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

Products affected: M1054

Release date:      2013-11-27

Release type:      Production

Firmware version:  5.50.3

File name:         M1054_5_50_3.bin

Preceding release: 5.40.9.3

AMC version:       6.3.10.0

Onvif support:     Profile S

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

The firmware can be upgraded using Axis Camera Management, HTTP or FTP.
Please follow the instructions from the user's manual, the web page at
http://www.axis.com/techsup/cam_servers/how_to_upgrade.htm or the file named
howtoupgrade.txt.


New Features
============

5.50.3:F01
Local Language Support, ability to change the camera's user interface to other
languages than English.

5.50.3:F02
32 Privacy masks, ability to configure up to 32 simultaneous privacy masks.

5.50.3:F03
Edge Storage Disruption Detection, ability to be notified when the Edge Storage
detects disruptions that may need administrative attention, typically disk
unavailable, read/write error, disk full or disk locked.

5.50.3:F04
Text Overlay character set extension, ability to use non-western characters in
the video text overlay. Note that, Right-to-left languages such as Arabic are
not supported.

5.50.3:F05
Text Overlay Font Size, ability to select three different font sizes for the
video text overlay in order to increase readability, especially for high
resolution video.

5.50.3:F06
ONVIF Profile S conformance. The ONVIF Profile S replaces the ONVIF Version
1.02.

5.50.3:F07
Text Overlay Message Action, a camera action that provides a way to display a
user defined message in the image's text overlay upon a detected event.

5.50.3:F08
Email/SSL Recipient, ability for the camera to connect to common email services.
The camera includes predefined profiles for example, Gmail and Hotmail.

5.50.3:F09
HTTPS Recipient, systems using HTTP notifications from the camera can now do
this in a secure way over HTTPS.

5.50.3:F10
Upload Video Clip Action, ability to upload a video clip to an FTP server or an
email recipient upon an event. Note that, a media player with support for H.264
and Matroska File Format (MKV) is required to play the clip.

5.50.3:F11
Live Stream Access Detection, it is now possible to notify people that someone
is actively monitoring a camera.

5.50.3:F12
System Ready Event, ability to get notified when the camera has booted and all
services are initialized.

5.50.3:F13
Virtual Inputs, used by clients to initiate Action Rules in the camera. Virtual
Inputs extends the existing "Manual Trigger" with 32 additional.

5.50.3:F14
AXIS ACAP Applications, the behavior for AXIS Cross Line Detection 1.x and AXIS
Video Motion Detection 2.x has been improved, making it less prone to false
detection on small objects.

5.50.3:F15
Centralized Certificate Management, certificates for HTTPS and 802.1x are now
managed in one place. The firmware also includes a number of pre-installed CA
certificates such as Verisign, Thawt and GeoTrust.

5.50.3:F16
Improved Constant Bitrate Control, the Constant Bit Rate (CBR) will now adjust
to target bit rate quicker.

5.50.3:F17
SSH (Secure Shell), a command line interface is added to the camera that may be
used for specific support and maintenance activities. Note that, SSH is not
enabled by default.


Corrections in 5.50.3 since 5.40.9.3
====================================

5.50.3:C01
Daylight saving time now works properly for Iran.

5.50.3:C02
ISO 8859-1 characters are displayed correctly in motion detection names.

5.50.3:C03
Up to 127 characters can be used in the 'From email address' field.

5.50.3:C04
It is possible to add IP addresses to the IP filter list in the web interface.

5.50.3:C05
It is now possible to use HTTPS and port forwarding.

5.50.3:C06
It is no longer necessary to restart the camera after configuring default router
parameter via VAPIX.

5.50.3:C07
Configuration of time zone for Australia appears correctly in the web interface.

5.50.3:C08
Double & (&&) are no longer present in HTTP notifications. The Action rule gives
a valid URI.

5.50.3:C09
ONVIF: The Web Services parameter and consequently the information in System
Overview relating to whether Web Services is enabled has been removed. ONVIF is
enabled by specifying an ONVIF administrator in Security > ONVIF settings.

5.50.3:C10
Accessing the AVHS portal through a proxy is now working.

5.50.3:C11
The error condition encountered when creating two similar action rules (or
by a copied action rule) has been fixed.

5.50.3:C12
While using flicker-free 50Hz or 60Hz exposure control, highlight environments
can be overexposed.

5.50.3:C13
Network share size will now be displayed as GB if less than TB in the web
interface.

5.50.3:C14
Setting Always multicast TTL (Time To Live) to '0' is now working as expected.

5.50.3:C15
Use of IPs starting with 169.154.x.x is now properly reserved for link-local
addresses.

5.50.3:C16
The #e modifier now displays proper event names.

5.50.3:C17
The Edge Storage disc utilization has been improved, this will also result in
increased video retention time especially for larger discs.

5.50.3:C18
The default compression value has been changed, it is tuned more effectively to
provide more flexibility for video applications in a wide variety of network
environments.
To revert to old setting, configure the camera to use compression=26.

5.50.3:C19
Issue where incorrect multicast addresses were used, has been corrected.

5.50.3:C20
It is now possible to use 169.254.x.x as a static IP.

5.50.3:C21
Correct network speed is now displayed when using SNMP network speed check.

5.50.3:C22
The Log message 'RTSP Login Failed' that relates to client RTSP commands after
the nonce has expired has been removed, since the behavior is correct.

5.50.3:C23
Fixed an issue with the Axis Name Service and some router models.

5.50.3:C24
Support for Internet Explorer 11 added.

5.50.3:C25
Before creating an event that utilizes audio detection, the audio detection
level must be adjusted.


Known Bugs/Limitations
======================

5.50.3:L01
The camera can not play an audio clip while a viewer is sending/receiving audio
from to/from the camera.

5.50.3:L02
To be able to use all parts of the image in a View Area use the 4:3 Aspect Ratio
for the View Area.

5.50.3:L03
90 and 270 rotation can cause a drop in frame rate.

5.50.3:L04
Multiple simultaneous recordings to SD cards and network shares can degrade the
performance of the system.

5.50.3:L05
Windows Network Shares do not handle all modifiers e.g. %c, since modifiers are
UNIX standard.

5.50.3:L06
Frame Size Control does not affect the size of the snapshot taken with the upper
right control that can be added to the Live View.

5.50.3:L07
If the device has ongoing continuous recordings and the device is restarted
using the restart option in web interface, the current part of recordings(block)
can not be accessed or downloaded through the web interface.

5.50.3:L08
Stream profile names are limited to alphanumerical characters.

5.50.3:L09
The AXIS Media Control client may stop displaying the H.264 video stream after
the PC has been locked.

5.50.3:L10
Live view does not work with QuickTime player using default settings.
Workaround: Disable Direct3D acceleration in Quicktime.

5.50.3:L11
When using an action rule results in short recordings, it is recommended to
extend post-event time.

5.50.3:L12
For actions based on PTZ events, it is  not possible to use the #P (PTZ preset
name) and #p (PTZ preset number) modifiers in the file names for network share
uploads.

5.50.3:L13
It's not recommended to downgrade to previous firmware when having HTTPS
enabled.

5.50.3:L14
Video overlay text size is a global setting and can not be set for each stream
profile.

5.50.3:L15
Modifying a PTZ view area using API and afterwards clicking save in the web
interface, will cause the view area to revert to the old position.

5.50.3:L16
If text overlay is more than 460 characters long, no text will be displayed.

5.50.3:L17
Private keys need to be in a PKCS#1 format in order to function.

5.50.3:L18
A maximum of 100 installed certificates is allowed

5.50.3:L19
For low contrast scenes, false positives or negatives may occur because there is
not enough information for the Tampering alarm.

5.50.3:L20
If downgrading to previous firmware version, a factory default is recommended
after performing the downgrade.

5.50.3:L21
Using control queue with Java Applet may result in wrong queue positions if
switching between admin and viewer users.

5.50.3:L22
GOV values for stream profiles higher than 5000 are not supported.

5.50.3:L23
On Windows shares, upload paths for events needs to be created on the share
before use.

5.50.3:L24
Not possible to view live or recorded video in Internet Explorer 10 Modern UI in
Microsoft Windows 8.

5.50.3:L25
Triggering Activate Light with fade to % will make the light flash before fading
up to the set value. Fade to 1-5% is not supported.

5.50.3:L26
The Audio tab web page indicates loading until moving to a different tab or
page.

5.50.3:L27
With audio enabled, setting GOV lengths with I-frames more than 20 seconds apart
may render the recordings unplayable via the web interface.

5.50.3:L28
Unclear error message when uploading audio clip with already existing name.

5.50.3:L29
Occasionally, G711 audio can lag when using Java applet.


Supported AXIS VAPIX API Image Resolutions for AXIS M1054
=========================================================

Resolution  Exceptions
==========  ==========

1280x800
1280x720
1024x768
1024x640
800x600
800x500
800x450
640x480
640x400
640x360
480x360
480x300
480x270
380x270
320x240
320x200
320x180
240x180
176x144
160x120
160x100
160x90

1440x900    1)
768x576     1)
704x576     1)
704x480     1)
384x288     1)
352x288     1)
352x240     1)
192x144     1)
176x120     1)
80x50       1)

1) Not visible in web user interface
