AXIS CAMERA STATION PRO - RELEASE NOTES ================================================== Products: AXIS Camera Station Pro Release date: July 26, 2024 Software version: 6.2.29989 Protocol Version: 6.0.2 Preceding release: 6.2.27667 =================================================================================================== Required: 64-bit Operating System Microsoft .NET version 4.8 Microsoft DirectX 11 (Client requirement) Supported OS: Windows 11 Professional, Windows 11 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (from 1607), Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 Essentials, Windows Server 2016 with Desktop Experience. (*)(**) (*) Only AXIS Camera Station Pro Server is supported on server OSs. (**) When installing AXIS Camera Station Pro on a Server OS, Windows Desktop Experience must be enabled​ before hand. For Windows Server 2016, choose "Server with Desktop Experience" when installing the operating system. Note: Windows Server 2016 Core and Nano versions are not supported due to lack of Windows Media Player. AXIS Camera Station Pro requires TLS 1.2 to be enabled but not enforced. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-to-enable-tls-1-1-and-tls-1-2-as-default-secure- protocols-in-winhttp-in-windows-c4bd73d2-31d7-761e-0178-11268bb10392 Recommendations: Latest OS Service Packs. Supported Devices: AXIS Network cameras and encoders, PTZ and thermal cameras with firmware 4.30 or later except AXIS 206M and AXIS 206W. AXIS Auxiliary devices such as Audio system products, Network door controllers with firmware 11.8.20.3 or later, Network intercoms, Network I/O relay module, Radar system products, Body worn system. For a complete list of supported Axis products go to the AXIS Camera Station Pro product support page. https://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station-pro#compatible-products Supported browsers: Chrome version 56 and above Edge (Chromium) version 79 and above Safari version 11 and above Installers scanned with: Windows Defender Security intelligence version: 1.401.1270.0 Languages: (UI + help files) English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish. (UI only) Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. Included applications: AXIS Video Motion Detection: versions 2.1.1, 2.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.0, 4.0.0, 4.0.2, 4.1.0, 4.1.6, 4.2.5, 4.3.3 AXIS Door Station Notifier: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1 AXIS Video Content Stream: version 1.0.3 AXIS File Player: 3.0.3 AXIS Update Service Agent: 1.5.0 AXOS Edge Host: 2.96.0 Bundled components: AXIS Secure Entry: 24.4.13 AXIS System Health Monitoring: 6.1.1149 AXIS Vehicle Data Service: 1.1.29 AXIS Smart Search 2: 6.2.2483 AXIS Cloud Service: 1.4.2 AXIS Open Telemetry Collector: 1.4.8909 AXIS Data Insights Dashboard: 0.3.5 VMS Web Client Components: Axis.Acs.Component.VMSAPICore:11.50.132 Axis.Acs.Component.EmbeddableVMSClient: 8.2.1.1479 Axis.Acs.Component.VMSAPIAXISCameraStationResolver: 7.35.5.14 Axis.Acs.Component.VMSAPIAuth: 7.19.6.13 Axis.Acs.Component.axis-iam: 5.11.0 Axis.Acs.Component.WebRTC: 4.11.0 Axis.Acs.Component.VMSWebClient: 3.7.0.1494 Axis.Acs.Component.ReverseProxy: 1.9.1 Installation/Upgrade/ Uninstallation: Please see section at the end of the release notes. Hardware recommendations: Please take time to read the hardware guidelines for AXIS Camera Station Pro at: https://help.axis.com/en-us/axis-camera-station-pro-installation-and-migration-guide#hardware-guidelines Migration guidelines: If you migrate to AXIS Camera Station Pro, please take a look at the migration guidelines at: https://help.axis.com/en-us/axis-camera-station-pro-installation-and-migration-guide#migrate-to-axis-camera-station-pro AXIS Camera Station Pro server may run on virtualized Windows® machines. For more information, please see the latest technical paper about AXIS Camera Station Pro in virtual environment: https://www.axis.com/files/tech_notes/AXIS_Camera_Station_in_virtual_environment.pdf Running AXIS Camera Station Pro Client on a VM is NOT supported, mainly due to graphical limitations. Current limitations: Please see section at the end of the release notes. =================================================================================================== Changes made in 6.2.29989 ========================== * Improved stability of Secure Entry and Smart Search components. =================================================================================================== New features in 6.2.27667 ========================== * Added possibility to replace devices with multiple video sources. ​ * Added a new user permission for accessing the Data Search tab, which enables Administrators to toggle on or off access to this tab for Operators. ​ * Options to choose which authentication method to use when configuring a HTTP notification. ​ * Added possibility to filter on Server for Live mode in Data Search tab if the client is connected to multiple servers. Changes made in 6.2.2667 ========================== * Connection settings (i.e.: IP address/hostname, port, and credentials) are moved to device management configuration page. * Solved an issue where NTP was not properly configured during installation.​ * Solved an issue where some installer files were not signed.​ * Improved security when validating components during installation.​ * Solved an issue when replacing cameras running License plate verifier or Speed monitor applications, which would generate duplicate events.​ * Solved an issue where a user with operator role could create a new connection file, breaking existing connections to Body worn system control units. * Solved an issue where Vehicle data component sometimes did not start.​ * The certificate authority's validity period is now checked each server start. A system alarm is created if the validity period is in the future, or if it is expired or soon to be expired. * Solved a rare issue with a device name mismatch in a device event trigger description that could happen in a multi-server setup.​ * Solved an issue causing the image to deform when dragging the camera view outside of application boundaries when zoomed in.​ * Solved a rare issue with an incorrect storage usage reported after replacing hard drive to a different storage size.​ * Solved an issue that could cause the server to crash when removing a camera.​ * Solved an issue where Body worn recordings did not get deleted after retention time had passed.​ * Solved an issue that could cause AXIS Installation Verifier to crash the server.​ * Improved performance when drawing timeline icons in the timeline by using a cache. #Secure Entry​ * Data search open API ​ - Possible to extract and filter from the Secure Entry Database to get events such as door events, cardholder events.​ - Possible to fetch cardholder images from the Secure Entry Database.​ - Possible to subscribe to external data events from the Secure Entry Database. #System Health Monitoring​ * Solved a rare issue that could result in System Health Monitoring not starting.​ * Sending e-mail on resolved outage. * Made data collection interval configurable for local systems. #Smart search 2​ * Reduced image noise for visual similarity search results.​ * Search result thumbnails from panorama cameras are now correctly rotated. #AXIS Camera Station Pro web client​ * Improved startup robustness of web client components. #Data Insight Dashboard​ * Changed the "Total objects" graph to show full numbers.​ * Included fixes for redirect vulnerability. # Limitations in Data Insight Dashboard * Selection of time and tags is not saved when reloading a dashboard in a view. * Only support for AXIS Object Analytics counting data. - No support for other AXIS Object Analytics scenarios. - No support for AXIS People Counter and AXIS P8815-2 3D People Counter. * Only supports a device connected to one ACS server. * Only possible to visualize data per tag, it is not possible yet to visualize data per device. * The roles in ACS are not yet supported. * Not possible to edit the predefined charts (e.g. not possible to change the layout, color scheme or graph type). * Only supports Light theme. * Only supports ISO date and time format. * The supported language in the dashboard is English. * Recommended memory is 16 GB RAM when using the dashboard. * Port 29242 needs to be manually opened in case the cameras and the AXIS Camera Station server are on different subnets/ networks. * It will not be possible to use the MQTT client on the camera for other purposes when connected to the Data Insights Dashboard. * If the MQTT settings have already been configured on the camera, enabling the connection to the Data Insights Dashboard will attempt to override these settings. * The database size is 100 MB. Examples on space allocation available in the user manual. * The setting "Event interval" in AXIS Object Analytics is not supported. =================================================================================================== Changes made in 6.1.26726 ========================== * System Health Monitoring wouldn’t start correctly on some systems. This has now been solved. * Axis Camera Station Pro is updated with a newer version of bundled Secure Entry Component (R24.4.12). * Solved an issue where, in rare occasions, the door controller would be purged unexpectedly when the door was opened. * Updated third-party compiler Babel from version 7.20.5 to 7.23.2 based on a security vulnerability. * Solved an issue where AXIS Camera Station Pro Client in some cases could not be closed automatically when upgrading. =================================================================================================== New features in 6.1.26193 ========================== * Ability to create signed custom certificates. * New action rule trigger "Live view" that will start and stop an action when a client is starting/stopping live view streaming. Changes made in 6.1.26193 ========================== * Solved an issue which could cause the server to crash when testing SMTP accounts. * Block ability to send sequence views containing web or map views to D1110 decoder. * Solved a rare server crash when retrieving certificates from devices. * Solved an issue with the client crashing when an empty IP address field in the "Add devices" configuration tab was clicked. * License splash screen shall no longer pop up when license management configuration page is opened. * Solved an issue with decoder when camera framerate sometimes was too low. * Improved the reliability of the database backup process. * Solved an issue with a disappearing description of the "Turn on/off" action rule when it was being toggled: enabled/disabled. * Improved performance when using the "Turn rules on/off" action rule in systems with many action rules. * AXIS Cross Line trigger has been removed and existing triggers have been replaced with an equivalent Device Event trigger. * AXIS Tampering Alarm trigger has been removed and existing triggers have been replaced with an equivalent Device Event trigger. =================================================================================================== New features in 6.0.25729 ========================== * Added ability to replace a camera. * Added support for Kerberos authentication for the Windows client. * Introduced “Manage connected services” page in Configuration > Connected Services. * Added client setting “Show snapshot when loading stream”. * Toggle switch in Components configuration page to show list of and manage installed components. * Added "Optimize for storage" option for Zipstream 3 on compatible cameras. * Distribution of ACS CA certificate to all Axis devices for improved HTTPS support. * Secure Entry - Data search improvements. * Secure Entry – Double swipe. * Secure Entry – 2-person rule. Changes made in 6.0.25729 ========================== * Solved an issue that caused the remote client to be unable to connect to the server due to firewall rules not being updated after upgrade. * Solved an issue where System Health Monitoring could not start after installation. * Made port editable in multisystem settings for Available Systems. * Improved performance of filtering cameras/views in the tree view - filer bar changes to search bar when number of items in the tree view list exceeds 100. * Improved error message clarity on update page. * Added link to "What's new" page from the update configuration page. * Changed how port numbers are displayed in the service control. * Solved issue with server language resetting to English when upgrading. * Solved an issue that could cause crash of the server when MJPEG stream was used. * Improvements in the UI of recordings method configuration. * Slightly more detailed task results when device certificate management operations fail. * The port range of the service now starts from 29200 instead of 55752. - Any integrations or HTTP triggers using ports in the old port range will have to be manually updated. - Firewall rules will be updated accordingly during an upgrade from an earlier version. - See the Port List in the user manual for details. * Stabilized startup behavior for AXIS Vehicle Data component. * Automatic signing of PowerShell files in AXIS Vehicle Data component. * Streaming error alarms are shown in the event log. * Solved an issue that could sometimes cause recordings not to transfer from an AXIS Body Worn System Control Unit to AXIS Camera Station Pro. * New certificate for ACS API will be generated if the existing one is insecure. * Updated end-user license agreement. * AXIS Camera Station Pro will now always use the proxy settings configured in Windows, it is no longer possible to configure them inside AXIS Camera Station Pro. * Solved an issue where communication errors between the client and the server could cause debug logs to be spammed with warnings in connection with sending audit log information to the server. * Solved an issue with incorrect timestamps when exporting with Matroska. * Solved problem where removed SecureEntry door was still visible in live view tab for operator or viewer. * Solved a problem with Reload for Decoders that sometimes did not work. * Added ability to use the AXIS D1110 together with manually configured video files added from the web GUI. * mDNS-SD is now used instead of SSDP when AXIS Camera Station Pro clients search for AXIS Camera Station Pro servers on the network. * Solved an issue causing the server to crash if using a AXIS D1110 together with a third party camera added without credentials. * Improved stability when recording with an external audio source. * Solved an issue where the web client wasn't accessible. * Added a new search operator "CONTAINS" in Data search for filtering text in a specific column. * Improved the https support for the AXIS D1110. * Communication between the AXIS Camera Station Pro Client and AXIS Camera Station Pro Server is now always done using the TLS/TCP protocol on port 55754. - Support for the fallback HTTP protocol has been removed. * Added a new task message "Some tasks failed" to better describe occurring error if only some device operations failed. * Include audio icon in the export tab has been changed to be a checkbox instead. * Added a tooltip for the audio column that explains how to include audio in exported recordings by default. * Setup wizard will not be shown in a web interface of a camera when it is opened in a tab after it has been installed. * Solved an issue where certain times could not be used to search throughout logs when system was using Finnish locale. ====================================================================================== Current Known limitations ====================================================================================== General: * If another firewall than the built-in Windows firewall is used on the AXIS Camera Station Pro server, an exception for port UDP 123 must be configured manually * Camera text overlays can be distorted when using video stitching or dewarping. Export recordings: * For files exported into MP4 format only AAC-encoded audio will be included. * Exported MP4 files do not support split-view or timeline in AXIS File Player. Hostnames: - Only hostnames with digits and letters which are part of the ASCII standard character set are supported. Hot keys: * Navigate to View/Camera-hotkey is only active when a Live View or Recordings tab is opened and currently being shown. * Joystick, keypad and jog must be connected to the computer before starting AXIS Camera Station Pro, otherwise AXIS Camera Station Pro will not register inputs from those devices. * Keyboard keys that can be used as hotkeys are limited to a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9, and a few special keys such as "+" and "-". * Split in split is not supported by split view hotkeys. The split view hotkeys will only operate on the parent split view. I/O: * During the nightly maintenance job, Action rules using I/O trigger with I/O module will trigger Alarms if set to normally closed: - Use the 'Device Event' trigger and trigger on the digital input instead of using I/O trigger, if possible. - Device Event is available from firmware 5.40 or higher and for I/O module firmware 1.65 or higher. - Older devices such as P8221 cannot use device events. - Please see more information at: https://www.axis.com/support/faq//FAQ116423 Configurations: * Image configuration: Image configuration do not support multi-channel cameras. All changes are applied to the first channel only. Playback: * Seeking on the timeline of an H.264 and H.265 recording gives an image of the closest preceding I-frame instead of showing the actual image at the chosen position. Storage: * If a network disk is configured in AXIS Camera Station Pro, then afterwards physically removed from the network, there is a risk that the disk can't be removed from the AXIS Camera Station Pro configuration. Third-party devices: * H.265, image configuration and I/O management are not supported. * Audio support for third-party devices: G.711, one-way - from the device to AXIS Camera Station Pro. * AXIS Installation Verifier: Not supported. * AXIS Camera Station Pro System Health Monitoring: Not supported. * Motion detection cannot be configured for third-party devices. Translation: * Action button and Action rule name that are automatically created by AXIS Camera Station Pro are not translated. They can manually be changed in the Action rule configuration to have the correct translation. Asset list: * Only Axis desktops terminal will be included in the Asset list export file. * Only the desktop terminal that the asset register file is exported from will be included in the Asset list export file. Audio: * Push-to-talk for half duplex mode: - If there are two views of the same device in the split view, and both are selected, the hotkey for push-to-talk/speak will request to speak to that device twice, which may cause some errors. - If someone calls from a door station while voice communication is already in progress, the door station will get stuck calling, while the call is still ongoing. Automatic NTP configuration of devices: * Not all third-party devices added to ACS support setting NTP configuration. * Configuration of time zone is not part of the NTP protocol and will not be updated when synchronizing a device clock against an NTP server. AXIS Camera Station Pro will not set any time zone in devices automatically, because the time zones supported by the camera firmware might be different from the time zone used on the AXIS Camera Station Pro server. AXIS Secure Remote Access: * Servers that appear in the Remote Server drop-down list cannot be deleted after they have been successfully added to Secure Remote Access. AXIS Camera Station Secure Entry: * Optimized for resolution 1920x1080 and scale set to 100%. * Doors and door actions are not available in the mobile app. * Changing language is not fully supported. Set the correct language in the installation phase. * Secure Entry pages not showing after changing the server name. Please contact https://www.axis.com/support/helpdesk for help. * Replacing a schedule under Access Management zone configuration requires removal of the old schedule, save and reopen the zone before applying a new schedule. * Long access time does not work if identification type is configured as "card only" and cardholder has a duress pin configured. * Name changes of an access rule might not affect an action rule triggering on the access rule filter under device event. * Pre-Alarm warning under Device event/Door open too long in AXIS Camera Station Pro action rules has no effect. * Having multiple Access Management tabs opened on several clients could potentially cause a mismatch of newly added data. Recommend to only use one Access Management tab at a time. * The confirmation dialog before entering Lockdown state will only be displayed in the Dashboard tab, while assistance options (manually Unlock, Lock and Access door) will be disabled. There is no confirmation dialog in the Transaction tab. * Changing cardholder group information in the Cardholder tab will not update the information properly: Please use the Group tab to edit content. * Editing the Identification type of a door is considered to be a reconfiguration of a door and will put it in locked state, hence a manually unlocked door will be locked. * Requirement: To use the Intercom as an IP Reader, HTTPS must be enabled on the Intercom as well as on the Door controller. AXIS Camera Station Pro Smart Search 2: * Metadata will only be recorded after enabling Smart search 2. Hence historic data is not searchable. * Using only motion detection triggered recordings will result in detections without video recordings. Continuous recording is recommended. * Classification of object types and detection accuracy will be negatively affected by low image quality due to high compression levels or by weather conditions such as heavy rain or snow, low resolution, cameras with heavy distortion, large field of view, excessive vibrations, non-moving objects are not detected, small and distant objects might not be detected. * Color classification will not work in darkness or with IR illumination. Make sure that the lighting conditions are within the camera specification. Use additional lighting if needed. * Body worn cameras are not supported. * Object classification is not supported for thermal cameras. * For cameras with view areas, only the primary view area is supported and the view area must not be cropped. * Mirrored or cropped camera streams are not supported. * Area and Line crossing camera filters for PTZ cameras will only work as expected for fixed views (i.e., when not moving around). * Cameras must support streaming analytics metadata over RTSP (a.k.a. MOTE). For cameras with firmware version lower than 9.60, the AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP) app AXIS Video Content Stream (Metadata) is required (can be installed by AXIS Camera Station Pro). * High or very variable network latency may affect classification since it leads to time synchronization issues when classifying detections in snapshots based on analytics metadata. * Unknown behavior using cameras with heavy distortion or large field of view. * If camera tilt orientation is changed, the camera needs to be restarted in order for the changes to be applied in Smart search 2. * There are known issues with missed detections for cameras using analytics with deep learning (i.e. M4308-PLE, P3255-LVE, Q1615 Mk III, Q1715 or any ARTPEC-8 device) if the firmware version is lower than 10.11. * There are known issues with duplicate detections for cameras with firmware version 10.10 and above if using multiple metadata producers. AXIS Camera Station Pro System Health Monitoring – Public Beta: * Storage: Used space for cameras connected to AXIS S3008 is not supported. * Inactivated storage devices will be visible and gathered data kept for up to 2 weeks. * Notification settings only affects local System Health Monitoring server. * Retention warnings do not support motion detection recordings. * Recordings created with other means than "continuous” or "motion detection” (e.g. Manual/Events, etc.) are flagged with "Recording type: None”. Windows related: * AXIS Camera Station Pro will use the current regional settings from Windows but will not make use of any custom settings e.g. numeric separators etc. * For Windows 10 N editions: The Media Feature Pack is required to install AXIS Camera Station Pro Server and Client: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/mediafeaturepack. - Installing the standalone Windows Media Player is not sufficient. Windows 10 N editions are not part of the official Axis QA testing. * Windows Server 2016 Core and Nano versions are not supported due to lack of Windows Media Player. * AXIS Camera Station Pro client requires "Desktop Composition" to be enabled. Current limitation with other AXIS products ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXIS Camera Station Pro Mobile App: * Only H.264 and H.265 is supported. No support for MPEG-4 or MJPEG. * Not possible to connect to multiple servers simultaneously * No warning is displayed if the MyAxis account password has been changed. AXIS Body Worn solution: * Removing a virtual camera from AXIS Camera Station Pro does not trigger the corresponding user to be removed from the AXIS Body Worn system (AXIS Body Worn manager), AXIS Camera Station Pro will not accept any uploads for an AXIS Body Worn user without a corresponding virtual camera. * Removing a user in the AXIS Body Worn system does not trigger the corresponding virtual camera to be removed from AXIS Camera Station Pro. * Live view is not supported by AXIS Body Worn cameras and will display "Not supported by the camera" if selected. * Renaming a body warn camera in AXIS Camera Station Pro will not affect the name of the user in the AXIS Body Worn system. * Removing a physical AXIS Body Worn camera in the AXIS Body Worn manager currently has a ten-minute delay before being removed from the license system in AXIS Camera Station Pro. AXIS T83: * Keypad backlight control is disabled since AXIS Camera Station version 5.23.107 AXIS Intercom: * If someone calls from a door station while voice communication is already in progress (push-to-talk), the door station will get stuck calling, while the call is still ongoing. AXIS T85 PoE+ Network Switch Series: * Password must be set in the device's webpage. It’s not possible to set the password on T85xx series from within AXIS Camera Station Pro. AXIS T8705 Decoder: * The decoder does not support: camera with permission error, maps, web pages, sequence in split views, hotspots. * Any AXIS Camera Station Pro user with access to live view can send views to the decoder. * Camera and decoder must be added to the same server. * Corridor format is limited to the height supported by the decoder * Stream reuse on ACS server does not apply to the streams used by the decoder. * Currently no native support of stopping the decoder from streaming of the current view. * Support for third-party cameras is limited and is to a great extend untested. * Decoder specific user account used on Axis Cameras are not applicable to third-party cameras. * Hence third-party cameras will be using root credentials for T8705. * AXIS M7011 needs to be configured to use same streaming profile for high, medium and low to be supported by both AXIS Camera Station Pro and AXIS T8705. Video stitching for P3807-PVE: - Capture mode needs to be set to "forensic WDR (client dewarp)". VMD 4 Multi-Sensor/Channel Devices: * From AXIS Camera Station Pro it is only possible to edit the first VMD4 profile on each sensor/channel. * AXIS Camera Station Pro will trigger on all profiles for the camera (sensor/channel) 2N Devices: * 2N IP Intercom products door station support: - Requires firmware 2.30 or later - Device management through AXIS Camera Station Pro is not supported. All configuration needs to be done from the 2N IP Intercom device webpage. - Site Designer Configuration is not supported * 2N mic is not supported due to the limited implementation of VAPIX. ====================================================================================== Installation/Upgrade/Uninstallation ======================== - Make sure you have full administrator rights on the computer you install on. - The background service will be stopped for the upgrade (no recordings). The background service will start automatically after the upgrade. - If AXIS Camera Station Pro Server is upgraded, any AXIS Camera Station 3 or 4 Clients must also be upgraded. Within version 5, connection to a server with a different version is possible. The appropriate client version will be downloaded from the server. Installation: For a comprehensive description of the installation steps, please refer to the Installation Guide: https://www.axis.com/products/online-manual/a00003 User Manual at: http://www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station Upgrade: The upgrade is done in a similar way to the installation. The license agreement must always be approved. All previously enabled options are already preselected in the installation wizard. The database maintainer will upgrade the database. Uninstallation: Run 'Uninstall' under Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove programs. Recordings are not erased by 'Uninstall' and must to be manually removed. ======================================================================================