hgupta1 said:
I'm still trying to figure diginet. I found the installation notes after I already set it up, and discovered that I was supposed to partition the drive into lots of small partitions instead of one large partition.
one thing that does really suck about diginet is that it does not let you access it over a remote desktop connection. I have one computer in the basement as a media center pc/ general use, and another for security/home automation and I access both of them from my laptop or other terminals around the house (that way I only have to maintain 2 computer and you don't hear noisy fans or hardrives in the house.)
but diginet won't run over remote desktop. There is a client application though.
jeffx, did you try out the client application yet? I couldn't understand the installation instructions.
hopefully I can post some screenshots tonight
I just stumbled across this site while looking for information on Kodicom/Diginet. I too have recently purchased a Kodicom (knockoff?) DVR card. It is an 8-port model (model 8800?). I have it installed on an Intel system running windows XP and an ATI 9600 video card
The Diginet software is a bit clumsy and is is a real bother that you can't minimize or resize the winodows.
I also tried to remote desktop connect (RDC) to my security PC after installing the Diginet software I also had some problems. It seems that the reason for this is that the Diginet software replaces the standard windows XP 'msgina.dll' with 'kgina.dll'. Here is some info on the 'GINA' dll from Microsoft:
"The GINA—a DLL component loaded by Winlogon—implements the authentication policy of the interactive logon model. It performs all user identification and authentication interactions. Msgina.dll, the standard GINA provided by Microsoft and loaded by Winlogon, can be replaced by a GINA that is custom-built by a third party."
Not knowing what restrictions were put in place with the 'kgina.dll', I went and restored the registry key to re-enable the microsoft GINA.
I removed the following registry key/value (using regedit):
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Value Name: GinaDLL
After a reboot, this allowed me to get remote access to the box. HOWEVER, when running the diginet software, and RDCing into the box, I get an error 'DirectDraw4 is not initialized Check Microsoft DirectX Version'. I suspect that DirectDraw is not supported over a RDC session. The diginet application still runs, but the live video is not available (just a black box where the camera image would normally be).
Does anyone know how to resolve this (if it is possible)? I haven't tried a VNC connection yet, but I may give that a try...
I also haven't been able to get the client application to work (another confusing application). I've got more work to do there...
One other note: Once the msgina.dll was restored, I also regained the ability to enable 'fast user switching' which allows me to log on to the box using one account while Diginet runs under another one. This frees me to do other things on the box while Diginet is running full-screen in the other session.
