Installation on MAC OS X worked flawlessly. The program to bring myself beforehand about the dlink website at support, even if you have not yet created no account.
In order to set up a camera. Users from the PC world will find in the package a CD with the installation program for Windows.
If you have done the very good and understandable for my Gescmack installation routine, you can set up at the end of a mydlink.com account, for me at the end of ingenious accessory that makes the whole story around.
By means of access via the mydlink website you can find the camera, and watch the live stream, etc., from a distance, for that matter, from an internet cafe in Ulan Bator, and adjust everything well.
The default settings work on tabs, and anywhere there is access to the so-called "advanced" settings, and advanced settings. Clicking this window, another window opens in the browser. There you can adjust all possible settings of the camera.
The features are numerous, and cover everything I can not think of meaningful features. One can
- Pick up via Web browser, the image and sound in the distance
- Via apps on iPhone / iPad / Android (not tested) made simple get picture and sound on the device,
(To make but without great settings for the camera via iOS apps, but via browser yes at any time)
- Single images and short movies (activated and triggered by motion detection), via e-mail or via FTP upload send
- Adjust both the speed as well as the deployment area comfortable
- Enable additional or alternative triggering via built PIR sensor, and adjust the response threshold
- Specify that short movies or pictures or photo series are stored when motion is detected in a supplied 16 GB memory card (!)
- These movies then easily via browser from afar watch, listed and selected by date and time. The last shot as long as something moves in front of the camera, + adjustable delay
(This feature is eg. Convenient if you want to monitor something from afar, but neither the desire has to click through 100 e-mails, nor ever to sit in front of a screen. For example, to check compact when who enter a room . I think now privacy advocates and keepers of personal rights will cry out loud, sometimes rightly, but the setting and documenting and signaling of video surveillance areas is the responsibility of each user. Here, each one should even form an opinion and act responsibly . Regarding Ausspionierpotential provides the camera in any case a lot, almost scary, especially as a passable night vision with IR diode is installed, but you can also disable or left on automatic changeover. It is my opinion also conditionally suitable as a baby monitor, if you can neighbors or want in a nearby café. Via Ipad and the mydlink + application to get a constant image and sound current, by the tone function you can set the unit to one side and is automatically pointed at the noise on the process, can then consider using night vision function, whether the junior only talks in his sleep, or care or immediate intervention required logs.
- By constant and tracking registration of the camera when webservice mydlink.com neither a fixed IP still a DynDNS service is necessary. This makes the whole thing very attractive. Other camera surveillance systems with this additional function (axis + 1000eyes example.) For example play. Although in a much more professional league, but also cost a lot of monthly or licensing fees. When DCL 942-L, this service is more or less in the camera price with included. And yet it works perfectly.
Some minor hair can also be in the soup find, and for one or the other product is therefore possibly undrinkable. These are:
- The standard software equipment of a MAC under Lion is not clear with the camera. It has to "manually" 7 and the latest Java JRE be installed Java, because these components are no longer automatically part of Lion or Mountain Lion.
- And QuickTime Player can not play the video without additional components. You have codecs such as DivX and components that Perian APP, and Xvid-install to see a little can. But all these additional software components are downloadable for free on the net.
- The built-in microphone is turned off by default, and can only be activated in the advanced settings. It is nice that you can preset the sensitivity here. Again, the camera is surprisingly versatile. The sound is also clearly understand the adjustable sensitivity range is large
- You switch to the advanced configuration of English to German, stops the program. A programming error in the ActiveX component! English language skills are also necessary. If you are not of English sufficiently powerful, this could be a big cliff. But the administration of the advanced camera functions is anyway not suitable for clients with low computer skills, before that, I would advise against. DLINK has made an effort, which we know from other products sometimes very much worse, nevertheless should one of the larger 1x1 master computer settings and network settings, if you want the settings all make yourself. Bueno, rudimentary done without such knowledge, so that remote viewing images without sound via Ipad / Iphone should also be set up without such knowledge.
- The entry of the parameters, passwords and SMTP data for email forwarding has logical errors. Just below the line recipient email address to the SMTP server of the sending e-mail accounts are entered. This arrangement is confusing, I had the lines recipient email address and sender email address (which is much below) reversed. But you wear exactly a what is labeled for each field, the whole works without problems, even if the arrangement of the data is mE illogical. But this point is not for users who are not familiar with setting up e-mail accounts.
I can recommend without reservation the camera for experienced computer users, in this price range you will mE. hardly find anything comparable to that described additional benefits, or for people who know someone who can set up the. The interior of the functions can drag on for a few hours, certainly, depending on the application and adjustment needs. But at any point (except for the "German" problem) had it hooked technically. The FAQ pages of mydlink.com also offer comprehensive assistance to potential problems.
Oh, and last but not the indication that there may be routers that block or impede traffic between camera and remote data access. Also, since it takes a certain expertise if necessary to unlock the communication ports for the camera, and of course, a router allows. With my Fritz box it was no problem.
That is my 5-star review is to be expressly understood that it is a great and versatile product that also easily broken in my case, if you have the appropriate knowledge for the correct device. A plug-and-play device, it is not, unfortunately.
