Free Download of DICO 800 Manual - PDF File
Free Download of Dico 800 Camera Server Program 
    (Needs card for the program to install and work)
Free Download of Dico 800 Remote Client Program 

User Name Administrator
Password Admin

DICO 800 "IMPORTANT CAUTION"

This program is in the "Public Domain" While it is FREE to Download, we are unable to provide support.

It will work great, but if you are not used to installing hardware, drivers, programs etc. you should find someone to help you.

Also, it will not work with wireless cameras.

We have only been able to find a 4 wired camera version. We have not found 8 or more camera versions.

If installation concerns you, please check out the PICO 2000 v1.9 program we sell in our eBay store from $40.00 that installs quickly and easily without the need to install drivers. We provide FREE Worldwide telephone support for PICO 2000 v1.9 Click Here

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Do not try to install DICO-800 on a system that has had a previous installation of PICO 2000 without COMPLETELY removing all traces of PICO and its drivers. Do this in safe mode. Reboot after fully cleaning the system of the PICO drivers.

We have detailed uninstall and install instructions and notes below.
See Switching From PICO to DICO below.

If you follow these instructions carefully and do not get a successful install you may need to reformat your hard drive and start from scratch.

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Installation Procedure (When PICO was NOT previously installed!!)

After you unzip the DICO 800 zip file, and install your card, do not let the add new hardware installer run.

Instead right click on my computer and go to properties.  Go to device manager, and look for the two multimedia devices.  Right click on each one and  go to properties.  Click on update drivers, and when it gives the choices to choose from windows update, floppy drives, CDROMs, and a location of your choice, choose the one that lets you choose a location.   Then click on browse, and find the folder that you unzipped the DICO download from.  Do this for both multimedia devices.

After the drivers are installed, go the folder that you unzipped the DICO download into. From there click on the recorder folder, then on the disk 1 folder.  Once you are in this folder you will see 2 setup files.  Click on the one that looks like a little computer, and follow the prompts.  

Once it is installed, you will have to configure the program.  You need to make a space on your hard drive for the recorded media to go.   After that you will have to click on the top of the 2 buttons on the bottom left of the screen.  From there, it should take you to the main screen of the program.  

If you do not have a picture, check the camera.

To Recap

To install Dico 800, you have to 

1. Go to your device manager, by right clicking on your my computer icon, then click on hardware (in windows XP) or device manager (in windows 98).

2. Look for video capture device, and audio device with yellow exclamation marks, and right click on the video one first.

3. Click on update driver, and locate the folder you unzipped the DICO 800 program into.

4. Go through the update driver wizard

5. Do the same for the audio device.

6. Close the device manager

7. Go to the folder that you unzipped the Dico 800 program to.

8. Click on the autorun.exe file

9. Click on "install recorder"

10. Follow the install wizard.


Important Start-Up Information

7/25/06, George L. wrote:

Thanks for your help, after some trial & error I got it going.   

Here’s where I had problems, maybe it’s me but it may help the next person; 

I missed the significance of  selecting the box in front of  the Have Disk button in the step;  “Next, click on the Have Disk button and browse to the Drivers folder”   

I SAW Have disk in the box, but It defaults to the first option which allows you to browse to the folder, but does not let you choose the file, and it did not work. 

Once I read it carefully I got it right.   

Dico software installed with no problems. 

Tuned camera on the TV and plugged into card.  It did not work. 

I plugged my son’s x-box in so I knew I had a good video signal and it worked. 

I thought great It’s all working.  I plugged the camera back in and it still did not work. 

I decided to reboot the computer and voila it works!  It must need to see the camera in the boot process.

Now I’ll figure out the software and I’ll be good to go.   

I plan on expanding the system to 6 – 8 cameras and I’ll put it in a dedicated Computer.  I wanted to see how everything works and make sure it would work for me.  It’s a great value!  I’ll be back for more supplies.   I’ve been looking for a side business and I think there could be a market if I were to offer complete installed systems to business and homeowners. 

Have you had any other customers do this? 

Thanks, 

George

Hey....terrific......and we are posting your email to our technical site......

Yes...we have many people who resell like you wish to...and you have just proven why it is important, because the average person might stumble over these hurdles.

DuncansOnline

Wireless Cameras and DICO-800
(Read Carefully)

For those with problems with the DICO 800 program and wireless cameras, you have to tune your camera on a television to get your receiver tuned properly, then take your receiver back to your computer with the capture card, and connect it.  

Then you have to go into your configuration setup in DICO, and go to your camera/motion sensor tab, and set your camera to 340X240.  Then you click on the power tab second button up from the bottom left side of your screen.   You click on yes to save the changes, and then wait for the main screen to load up. 

It is preferred that you use a small portable television to set the receiver. You can bring it right over close to your computer system.. If you do not have a portable one, then any television that has an video input RCA jack will do.  

If that all that fails, then you will want to use either PICO 2000, or PySoft to use your wireless cameras with the capture card.  DICO 800 does not auto detect your cameras, as it looks for a video signal to remain active, and if it does not detect the video signal it thinks that the camera is disconnected.

This is a bit of a flaw or weakness with DICO 800. It looks like it was designed for wired cameras.
 

 Viewing over the Internet - DICO-800 Remote Client Hints

You can view your cameras over the internet with either your browser or the DICO remote client program.

You can install the remote client on your remote computer using the program that is with the unzipped program files, or you can download the client from this link.

Free Download of DICO 800 Manual - PDF File
Free Download of Dico 800 Camera Server Program 
    (Needs card for the program to install and work)
Free Download of Dico 800 Remote Client Program 

User Name Administrator
Password Admin

You can send the client program to your Yahoo, Hotmail or Gmail account as it is only 3 megs and this way you will have it ready to download to any internet computer you have access to when you are traveling.

One of the neat things about the DICO client program is that when you minimize it, it will place an icon in your system tray, and all you have to do to see your cameras is to click on that icon, and voila, your cameras are viewable.

This client program has lots of functionality, and will take you a little while to discover all of it's power.

One useful feature is that it allows you to save screenshots of any camera

If you want to view the cameras from this client program it will ask you for a username and password. Unless you have changed it the default is as follows:

Username:    Administrator
Password :    Admin 

It is case sensitive to capitalization, so be sure to type it in precisely.

When you set up the connection information enter the IP as yourname.no-ip.info if you have set up dynamic domain forwarding.

If you want to be able to use the client program you will have to forward the ports 911 (video) and 912 (audio) from the router to the camera server, just as we had done for port 913 (web browser access).

In the client program, you go to site manager on the bottom of the screen and there is where you set up the information to access your camera server.

Once you are connected properly to your camera server, click on the camera number at the bottom of the screen and you will see what it is aimed at.

 

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Careful - Switching From PICO to DICO

Download and unzip the DICO 800 program.

Reboot into Safe Mode.
Remove the PICO program Control Panel in Safe Mode using Add/Remove
Programs.
Right click on My Computer and select properties.
Click on the Hardware tab,
and then click on Device Manager.
Double-click on "Sound, video and game controllers".
In the list you should see two devices with StarImavision in the title.
Right click on each of them and select Uninstall,
follow the prompts for each, and reboot your computer.

If you do not remove the drivers in safe mode you will experience a blue screen and a hard lockup.

After rebooting your computer, the need for two device drivers you just removed will be once again detected again by Windows. Two windows will appear asking you to install the two drivers for your device. Click on Cancel for both of them.

Go back into Control Panel/System Icon/Hardware tab/ Device Manager and under the "Sound, video and game controllers" heading you should see two devices with yellow exclamation marks on their icons called

"Multimedia Controller" and "Multimedia Video Controller".

Right click on any one of them and select Update Driver. (Make a note of the one you select)
When asked if you want to use Windows Update choose "No, not this time."

Then select "Install from a list or specific location".
Then choose "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install."
Next, click on the Have Disk button and browse to the Drivers folder

Inside the DICO folder you have downloaded and unzipped, and choose the file
"FADVR800". If you are given a choice between the Audio or Video Capture
driver, be sure to choose the corresponding driver to the device you had
right-clicked on. (check the note you had made above)

Repeat this procedure for the other device.

Reboot, go back into the Device Manager and check that you have two devices called "FADVR800 Audio" and "FADVR800 Video Capture".

At this point you may install DICO.

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Getting a Web Browser to Work with DICO
 

I am a computer technician in Florida, and I cannot get the DICO-800 software to work in a web browser.I have extensive experience with Internet communications, but this product doesn't seem to work well with the internet. Any help would be much appreciated.

Are you behind a router?

Yes, I forwarded ports 911-913 tcp.

What is the IP of your router?

74.239.214.106

That IP is NOT pinging...we need to resolve that first

The IP is working now, and so is DICO Commander.
What should I do about the Web Access.

Ensure your ISP is not blocking port 80 traffic - Many ISP (Internet Service Providers) are blocking this port to prevent hosting websites from an internet connection. Phone them!

I got it working from the web. You have to enable the webcam server property.

cool......where is that done...in Windows XP?

Its in DICO under general configuration.

 

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