FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES
======================

Products affected: AXIS 241Q Video Server

Release date: 2004-09-21

Release type: Production

Firmware version: 4.03

File name: 241q_403.bin

Preceding release:  4.02

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UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
====================

The firmware can be upgraded using HTTP or FTP. After the firmware upgrade
the PTZ-drivers that are installed need to be updated and reconfigured. The new 
drivers can be downloaded from here:
http://www.axis.com/techsup/cam_servers/ptz/drivers.php


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 241q_403.bin or axis241q.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 LEDs blink amber. When initiation is
    complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LEDs will be green. 

FTP
===

1.  You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the
    upgrade file.
    Example: C:\Axis\241q\4_03>

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 241q_403.bin or axis241q.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 LEDs 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 LEDs will be amber during this step.

8.  After the upgrade has completed, the unit will automatically initiate the
    system, during which the Status LEDs blink amber. When initiation is
    complete and the system is ready for use, the Status LEDs will be green. 

RELEASE 4.03
============

Improvements in 4.03
====================

4.03:01 Motion JPEG performance increased to up to 60%, when product is accessed 
	by multiple clients and high resolution is used. Motion detection impact 
	on the performance has been minimized as well.

4.03:02 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.

4.03:03 Compression setting options for Quad View now match the single video 
	compression options.


Corrections in 4.03
===================

4.03:04 A restart of the web server upon changes in the Users configuration has 
	been fixed.

4.03:05 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.

4.03:06 Corrected one cause of the problem in earlier releases where the AXIS 241Q
	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".

4.03:07 Fullscreen mode no longer stops.

4.03:08 The web server occasionally stopped responding. This has now been corrected.

4.03:09 An FTP upload restarts now automatically when the connection to the FTP 
	server is re-established after a temporary break.

4.03:10 Running triggered and scheduled events at the same time sometimes made these 
	stop and not restart. This has now been corrected.

4.03:11 The frame rate control parameters (req_fps, fps) now supply the correct 
	average frame rate.

4.03:12 The system time no longer resets after a restart.


Known limitations in 4.03
=========================

4.03:13 After changing the "Log Level for email" setting you may have to
        restart the unit for the setting to take effect.

4.03:14 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.

4.03:15 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.

4.03:16 Adding a new event or modifying an existing event will restart all
        active events.

4.03:17 Motion detection windows are adjusted so that their width and height
        are divisible by 8 (pixels).

4.03:18 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.

4.03:19 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.

4.03:20 Motion detection setup only works in Internet Explorer for Windows.

4.03:21 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).

4.03:22 PTZ click in picture will not work when using the Java applet as the 
	image viewer.

4.03:23 PTZ click in picture coordinates will not be correct in Mozilla when
        resizing the image using the view size buttons.

4.03:24 Viewing full screen and rotating through different external video
        sources with different video streams in a sequence will switch the full
        screen mode off.

4.03.25 When Viewing the Quad stream in CIF resolution the frame rate will 
	decrease to approx. 6fps. This problem is introduced in v4.03 and is 
	drawback linked to the improved overall performance for single streams.


Application Developer Information
=================================

The following HTTP API groups are supported by the AXIS 241Q. For more
information please refer to the HTTP API 2.00 document available at
www.axis.com. 

Group             Exceptions
=====             ==========
General
Image and Video
PTZ
Motion Detection
I/O
Serial port

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
'preset'         PTZ.PresetPos
'preset_hidden'  PTZ.PresetPos
'ptzaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'smtpaction'     Event.E#.Actions
'source'         Sequence.S#.Source
'tcpaction'      Event.E#.Actions
'tcp_config'     Eventservers.TCP


