We gave you a heads up back in January and June that D-Link were planning to support control of their IP Camera range with a Windows Home Server add-in and today, the company announced the beta release of D-Link D-ViewCam for Windows Home Server.
The D-Link D-ViewCam is a software add-in for Windows Home Server that provides instant access to your live camera feeds and all the surveillance video already saved to your server. Compatible with the D-Link Network Cameras models DCS-920, DCS-1100, DCS-1130
and DCS-2121, this add-in allows users to easily manage their recording, streaming, and camera settings – all within the Windows Home Server administrative Console. Manage and access up to 4 live camera feeds from home or even remotely via the web.
Nice to see another company commit to Windows Home Server development – greater device support from D-Link is apparently in the pipeline:
“We’re working on developing more D-Link devices that are Microsoft Windows Home Server compatible so our customers can quickly and easily derive more benefits from some of our most popular products,” said AJ Wang, chief technology officer, D-Link. “I believe our customers will appreciate how simple it is for network devices to be recognized and installed on the server and will value the remote access that it provides.”
Who knows, maybe we’ll see a home server from them in the future?
More Info: D-Link | User Guide
31. October 2009 at 11:18 pm
I have so far been unable to get this to work. After installing it on the WHS, when I open the browser and select run, it does it's little install but then ask me for the IP Address of the server. Press connect and nothing ever happens on any of the systems within my home.
3. November 2009 at 4:42 pm
I want to try this out. You guys need to do a nice review. I'm sure you'll be able to get it to work, though
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3. November 2009 at 9:20 pm
We're working on getting s review in place. Mr. Jim Clark will be your host – give us a couple of weeks whilst we wait for some kit to arrive from D-Link
4. November 2009 at 3:34 pm
Very interested in this software add-in, and I like / use D-Link products, *but*… please encourage anyone who implements this to let us know which model D-Link camera(s) they use. I am intrigued by the Power Over Ethernet (PoE) camera models for permanent installation in my house, but, I am a little discouraged by the price increase for PoE, and the fact that I would need to buy a D-Link 24-port PoE switch (the PoE cameras won't work with my regular 16-port D-Link switch, and D-Link does not make PoE switches less than 24-port).
Thx in advance for a review!
5. November 2009 at 9:42 pm
dlink does have a 4 PoE/4 Regular model, 8 port total and it have a very good power budget as well (45 watt or more not sure)
13. November 2009 at 5:45 am
Like Troyfreeze, I can't get it to work. I have the DCS-920 working with my desktop. Installed add on for WHS and tried remote access. I get to the install the program, Run, try to sign in and get an error message:
"an attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its
access permissions 67.189.76.219:110(67.189.76.219) "
I also notice in the screenshots of the server console that a live image is available besides the recorded images. I don't have that. Any ideas?