SOFTWARE RELEASE NOTES
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Products involved: AXIS 2100 Network Camera
Release date: 2004-01-22
Release type: Production
Software version: 2.40
Filename: 2100_240.bin
Last preceding release: 2.34
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Upgrade instructions:
Important:
0. Upgrade to version 2.40 is only possible if version 2.12 or later
is installed.
1. Make sure that "active applications" such as continuous transmission
of images via ftp or smtp from the Axis Network Camera are disabled
prior to initiating upgrade.
2. Make sure to take notes of your application/layout and other
settings prior to upgrading since these settings will be
lost during upgrade.
3. You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that
contains the Upgrade File.
Example: C:\Axis\2100\2_40>
4. Open an ftp connection to the unit you want to upgrade from a
command prompt.
(Do not use a Windows based FTP-program for this, use only command
line FTP programs!)
5. Login as root. The default password for the root user is "pass"
unless changed by the user. You must be logged in as the root user
to upgrade the unit.
6. Change to binary transfer mode by typing "bin" and press enter.
7. Type "hash" and press enter. (This will allow you to see how the
upgrade progresses)
8. Type the command "put XXX.bin flash_all" where XXX.bin is replaced
by the name of the name of upgrade file you downloaded
(and maybe decompressed) from our site. It is typically named
2100_240.bin or axis2100.bin.
9. Wait for the flash load to finish, this may take 1-10 minutes.
Always wait at least 10 minutes for the flash upgrade to complete.
10. Your unit will automatically restart using the new firmware.
11. Reconfigure your settings.
RELEASE 2.40
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News in 2.40
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2.40:1 Improved support for the AXIS 2191 audio module. Added support
for the G723 compression standard. Various new options introduced,
such as: slope filter, canceling of line and acoustic echo,
noise reduction, forcing of client audio settings.
2.40:2 New version of the ActiveX Camera Control (2,20,0,6) including
the improved audio support.
2.40:3 Added a snapshot button on the view pages.
To see the Snapshot button, select this option under Layout, and
enable personal layout settings.
2.40:4 The base file name for the image buffers has been increased to
128 characters.
2.40:5 After a flash upgrade using flash_all, the BOOTPEnabled parameter
is restored to the value configured before the upgrade.
2.40:6 The text in the picture is extended to allow characters between
ASCII 32 and ASCII 255.
2.40:7 Performance increased to up to 15 fps.
Corrections in 2.40 since 2.34:
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2.40:8 Improved uploads 'when input goes high' - images are no longer
truncated.
2.40:9 The FTP server deamon (sftpd) now opens the back channel data
connection on port 20 instead of on a random port.
2.40:10 Corrected a memory issue in the FTP application.
2.40:11 If the flash upgrade procedure was aborted while erasing the
flash, the programming was never completed. This problem is
now corrected.
2.40:12 The mail client complies with the RFC, regarding bare LF. Some
servers, such as qmail, were rejecting the mails generated by
the client.
2.40:13 Applications now switch from primary to secondary time without
occasionally causing the product to reboot.
2.40:14 Occasional problems when generating applications have now been
corrected. For example, applications never starting or attempting
to start all the time.
2.40:15 Corrected minor layout problems on operation pages.
2.40:16 Upload with large images no longer stops when the images fill
the RAM space allocated to buffers. The application should
restart as soon as the images can fit.
2.40:17 Phone numbers starting with the # character are now correctly
handled by PPP.
2.40:18 PPP no longer stops dialing out after 241 calls.
2.40:19 The delta time between images no longer wraps around one
second.
2.40:20 Enabled multicast traffic receiving from range of addresses
that were not working before.
2.40:21 Negotiated values for network speed 10Mbps and half/full duplex
are now correctly reported.
2.40:22 Some stability problems seen when the product was installed
in heavy network load environments have been corrected.
Application developer / scripting in 2.40:
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The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 2100. For more
information, please see the HTTP API document available at www.axis.com.
Group Exceptions
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General Get property
Jpeg/Mjpg
Audio
I/O control
PPP
The new improved audio functionality uses G723 as the default audio codec,
which gives a higher compression compared to the former G721. It uses
singlepart instead of multipart communication to reduce overhead. For
backward compatibility change the following parameters in the product:
root.Audiod.audioEncoding="G721"
root.Audiod.httpMessageType="multipart"
Known limitations in version 2.40
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L1. Up to 350KB of RAM memory is available for pre/post alarm image storage.
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.