FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
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Products affected: AXIS 210 Network Video Camera
AXIS 211 Network Video Camera
Release date: 2004-05-13
Release type: Production
Firmware version: 4.02
File name: 210_402.bin
Preceding release: 4.01
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UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
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The firmware can be upgraded using HTTP or FTP.
HTTP
====
1. Download the upgrade file to a directory that is accessible from your local
computer.
2. Go to the product's start page (e.g. http://192.168.0.90).
3. Click the Setup link and log in as root (or any other user with
Administrator privileges) if you are prompted for a user name and password.
You must be logged in as an Administrator to upgrade the unit.
4. Click System Options in the menu to the left.
5. Click Maintenance.
6. Click the Browse button in the Upgrade Server section.
7. Select the upgrade file you downloaded (and maybe decompressed) from our
site. This file is typically named 210_402.bin or axis210.bin.
8. Click the Open button.
9. Click the Upgrade button in the Upgrade Server section.
10. Wait for the flash load to complete, which may take 1-10 minutes. The
upgrade procedure is in four steps:
Step 1, Shut down:
Running applications are shut down and active connections are terminated.
Step 2, Uploading firmware:
The old firmware will be erased and the new firmware will be saved.
During this step, the Status LEDs will be amber. After a while the
progress of the upgrade will be displayed in the web browser.
Step 3, Reboot:
The system restarts automatically. During this step, all LEDs will be
off.
Step 4, Reconfiguration:
The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings.
The Status LEDs will be amber during this step.
11. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the
system, during which the Status LED blinks amber. When initiation is
complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LED will be green.
FTP
===
1. You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the
upgrade file.
Example: C:\Axis\210\4_02>
2. From the command prompt, open an FTP connection to the unit you wish to
upgrade. (Do not use a "Windows" based FTP-program to do this, use only
command line FTP programs!)
3. Log in as root. The default password for the root user is "pass", unless
this has been changed by the user. You must be logged in as the root user
to upgrade the unit.
4. Change to binary transfer mode by typing "bin" and press enter.
5. Type "hash" and press enter. (This will allow you to see how the upgrade
progresses)
6. Type the command "put XXX.bin flash" where XXX.bin is the name of the
upgrade file you downloaded (and maybe decompressed) from our site. This
file is typically named 210_402.bin or axis210.bin.
7. Wait for the flash load to complete, which may take 1-10 minutes. The
upgrade procedure is in four steps:
Step 1, Shut down:
Running applications are shut down and active connections are terminated.
Step 2, Uploading firmware:
The old firmware will be erased and the new firmware will be saved.
During this step the Status LED will be amber.
Step 3, Reboot:
The FTP session terminates and the system restarts automatically. During
this step, all LEDs will be off.
Step 4, Reconfiguration:
The new firmware settings are configured to match the previous settings.
The Status LED will be amber during this step.
8. After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the
system, during which the Status LED blinks amber. When initiation is
complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LED will be green.
RELEASE 4.02
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News in 4.02
============
4.02:01 Support for DC-iris lens added for AXIS 211.
4.02:02 Configurable low light behavior. Possible to prioritize frame
rate or image quality.
4.02:03 Improved motion detection algorithm.
4.02:04 The cumulative security update for Internet Explorer (832894) prevents
the correct configuration of user names and passwords for external video
sources, so these options have been removed in 4.02. You will be
prompted for the user name and password when accessing external video
sources.
4.02:05 It is possible to upload overlay images with file names containing
spaces.
4.02:06 Several new resolutions supported via the HTTP API. See the table below.
4.02:07 Added HTTP API for IP address filtering.
Corrections in 4.02
===================
4.02:08 Non-alphanumerical characters are displayed correctly in the overlay
text in live view.
Known limitations in 4.02
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4.02:09 After changing the "Log Level for email" setting you may have to
restart the unit for the setting to take effect.
4.02:10 Adding a new event or modifying an existing event will restart all
active events.
4.02:11 An active event will be stopped if the connection to the upload server
fails.
4.02:12 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
are divisible by 8 (pixels).
4.02:13 When saving a snapshot image, some browsers (e.g. Mozilla) will fetch
a new picture and the saved picture will not match the displayed
snapshot.
4.02:14 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.
4.02:15 The motion detection setup only works in Internet Explorer for
Windows.
4.02:16 The Axis Media Control toolbar is not available when using the Mozilla
and Netscape web browsers. This is because images are viewed with server
push instead of Active X (Axis Media Control).
Application Developer Information
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Supported HTTP API Image Resolutions
Resolution Exceptions
========== ==========
768x576 1)
704x576 1) 2)
704x480 2)
704x288 2)
704x240 2)
640x480
480x360
384x288
352x288 2) 3)
352x240 2) 3)
320x240
240x180 4)
192x144
176x144 2) 3)
176x120 2) 3)
160x120
1) Not available as bitmap (bmp) image
2) Not equally scaled
3) No support for 90/270 degrees rotation
4) 176x240 when rotated 90/270 degrees
The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 210. For more
information please refer to the HTTP API specification version 2, available at
www.axis.com.
Group Exceptions
===== ==========
General
Image and Video Video status
Motion Detection
I/O
IP filter
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
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.