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[JavaLawyer]

Here's my wishlist:

System - Restore to Factory Default (Prompt for reconfirmation). Firmware 1.03 will immediately restore upon clicking this button.

System - Reboot on Schedule (same feature in newer DCS-942L)

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.

If any items in the wishlist were fixed by the latest firmware, please post and I'll update!

DNS-5020L Wishlist

• Audio - Option to configure audio encoding to reduce bit rates and storage requirements
• General - Remove all Java dependencies from the web UI
• HTTP/HTTPS - Ability to configure HTTPS port (as well as HTTP)
• HTTP/HTTPS - Option to explicitly enable HTTP, HTTPS, or both protocols (three options)
• Maintenance - Add a confirmation prompt when selecting Restore to Factory Default (FW v1.03 does not prompt)
  
• Maintenance - Reboot on a schedule
  
• Motion Detection - Ability to save a unique motion detection schedule for each day of the week
• Motion Detection - Finer motion detection grid area (i.e. smaller grid boxes)
• Motion Detection - Option to enable motion detection either: Always, Day Mode, Night Mode, or on a Schedule
• Motion Detection - Option to specify a minimum delay between successive motion detection triggers
• Motion Detection - Option to specify number of seconds before motion detection event is included in captured clip
• Night Mode - Option to disable IR illuminators while leaving the camera in Night Mode (w/ IR filter) and using an external IR illuminator
• Motion Detection - Option to exclude Day/Night mode transitions from triggering a motion detection event
• Night Mode - User defined day/night mode transition threshold and sensitivity
• Patrol - Option to configure series of preset positions and ability to automatically cycle through preset positions in sequence or randomly (see thread here)
  
• Security - Add three for permission account types with web UI limitations for each: Admin (exists); Monitor (view live feed and point camera); View (view live feed, but not point the camera); and Snapshot (can only access CGI snapshot)
• Security - Prevent repetitive Java security warnings by modifying the Caller-Allowable_Codebase Manifest in the the camera Java code
• Wireless Repeater - Option to configure the camera as an access point
  

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

• TBD

[duane2]

1) FTP debug/transfer log for TEST button - useful to debug connection problems.
2) EMAIL debug/transfer log for TEST button - useful to debug connection problems.
3) Ability to "ping" IP address for test purposes
4) Note: Ping/FTP/MAIL debug log should show name resolution process for debug purposes.

5) Means to disable all security for pan/tilt - ie: no login required for basic video
6) Remove/replace JAVA with something else!!! JAVA is blocked for many users {corporate rules are painful}

Currently trying to debug/make these FTP & MAIL work - I click "TEST" and ... I have no means to tell why it is not working. If I had access to an network analyzer - then I could watch the transfer actually occur and see errors [I should not have to break out WireShark! Due to routing rules I cannot sniff all packets, and I don't have wireshark for WIFI!]

A log something like below would be sufficient and very helpful - There is nothing today.
Camera sets at "Testing ...."  no idea what is going on.
No means to cancel, no means to retry ... no clue what is going on. This is bad.

But - I know FTP server is working just fine I can do this from command line

C:\>ftp 192.168.1.10
Connected to 192.168.1.10.
220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2)
User (192.168.1.10:(none)): critter_cam
331 Please specify the password.
Password: **********
230 Login successful.
ftp> cd /var/www/html/critters
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
index.html
226 Directory send OK.
ftp: 12 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 12000.00Kbytes/sec.
ftp>

Thanks

[myr]

Using Firmware version: 1.03

AVI files from motion detection (ftp upload) get corrupted on both of my DCS-5020L cameras after few days of working.

The RIFF AVI header is missing and its just a garbage in AVIs.

JPEGs though are still recorded properly - never had issues with those.
Rebooting camera fixes the issue (good RIFF header and play-able AVIs) but only for few days.
This is rather annoying firmware bug it seems to me

Please do not suggest checking my codecs or players... its not that kind of issue.

cheers,
Myr

[albasdad]

I would like another functionality to the wishlist:
o  Today, email notification interval is taken into account only if the email is sent : ALWAYS
    It would be really beneficial to have a possibility to also specify an email interval for Sound/Motion detection

thanks

andre

[JavaLawyer]

1) FTP debug/transfer log for TEST button - useful to debug connection problems.
2) EMAIL debug/transfer log for TEST button - useful to debug connection problems.
3) Ability to "ping" IP address for test purposes
4) Note: Ping/FTP/MAIL debug log should show name resolution process for debug purposes.

Added to the firmware wishlist...

5) Means to disable all security for pan/tilt - ie: no login required for basic video
6) Remove/replace JAVA with something else!!! JAVA is blocked for many users {corporate rules are painful}

I don't understand #5.  I highly doubt #6 will ever happen since D-Link's entire camera product line leverages the same/similar Java code.

[JavaLawyer]

Using Firmware version: 1.03

AVI files from motion detection (ftp upload) get corrupted on both of my DCS-5020L cameras after few days of working.

The RIFF AVI header is missing and its just a garbage in AVIs.

JPEGs though are still recorded properly - never had issues with those.
Rebooting camera fixes the issue (good RIFF header and play-able AVIs) but only for few days.
This is rather annoying firmware bug it seems to me

Please do not suggest checking my codecs or players... its not that kind of issue.

cheers,
Myr

What is the firmware wishlist request?

[JavaLawyer]

I would like another functionality to the wishlist:
o  Today, email notification interval is taken into account only if the email is sent : ALWAYS
    It would be really beneficial to have a possibility to also specify an email interval for Sound/Motion detection

thanks

andre

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.

If any items in the wishlist were fixed by the latest firmware, please post and I'll update!

DNS-5020L Wishlist

• Audio - Option to configure audio encoding to reduce bit rates and storage requirements
• Email/FTP - Test button FTP log file to diagnose connectivity issues
  
• Email/FTP - Option to set email interval for sound/motion detection
  
• General - Remove all Java dependencies from the web UI
• General - Ping IP address button
  
• HTTP/HTTPS - Ability to configure HTTPS port (as well as HTTP)
• HTTP/HTTPS - Option to explicitly enable HTTP, HTTPS, or both protocols (three options)
• Maintenance - Add a confirmation prompt when selecting Restore to Factory Default (FW v1.03 does not prompt)
• Maintenance - Reboot on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Ability to save a unique motion detection schedule for each day of the week
• Motion Detection - Finer motion detection grid area (i.e. smaller grid boxes)
• Motion Detection - Option to enable motion detection either: Always, Day Mode, Night Mode, or on a Schedule
• Motion Detection - Option to specify a minimum delay between successive motion detection triggers
• Motion Detection - Option to specify number of seconds before motion detection event is included in captured clip
• Night Mode - Option to disable IR illuminators while leaving the camera in Night Mode (w/ IR filter) and using an external IR illuminator
• Motion Detection - Option to exclude Day/Night mode transitions from triggering a motion detection event
• Night Mode - User defined day/night mode transition threshold and sensitivity
• Patrol - Option to configure series of preset positions and ability to automatically cycle through preset positions in sequence or randomly (see thread here)
  
• Security - Add three for permission account types with web UI limitations for each: Admin (exists); Monitor (view live feed and point camera); View (view live feed, but not point the camera); and Snapshot (can only access CGI snapshot)
• Security - Prevent repetitive Java security warnings by modifying the Caller-Allowable_Codebase Manifest in the the camera Java code
• Wireless Repeater - Option to configure the camera as an access point
  

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

• TBD

[myr]

Using Firmware version: 1.03

AVI files from motion detection (ftp upload) get corrupted on both of my DCS-5020L cameras after few days of working.

The RIFF AVI header is missing and its just a garbage in AVIs.

[skipped]
...

cheers,
Myr

What is the firmware wishlist request?

Sorry that it wasn't clear. The wishlist requests are:
 
1) Fix the corrupt AVI issue. So it doesn't record garbage after few days of working fine. Have to soft-reboot my both cameras for that pretty much once of twice a week.

2) If #1 is hard to fix - please include "scheduled reboot" feature.
So I could set it up to reboot cameras, say, daily at midnight and that will hopefully fix the corrupt AVI issue

Much appreciated!

Myr

[ahansen12]

How about Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) and Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) support? Then I can manage ALL of my cameras from a single user interface.

Thanks for listening...

ahansen12

[JavaLawyer]

Using Firmware version: 1.03

AVI files from motion detection (ftp upload) get corrupted on both of my DCS-5020L cameras after few days of working.

The RIFF AVI header is missing and its just a garbage in AVIs.

[skipped]
...

cheers,
Myr

What is the firmware wishlist request?

Sorry that it wasn't clear. The wishlist requests are:
 
1) Fix the corrupt AVI issue. So it doesn't record garbage after few days of working fine. Have to soft-reboot my both cameras for that pretty much once of twice a week.

2) If #1 is hard to fix - please include "scheduled reboot" feature.
So I could set it up to reboot cameras, say, daily at midnight and that will hopefully fix the corrupt AVI issue

Much appreciated!

Myr

Are other users experiencing this issue? i.e. camera saves corrupt AVI files after a few days of continuous operation?

"Reboot on a schedule" is already on the  firmware wishlist...

[JavaLawyer]

How about Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) and Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) support? Then I can manage ALL of my cameras from a single user interface.

Thanks for listening...

ahansen12

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.

If any items in the wishlist were fixed by the latest firmware, please post and I'll update!

DNS-5020L Wishlist

• Audio - Option to configure audio encoding to reduce bit rates and storage requirements
• Email/FTP - Test button FTP log file to diagnose connectivity issues
• Email/FTP - Option to set email interval for sound/motion detection
• General - ONVIF support
  
• General - Remove all Java dependencies from the web UI
• General - RTSP support
  
• General - Ping IP address button
• HTTP/HTTPS - Ability to configure HTTPS port (as well as HTTP)
• HTTP/HTTPS - Option to explicitly enable HTTP, HTTPS, or both protocols (three options)
• Maintenance - Add a confirmation prompt when selecting Restore to Factory Default (FW v1.03 does not prompt)
• Maintenance - Reboot on a schedule
• Motion Detection - Ability to save a unique motion detection schedule for each day of the week
• Motion Detection - Finer motion detection grid area (i.e. smaller grid boxes)
• Motion Detection - Option to enable motion detection either: Always, Day Mode, Night Mode, or on a Schedule
• Motion Detection - Option to specify a minimum delay between successive motion detection triggers
• Motion Detection - Option to specify number of seconds before motion detection event is included in captured clip
• Night Mode - Option to disable IR illuminators while leaving the camera in Night Mode (w/ IR filter) and using an external IR illuminator
• Motion Detection - Option to exclude Day/Night mode transitions from triggering a motion detection event
• Night Mode - User defined day/night mode transition threshold and sensitivity
• Patrol - Option to configure series of preset positions and ability to automatically cycle through preset positions in sequence or randomly (see thread here)
  
• Security - Add three for permission account types with web UI limitations for each: Admin (exists); Monitor (view live feed and point camera); View (view live feed, but not point the camera); and Snapshot (can only access CGI snapshot)
• Security - Prevent repetitive Java security warnings by modifying the Caller-Allowable_Codebase Manifest in the the camera Java code
• Wireless Repeater - Option to configure the camera as an access point
  

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

• TBD

[softwareEngineer]

Hi,

I recently bought this camera and had some problems with it.
I noticed that one problem is already on the wish list: the option to exclude the day/night transition from motion/sound detection.

I like to put two more items on the list:

1) Option to exclude overall brightness changes from motion detection. I find I get false positives when the light changes outside, say when the sun comes out, even if no direct sunlight is visible.

2) This might be covered by the request for a scheduled reboot option, but it seems that the camera can't re-establish wifi connection after a power failure.
My AcuRite pressure, temperature and humidity sensor does reconnect, perhaps it has a built in delay after power failure to let the router and cable modem get back up first?

Thanks