FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
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Products affected: AXIS 211 Network Camera
Release date: 2004-09-22
Release type: Production
Firmware version: 4.11
File name: 211_411.bin
Preceding release: 4.10
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UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
====================
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 211_411.bin or axis211.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 Power LED will blink green/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 LED 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\211\4_10>
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 211_411.bin or axis211.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 Power LED will blink green/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 4.11
============
Improvements in 4.11
====================
4.11:01 It is now possible to select the HTTP response format so that every row
in the header ends with \r\n instead of \n\n. For \r\n, add
'&responseformat=rfc' to the HTTP-API command.
Corrections in 4.11
===================
4.11:02 A restart of the web server upon changes in the Users configuration has
been fixed.
4.11:03 The HTTP server test procedure now returns the proper web page in cases
where new lines are included in the reply from the HTTP server.
4.11:04 Corrected one cause of the problem in earlier releases where the AXIS 211
could deny access to video streams when other clients were requesting frequent
snapshots. AXIS Media Control displayed the message: "503 Error: Maximum
number of clients reached".
4.11:05 Fullscreen mode no longer stops.
4.11:06 The web server occasionally stopped responding. This has now been corrected.
4.11:07 An FTP upload restarts now automatically when the connection to the FTP
server is re-established after a temporary break.
4.11:08 Running triggered and scheduled events at the same time sometimes made these
stop and not restart. This has now been corrected.
Known limitations in 4.11
=========================
4.11:09 After changing the "Log Level for email" setting you may have to
restart the unit for the setting to take effect.
4.11:10 When starting a new live view stream or when getting a still image,
running live view streams and events will be stopped for a short while.
4.11:11 Copying an event configuration does not work properly. Some parameters
may not be copied correctly. Please verify each parameter value in the
cloned event configuration.
4.11:12 Adding a new event or modifying an existing event will restart all
active events.
4.11:13 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
are divisible by 8 (pixels).
4.11:14 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.
4.11:15 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.
4.11:16 Motion detection setup only works in Internet Explorer for Windows.
4.11:17 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).
4.11:18 Viewing full screen and rotating through different external video
sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full
screen mode off.
4.11:19 The MPEG-4 stream cannot be uploaded by events.
4.11:20 The AXIS Media Control may stop displaying the MPEG-4 stream after the
the screen saver has been active or the computer has been locked.
Workaround: Reload the Live View page.
4.11:21 If using dual screens and moving the AXIS Media Control window from one
screen to the other, the MPEG-4 stream may stop updating.
Workaround: Reload the Live View page.
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 211. 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.