Release Notes

Release Notes for Cisco Video Surveillance High Definition IP Camera Release 2.3.2

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Upgrading to Release 2.3.2

Caution Do not use the procedure in this section to upgrade your IP camera to Release 2.3.2 if the IP camera part

number and firmware release are either of the following:

• 74-5461-04 or 74-5459-04 and the IP camera firmware is 2.0.0

• 74-5461-05 or 74-5459-05 and the IP camera firmware is 2.3.1

Instead, you must use the upgrade hot fix utility available on Cisco.com to upgrade to Release 2.3.2. For

more information about upgrading your IP camera using the upgrade hot fix utility, see the “Using the

Upgrade Hot Fix Utility to Upgrade to Release 2.3.2” section on page 3.

You can find the IP camera part number listed on the camera user interface Home window, under the

General Information area.

Note If the firmware release on your IP camera is lower than release 1.2.1, you must first upgrade the firmware

to 1.2.1 before you can upgrade to release 2.3.2. For more information, see the Release Notes for Cisco

Video Surveillance High Definition IP Camera Release 1.2.1.

You can upgrade your IP camera to firmware 2.3.2 by using the Camera Firmware Upgrade feature in

the VSM Management Console. For instructions, see the “Using the VSM Management Console”

chapter in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager User Guide.

Alternatively, you can upgrade your IP camera to release 2.3.2 by performing the following steps.

Procedure

Step 1 Take these actions to obtain the release 2.3.2 firmware:

a. Go to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/release.html?mdfid=282582478&flowid=31387&softwareid

=282090156&os=Linux&release=2.3.2

b. Locate and choose the 2.3.2 firmware file, which is named CIVS-IPC-4xxx-V2.3.2-16.bin, and

click Download.

c. Log in and follow the on-screen prompts to download it to your PC.

Step 2 Take these actions to display the Firmware window in the web interface for your IP camera:

a. Start Internet Explorer and enter the following in the address field:

protocol://ip_address:port_number

where:

–

protocol is the connection that you use for your IP camera (either HTTPS or HTTP).

–

ip_address is the IP address of your IP camera.

–

port_number is the port number that is used for HTTPS or HTTP connections to the IP camera.

You do not need to enter a port number if you are connecting through the default HTTPS port

443 or the default HTTP port 80.

b. Enter your IP camera user name and password when prompted, then click OK.

The IP Camera Main window appears.