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Title: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on April 19, 2013, 08:11:23 AM
D-Link released firmware version 1.20 (release), located here: DCS-942_FW_v1.20 (http://d2okd4tdjucp2n.cloudfront.net/update_DCS-942L_1.20_2421_WW.zip)
Please post your comments and observations on this thread.  :)

Note: When upgrading firmware, make sure you also download the latest Setup Wizard if you need to set up and configure your camera again.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on April 19, 2013, 08:12:37 AM
D-Link has not posted any change notes associated with this latest release.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: evilslon on April 19, 2013, 11:35:47 PM
D-Link has not posted any change notes associated with this latest release.
http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Multimedia/DCS-942L/Firmware/DCS-942L_Release_Note_for_FW_v1.20-2421.doc (http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Multimedia/DCS-942L/Firmware/DCS-942L_Release_Note_for_FW_v1.20-2421.doc)   ;)
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on April 20, 2013, 10:18:01 AM
http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Multimedia/DCS-942L/Firmware/DCS-942L_Release_Note_for_FW_v1.20-2421.doc (http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Multimedia/DCS-942L/Firmware/DCS-942L_Release_Note_for_FW_v1.20-2421.doc)   ;)

Thanks for the link.  ;)
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on April 20, 2013, 10:18:08 AM
The cumulative firmware release notes are updated with the changes for firmware version 1.20
DCS-942L - Cumulative Firmware Release Notes (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=50431.0)
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: DCJ21 on April 22, 2013, 02:52:04 PM
I tried to upload the firmware and this is the message I'm getting:  the upload image is damaged   

Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: RYAT3 on April 22, 2013, 05:04:22 PM
I tried to upload the firmware and this is the message I'm getting:  the upload image is damaged   

Any help would be appreciated.

Did you unzip it?
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: DCJ21 on April 22, 2013, 10:34:05 PM
It didn't give me the option. 
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on April 23, 2013, 04:59:57 AM
It didn't give me the option. 

Did you download the file from mydlink.com/support? The firmware  file is an archive with a .zip extension and must be extracted prior to uploading into the DCS-942L. If the file is actually damaged from a bad download, I recommend downloading the file again and extracting the firmware file from the archive.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: DCJ21 on April 23, 2013, 08:04:06 AM
Unzipped it and it worked, but now I'm getting an error message regarding my SD card: The throughput of the SD Card on your camera is not currently enough for recording.  Not loving this camera.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: interconnect on April 24, 2013, 10:55:34 AM
Is anyone able to view recorded videos in mydlink?  I was hoping this firmware update would fix the issue, but sadly it hasn't.  I still am not able to view recorded videos on the sd card through mydlink.  I have a thread going in the mydlink forum, but no response.  I have tried Firefox, Chrome, Safari and IE on Windows and Mac counterparts and I am not able to get it to work at all.  Am I missing something?
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: RYAT3 on April 29, 2013, 08:23:19 PM
Unzipped it and it worked, but now I'm getting an error message regarding my SD card: The throughput of the SD Card on your camera is not currently enough for recording.  Not loving this camera.

Post exact details of what SD memory card you are using.. class, brand, and size?

And ... is it a fake SD card?

Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on May 01, 2013, 06:06:27 PM
And ... is it a fake SD card?

What do you mean be "fake"?  ???
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: brianhot on May 02, 2013, 02:39:45 AM
Installed firmware v1.20 and it now has blocked recordings to my 16gb micro SD card, which worked fine before before update.
Tried reformating card and swapped sd card, no change, is this a bug, as its certainly bugging me.
Any answers.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: brianhot on May 02, 2013, 02:43:12 AM
Unzipped it and it worked, but now I'm getting an error message regarding my SD card: The throughput of the SD Card on your camera is not currently enough for recording.  Not loving this camera.
Yes mine to, any body got answer to this problem.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on May 02, 2013, 07:42:03 AM
Was your SD card functioning properly prior to the firmware update?
(Seeking a response from everyone experiencing this problem)

Thanks!
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: richerich on May 06, 2013, 06:38:58 PM
Is anyone able to view recorded videos in mydlink?  I was hoping this firmware update would fix the issue, but sadly it hasn't.  I still am not able to view recorded videos on the sd card through mydlink.  I have a thread going in the mydlink forum, but no response.  I have tried Firefox, Chrome, Safari and IE on Windows and Mac counterparts and I am not able to get it to work at all.  Am I missing something?

Same problem here.  I was able to view videos online using IE through the My Dlink website.  After the firmware upgrade, what happens is the small view screen appears to be loading the video but it never plays.  Just says "ready" and never comes up.

UPDATE:  I changed the video file type to mp4 and now the web viewer works fine.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: interconnect on May 07, 2013, 04:27:54 PM
Just tried it and it does work now via MyDlink.com!  The last time I tried it, it didn't work, but now it does.  I do have recording set to mp4 as well.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: somouk on May 13, 2013, 01:21:06 AM
I can't get my firmware 1.20 camera setup on my dlink now and this was working fine before on 1.12 so can't be settings my end.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: somouk on May 15, 2013, 02:13:30 AM
Also been having very flaky responses from dlinkddns.com often with a message saying it is failing to connect.

The time would also not sync correctly, I've had to manually set it.

Seems like a bit of a duff release this one.
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: JavaLawyer on July 05, 2013, 11:27:01 AM
D-Link posted DCS-942L firmware version 1.21 here:  DCS-942_FW_v1.21 (http://d2okd4tdjucp2n.cloudfront.net/update_DCS-942L_1.21_2811.zip)
Title: Re: DCS-942L - Firmware v1.20 Comments & Observations
Post by: adiesen on July 10, 2013, 12:13:02 AM
Version 1.21 does not resolve the "The throughput of the SD Card on your camera is not currently enough for recording" error.
Some info that may help narrow this down:
For me this error only occurs with a specific network setup.
When connected to a router that can see the internet (DHCP assigning a 192.168.213.x address), I get full SD functionality, verified with 3 different SD cards (up to class 10.) No problems.
Once I move the camera to a router disconnected from the internet and assign a static IP (172.16.0.x), the error appears and I have no SD functionality on any of the cards.
I can consistently move the camera back and forth between the two routers to see the error come and go.
At one point I had SD functionality in both scenarios, but no longer.