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These Release Notes contain a technical description of the most important changes in this software release for the MOBOTIX Q22M, M22M, D22M, M12, D12 and V12 network cameras.
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Creation Date: 2019-04-18
Publishing Date: 2019-06-06
This software release contains important security updates for the cameras listed above. To make sure that your system keeps the best possible protection against cyber attacks, MOBOTIX explicitly recommends updating to this software release.
Creation Date: 2010-07-01 (originally 2009-12-08)
Publishing Date: 2010-07-06 (originally 2009-12-09)
Note on the creation and publishing dates
This version had been originally created on Dec 8, 2009, and published on Dec 9, 2009. On Jul 1, 2010, this version was recreated as MX-V3.5.2.23.r3 with an updated video motion detection; it was published on Jul 6, 2010. After installing, this versions shows a Creation Date of 2010-07-01 (see Admin Menu > System Information > Hardware and Release Information).
This software version contains a completely redesigned Exposure Control mechanism which has made substantial improvements in the following areas:
The images of non-hemispheric camera models can now also be displayed rotated by 90 or 270 degrees. The setting for the image rotation can be made in the Setup Menu > General Image Settings dialog. This dialog also allows to selectively pivot the 4:3 aspect ratio of the rotated image so that the aspect ratio of the resulting image is either 4:3 or 3:4 as desired. With a 3:4 aspect ratio, the complete image content is visible because of a 1 to 1 width-to-height relationship, but when the aspect ration is not pivoted with the image rotation, the camera only shows a centered section of the rotated image.
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This setting will lead to slightly reduced frame rate and slightly lower image quality compared to the original image since the camera needs to convert the image. The difference between the original image and the converted one is about equal to the image resulting from distortion correction for L11/L22 lenses compared to the original image.
preview' parameter can now be combined with other parameters to specifically retrieve camera images with smaller resolutions (using the 'size' parameter), lower JPEG quality (using the 'quality' parameter) or reduced image rates (using the 'fps' parameter; only relevant for an image stream). Thus, applications can fetch a substantially reduced data stream from the camera, if you are adding a camera with limited network bandwidth, for example. The extensions are valid for the following cgi programs:
http://<camera ip>/cgi-bin/image.jpg?preview
http://<camera-IP>/cgi-bin/faststream.jpg?preview
http://<camera ip>/control/faststream.jpg?preview
http://<camera ip>/control/event.jpg?preview
Please refer to the camera's online help if you would like more information on this topic.
The functionality of Hemispheric camera models, i.e. cameras equipped with an L11 lens (Fisheye), has been changed and extended as follows:
CAUTION:
It is highly recommended to update the ExtIO firmware to version 1.1.0.9 if you are updating the connected camera to software version 3.5.2.23!
The signaling of the camera LEDs had been expanded to include two new settings for the Main Switch in the Admin Menu > LED Setup dialog:
Proxy="auto" propertyLoginPrompt propertyhttp://<camera ip>/help/help?page-live).report.dmp camera report now contains a current dual image on dual lens models.remoteconfig.cgi API function, which allows reading and writing sections of the camera configuration file.$noiseadjust=0 variable to deactivate noise filtering had been used in the VM window definition line. This error only occurred in software version 3.5.2.23 and has been corrected in version 3.5.2.23.r3.Creation Date: 2009-07-20
Publishing Date: 2009-07-23
Caution: You can use this software version for all MOBOTIX cameras M12, D12, V12, M22M, D22M and Q22M! Make sure that you never install a software with a lower version than 3.4.5.4 on a Q22M!
When recording to MxFFS-formatted Flash media, it had not been possible set storage limits for storage size, keep time and number of sequences. MxFFS always used the complete available storage capacity. This software version fully supports the storage limits when storing on MxFFS-formatted Flash media. For example, you can set up continuous recording, but only keep the last 30 minutes of the recording if the workers council has asked to do so.
Creation Date: 2009-03-02
Publishing Date: 2009-03-06
Caution: You can use this software version for all MOBOTIX cameras M12, D12, V12, M22M, D22M and Q22M! Make sure that you never install a software with a lower version than 3.4.5.4 on a Q22M!
10.3.x.x) with image quality set to Fast, the live stream sometimes stopped.3.4.5.4, the configuration can be improperly converted if it contains exposure and video motion windows in rotated or mirrored images. If this is the case, please check the exposure and video motion window definitions and adjust them accordingly.Creation Date: 2009-02-03
Publishing Date: 2009-02-04
Caution: You can use this software version for all MOBOTIX cameras M12, D12, V12, M22M, D22M and Q22M! Make sure that you never install a software with a lower version on a Q22M!
The Q22M models with L11 lens (fisheye) now feature additional image display modes. You can set these modes using the Display Modes Quick Control:
Additional information:
With this release, the cameras can always store the full image - regardless of what the live image stream is showing. This ensures that the recording always contains the full image even though the operator used the vPTZ features to zoom into the image in order to examine a specific detail of the image. This is especially interesting for the Q22M models, which rely strongly on the vPTZ features in the live image. This means that you can use the vPTZ features to pan, tilt and zoom the live image, while the camera is recording full images at 1 fps in MEGA or QXGA resolution. Thanks to the advanced distortion correction features of MxControlCenter (MxCC) and MxEasy, you can still play back and examine the recorded full images of Q22M cameras normally, i.e. without distortion. Open the Setup > Recording dialog and activate the Full Image Recording option to use this feature. Besides other parameters, this dialog also allows setting the desired resolution.
Please observe the following hints:
When using the cameras together with MxEasy and its Alarm Planner feature, you can set time ranges for recording with totally different recording settings. It is now possible to set a surveillance camera in a store during opening hours to record continuously with 1 to 2 fps while using event-triggered recording with maximum frame rate and activated Video Motion detection and PIR sensor for detecting events.
When setting the exposure windows, e.g. by using the Exposure Control Quick Control, the camera now has two different modes:
| Note: | Since this feature has seen numerous changes and improvements as well as extensive testing, we cannot guarantee that the video motion windows will always behave as before. Make sure that you check the triggering of the video motion windows after uploading this software and adjust the settings, if required. |
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This feature has been enhanced and improved as outlined in the following:
From this software version on, you can connect the MOBOTIX ExtIO with the cameras using either a USB or an Ethernet cable. Open the Admin Menu > Manage Hardware Expansions dialog to activate the ExtIO and to set its IP address. Once connected to the camera, operation of the ExtIO is the same, regardless of how the ExtIO has been connected.
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With the expanded vPTZ features of the camera, it is now possible to control these features using the MOBOTIX camera's HTTP API. For more information on this topic, see the Online help of the camera on the The HTTP API page.
This area has been enhanced and improved in the following ways:
When making video phone calls, the camera can display a legend for the available functions that are assigned to the phone keys (DTMF). Note that you can also use the features if the legend is not visible.
General features of the menus
You can display these additional key assignments on the screen of a softphone or video SIP phone:
Creation Date: 2008-09-05
Publishing Date: 2008-09-08
Caution: This version and all previous versions must not be installed on Q22M cameras!
With this version, all MOBOTIX cameras provide digital pan, tilt and zoom functions, which operate like a "virtual PTZ" (Pan Tilt Zoom). You can control the PTZ features with a joystick or the mouse if the ActiveX component or MxControlCenter are used. In MxControlCenter, open the Options > <Camera Name (IP address)> tab and select MxProtocol as type in the PTZ/Rotor Control group box. Version 1.8 and higher of the MxControlCenter automatically set the MxProtocol type when adding MOBOTIX cameras. When using a web browser without ActiveX component, you can control the PTZ using mouse clicks for pan/tilt commands. The mouse wheel controls the zoom (max. 8x zoom level).
From this software version on, you can connect the MOBOTIX ExtIO with the cameras using a USB cable. The ExtIO expands the functionality of the MOBOTIX cameras by a powerful audio unit with microphone and speaker, a passive infrared motion detector, a temperature sensor and more signal inputs/outputs. The two keys on the unit allow easily implementing door communication solutions.
This feature provides recording on SD cards that can be inserted and changed by the user. The camera can use SD cards with a storage capacity of up to 16 GB. When recording to Flash storage devices (SD cards, internal Flash storage of R camera models or USB devices), the camera will only use the MOBOTIX Flash file system MxFFS, which has been designed especially for this purpose. MxFFS guarantees optimum performance and reliability. To activate the video storage on SD cards, open the Admin Menu > Storage on External File Server / Flash Device dialog.
Make sure that you understand the following hints before you use this feature:
Recording on a Flash device is an alternative to using a file server; combining both methods is not possible.
Recording in a integrated Flash storage device is only possible when using R models, which have been equipped with an 8 GB Flash storage device at the factory.
Make sure that the SD card is inserted properly into the camera:
Video data on SD cards or USB storage devices, which have been written using MxFFS can be viewed via a MOBOTIX camera or directly on a computer when running MxControlCenter(V1.8 or higher). MxControlCenter can read these storage devices when they connecting them to the USB port of a Windows computer; SD cards require a suitable card reader for this purpose.
Caution:
If the MxFFS driver has not been installed yet, Windows will not recognize MxFFS-formatted storage media. Instead, Windows will show a message box prompting you format the device. Never answer Yes when asked to format the device, since this will destroy the stored data without any chance of recovery!
Note that recording to a USB storage device is definitely slower than recording to an external file server or the integrated Flash storage of the camera. The maximum throughput when recording on SD cards depends to a large degree on the SD card that is being used. Depending on the manufacturer and the card model, the throughput varies extremely. In addition, the maximum data rate for writing the SD cards is considerably lower than the throughput specified by the manufacturer; this is true for all SD cards tested by MOBOTIX.
If the recording speed on Flash devices is too slow and the camera creates images faster than they can be stored, this will result in "lost events". If this is the case, you should reduce the frame rate and/or resolution for recording.
Warning:
When disrupting the power supply of the camera or when removing a Flash storage device (USB device or SD card) while recording, the camera will loose data (the same applies when recording to a file server). When using event or continuous recording, the camera can loose up to 12 seconds of data. In Snapshot recording mode, the camera can loose only a few post-alarm images, the last event and the corresponding pre-alarm images. To avoid this, deactivate the recording to the Flash device before shutting off camera power. Open the Admin Menu > Storage on External File Server / Flash Device dialog, activate the None option and reboot the camera before removing the Flash storage device.
Camera displays an access error
If the camera displays an access error, the SD card's write protection is enabled. Remove the SD card in such a case, deactivate the write protection and reinsert the card.
The D12D-180° ("Panorama") provides the new 180° View, which can be selected either using the Camera Selection Quick Control or in Setup Menu > General Image Settings > Camera Selection. This view provides an image consisting of the two images delivered by the L22 lenses in which the camera has corrected the lens distortion and which are merged in the center of the image. Before using this view, you should first adjust the two images into one 180° view:
A note on exposure
The download of recorded video data has been expanded and improved. You can now download video data up to 8 GB in one tar file from the camera. This is also valid for video that has been stored on Flash devices (SD cards, USB devices).
Make sure that you understand the following hints before you use this feature:
The Event Logic feature now also allows combining negated events.
Example:
Event A := VM (=Video Motion)Event B := SI (=signal input)Event Logic EL := (A and !B), with 15 seconds timeTo define negated events, open the Event Logic dialog and set Order of Occurrence to A -> !B.
Open the General Image Settings dialog and activate the Noise Suppression option to use the improved two-stage noise filter, which is engaged when illumination drops below 2.6 lux.
When using the Day/Night switch of DNight models, the selected switching threshold (illumination in lux) will be used with better precision than before, even when switching from the night to the day sensor.
The buttons of the web-based user interface Set, Factory, Restore, Close and More, which are present in most of the dialogs, are now always visible at the bottom of the browser windows and are not influenced by scrolling the dialog contents.
quicksetup using the SIP address of the first caller after activating this mode. You can use this VoIP phone profile later on for automated SIP calls when reacting to a signal input, for example (this could be a door bell). If a profile with this name already exists, the camera will append a consecutive number (e.g. quicksetup1).Note on SIP video:
A SIP connection on a 100 MBit network can create image noise on some video phones (e.g. Grandstream). If this is the case, you can reduce the speed of the MOBOTIX camera's network interface to 10 MBit/s (Admin Menu > Ethernet Interface, Ethernet Parameters section)
$(STORAGE.BUFFERFILL)' can display the current size of the transfer buffer. Large values (more than 50%) are usually an indicator that file server storage is too slow, resulting in "lost events" (i.e. not all events could be stored successfully).report.dmp' file, etc., into one file named '<camera name>_<date>_<time>.eml' and download this file to the local computer. You can see the contents of the '*.eml' file in any e-mail application, allowing you to display and send the file.Creation Date: 2008-01-11
Publishing Date: 2008-01-28
Creation Date: 2007-12-20
Publishing Date: 2007-12-21
This software version can generate images in 3 Megapixel resolution (QXGA, 2048x1536 pixels). This resolution can be used for live video and for recording one image sensor. It is most useful on cameras with 3 Megapixel sensors (factory IP addresses 10.3.x.x and higher). If you need dual images from a dual camera, the maximum resolution of each image sensor is limited to MEGA (1280x960 pixels). You can select QXGA resolution using either the Resolution Quick Control in the camera's Live screen or in the Setup Menu > General Image Settings dialog.
The following new standard image formats are available with this version:
This feature allows using recording on non-volatile storage media, i.e. either the factory-integrated Flash storage in the camera or a USB storage device (stick or harddisk)! For this purpose, the MOBOTIX MxFFS file system has been developed, which guarantees optimum performance and high reliability. You can select one of these new storage methods—just like when storing to an external file server—in the Admin Menu > Storage on External File Server / Flash Device dialog.
Make sure that you understand the following hints before you use this feature:
This feature allows defining an image section of any size as well as the desired resolution of that image section! To do so, set the next higher image resolution that completely contains the desired resolution, e.g. XGA. Next, draw a rectangle over the desired image section ([Shift]-click, then click) and select Resolution > Custom Size in the Quick Controls of the Live screen to use the current setting. As an alternative, you can also use the Setup Menu > General Image Settings dialog to configure this feature.
When using graphical means to define the image section, a [Shift]-click, [Ctrl]-click (instead of [Shift]-click, click) will draw a rectangle that always has the same ratio of width to height as the currently displayed image.
Using this method, you can create image sections with any desired ratio of width to height—even squares are possible.
The following additional parameters, which control the triggering behavior can be added to the definitions of every VM window (the sequence of the parameters is of no importance any more):
a=<minimum percentage of the area, which needs to change>, [0..99], default: 20am=<maximum percentage of the area, which may change>, [0..99], default: not useds=<sensitivity to use when detecting changes>, [0..99], a smaller value is more likely to trigger a window, default: 20 for regular, 10 for reference windowsExample:
0,540,380,200,200,a=25,am=80,s=5
Since the basic codec settings have been further optimized, the camera can now easier establish SIP video connections to video phones.
The file server tests when storing video on an external file server can now be started with a delay after rebooting the camera. This allows adjusting a nightly camera reboot to a reboot of a NAS system used for recording, for example. Use the Startup Delay parameter in the Admin Menu > Storage Failure Detection dialog to configure this feature.
The new Admin Menu > Error Notification dialog provides several options for getting notifications on errors that are detected within the different systems of the camera by e-mail, FTP or network messages as well as sound and visual means. In addition, you can define notifications, which the camera sends in case of unexpected reboots (i.e. reboots not triggered by the user).
The Multiwatcher configuration dialog now opens the camera list in a separate window. In addition, the camera immediately verifies the camera user name and password information.
When configuring the signal output of the camera, you can now set a default state (On or Off) after a camera reboot. Previously, the signal output had always been set to Off after rebooting.
Creation Date: 2007-10-25
Publishing Date: 2007-10-31
The triggering of VM windows will be influenced less by image sensor noise that may be present due to low light conditions.
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Besides the existing zoom features that are accessible via the camera's 1x Zoom, 2x Zoom, 4x Zoom softbuttons and the Zoom Quick Controls above the live image (Zoom (right) and Zoom (left) for Dual models), you can now use the new Zoom to Rectangle feature to adjust the camera zoom to a graphically defined rectangle in the live image. To define the rectangle, simply [Shift]-click into the image to set the start point, then click again into the image to set the second corner of the rectangle diagonally across, and the camera will display a yellow frame where you clicked. If you open the Zoom Quick Control and select the Zoom to Rectangle function, the camera will proportionally scale the image so as to fit it into the rectangle that you just defined. The current zoom level is displayed in the lower right corner of the image, provided that the message symbols have not been switched off.
When generating preview image e.g. for devices with limited bandwidth, the camera can now produce two new formats besides the existing PDA format with 160×120pixels, which can be pulled using the HTTP API:
For the weather stations of Rheinhardt System- und Messelektronik GmbH and Davis Instruments, new variables have been added, which allow displaying additional information from the weather stations in the camera's images.
Using the Set Default View softbutton sets a default position and zoom setting for a zoomed image, which is then reproduced by clicking on the Load Default View softbutton. You can now lock this default view in Setup Menu > General Image Settings by setting Zoom Lock > Lock Default View; without the Image Settings right in Admin Menu > Group Access Control Lists, this default view cannot be changed.
Creation Date: 2007-09-13
Publishing Date: 2007-09-18
The triggering of VM windows will be influenced less by image sensor noise that may be present due to low light conditions.
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This version is required to activate and control a CamIO expansion box connected to an M22 camera. Open the Admin Menu > Manage Hardware Expansions dialog to activate a MOBOTIX CamIO. Open www.mobotix.com, Services > Manuals section to find more information on the features and how to set up a MOBOTIX CamIO in the CamIO user manual.
Caution: This software has been released only for M22 and D22 cameras!
Make sure that you are using software version 3.1.0.26 for M12 and D12 cameras.
The camera implementation of the MOBOTIX MxPEG video codec has been redesigned and improved, effectively avoiding the "MxPEG tiling effects", which appeared in the live and recorded images under certain circumstances. In addition, the new codec has an improved performance when the camera records "normal" movement in the image (up to 30% of the pixels), resulting in slightly improved image rates.
IMPORTANT:
The actual encoding and storage schemes of the detected and transferred MxPEG tiles remain unchanged. Existing applications that obtain and decode an MxPEG stream from the camera will continue to work as before!
The new Admin Menu > IP-Level Access Control dialog allows granting or denying access based on rules that define the IP address/subnets you would like to control. Using this method, you can easily prevent access to the camera for specific parts of a network while granting access for other subnets or specific IP addresses.
The new Intrusion Detection Settings section in the Admin Menu > Web Server dialog provides several options for detecting and preventing unauthorized access to the camera. For instance, you can set up the camera to send an e-mail to an administrator, place a call or send a network message to another computer if one IP address attempts to log on to the camera unsuccessfully five times.
When sending an e-mail, the camera will automatically attach the web server log file. If the e-mail profile used for sending the e-mail already has a defined attachment, this attachment will be replaced by the web server log file.
If IP-Level Access Control has been set up, the camera can automatically block the IP address, from which the unsuccessful logins had been attempted.
This software release provides the following new image resolutions:
In addition, the D1-PAL (768x576) image format is now created from the entire image and not only from a partial image.
Besides the know zoom settings of x2 and x4, the camera now offers the x1.6 and x3.2 zoom settings.
The image quality is now set using one of these three settings:
You can set the image quality either via the Image Quality Quick Control or in the Setup Menu > General Image Settings dialog. The image quality setting mainly controls if every pixel of the image sensor is used or if several pixels are combined into one, early in the image generation process within the camera.
The Setup Menu > Exposure Settings dialog allows settings different Exposure Programs in the Exposure Time section. These programs control whether the camera will use shorter or longer exposure times when lighting conditions are poor. Shorter exposure times (programs -1, -2) reduce motion blur, but can lead to increased image noise. Longer exposure times (programs +1, +2) reduce the image noise, but can lead to increased motion blur. The application at hand determines which exposure program is best for the situation.
In order to improve support of different application scenarios, the following Image Programs can be set using the corresponding Quick Control above the Live image.
Selecting an image program will open a new window, which automatically performs a number of different settings that lead to the desired image quality and frame rate. Besides setting the image quality, the camera will also set the appropriate exposure programs, MxPEG settings, JPEG quality and other parameters. The popup dialog contains a list of all settings that will be changed when selecting an image program; you can choose whether or not to proceed with these settings.
The Fast and Security Application image programs put a higher priority on a higher image rate and reduced motion blur by using shorter exposure times than in the standard program. On the other hand, the High Quality and Webcam image programs put a higher priority on a higher image quality and reduced image noise by using longer exposure times than in the standard program.
Apart from the changes already described above, the following items have changed in the Setup Menu > Exposure Settings dialog.
All entries of the Quick Controls (pulldown lists above the live image of the camera in the browser) have been reworked and regrouped.
The Admin Menu > Time and Date dialog now allows selecting from all relevant time zones:
Africa
America
Antarctica
Arctic
Asia
Atlantic
Australia
Brasil
Chile
Europe
India
Canada
Mexico
Mideast
Pacific
US
World
Creation Date: 2007-09-06
Publishing Date: 2007-09-17
This version is required to activate and control a CamIO expansion box connected to an M12 camera. Open the Admin Menu > Manage Hardware Expansions dialog to activate a MOBOTIX CamIO. Open www.mobotix.com, Services > Manuals section to find more information on the features and how to set up a MOBOTIX CamIO in the CamIO user manual.
Caution: This software can only be used on M12 and D12 cameras and will not run on M22 or D22 cameras with an IP address of 10.3.x.x!
Make sure that you are using software version 3.3.1.7 for M22 and D22 cameras.
Creation Date: 2007-07-23
Publishing Date: 2007-07-25
This enhancement allows using a Windows domain controller login or an Active Directory Service (ADS) for external video recording on a file server. The Admin Menu > Event Storage on external file server dialog has to be set to Remote CIFS File Server (instead of Remote SMB File Server). The user has to be a fully qualified domain user. This enhancement also resulted in a redesign of the corresponding camera dialog.
In addition, using CIFS instead of SMB also solves a well-known problem that exists when recording images to a Linux Samba server using the SMB protocol (see below under Bugfixes).
To use SSL/TLS, open the Admin Menu > Web Server dialog, activate Enable HTTPS, save the configuration to flash and restart (reboot) the camera. The camera can now be accessed via SSL so that all the web pages and camera images are encrypted before being transferred. Use https://<camera IP> instead of http://<camera IP> in the URL to load the camera's web page in the browser and ensure encrypted communication.
Open the Multiwatcher using the new Multiwatcher softbutton; it replaces the Event Watcher. The Multiwatcher enables the simultaneous viewing and surveillance of multiple cameras. It displays the live image of the camera, the last event image and a list of alarms for each camera added. The configuration also supports password-protected cameras. The Multiwatcher allows simple access to and thus viewing of multiple cameras, that may, for instance, be in a network behind a Firewall or NAT-Router, without requiring that all of these cameras be accessible from or visible from the Internet. Only the camera that is to function as the Multiwatcher needs to be configured to be accessible from the Internet. This camera will function as a Proxy camera and obtains the live images, event images and event information from all other cameras and forwards them to your browser in the Multiwatcher of that camera. Using the new Preview mode images is also implemented in the camera, thus ensuring that only a small amount of uplink bandwidth from your network is used. All images shown in the Multiwatcher are reduced to PDA resolution by the cameras themselves.
Regular FTP transmission allowed for a maximum of only one image per minute. his new function allows transferring several camera images per minute via FTP - almost as if in a smooth stream (hence the name: FTP Streaming). This means that an image on a website can be updated at short intervals. Open Admin Menu > FTP Profiles and click on More to activate and set a profile and update interval in the Streaming FTP section. This dialog also allows setting an illumination threshold, which stops FTP streaming if illumination falls below the selected value. If this value is exceeded again, the camera will resume transmission.
The following enhancements have been implemented in the Admin Menu > VoIP Settings dialog:
You can use the MxPEG codec of the camera when retrieving the video stream from the camera. This video stream has been optimized and usually contains no JPEG full images (I frames). Now, however, a full image can be sent periodically by adding the new iframerefresh=[n] parameter when calling the faststream.jpg CGI script; n is set to the interval in seconds before a full image is sent.
Example for obtaining one I-Frame every 5 seconds:
http://<camera-IP>/control/faststream.jpg?iframerefresh=5
You can now set different zoom levels and panning positions for different lenses. The zoom level can be adjusted/set in two different ways:
Clicking directly in the image when the zoom level is greater than 1x changes the pan position of the visible image section.
The addition of a new Preview mode provides a method for displaying camera images and saving bandwidth at the same time. Image size is fixed at 160x120 pixels when the camera shows the image of one sensor and 320x160 pixels for two image sensors. Open the Admin Menu > Language and Start Page dialog to activate/deactivate this feature. This mode only affects the display of the live images in the browser or in MxControlCenter. The resolution of images that are stored to an external file server, for example, remain unchanged.
The HTTP API has been expanded to include the preview parameter for accessing the live and alarm images. This method pulls the images from a camera at a reduced preview size of 160x120 pixels, regardless of the current size/resolution set in the camera, thereby drastically reducing bandwidth.
Examples:
http://<camera-IP>/cgi-bin/image.jpg?preview
http://<camera-IP>/control/faststream.jpg?preview
http://<camera IP>/control/event.jpg?preview
The camera CGI program <camera IP>/control/rcontrol has been expanded by the following additional features:
- voipphone
- voipcall
- voiphangup
- voiprestart
This means that you can trigger VoIP/SIP phone calls from the camera using the HTTP API. The VoIP address, which is to be called, can be added as additional parameter or by using a VoIP profile already defined in the camera.
The focus of some camera lenses can be adjusted by the users. In order to simplify focusing the lens(es), the camera can display a bar that shows how well the lens has been focused: A green bar displays the maximum focus obtained since the function was activated and a red bar displays the current focus. Activate the Focusing Aid parameter in the Quick Controls in the Live screen.
Note: The focus adjustment only affects the currently selected camera image sensor.
The Sensitivity parameter of the video motion window definitions is not available any more. When defining video motion windows, the following parameters are used (max. area is optional):
Lens, x, y, width, height, area (0..99%)[, max. area (0..99%)]
Creation Date: 2007-02-27
Publishing Date: 2007-03-30
This service (also called Zeroconf) automatically finds and displays MOBOTIX cameras in MxControlCenter (from version 1.4.x) and in web browsers that support Bonjour. This service has been activated in all new MOBOTIX cameras. After updating a camera with older software to version 3.0.8.7, the Bonjour service is deactivated by default (only if you did not reset the network settings to factory defaults). Open the Admin Menu > Ethernet Interface dialog if you would like to activate (or deactivate) Bonjour. The so-called Link Local Address assigned by the Bonjour service is displayed in the Camera Status dialog box in the Network section.
You can now use the following additional time zones in MOBOTIX cameras:
Thanks to a new post-filtering system, false alarms from VM windows have been further reduced.
By factory default, Video Motion Night Mode (disables video motion detection if illumination falls below the selected value) is now deactivated. If video motion detection has been activated, low illumination will not deactivate VM detection by default.
When configuring D12 models with lenses that have not been factory-installed, you can use the corresponding Quick Installation pages to set the image sensors.
When using D12 models in dual image mode, the camera now reaches half the frame rate of single image mode, provided both image sensors are using the same exposure time. When using different exposure times, the camera will reach one third of the frame rate of single image mode.
The default values of the "Minefield" VM mode have been changed from 35/10 (sensitivity/area) to 20/25. To activate this mode, the Video Motion Definitions (VM) text field may only contain the entry 0,minefield (right image sensor) or 1,minefield (left image sensor); the remaining parameters of the VM windows apply accordingly.
Creation Date: 2006-11-20
This version is now available in German, English, French, Spanish and Italian.
When setting a MOBOTIX V12 to DHCP, the camera will automatically announce its current IP address on the loudspeaker after rebooting. This feature can be disabled in the Loudspeaker and Microphone dialog.
The maximum switching delay has been increased from 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Day/night switching has also been changed to be more reliable when switching back to the day lens if illumination is sufficient.
The internal settings of the Automatic WB (white balance) default color profile have be changed to prevent the camera from delivering faulty colors when very bright colors are in the image.
The ActiveX control for fast display of MxPEG streams in Internet Explorer has been updated to version 1.2.19. This version shows a small MxPEG logo when switching from the Player to the Live screen, which is briefly displayed in the lower left corner of the image. This version only contains some minor changes and bugfixes, which are only relevant if you are using the ActiveX control in your own application.
Creation Date: 2006-10-19
The layout of this dialog has been redesigned. On M12/D12 cameras, you can activate "Line In" as an optional input for audio signals from an external microphone. This option also allows setting three different levels of sensitivity for audio input.
The ActiveX control for fast display of MxPEG streams in Internet Explorer has been updated to version 1.2.18. This version shows a small MxPEG logo when switching from the Player to the Live screen. The logo is displayed is briefly visible in the lower left corner. This version only contains some minor changes and bugfixes, which are only relevant if you are using the ActiveX control in your own application.
Creation Date: 2006-09-08
For a detailed description of all differences in the hard- and software, please refer to chapter 1.4 of the M12 Camera User Manual Part 1.
Please download the manual from http://www.mobotix.com/eng/support/manuals.
The following list describes the new features, enhancements, improvements and bugfixes as compared to the software release 2.2.3.18 of the MOBOTIX M10/D10 cameras and 3.0.3.31 of the MOBOTIX M22 cameras.
As compared to the software 2.2.3.18 of the MOBOTIX M10/D10 cameras, the following new features have been added to the software:
These features were partly also available in the 3.0.3.x M22 software versions; see the corresponding release notes below.
In addition to the features of software release 3.0.3.31 of the M22, the following features are new:
The new MOBOTIX M12/D12 cameras can deliver up to 30 images per second in VGA resolution. Click on the "Fast Mode (30 fps)" button to set all required options (see description further down).
The Quick Controls above the live image contain the new "Display Mode" item with the "Event in Picture ", "Picture in Zoom" and "Panorama" modes.
Displays the last event image in the bottom right corner of the current live image.
When the image has been zoomed (2x, 4x), this mode shows an overview image in the bottom right corner of the current live image. Clicking into the full image with the (left) mouse button will move the center of the zoomed image to the desired position.
This display mode is only available for D12 and DevKit cameras. It shows a dual image (both sensors) with the current resolution and a smaller overview image in the bottom right corner. The overview image does not change, regardless of zoom actions. As opposed to the regular dual image mode (Both), the digital zoom accepts only one center position and zooms in/out using this position as center. This feature is thus different from the dual image mode and provides a digital pan/tilt feature. You can set the new zoom center (=panning/tilting) either by clicking into the panorama image or into the overview image in the bottom right corner.
This button stores the current live image from the camera as a JPG file. The proposed name consists of the camera name and a timestamp.
Click on this softbutton to configure the camera for delivering the maximum frame rate of 30 fps with VGA resolution. The dialog lists all required settings; click on Yes to use the proposed settings.
Click on this softbutton to configure the camera for delivering optimum image using the MxPEG video codec.
The "VoIP Settings" dialog now also allows transmitting the video signal when using SIP telephony. SIP video is using the H.263 video codec. This allows using softphones (eyeBeam, ...) to establish SIP audio/video connections to the camera either directly over the LAN or via SIP providers.
When downloading events, a USB stick can now also serve as download target.
CAUTION: The M12/D12 cameras do not have a USB Master connector. In order to use a USB stick, you need an adapter D Sub 15 HD to USB master. The corresponding camera manual part 1 contains detailed information and the pin-out of the D Sub 15 HD connector.
If required, you can select different Link Speed and Duplex settings.
http://<camera IP>/pda/sl, http://<camera IP>/pda/ml, http://<camera IP>/pda/ll will display the image of the left image sensor in the desired size.events_<camera name>_<date>_<time>.tar,events_mx10-2-12-168_2006-09-15_1146.tarhttp://<camera IP>/control/rcontrol?action=ftpcurrent&profile=<profile name>), the image profile was ignored. Instead, the camera always transferred the live image.http://<camera IP>/control?read§ion=action<parameter>
http://<camera IP>/control?set§ion=action<parameter>
in the following sections:
settingsrecordingactionmessagemessage2eventcontrol
The meaning of "open" and "closed" has changed in the listed sections:
Old
New
Meaning
open
si_close
Armed, when closed
close
si_open
Armed, when open
- IP Notify (network) messages could not be sent to more than ten recipients
It is now possible to enter more than ten recipients.
- Wrong file names when using FTP event transfer with the "MxPEG clip" and "Event Directory" options
This resulted in MxControlCenter not being able to play back the MxPEG clips created by the camera.
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Software Release M22-V3.0.3.31
Creation Date: 2006-06-27
New Features
Speaker Icon on the Player Screen
The Player screen now has a speaker icon that can be used to toggle the sound recorded by the camera on or off—provided that you are using Internet Explorer on a Windows computer.
Enhancements and Improvements
* Security Patch Prevents Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) *
This patch prevents Cross-Site Scripting, i.e. the camera will not execute JavaScript code it has received via manipulated URLs.
Improvements of the Expanded Softbuttons
"Fast Mode (30 fps)" Softbutton
The frequency of the power supply will be left unchanged, i.e. it will not be set to 50 Hz as before. The dialog now contains a hint that the camera can deliver 25 frames per second (fps) at 50 Hz or 30 fps at 60 Hz.
"Best Image" Softbutton
The softbutton uses slightly changed values than before. Likewise, it now opens a dialog, which shows all configuration changes, allowing you to approve or cancel the changes.
Bugfixes
- Memory leak—invisible instances of the IE ActiveX component
This error sometimes prevented deactivating the camera sound when using the ActiveX control. This error also played the live sound picked up by the camera microphone when reviewing recorded events in the Player screen.
- When renaming ACL groups, it was possible to create duplicate group names.
- The German user interface still contained English texts in the dropdown lists of the Quick Controls: "Loudspeaker...“, „Microphone Sensitivity...“
- The softbutton captions can again contain special characters (e.g. Hebrew or Arabic).
- The camera used the wrong time when triggering a periodic event (PE) after the camera had performed a day/night switch.
- When setting the hangup time for VoIP connections to "Never", the VoIP connection broke off after the camera initially answered the call.
- Color distortions in dark images
Dark images sometimes shows distorted colors, especially when colored sources of light (e.g. car backlights) where in the image.
- Image flickered when bright sources of light were in the image
Extremely bright sources of light (e.g. when the camera looked directly into the sun), the image started flickering periodically.
- When changing the exposure settings (Setup Menu) with the camera in the dark, the camera showed a short "flashing", i.e. image exposure was off for one image.
- Manually deleting the "access" section of a camera configuration file made all camera pages publicly accessible instead of using the factory default settings.
- Texts received in a network message were sometimes clipped after the last blank in the text.
- After rebooting, the Admin dialog showed the wrong tooltip "zoomexpfield" for the Store menu item.
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Software Release M22-V3.0.3.26
Creation Date: 2006-05-11
New Features
Additional Quick Controls and Expanded Softbuttons
"Microphone Sensitivity" Quick Control Menu
Allows setting three different levels of sensitivity for the camera microphone.
"Speaker Volume" Quick Control Dialog
Allows setting all volume levels for the camera speaker and can play back the camera sound files on the speaker.
"Speaker" Icon
This new button allows activating/deactivating the audio channel from the camera microphone, provided you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Windows computer.
"High-Quality Image" Icon
Allows configuring the camera to deliver the best image quality.
Enhancements and Improvements
Master/Slave (Configuration and Help Pages)
- The options for controlling the Master/Slave feature and for setting the IP address of the Master have been moved from the Admin menu to Setup Menu > General Event Settings.
- Online help pages have been added accordingly.
Behavior of the Expanded Softbuttons (Arm & Record, Audio On, Fast Mode, Quality Mode)
- Settings can be Stored in Flash
If desired, the settings from using the expanded softbuttons can be stored in the camera's flash memory. This option can be deactivated in the dialogs called by the individual softbuttons.
- Arm & Record: VM window
The default VM window will only be set if no other windows have been defined.
VoIP Improvements
- The Audio messages can be deactivated.
- The Audio Data Timeout (the time after which the camera hangs up when no audio data are received) can now be configured: Admin Menu > VoIP Settings.
- The Call Duration can be set to Unlimited.
- When using DNS, you can configure NAT address resolution:
If the camera is running behind a router with a dynamic IP address (e.g. regular DSL connection), it can determine the router's external IP address, if the router uses a DynDNS service to publish its external IP address. To use this feature, enter the router's DynDNS name as NAT address in the VoIP Settings dialog.
Other Improvements
- The Arming Delay/Disarming Delay when using the signal input (SI) can now be configured in the Setup Menu > General Event Settings dialog.
- The 'Image' section of the JPEG Comment image data has been revised.
- The Camera Status dialog now also shows the current Operating Mode (Quality/Fast Mode) in the "Image Settings" section.
Bugfixes
- The camera microphone could not be enabled for IT models.
- On IT models, activating audio for MxPEG recording (event/snapshot) did not work.
- Frequency of Power Supply 60 Hz (3.0.3.18)
Setting the frequency of the power supply to 60 Hz sometimes had been ignored.
- Showing the VM frames when detecting a VM event was only possible using two options (Off, On and highlight on event).
- Duplicates and Errors When Storing the Retrigger Events in Snapshot Recording Mode
This error could lead to different folder contents on the file server and in the internal event ramdisk. If this was the case, the camera event Player and MxControlCenter with direct file server access showed different event images.
- Triggering a User Click event via VoIP touchtones (DTMF) did not work.
- VoIP remote control deactivation had been ignored.
- Wrong colors with bright white areas
Due to an overrun in the amplification routine, the camera displayed bright white areas with wrong colors (turquoise, pink instead of white).
- IP Notify error: When sending empty network messages, the sending camera sometimes produced error messages.
- IP Notify error: When sending IP Notify network messages using the HTTP protocol (even to itself), the camera sometimes produced errors when sending the message.
- IP Notify error: When receiving IP messages for the IP Receive event, the sender address was not determined correctly. This produced warning messages of the EventD and the address did not appear in the JPEG header of the image files.
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Software M22-V3.0.3.17
Creation Date: 2006-03-28
Notes:
- This is the first productive software release for the MOBOTIX M22 cameras.
- The software of the M22 cameras is mostly identical to the software of MOBOTIX M10/D10 cameras (operation, user interface, features). Differences only occur in the features that are specific to the M22 (Fast Mode, Quality Mode, EiP, PiZ—see below) and the Dual camera features, since the M22 only has one image sensor.
The following list describes the new features, enhancements, improvements and bugfixes as compared to the software release V2.2.2.17 of the MOBOTIX M10/D10 cameras.
Revised Model Feature Matrix
The difference in the software features of the Basic, Web, IT and Secure models have been revised and partly changed. The following list contains the most important changes:
- IT models also have event and continuous recording (MxPEG with audio).
- IT models can display logos in the images.
- All camera models support the built-in speaker.
- All camera models have the full number of time table profiles and custom days.
- Event Logic EL1/EL2 is only available for Secure models.
- The new Master/Slave features are only available for Secure models..
Open http://www.mobotix.com/products > Feature Overview to find a detailed list of the differences between the individual models.
New Features and Enhancements
As compared to the software 2.2.2.17 of the MOBOTIX M10/D10 cameras, the following new features have been added to the software:
- High frame rate—up to 30 fps VGA
- Additional display modes (EiP, PiZ)
- Simplified Camera Operation—Expanded Softbuttons and Audio Icon
- Master/Slave Feature and Custom Signals
- Scheduled Access Control by the Supervisor
High Frame Rate—up to 30 fps VGA
The new MOBOTIX M22 camera can deliver up to 30 frames per second in VGA resolution. Click on the "Fast Mode (30 fps)" button to set all required options (see description further down).
Additional Display Modes
The Quick Controls above the live image contain the new "Display Mode" item with the "EiP" and "PiZ" modes.
EiP (Event in Picture)
Displays the last event image in the bottom right corner of the current live image.
PiZ (Picture in Zoom)
When the image has been zoomed (2x, 4x), this mode shows an overview image in the bottom right corner of the current live image. Clicking into the full image with the (left) mouse button will move the center of the zoomed image to the desired position.
Simplified Camera Operation—Expanded Softbuttons and Audio Icon
New softbuttons and icons have been added, which are aimed at facilitating crucial configuration tasks. Using these softbuttons can automatically carry out several configuration settings, which would otherwise involve making the settings manually in several dialogs. The settings are shown in a separate dialog, which also allows storing the settings permanently.
"Arm & Record" Softbutton
This softbutton can set are configuration parameters required to arm the camera's event control, including the video motion detection and set the Event Recording mode. If the camera detects a video motion (VM) event, it will store the event as an MxPEG stream.
"Audio On" Softbutton
This softbutton will transmit the audio channel from the camera microphone to the computer's sound system, provided you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Windows computer.
Fast Mode (30 fps)
Click on this softbutton to configure the camera for delivering the maximum frame rate of 30 fps with VGA resolution. The dialog lists all required settings; click on Yes to use the proposed settings.
Quality Mode
Click on this softbutton to configure the camera for delivering optimum image using the MxPEG video codec.
Master/Slave Feature and Custom Signals
Master/Slave Feature
This feature allows to control the arming of cameras in a MOBOTIX camera network (the so-called "Slave" cameras) from one special camera, the "Master" camera. In other words, the Slave cameras will always be armed, if the Master camera is armed. The arming state will be synchronized as set in the General Event Settings dialog and in the Action and Messaging dialogs.
Open Setup Menu > General Event Settings to configure the Master/Slave settings as required.
Custom Signals
The Custom Signals allow accessing the physical signal input of one camera that is connected to the alarm system, from any other camera of the MOBOTIX camera network. The status of the signal input of the Master camera can be used by the other cameras to control individual arming settings.
The Custom Signals are also configured in the General Event Settings dialog.
Scheduled Access Control by the Supervisor
The new Supervisor user allows limiting access to the MOBOTIX camera for any user groups (even the admins group) according to a global rule (for all groups) or individual group rules.
A typical example would be scheduled access control for camera administrators to prevent misuse of their administration privileges where access to otherwise blocked video/audio data is concerned. In such a scenario, the Supervisor would limit the access of the admins group to a specific time once a week week, during which the administrators would be accompanied by a trusted employee.
Improvements
- SettingMore/Less
The More/Less setting will be stored with the camera settings when storing the configuration and will thus be available even after rebooting.
- Camera Arming can be controlled using the VoIP (touchtone menu) remote-control.
- Improved White balance for images with bright white areas.
- Improved Backlight correction: bright image areas will not be amplified any more.
- The Arming Delay/Disarming Delay when using the signal input (SI) can now be configured in the Setup Menu > General Event Settings dialog.
Bugfixes
- False VM Events
Bright white (overexposed) areas in the image led to false VM events when exposure control intervened after changes in brightness.
- Error When Recording Snapshot (JPEG) Images Without Post-Event Images
This sometimes produced corrupt or missing 'INFO.JPG' files in the sequence folders of the stored event images.
- Erroneous definition of Admin passwords with special characters in the Quick Installation.
Special characters could be entered in the Quick Installation wizard when setting the admin password, but were clipped after the first special character.
- Continuous Recording When Armed Using the Signal Input
This configuration activated continuous recording in the camera—independent of the status of the signal input used for arming the camera.
- E-Mail to Non-Local Recipients Sometimes Failed
Some e-mail servers replied with the message "251 - user not local - mail will be forwarded", prompting the camera to abort the sending procedure.
- Faulty Triggering of IL Event
The lux trigger value had not been evaluated properly and IL events were also triggered below the specified value.
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