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[JavaLawyer]

You can change the time zone, or the offset, then change it back, then hit save, and it will have the wrong time, or it will display the correct time on that page, until you start watching video, and then the Video time is off...  same on the DCS-930L.  If syncing to say north-america.pool.ntp.org (or another verified working varient) it NEVER syncs to the right time (it does on all windows boxes and any other device I ever tried).

Adding to this thread and the DCS-930: thread.

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or overlooked anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent updates are in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• General - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• General - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• General - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• General - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled)
• General - Admin password length too short
• General - Add simple web UI page dedicated to viewing video via a web browser with ability to view video full-screen (albeit at a low resolution)
• General - Add sound detection functionality with controls and scheduling similar to motion detection (see comprehensive description here)
  
• General - Daylight savings time support
• General - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display firmware version build number in web interface
• General - Display full firmware version in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• General - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• General - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• General - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• General - SMB Support
• General - Status page containing the number and type of connections currently served and actual time/operational status (Current JavaScript implementation falsely reports connection time by incrementing counter when camera is powered off)
• General - Time Zone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)
  
• General - User password length too short
• Email/FTP - Ability to configure JPEG parameters for image quality
• Email/FTP - Ability to independently specify different resolution for images sent via email versus FTP
• FTP - Test message should appear on the FTP setup page following a refresh (currently requires iterating through 3 pages and back)
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• Motion Detection - User defined minimal interval between motion detection emails (to avoid flood of emails during a prolonged motion detection event) (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes)
• mydlink - mydlink registration independent of device configuration wizard
• Night Mode - Ability to adjust the light level required to trigger the transition between Day and Night Modes
• Night Mode - Ability to disable the IR illuminators (for owners who use external IR illuminators and want avoid reflections off of glass surfaces)
• Night Mode - Include a user-defined delay requiring the light level to drop (or rise) AND stay within the cut-over threshold for x seconds before the day/night mode switches to prevent constant flipping between modes (e.g. when a cloud passes by or during sundown/sunrise)
  
• Scheduling - Ability to schedule events with more granularity (e.g. schedule specific hours for each day and grouping weekday versus weekend schedules)
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Video - The "Zoom" function in the web UI should magnify the video image from the center of the frame rather than the top left corner
• [Bug] Password - Passwords created that exceed the maximum length (8 characters) are not rejected, only the first 8 characters are accepted (firmware should reject the password and generate an error message)
• [Bug] UPnP - When UPnP forwarding is disabled, the DCS-932L still creates UPnP ports on the host router (This creates potential conflicts with other services)

Wishlist Items Addressed by D-Link (Thank You!)

• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  

[JavaLawyer]

Does the latest firmware update fix any issues on the firmware wishlist? If the answer is "yes", please post your findings here!

[MarkPenders]

I hadn't checked in for some time and was hoping that the new firmware would incorporate at least some items from the wish list ... but from what I've seen ... :-(

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or overlooked anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent updates are in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• General - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• General - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• General - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• General - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled)
• General - Admin password length too short
• General - Add simple web UI page dedicated to viewing video via a web browser with ability to view video full-screen (albeit at a low resolution)
• General - Add sound detection functionality with controls and scheduling similar to motion detection (see comprehensive description here)
  
• General - Daylight savings time support
• General - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display firmware version build number in web interface
• General - Display full firmware version in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• General - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• General - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• General - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• General - SMB Support
• General - Status page containing the number and type of connections currently served and actual time/operational status (Current JavaScript implementation falsely reports connection time by incrementing counter when camera is powered off)
• General - Time Zone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)
  
• General - User password length too short
• Email/FTP - Ability to configure JPEG parameters for image quality
• Email/FTP - Ability to independently specify different resolution for images sent via email versus FTP
• FTP - Test message should appear on the FTP setup page following a refresh (currently requires iterating through 3 pages and back)
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• Motion Detection - User defined minimal interval between motion detection emails (to avoid flood of emails during a prolonged motion detection event) (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes)
• mydlink - mydlink registration independent of device configuration wizard
• Night Mode - Ability to adjust the light level required to trigger the transition between Day and Night Modes
• Night Mode - Ability to disable the IR illuminators (for owners who use external IR illuminators and want avoid reflections off of glass surfaces)
• Night Mode - Include a user-defined delay requiring the light level to drop (or rise) AND stay within the cut-over threshold for x seconds before the day/night mode switches to prevent constant flipping between modes (e.g. when a cloud passes by or during sundown/sunrise)
  
• Scheduling - Ability to schedule events with more granularity (e.g. schedule specific hours for each day and grouping weekday versus weekend schedules)
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Video - The "Zoom" function in the web UI should magnify the video image from the center of the frame rather than the top left corner
• [Bug] Password - Passwords created that exceed the maximum length (8 characters) are not rejected, only the first 8 characters are accepted (firmware should reject the password and generate an error message)
• [Bug] UPnP - When UPnP forwarding is disabled, the DCS-932L still creates UPnP ports on the host router (This creates potential conflicts with other services)

Wishlist Items Addressed by D-Link (Thank You!)

• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or overlooked anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent updates are in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• General - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• General - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• General - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• General - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled)
• General - Admin password length too short
• General - Add simple web UI page dedicated to viewing video via a web browser with ability to view video full-screen (albeit at a low resolution)
• General - Add sound detection functionality with controls and scheduling similar to motion detection (see comprehensive description here)
  
• General - Daylight savings time support
• General - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display firmware version build number in web interface
• General - Display full firmware version in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• General - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• General - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• General - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• General - SMB Support
• General - Status page containing the number and type of connections currently served and actual time/operational status (Current JavaScript implementation falsely reports connection time by incrementing counter when camera is powered off)
• General - Time Zone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)
  
• General - User password length too short
• Email/FTP - Ability to configure JPEG parameters for image quality
• Email/FTP - Ability to independently specify different resolution for images sent via email versus FTP
• FTP - Test message should appear on the FTP setup page following a refresh (currently requires iterating through 3 pages and back)
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• Motion Detection - User defined minimal interval between motion detection emails (to avoid flood of emails during a prolonged motion detection event) (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes)
• mydlink - mydlink registration independent of device configuration wizard
• Night Mode - Ability to adjust the light level required to trigger the transition between Day and Night Modes
• Night Mode - Ability to disable the IR illuminators (for owners who use external IR illuminators and want avoid reflections off of glass surfaces)
• Night Mode - Include a user-defined delay requiring the light level to drop (or rise) AND stay within the cut-over threshold for x seconds before the day/night mode switches to prevent constant flipping between modes (e.g. when a cloud passes by or during sundown/sunrise)
  
• Scheduling - Ability to schedule events with more granularity (e.g. schedule specific hours for each day and grouping weekday versus weekend schedules)
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Video - The "Zoom" function in the web UI should magnify the video image from the center of the frame rather than the top left corner
• [Bug] Password - Passwords created that exceed the maximum length (8 characters) are not rejected, only the first 8 characters are accepted (firmware should reject the password and generate an error message)
• [Bug] UPnP - When UPnP forwarding is disabled, the DCS-932L still creates UPnP ports on the host router (This creates potential conflicts with other services)

Wishlist Items Addressed by D-Link (Thank You!)

• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  

[colinnhunt]

Perhaps this has been addressed previously, my apologies if it has...

I operate 3 of these cams at a remote location. I find that when the Day/Night Mode is set to Auto, the switchover between modes always triggers a flood of emails (via Motion Detection). I've tried rolling back the sensitivity, but the only solution is to set the cameras all to full time night mode. This means that in sunlight, the images are quite washed out.

I would like to see the firmware improved to include something like a 20 second suspension in motion detection when the Day/Night mode is switching over. This would give the camera time to stabilize the image before the motion detection kicked back on.

[JavaLawyer]

Perhaps this has been addressed previously, my apologies if it has...

I operate 3 of these cams at a remote location. I find that when the Day/Night Mode is set to Auto, the switchover between modes always triggers a flood of emails (via Motion Detection). I've tried rolling back the sensitivity, but the only solution is to set the cameras all to full time night mode. This means that in sunlight, the images are quite washed out.

I would like to see the firmware improved to include something like a 20 second suspension in motion detection when the Day/Night mode is switching over. This would give the camera time to stabilize the image before the motion detection kicked back on.

Yes, this item is already on our list. The problem stems from the fact that the motion detection algorithm measures pixel differences between adjacent video frames captured by the DCS-932L. When the camera switches between day/night modes, the DCS-932L detects this pixel differential and triggers a motion detection event. This behavior can reap havoc during twilight hours or even when clouds pass over, as the camera often flips back-and-forth between day and night modes.

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or overlooked anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent updates are in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• General - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• General - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• General - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• General - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled)
• General - Admin password length too short
• General - Add simple web UI page dedicated to viewing video via a web browser with ability to view video full-screen (albeit at a low resolution)
• General - Add sound detection functionality with controls and scheduling similar to motion detection (see comprehensive description here)
  
• General - Daylight savings time support
• General - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display firmware version build number in web interface
• General - Display full firmware version in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• General - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• General - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• General - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• General - SMB Support
• General - Status page containing the number and type of connections currently served and actual time/operational status (Current JavaScript implementation falsely reports connection time by incrementing counter when camera is powered off)
• General - Time Zone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)
  
• General - User password length too short
• Email/FTP - Ability to configure JPEG parameters for image quality
• Email/FTP - Ability to independently specify different resolution for images sent via email versus FTP
• FTP - Test message should appear on the FTP setup page following a refresh (currently requires iterating through 3 pages and back)
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• Motion Detection - User defined minimal interval between motion detection emails (to avoid flood of emails during a prolonged motion detection event) (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes)
• mydlink - mydlink registration independent of device configuration wizard
• Night Mode - Ability to adjust the light level required to trigger the transition between Day and Night Modes
• Night Mode - Ability to disable the IR illuminators (for owners who use external IR illuminators and want avoid reflections off of glass surfaces)
• Night Mode - Include a user-defined delay requiring the light level to drop (or rise) AND stay within the cut-over threshold for x seconds before the day/night mode switches to prevent constant flipping between modes (e.g. when a cloud passes by or during sundown/sunrise)
  
• Scheduling - Ability to schedule events with more granularity (e.g. schedule specific hours for each day and grouping weekday versus weekend schedules)
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Video - The "Zoom" function in the web UI should magnify the video image from the center of the frame rather than the top left corner
• [Bug] Password - Passwords created that exceed the maximum length (8 characters) are not rejected, only the first 8 characters are accepted (firmware should reject the password and generate an error message)
• [Bug] UPnP - When UPnP forwarding is disabled, the DCS-932L still creates UPnP ports on the host router (This creates potential conflicts with other services)

Wishlist Items Addressed by D-Link (Thank You!)

• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  

[colinnhunt]

I did see this item...

"Night Mode - Include a user-defined delay requiring the light level to drop (or rise) AND stay within the cut-over threshold for x seconds before the day/night mode switches to prevent constant flipping between modes (e.g. when a cloud passes by or during sundown/sunrise)"

However, I believe that while that change would be useful, the motion sensing function must be temporarily disabled during the switch-over... otherwise an email event is triggered at every switch-over. (even if the previously noted change is implemented)

The other thing I'm curious about, being somewhat skeptical, I wonder what are the chances of any of these improvements actually being implemented? I think most manufacturers lose interest in firmware upgrades fairly soon after the product has been released. They're busy developing the next big thing.

 

[JavaLawyer]

I did see this item...

"Night Mode - Include a user-defined delay requiring the light level to drop (or rise) AND stay within the cut-over threshold for x seconds before the day/night mode switches to prevent constant flipping between modes (e.g. when a cloud passes by or during sundown/sunrise)"

However, I believe that while that change would be useful, the motion sensing function must be temporarily disabled during the switch-over... otherwise an email event is triggered at every switch-over. (even if the previously noted change is implemented)

Modified... 

[JavaLawyer]

Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over-generalized, misrepresented, or overlooked anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent updates are in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• General - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• General - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• General - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• General - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled)
• General - Admin password length too short
• General - Add simple web UI page dedicated to viewing video via a web browser with ability to view video full-screen (albeit at a low resolution)
• General - Add sound detection functionality with controls and scheduling similar to motion detection (see comprehensive description here)
  
• General - Daylight savings time support
• General - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display firmware version build number in web interface
• General - Display full firmware version in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• General - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• General - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• General - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• General - SMB Support
• General - Status page containing the number and type of connections currently served and actual time/operational status (Current JavaScript implementation falsely reports connection time by incrementing counter when camera is powered off)
• General - Time Zone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)
  
• General - User password length too short
• Email/FTP - Ability to configure JPEG parameters for image quality
• Email/FTP - Ability to independently specify different resolution for images sent via email versus FTP
• FTP - Test message should appear on the FTP setup page following a refresh (currently requires iterating through 3 pages and back)
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• Motion Detection - User defined minimal interval between motion detection emails (to avoid flood of emails during a prolonged motion detection event) (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes)
• mydlink - mydlink registration independent of device configuration wizard
• Night Mode - Ability to adjust the light level required to trigger the transition between Day and Night Modes
• Night Mode - Ability to disable the IR illuminators (for owners who use external IR illuminators and want avoid reflections off of glass surfaces)
• Night Mode - Option to emporarily disable motion detection during the transition between day/night mode
  
• Scheduling - Ability to schedule events with more granularity (e.g. schedule specific hours for each day and grouping weekday versus weekend schedules)
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Video - The "Zoom" function in the web UI should magnify the video image from the center of the frame rather than the top left corner
• [Bug] Password - Passwords created that exceed the maximum length (8 characters) are not rejected, only the first 8 characters are accepted (firmware should reject the password and generate an error message)
• [Bug] UPnP - When UPnP forwarding is disabled, the DCS-932L still creates UPnP ports on the host router (This creates potential conflicts with other services)

Wishlist Items Addressed by D-Link (Thank You!)

• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  

[happyhere]

my wishlist for DCS-932L

General - Add option to have a scheduled reboot of the the DCS camera (E.g. every 5:00am) or maybe time interval.

[JavaLawyer]

my wishlist for DCS-932L

General - Add option to have a scheduled reboot of the the DCS camera (E.g. every 5:00am) or maybe time interval.

Added...

[JavaLawyer]

my wishlist for DCS-932L

General - Add option to have a scheduled reboot of the the DCS camera (E.g. every 5:00am) or maybe time interval.

A solution other users have used is to plug the DCS-932L into a house timer to force a daily reboot.