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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => IP Cameras => DCS-932L => Topic started by: JavaLawyer on August 17, 2011, 04:32:57 AM
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Given your experiences with the DCS-932L, would you purchase the DCS-932L again or go with another product?
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Personally, had I known of the stability issues and Wizard-dependent registration requirement for D-Link, I would have given this purchase more thought. Whether I would make the purchase again is still difficult given the high feature to price ratio.
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since I have been unable to get the proper active X or Java apps loaded and technical support basically can't help - I would say no. I can get in on the emulator but the mydlink site won't run.
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since I have been unable to get the proper active X or Java apps loaded and technical support basically can't help - I would say no. I can get in on the emulator but the mydlink site won't run.
What browser are you using? Why don't you start another thread and see if the members in this forum could help you. Our collective experience spans well beyond many of the technical issues handled by D-Link technical support.
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Given your experiences with the DCS-943L, would you purchase the DCS-932L again or go with another product?
http://v2.mydlink.com/product/DCS942L (http://v2.mydlink.com/product/DCS942L)
I would have to skip the 932L until the 942L now becomes avail! ;)
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It's hard to say...
I would for sure say Yes, if MyDlink had the ability to manually add a device. Or if it was more simple to get to the Live Feed from a computer outside my network, or from IP cam viewer apps. I love the price considering the quality and amount of features. So Making it slightly more user-friendly would make it awesome!
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It's hard to say...
I would for sure say Yes, if MyDlink had the ability to manually add a device. Or if it was more simple to get to the Live Feed from a computer outside my network, or from IP cam viewer apps. I love the price considering the quality and amount of features. So Making it slightly more user-friendly would make it awesome!
Agreed. The dependency on the Wizard for the mydlink registration is a major flaw in the design of the DCS-932L. Expanding on this, registering a DCS-932L on a camera that is already configured and working on a network requires configuring the camera from scratch -- the mydlink registration is locked as the last part of the setup process and can not be accessed independently.
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Hard to say. I like the thin/small foot print. I don't need 2-way audio, zoom or pan (put there are cameras that offer that for less money.) I use port forwarding as uPnP was wreaking havoc on my Verizon FIOS ActionTec router. I don't use mydlink as other iPhone apps and the web interface work just fine with Port forwarding.
I am considering getting another because of consistency sake - keeping my eyes open for the $89 sales.
Keep the firmware updates/improvements coming!
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I am really happy with this model. I need a second one right now :). And thanks to this forum....no issues for me right now.
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would port forwarding help with the emails for the motion detecting?
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would port forwarding help with the emails for the motion detecting?
Please describe your issue in greater detail.
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No i would not:
- Sound is noisy, unusable: garbage !
- Firmware is full of bugs : upnp alway ON conflicting with my https port forwarding configuration...on my dlink DIR-655 router (i had to disable UPNP on the router) ! + direct http access with login/password does not work + adding users does not work + no REAL video feed + motion detection config page crashes FF 9 and 10.
- FPS is at 3 max with wifi N (with a 85% wifi signal. Not tested ethernet yet but i guess 20 or 30 FPS is impossible). BTW: what is your best FPS ? (JavaLawyer, don't you want to make a poll about it ? i'm really curious about the real FPS others may have).
- I just can't login to Mydlink website (IE keeps asking me L/P, Firefox is crashing...Had to install Chrome to finally see it !)
- Android software limited to 60 seconds and is at the strict minimum (no configuration, no record..nothing but "video" in fact) .
- Zoom : Hahahahaaaa ! ;D Why did they call it a "zoom" ? You just can't choose where to "zoom" but the middle right of the "video", and let's applause for the quality of the "Zoom"...It's just...Useless ! Damn' i just fell off my chair !
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So sorry but NO i won't say i'm a happy customer with this DCS-932L.
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Personally the only bug I've noticed it's the sound...
Mydlink is a good idea. Maybe the future of this service it's cloud hosting for recording?
iPhone software at the moment it's sufficient for me.
Abount zoom, it's a digital zoom! What to except?
For 99€ I'm satisfied but I'm evaluating another "economic" solution:
http://www.tp-link.it/products/details/?categoryid=230&model=TL-SC3171G
and I've pre ordered DCS-942L, I'm interested to pir sensor.
Definitely my response is yes because I'm aware that this is an home product but with some value add.
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I have two 932Ls and a 930L and I would be happy to purchase again. The only long term issue for me has been the habit of the 932Ls to spontaneously become inaccessible from the internet for a day or so before reverting to normal. When unreachable remotely the cameras can still online and can be reached from within the LAN or remotely by VPN only. No, I don't know why.
Also, next time I will stay well away from My DLink, which sucks donkey balls.
Otherwise the cameras are stable, easy to configure and reliable. Better by far by the Foscams I had before.
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No I would not by this model again, first because of the bad quality of the picture.
I'm using it as a security device and I can just recognize people I already know.
With The DCS2230 the picture is far better and can be used for this purpose.
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I would and I have purchased it again, I've now got 4 DCS-932L units. Yes there are a lot of fixes we'd all like seen made as listed in the Firmware Wishlist but I haven't found anything that compares to it yet in the same market and/or price range.
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It's difficult to say. I was hoping to easily install my two cameras, only to run into two days of trying to locate the cameras using the Set-up Wizard software in wireless mode.
I'm getting frustrated with this experience and hoping that my problem is my router configuration, vice problems with DLink's software.
I've installed Dlink cameras before with great success, hoping that the interface has improved over the years. My current experience leads me to believe otherwise.
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Not any more. After latest firmware install camera dies (or really, picture is frozen - I can still access the camera's IP.) I preordered a new dropcam expecting that one to be better.
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Today I would not due to support doesnot replies back our issues and cant explain why I can manually see the camera but no one single D-link SW can automatically detect it
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No Way.
It's all just so clunky. I have never been able to get port forwarding to work. Connection to my dlink is a nightmare...got it to work once, changed camera to static IP and now get a "cannot connect to mydlink message" after numerous hard resets, since the only way to add a device to mydlink is to go through the bloody wizard each time. Have now given up trying to get remote access to this camera, which is one of the main reasons I bought it.
In comparison my trendnet camera was very easy to install, port forwarding and remote access work beautifully, anywhere anytime. Maybe a little more expensive, but at least it works.
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Just received two more as they were on sale at Best Buy and I'd buy again. Nothing that I've looked at compares with respect to functionality and price. Seen a lot of complains but I don't use the install wizard DVD (was far too bloated and nothing that couldn't be done without it) nor the myDlink site. It's perfect for accessing directly via the Internet (with appropriate security in place of course) from work and via my BlackBerry.
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No, I would not buy this camera again - and I seriously doubt I will ever be buying any D-Link camera solution again.
Quality of the 932L camera, size and price is pretty fair, but the software/firmware is severely limited, inflexible, poorly structured and buggy. It's a real shame that sloppy developed software is holding the product back. It seems to me that D-Link are not supporting the camera with small improvements and fixes, and want us to buy a new (and more expensive) camera instead. This strategy does not work on me.
I bought the 932L as a cheap way of monitoring my house while on vacation but not interested in a more expensive camera with higher image quality. I can easily live with 932L's low quality image quality, but the software features should be acceptable and work as advertised - they don't.
I also bought the mydlink+ app for my iPad but that doesn't work at all. What a scam!