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[JavaLawyer]

. . .Another wishlist item: similar to the "disable motion detection during Day\Night changeover", it'd be nice to cut the audio feed during the instant of the Day\Night changeover as well.  With the audio quality as it is, I frequently listen to the replay with the sound turned way up, but the clack of the IR filter is deafening.

This item was previously added to the wishlist (under "Night Mode").

[JavaLawyer]

This wishlist contains firmware suggestions provided by the forum community and may not reflect actual changes to current or future D-Link firmware releases. Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over generalized, misrepresented, or missed anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent items are highlighted in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• 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 - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display full firmware version (including build) in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - SMB Support
• 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)
• Image/Video - Ability to rotate image at 90 degree intervals to accommodate cameras mounted in landscape versus portrait view
• Image/Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Image/Video - Additional image settings (e.g. color, temperature, tint, Sharpness, etc.)
• Image/Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Image/Video - Auto light exposure option
• Image/Video - Digital image pan
• Image/Video - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - Option to set unique sensitivity settings to each grid area in the motion detection configuration screen
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• 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 temporarily 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)
• Scheduling - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• Scheduling - Reboot on a schedule
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• Security - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• Security - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• Security - Email log of successful and unsucessful access attempts
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Security - User and admin password lengths are too short
• Security - When logged in, the Admin user account and mobile device account users do not display under "STATUS > Active User  > USER LIST" table
• Status - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled, uptime, etc.)
• Status - 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)
• Status - Track and display total uptime and total running time
• Time - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• Time - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• Time - Support for 24 hour time format
• Time - Timezone changes should be immediately effective without a camera reboot (changes currently require a reboot)
• Time - Use last known time following power failure
• Time - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• [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!)

• 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) [FIXED!]
  
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule [FIXED!]
  
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule [FIXED!]
  
• General - Daylight savings time support [FIXED!]
  
• General - Timezone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)  [FIXED!]
  
• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  
• [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) [FIXED!]
  
• 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 [FIXED!]

[mrgclark]

• General - Daylight savings time support [FIXED!]

Can we actually count this one as fixed? It only works for those in the Northern Hemisphere, where the start and end dates do not span a new year. They seem to have done something a wrong with the calculation to decide whether the current date falls between the start and end dates.

Shall we call it "half fixed"?

[ReverendTed]

This item was previously added to the wishlist (under "Night Mode").

I may have put too much information and obfuscated my suggestion.

- Disable audio recording during the instant of Day\Night switch to avoid deafening "clack" of the IR changeover

I frequently watch playback of the videos with headphones on and the volume turned up (because the sound pickup isn't fantastic) and when the IR turns on\off, there is an extremely loud clack\pop that is very unpleasant.

[JavaLawyer]

Can we actually count this one as fixed? It only works for those in the Northern Hemisphere, where the start and end dates do not span a new year. They seem to have done something a wrong with the calculation to decide whether the current date falls between the start and end dates.

Shall we call it "half fixed"?

I've added a more specific entry:
General - Improve daylight savings time support for locations where the start and end dates span a new year[/list]

[JavaLawyer]

I may have put too much information and obfuscated my suggestion.

- Disable audio recording during the instant of Day\Night switch to avoid deafening "clack" of the IR changeover

I frequently watch playback of the videos with headphones on and the volume turned up (because the sound pickup isn't fantastic) and when the IR turns on\off, there is an extremely loud clack\pop that is very unpleasant.

Added to the firmware wishlist... 

[JavaLawyer]

This wishlist contains firmware suggestions provided by the forum community and may not reflect actual changes to current or future D-Link firmware releases. Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over generalized, misrepresented, or missed anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent items are highlighted in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• 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 - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display full firmware version (including build) in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Improve daylight savings time support for locations where the start and end dates span a new year
  
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - SMB Support
• 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)
• Image/Video - Ability to rotate image at 90 degree intervals to accommodate cameras mounted in landscape versus portrait view
• Image/Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Image/Video - Additional image settings (e.g. color, temperature, tint, Sharpness, etc.)
• Image/Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Image/Video - Auto light exposure option
• Image/Video - Digital image pan
• Image/Video - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - Option to set unique sensitivity settings to each grid area in the motion detection configuration screen
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• 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 temporarily disable audio recording to filter out the noise from the IR filter during Day/Night mode transitions
  
• Night Mode - Option to temporarily 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)
• Scheduling - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• Scheduling - Reboot on a schedule
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• Security - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• Security - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• Security - Email log of successful and unsucessful access attempts
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Security - User and admin password lengths are too short
• Security - When logged in, the Admin user account and mobile device account users do not display under "STATUS > Active User  > USER LIST" table
• Status - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled, uptime, etc.)
• Status - 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)
• Status - Track and display total uptime and total running time
• Time - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• Time - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• Time - Support for 24 hour time format
• Time - Timezone changes should be immediately effective without a camera reboot (changes currently require a reboot)
• Time - Use last known time following power failure
• Time - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• [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!)

• 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) [FIXED!]
  
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule [FIXED!]
  
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule [FIXED!]
  
• General - Daylight savings time support [FIXED!]
  
• General - Timezone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)  [FIXED!]
  
• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  
• [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) [FIXED!]
  
• 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 [FIXED!]

[meokey]

how about the following?

FTP - ability to use SFTP (transfer file using SSH) for better security than FTP
Email/FTP - ability to send video of XXX seconds before and after triggered besides static pics
General - option to include camera name on captured images and videos

[JavaLawyer]

how about the following?

FTP - ability to use SFTP (transfer file using SSH) for better security than FTP
Email/FTP - ability to send video of XXX seconds before and after triggered besides static pics
General - option to include camera name on captured images and videos

Added to the firmware wishlist. . . 

[JavaLawyer]

This wishlist contains firmware suggestions provided by the forum community and may not reflect actual changes to current or future D-Link firmware releases. Below is a summary of everyone's input thus far. Please let me know if I over generalized, misrepresented, or missed anyone's concerns and I'll refresh the list with updates. Recent items are highlighted in blue.

DCS-932L Wishlist

• General - Ability to upload to web/cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3, Windows Azure, SkyDrive)
• 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 - Disable telnet and enable SSH for command line access
• General - Display full firmware version (including build) in upper right corner of all web interface pages
  
• General - Improve daylight savings time support for locations where the start and end dates span a new year
• General - Option to include thumbnail sized logo on corner of all screenshots
• General - SMB Support
• 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 - SFTP Support
  
• FTP - Test message should appear on the FTP setup page following a refresh (currently requires iterating through 3 pages and back)
• Image/Video - Ability to rotate image at 90 degree intervals to accommodate cameras mounted in landscape versus portrait view
• Image/Video - Add "2" FPS option to the FPS drop-down menu (currently 1, 5, 7, 15, 20, 30)
• Image/Video - Additional image settings (e.g. color, temperature, tint, Sharpness, etc.)
• Image/Video - Audio and video RTSP Streaming (.cgi is not the best solution for protocols like VLC)
• Image/Video - Auto light exposure option
• Image/Video - Digital image pan
• Image/Video - Independent brightness settings for Day Mode and Night Mode
• Motion Detection - More detailed grid (i.e. smaller boxes) to improve motion detection area selection
• Motion Detection - Motion detection indicator integrated in the web interface to more easily (and accurately) adjust sensitivity
• Motion Detection - Option to set unique sensitivity settings to each grid area in the motion detection configuration screen
• Motion Detection - Support for email/FTP of video
  
• Motion Detection - User defined frame capture rate for motion detection emails (independent of video FPS)
• 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 temporarily disable audio recording to filter out the noise from the IR filter during Day/Night mode transitions
  
• Night Mode - Option to temporarily 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)
• Scheduling - Camera start/shut-down on a schedule
• Scheduling - Reboot on a schedule
• Security - Ability to disable broadcasting of video/audio feed (i.e. to prevent potential hijacking of feed)
• Security - Add ability to enable/disable HTTPS port
• Security - Add ability to save log files to track camera activity and troubleshoot issues
• Security - Add ability to modify non-admin user privileges (e.g. ability for user to enable/disable night mode and sound)
• Security - Email log of successful and unsucessful access attempts
• Security - Support for WPA2 Enterprise (Radius)
• Security - Support for secure broadcasting of video/audio feed (SSL, HTTPS)
• Security - User and admin password lengths are too short
• Security - When logged in, the Admin user account and mobile device account users do not display under "STATUS > Active User  > USER LIST" table
• Status - Add more detail to status page (e.g. email enabled or ftp enabled, motion detection enabled, uptime, etc.)
• Status - 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)
• Status - Track and display total uptime and total running time
• Time - Include "Update Now" button when the Synchronize NTP SErver" option is selected during time configuration
• Time - Retain "NTP Server Used" in memory
• Time - Support for 24 hour time format
• Time - Timezone changes should be immediately effective without a camera reboot (changes currently require a reboot)
• Time - Use last known time following power failure
• Time - Option to include date and time stamps on captured images
• [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!)

• 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) [FIXED!]
  
• Motion Detection - Motion detection email on a user defined schedule [FIXED!]
  
• Motion Detection - Motion detection FTP on a schedule [FIXED!]
  
• General - Daylight savings time support [FIXED!]
  
• General - Timezone configuration does not function properly. When timezone is changed, the device gets confused and fails to sync the correct time (see original post here)  [FIXED!]
  
• Audio - Resolve intermittent background audio clicking [FIXED!]
  
• [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) [FIXED!]
  
• 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 [FIXED!]

[ReverendTed]

Email/FTP - ability to send video of XXX seconds before and after triggered besides static pics

Not to be a naysayer (because I don't know the hardware specs and it may in fact be possible), but my understanding is that the 6-frame limitation is related to the amount of memory available to the camera.  The DCS-942L, which has a microSD card for recording, allows for video clips to be e-mailed on motion detection, including up to 5 seconds prior to the event.

[JavaLawyer]

Not to be a naysayer (because I don't know the hardware specs and it may in fact be possible), but my understanding is that the 6-frame limitation is related to the amount of memory available to the camera.  The DCS-942L, which has a microSD card for recording, allows for video clips to be e-mailed on motion detection, including up to 5 seconds prior to the event.

I'm not 100% sure what you're implying, but SD card reader does not factor into the ability of the DCS-942L to email video clips, as no SD card is required to use that functionality. The DCS-933L, the successor to the DCS-932L, has no SD card reader and can email video clips. I presume that email/FTP of video feeds is a memory constraint, but since I cannot validate that hardware limitations are preventing video feeds, I added the line item to the firmware wishlist.

Memory:

DCS-932L:  SDRAM  = 32 MB; Flash Memory = 4 MB
DCS-933L:  SDRAM  = 64 MB; Flash Memory = 8 MB
DCS-942L:  SDRAM  = 128 MB; Flash Memory = 16 MB

[ReverendTed]

I'm not 100% sure what you're implying, but SD card reader does not factor into the ability of the DCS-942L to email video clips, as no SD card is required to use that functionality. The DCS-933L, the successor to the DCS-932L, has no SD card reader and can email video clips. I presume that email/FTP of video feeds is a memory constraint, but since I cannot validate that hardware limitations are preventing video feeds, I added the line item to the firmware wishlist.

Memory:

DCS-932L:  SDRAM  = 32 MB; Flash Memory = 4 MB
DCS-933L:  SDRAM  = 64 MB; Flash Memory = 8 MB
DCS-942L:  SDRAM  = 128 MB; Flash Memory = 16 MB

Thanks for the info!  So the 933 will record and mail a clip of up to 4MB or 15sec, and the 942 also limits the clip to 15 seconds (up to 5 seconds before and 10 seconds after), even with twice the memory.
Nothing wrong with wishing for it, I suppose!

[JavaLawyer]

Thanks for the info!  So the 933 will record and mail a clip of up to 4MB or 15sec, and the 942 also limits the clip to 15 seconds (up to 5 seconds before and 10 seconds after), even with twice the memory.
Nothing wrong with wishing for it, I suppose!

I have a DCS-931L which is essentially the same as the DCS-933L except there is no Night Mode. I've used the camera to record motion video, but don't recall the size/length constraints.

[JavaLawyer]

Thanks for the info!  So the 933 will record and mail a clip of up to 4MB or 15sec, and the 942 also limits the clip to 15 seconds (up to 5 seconds before and 10 seconds after), even with twice the memory.
Nothing wrong with wishing for it, I suppose!

The DCS-931L and DCS-5020L (both of which I own) record video clips up to 15 seconds with a maximum file size of ~3MB.