now shows only the cameras the user has access to. * Solved issues where ACS and ACS Device Compatibility Test tool fail to handle third party products with no audio support. * Solved an issue when ACS service can’t start after upgrading from ACS 3 to ACS 5, due to an exception parsing the old license file. * Solved an issue when ACS client crashes during start up with an error "System.AccessViolationException at AxisJoystickModuleLib.AxisKeyPadHandlerClass.EnumerateKeyPads()". * Solved an issue when playing back recordings stops working under very low bandwidth situation.The default timout for streaming is changed from 5 seconds to 30 seconds. Known Limitations in 5.07.010 ======================== The integration level of VMD 4 is similar to VMD 2 currently: – Configuration on one camera on multi-sensor device (e.g. Q6000, F44, Q37xx...) will overwrite configuration from other cameras. – For cameras with multiple view areas(e.g. M3007), VMD 4 will operate on ”Overview”. – It’s not possible to upgrade VMD2 configurations to VMD 4 configurations automatically. – No support for multiple VMD 4 profiles. The areas shown in the dialog are taken from the first profile configuration retrieved from the camera. – No configuration support for VMD4 filters (size, short-lived, swaying objects). – No support for multiple exclude areas. – No support for visual confirmation (but supports flash on motion). – No support for VMD4 when “Configure device” in Camera Management workspace. New features in 5.06.004 ======================== * New H264 decoder: Around 30% less CPU usage in software rendering, and less latency. * H.265 ready: - H.265 is a supported format in ACS and the new mobile API, but not in the ACS API (SDK). - Only Axis products will work with H.265. * HTTPS Triggers: - External HTTPS triggers enable external sources to trigger the rule system in AXIS Camera Station by making HTTPS requests to the AXIS Camera Station Server. - A guide is available on axis.com: http://www.axis.com/files/tech_notes/acs_external_https_trigger_en_1610.pdf * Collect device data: - The user can collect data from multiple devices by specifying a URL-path. The result will be stored in a zip-library. This can be done from the Camera Management workspace. Changes made in 5.06.004 ======================== * Fixed several domain account login issues. * Improvements in the Server configuration sheet. * The CPU performance check is no longer performed during the setup wizard. * Improved rendering with unstable networks. A black image should no longer be displayed when reconnecting to a camera. * Axis Camera Management configuration files created with older versions are now supported (Down to ACM 4.0). * Fixed an issue introducing latency during the nightly jobs. * Fixed a Client crash when exporting recordings. * Fixed an issue where the main window would become transparent and show the Desktop. * Private Views created before version 4.20 were not converted properly and incorrectly displayed in the user permissions dialog. This is now corrected and Private Views are appended with “_private”. * Fixed an issue where memory would increase on the Server. * Other bug fixes. Known Limitations in 5.06.004 ============================= * Hardware decoding is not supported yet for H.265 streams. The CPU is used to decode H.265 streams. * The Motion Detection window is not presented correctly after edited and saved, until the dialog is resized or a point on the window is selected. The window size is saved correctly though. This limitation is also present in previous version 5 releases. * Under certain conditions, the Handle count or RAM memory on the Client PC (only) can increase over time when using the latest AMD and NVIDIA graphics card drivers. This limitation is also present in previous version 5 releases. Axis is currently investigating and working on a solution. If you encounter such issue, please restart Axis Camera Station Client or contact Axis Support. Changes made ​in 5.05.012 ========================​ * Fixed an issue with non-working action rules with older 5.05 releases. * Fixed an issue where removing cameras would hang. * Hotspots are no longer shown in the Views user permission dialog. * Presets for old cameras (214PTZ...) are correctly refreshed in the Live View context menu. * Other bug fixes Changes made ​in 5.05.011 ========================​ * Fixed a server restart that could occur under certain conditions. Known Limitations in 5.05 ======================== * Some Action Rules may not work correclty after upgrading to version 5.05.x. (Fixed in 5.05.012) Changes made in 5.05.010 ======================== * Added a setting in AcsService.exe.config to configure the audio transmit timeout. This setting helps when a two-way audio communication needs to be established in low bandwidth installations. * Fixed a server crash that could occur in low bandwidth installations. New features in 5.05.006 ======================== * Multitrack view support for exported video in AXIS File Player: - AXIS File Player shows a timeline for exported recordings. It can show recordings from different cameras that overlap in time, and it will display different recording types in separate colours. - The exported recordings are shown in a 2x2 split view in AXIS File Player. * Automatically upgrade clients when server upgraded: - The ACS client is automatically upgraded when upgrading the server and will reconnect after upgrade. No user interaction is required. * Screenshot in system report: - When creating a system report from the Client there is an option to take screenshots of the monitors and add these to the system report. The aim is to faster give Axis Support more information over the problem. - The screenshots will include the Information overlay (in Debug mode) if the Live View or Recording workspace are opened. - Any monitor will get captured, not only the ones where ACS is opened. The checkbox is NOT selected by default. * Registry setting for changing nightly reload: - It is now possible to change the time for nightly reload in the registry, this is done the same way as for the database backup. See FAQ ID 116278. * Ability to run the Database Maintainer with a scheduled task: - During installation of ACS, a Windows Scheduled Task will be created (AXIS Camera Station Database Maintenance Task). - The task is disabled by default. The user has to manually enable the task for it to run. * AIV improvements: - Improved support for multi-network cards setup. - General stability improvements. Changes made in 5.05.006 ======================== * HTTP events can now be sent using Basic authentication. * Fixed a server crash caused by invalid format of motion detection parameters. * Fixed an issue where the embedded motion detection would stop triggering after a while. The problem was related to a bug in the task queue length. * Fixed a client crash when configuring an A1001 event without any door connected. * Fixed a buzzing sound at the beginning of exported recording. * Fixed a client crash caused by dewarped views of 360 degrees cameras. * The camera list in the Tree View is now sorted alphabetical, as expected. * The retention time set in Site Designer is now imported correctly into AXIS Camera Station’s wizard. * Fixed a client crash when deleting hotspot. New features in 5.04.014 ======================== * User permissions for views and folders: - An administrator can now give specific permissions (access/edit) for Views and Folders to the different viewers and operators. - By default, a new user does not have any View/Folder permission. - Viewers/Operators can only see views/folders/cameras to which they have access in the navigation panel. - Operators can only create new items (views, maps…) in folders to which they have access to, or in the root folder. - When an Operator creates a new view, only himself and Administrators have access and edit rights to the views (by default). * ONVIF Event Handling for Third Party Devices: - Any event supported by third party cameras via ONVIF interface can be used in ACS to trigger a rule from the Device Event menu. - Some configuration may need to be done from the camera’s web interface after validation by the AXIS Device Compatibility Tool (DCT). - A restart of the camera might be required after creating the rule in ACS (model and manufacturer related). - Some cameras support only one event, while some others support two or more events. Such support is indicated by the DCT tests. * Shutdown service: - AcsAdmin can now be run in one instance per windows user session, thus eliminating the error dialog for subsequent concurrent user sessions. Changes made in 5.04.014 ======================== * Performance improvements when moving items in the tree view. * Performance improvements for big amount of tags. * ACS Service is now set to start “Automatic (Delayed)” when upgrading from previous versions and for new installations. * Fixed an issue where he client would crash if the Microsoft locale ID was invalid. * Operators are now able to use “speak” button and audio controls. * Fixed an issue where parts of the ACS window would become transparent. * Improved logging in Client application. * Fixed minor translation issues. * Recordings are now deleted as expected when removing a camera from ACS. * Added support for Image Configuration with firmware 1.x * Other corrections New features in 5.03.004 ======================== * New AXIS file player (version 2.3.0.2) with multi-track support (preparation for coming feature): - Will allow playback of exported videos in a split view. This feature will be available in a future ACS release. * New live view layout for Q37 cameras: - A new live view layout called "Panorama" has been added in ACS. With this panorama layout you can more easily display cameras with panorama view areas. * Added support for upcoming Speakers: - AXIS C1004 and AXIS C2005 can be added as auxiliary devices and require one ACS license, as any AUX device in ACS 5. *Dynamic media profiles in split views: - The Live View of ACS is now automatically adapting its video quality between the Low, Medium and High profile depending on the current available size for the video stream and if it is zoomed in or not. - Ex 1: If we are in fullscreen, the video will be shown using the High media profile. While if you resize the window to a smaller size, then it will start to switch to the low profile in the background. - Ex 2: In a split view with small and big split sizes (e.g the new “Panorama” view), video streams will use a higher profile for the big split and a lower one for the small splits. - Ex 3: When a small split using Low profile, the video quality will increase and High profile will be used when zooming in the image. - All these switches are made in the background and user only sees a smooth transition to the new stream. * Improved audit log: - The audit log prints the PTZ movements and the user controlling the camera. Changes made in 5.03.004 ======================== * The help files are now translated in Korean language * Change default disk usage from 100% to 99%. - Solve issues with intruding data on non-OS drives * Cameras are sorted by alphabetic order in all dialogs. * ACS Service can start without the need to be connected to any network. * Fixed an issue where the user couldn’t add/remove PTZ presets on Axis cameras * Corrected an issue where third party devices with digital PTZ capability but no support for presets can't be added to AXIS Camera Station. * Changed default database backup time from 3:15 AM to 0:15 AM. * Changed nightly device jobs from 4:15 AM to 1:15 AM. Known Limitations in 5.03.004 ======================== * Dynamic media profiles are not available on dewarped views. Changes made in 5.02.015 ======================== * Corrected an issue where third party devices with digital PTZ capability but no support for presets can't be added to AXIS Camera Station. New features in 5.02.013 ======================== * New camera wizard organized in four tabs: - Summary: Show an overview of the cameras to install. If the settings do not need to be modified, the user can proceed to the installation by pressing “Install”. - Import project (optional): Import a Side Designer project with access code or exported file. - Storage (optional): Choose recording storage and retention time. Also add network shares. - Recording method (optional): Drag & Drop cameras between Motion Recording, Continuous Recording or No Recording * AXIS Site Designer integration in camera wizard: - Projects created on sitedesigner.axis.com can be exported as a file or access code and be imported in AXIS Camera Station 5.02 and above. - Imported parameters: • Recording method for Daytime only (Motion, Continuous, No recording) • Resolution on medium media profile • Frame rate on medium media profile • Description • Camera name • Retention time * Camera thumbnails in client-UI: - Tooltips showing camera thumbnails and basic information is available in most of the dialogs when hovering a camera. * AXIS Installation Verifier Beta: - Verify that your system is working as it should by running the AXIS Installation Verifier. - The Installation Verifier mimics the recording part of the ACS server and performs one test with the current settings, one with emulated low light test and then also a stress test in order to find the system's bottlenecks. - A verification report is generated in PDF format and can be handed-over to the customer. * New device event receiver: - Stability improvements of the device event receiver, affecting VMD2, VMD3, Crossline Detection... * PTZ support for third party cameras: - For validation of your third party device, use AXIS Device Compatibility Tool available on axis.com * Added support for Axis' Zipstream with dynamic frame rate Changes made in 5.02.013 ======================== * Operators are now able to acknowledge alarms correctly * User settings are now correctly included with upgrade from previous version * For Dutch only: The “Global” workspace hotkey string was not translated correctly in previous releases. This is now fixed, however any “Global” hotkey previously configured will be lost. The user needs to “Restore Defaults” hotkeys and re-assign them manually. * Fixed an issue when discovering AXIS A9188 with firmware 1.00.0 * Added support for new firmware format (versions 1.xx) * AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool version 5.02.013 has been released * New option to enable view selection before accepting mechanical PTZ commands (Customize > Live View). Known Limitations in 5.02.013 ======================== * Site Designer import: - No night time setting is imported in AXIS Camera Station - Only able to import projects that has the same major Site Designer version as the supported project version of AXIS Camera Station. * General: - No tooltip/thumbnail is displayed in the add/edit cameras dialog. * AXIS Installation Verifier: - Axis Cameras with ACAP version 2.0 or above are required to run AIV. * PTZ support for third party cameras: - If a PTZ third party camera was added in previous versions, manual steps are required to get the PTZ working after upgrade to 5.02: o Enter the Video & Audio Settings dialog, Edit and press OK (this will associate the PTZ configuration with the Media Profile). o Right click in Live view and select “Use Mechanical PTZ”. - Preset names with odd characters such as ”>” will not work for third party cameras. - Cameras with PTZ support but without support for presets will cause the AXIS Device Compatibility Tool to crash and won't be added to AXIS Camera Station. > Hotfix will be available in July. New features in 5.01.009 ======================== * Encrypted video communication between AXIS Camera Station client and AXIS Camera Station server: The video and audio data between server and client is now encrypted. Previously only the configuration API calls were encrypted. * Added support for 21 languages (Thai is a new language) Changes made in 5.01.009 ======================== * Added an explaining error message when adding cameras with an invalid PTZ configuration. * Adding a device with PTZ functionality does not require Extended PTZ anymore (Solving issues adding some devices). * Fixed an issue where authentication would fail when different cameras where NAT mapped to the same IP address but different HTTP ports. * Fixed an upgrade problem for operating system using a specific date/time format (Thai...). * The camera status in the live view is now refreshed correctly after a maintenance or a disconnection. * HideCameraConnectingLabel customization setting is now working correctly. * Group users can now login from the AXIS mobile app. * Fixed drag and drop on basic view navigation on AXIS Camera Station main window. * Playback limit now works for 16 and 25 splits. * Improved Stability when using Remote Desktop on the client. * General Client stability improvements. Known limitations in 5.01.009 ============================= * User settings are not included with upgrade from previous version (fixed in 5.02) * Joystick hotkeys do not work after changing language * Operators are not always able to acknowledge alarms (fixed in 5.02) Changes made in 5.00.032 ======================== * Purchase recommendation has been updated * User is now notified in ACS if a used license key has been blocked * ACS is now able to identify S20 products * Corrected the number of licenses required for multi-chip encoders (no blade encoders were affected), including all Q7404 and some M7016, P7216, P7216. * Solves an issue when sometimes ACS Client failed to connect/reconnect to cameras in Live View * Solves an issue when ACS client fails to connect to cameras if there is no sound card and audio is enabled. Known limitation: License count for AXIS 243Q is not correct. A service release will be available soon. Changes made in 5.00.026 ======================== * Corrected memory increase when using AXIS Mobile App * The system report can now be generated correclty * Improved rendering stability * Solved server crash when adding I/O ports for AXIS M3037 * Other various improvements Changes made in 5.00.018 ======================== * Solves an issue when events cannot be configured after upgrading from 4.31. * Improved support for using ACS demo tool together with mobile app. Changes made in 5.00.013 ======================== * Improved client stability * Hardware Decoding is now set to “Automatic” by default and will be used for 4K streams @25FPS and above * Running AXIS Camera Station Server on a virtual machine is supported again. Running the client is not supported (same as previous versions). * Improved stability in the camera discovery * Improved stability when using Remote Desktop Known limitations in 5.00.013 ============================= * If upgraded from version 4 with broken Advanced Rules, the configuration of new rules is not possible anymore. > Fixed in 5.00.018 New Major Release - 5.00.009 ======================== Upgrade considerations for ACS 5 ======================== * License model has changed from version 4 and below. * ACS 4 licenses will be converted to ACS 5 licenses. This action cannot be undone without contacting Axis Technical Support. * When a Client is connected to several Servers at the same time, these servers are considered as part of the same system and share a common pool of maximum 32 Core Device licenses in total. * Upgrade fee applies for systems with more than 32 devices in total. * One license is now required for each device, including auxiliary devices. * AXIS Camera Station ONE is no longer available. * 32bit systems are no longer supported from ACS 5.0. The installer will only run on 64bit systems or operating systems. * Microsoft .NET version 4.6.1 is required. Installing a new .NET version will require a restart before continuing installing AXIS Camera Station 5. * Running AXIS Camera Station Server on a virtual machine is not supported in this release. A new service release will address that mid-March 2016. * Please refer to the Migration Guide before upgrading from version 4 or earlier. Available at http://www.axis.com/files/tech_notes/migration_guide_acs_5_en_1603.pdf New features in 5.00.009: ======================== Major Release ======================== User Interface * Improved responsiveness in user interface * Fast video search "Video Scrubbing" * Improved navigation for large systems * Large systems can enable the "Tree View" (by going to Main menu > Options > Customize > General) for an optimized layout in Live View and Recording workspaces. * Drag & Drop support * Multi-select support * Cameras and views can be organized into folders * Cameras and views can be filtered in the tree view * More information: http://www.axis.com/support/faq/FAQ116235 --------- New rendering * Improved media engine and video quality * Improved jitter handling * Hardware decoding available on compatible graphics cards --------- Third Party Device Support * Selected ONVIF Profile S conformant third party devices are supported through some key functions of the IEC62676-2-3 standard. * For validation of your third party device, use AXIS Device Compatibility Tool available at: http://www.axis.com/support/downloads/axis-camera-station-device-compatibility-tool * More information and supported features available at: http://www.axis.com/support/faq/FAQ116215 --------- Mobile-App * AXIS mobile apps for Android and iOS * Android: Requires OS 4.2.2 * Thumbnails of Axis cameras * Live View * Take snapshot * iOS: Requires iOS 8 * Android features + Recording playback --------- New License model * One license is now required for each device, including auxiliary devices. * New type of licenses: * Core Device license * Universal Device license * ACS 4 to Universal Device license * Core to Universal Device license * More information: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/license * License calculator: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/license-calculator * New Online License Portal available: http://www.axis.com/licenses --------- Changes made in 5.00.009 ======================== * If client settings file is corrupted, a new one is created instead of client crash. Info message is also displayed * The new media engine requires Windows Aero to be enabled (default on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10). * CPU rendering is not available anymore. The GPU is used instead. * The function called "Image enhancement" is no longer available. * The "Show in Fullscreen" could cause client to freeze, this is now corrected. * 2CIF resolution are now cropped/scaled correctly. * Improved certificate handling for server-client connection * The limit of 100 channels per server is removed. Instead, the hardware recommendation is based on the total bandwidth per server. For more information read the hardware guidelines: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station/hardware-guidelines/system Known limitations ================= With AXIS Camera Station 5: AXIS Mobile App: - No support for MPEG-4 or MJPEG. Only H.264 is supported. - Only one-way audio (from camera) - Not possible to connect to multiple servers simultaneously - iOS: Supports up to 30 fps - Playback: - After fast forward playback, frame stepping does not work very well. Most of the time, pressing the backwards/forwards step button has no effect. - ​​Backwards frame stepping of an H.264 recording only updates the playback image when reaching an I-frame. - Seeking on the timeline of an H.264 recording gives an image of the closest preceding I-frame instead of showing the actual image at the chosen position.​ - Playback of simultaneous streams can be slightly out of sync​ - To beneficiate from the multitrack view playback in AXIS File Player, the recordings need to be done and exported with version 5.05 or above. - The current split in AXIS File Player is limited to one or four cameras only. Adding more than 4 cameras will only display the first 4 in the timeline. Other cameras can be selected from the dropdown menu. - Automatic reconnection after server upgrade: - The client will only be restarted if it is connected to a single server. Otherwise the reconnection will fail and the user will have to manually reconnect to the servers. - For the client to automatically log on the server again after the restart, the "Remember me" checkbox on the log on screen must have been checked when the server was logged on to last time. - The server needs to be fully licensed for the automatic reconnection to work. - The ACS Client needs to be 5.05 or higher In order to beneficiate from the automatic reconnection. - Hardware decoding can cause client instability when using old graphics cards or old drivers. - Users part of the "Guest" group may encounter issues when connecting to the Server. - Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are no longer supported operating systems. - Audio output to camera is only supported from firmware 5.10 - AXIS Camera Station will use the current regional settings from Windows but will not make use of any custom settings e.g. numeric separators etc. - I/O will not work with AXIS 221, 240Q, 241QA/SA, 225FD, 216FD, 214PTZ or 207W unless they are upgraded to firmware 4.40 or higher. - I/O monitor may lock on "Changing..." when toggling output state in P8221. - If a network disk is configured in AXIS Camera Station, then afterwards physically removed from the network, there is a risk that the disk can't be removed from the AXIS Camera Station configuration. - AXIS Camera Station Client installed on Windows 2008/2012 Server should only be used for configuration and not media viewing since for many graphics adapters there are no up to date drivers available for server operating systems. - DirectX 11 is required for proper rendering of three 4K streams. Windows 7 won't be able to display three 4 K streams on three monitors. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2724530 for details. - Joystick hotkeys do not work after changing language - H.265 is only supported for Axis products, not for third party cameras. - For Windows 10 N editions: The Media Feature Pack is required to install AXIS Camera Station Server and Client. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3133719/media-feature-pack-for-n-editions-of-windows-10-version-1607​. Installing the standalone Windows Media Player is not sufficient. Windows 10 N editions are not part of the official Axis QA testing. - AXIS Video Content Stream (Automatically uploaded by AXIS Camera Station during Add camera wizard) should not run in parallel of AXIS Perimeter Defender due to performance limitation. Make sure AXIS Video Content Stream is “stopped” or not installed in the camera web interface > Applications. - Old cameras using firmware 4.x can only use MPEG-4 for the High profile. The Medium and Low profile need to be set to MJPEG. This is due to camera performance limitations. - Image configuration doesn't support multi-channel products properly, i.e. image configurations are fetched from the first channel only. Also changes made to any channel are applied only to the first channel. - AXIS M1065-L/LW do not support full duplex, only microphone is supported in AXIS Camera Staion. - LPCM audio encoding is not supported (LPCM is supported for selected cameras with firmware 7.20.1 and above) For ACS 4 release notes, visit www.axis.com/ftp/pub_soft/cam_srv/cam_station/4_31_018/relnote.txt Best Regards, Axis Communications