VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device
I have a situation where I need to be able to operate a windows based DVR but I use a MAC laptop. I understand that MAC do not support the Activex control capability needed so I was hoping to be able to use VNC to remotely operate the DVR and view the cameras via a remote session. Is this possible? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device
Not an expert in this forum, but I thought I'd venture an opinion: Almost certainly not. To use VNC you have to have a server process running on the machine you want to control. Servers are available for Windows (the Personal Edition covers Vista) and the Mac (Enterprise version) etc, but for a DVR? Well, I guess it's possible that it's running some Linux variant, but you're unlikely to find it easy to install anything else on it (hats off if you manage it). I guess this is one of those situations where the Mac's ability to conceal complexity is balanced by a lack of support by developers of niche software products. I did follow up the thought that you can indeed get Internet Explorer for the Mac, but although that (apparently) has the capability of running ActiveX controls, those controls themselves (which are produced by third-party software developers) almost certainly won't run on the Mac platform - if they do, they'll surely advertise the fact. You could, I guess, run a VNC connection from your Mac onto a Windows machine running RealVNC and so run IE at one remove. Video performance is poor over such a connection, though. Best I can suggest, apart from contacting the DVR manufacturers (who will probably just shrug). Phil, London -Original Message- From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Howard Schroeder Sent: 07 June 2009 19:13 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device I have a situation where I need to be able to operate a windows based DVR but I use a MAC laptop. I understand that MAC do not support the Activex control capability needed so I was hoping to be able to use VNC to remotely operate the DVR and view the cameras via a remote session. Is this possible? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device
presuming you can load VNC on the DVR then yes, BUT probably won't give you the results that you want (because it's a screen redraw the playback quality will be poor). depending on the Windows version running, RDP would be a better option - but unclear if that would work. can you provide a link to the DVR? probably can give you some better guidance if i knew what it was. Ryo On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Howard Schroederhowa...@gestechnical.com wrote: I have a situation where I need to be able to operate a windows based DVR but I use a MAC laptop. I understand that MAC do not support the Activex control capability needed so I was hoping to be able to use VNC to remotely operate the DVR and view the cameras via a remote session. Is this possible? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RealVNC dotcursor showing on Virtuozzo Containers
Hi guys! I am having some annoying frustrations and am looking for help! There is a $500 bounty to the person who can find an acceptable solution for this first! When I run the RealVNC 4.4 (or newer) server/viewer on virtual desktops that use virtualization technology such as VMWare, Xenserver, etc. the mouse pointer shown on the screen is a normal white pointer. But when I run RealVNC 4.4 server/viewer on a Virtuozzo Containers desktop (Win Server 2003), the mouse pointer on the screen is the wretched dotcursor (roughly 2x2 pixels black dot with a white outline). When I run it on the hardware node that is managing the virtuozzo containers (also Win Server 2003) it works perfectly fine - white arrow. It *only* shows up as a dotcursor inside the virtuozzo container. RealVNC has confirmed that this happens because the VNC Server cannot detect any mouse connected, and since there is no mouse, there is no arrow to draw. And I did notice that our VMWare accounts have a virtual mouse installed by the VMWare Tools software. However, our hardware node (that runs the containers) shows the mouse pointer just fine, even without a physical (or virtual) mouse installed. I've already tried installing some virtual mouse programs from download.com (none worked) and I tried forcing some mouse drivers into it to make it think it had a mouse but I couldn't get the drivers installed (x64 Windows Server 2003 maybe didn't like 32-bit drivers? I've never tried to install mouse drivers before anyway). Want to see it live? IP: 69.73.169.33 Web link: http://69.73.169.33:5800 Password: 1234 My target demographic for these VPS sales are in the 30-60 year old range, investors who are mostly computer illiterate. They just need a Windows VPS to run software from, and RealVNC has been working GREAT on our VMWare infrastructure. However, we're moving to Virtuozzo for a variety of reasons, and need RealVNC to continue working there too! I surveyed our current membership and the strong conclusion was that the dotcursor would be very annoying and hard to use. RealVNC will have this fixed in the VNC Server sometime next year, but I need this fixed *this week* Any takers? An acceptable solution will meet the following conditions: Will be transparent to the end-user Will show the normal white arrow pointer when using the RealVNC Viewer OR java-based web access Will show the normal double-arrow when hovering over the edges of windows to resize them Will not suck up a bunch of system resources Is done entirely on the server and not using a command line or special utility on the end-users computer The $500 will be paid by check or PayPal, your choice. Thank you! -- Scott Wang Thorp Web My cell: 715-512-0055 Email: sc...@thorpweb.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device
I see no reason why not as long as everything you want to do and see is available via the keyboard, mouse and the montior. Expect some lag time in the displays. Do not expect live update to be live. If you have an intel Mac with Leopard (10.5) - install Windozz XP and use bootcamp to boot into windows. To run the two OSs side by side get Parallels desktop, install the free open source MacFuse and NTFS-3G (to format the drive as NTFS and see/use Mac and Windows files), install windozz XP. Allocate at least 30 gb to windozz. I took a well known authors advice and allocated a minimum 12gb. With Windozzz and minimal software, I am out of disk space. On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Howard Schroeder wrote: I have a situation where I need to be able to operate a windows based DVR but I use a MAC laptop. I understand that MAC do not support the Activex control capability needed so I was hoping to be able to use VNC to remotely operate the DVR and view the cameras via a remote session. Is this possible? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list Dale Eshelman eshelm...@gmail.com ShopToEarn (Dist ID 105985) http://www.ShopToEarn.net/DaleEshelman MonaVie (Distr ID 1316953) http://www.monavie.com/Web/US/en/product_overview.dhtml ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Fwd: VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device
A couple other thoughts regarding your DVR system. 1 - you could use RDC (Remote Desktop) from Microsoft. The Mac version is here http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx I am using 2.0.0.0 Beta3. Downside of RDC is it locks the screen of the PC/DVR you access. But the throughput is faster because Microsucks has access to technology the ouside world does not. 2 - Some and many current DVR software allows the set up of internet access. You can then access the cameras directly over a secure internet connection. It works fairly well. I recently worked with ExacqVision Technologies http://www.exacq.com/ and another I cannot think of the name right now. Exacq internet access works well for example. 3 - The question becomes the size of the DVR box, OS used (some of these guys install XP HOME claiming you dont need server so dont need XP Pro), and your ability to access the box as Admin (many of these guys setup and restrict access to themselves claiming the company does not need to access the box and they (the installer) will take care of it - a lock-in to yearly maintenance fees. So really need more information here regarding the DVR box, OS, DVR software, your access priveleges. Dale Eshelman eshelm...@gmail.com Begin forwarded message: From: Dale Eshelman eshelm...@gmail.com Date: June 7, 2009 3:06:10 PM CDT To: Howard Schroeder howa...@gestechnical.com Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: VNC on MAC viewing a windows based device I see no reason why not as long as everything you want to do and see is available via the keyboard, mouse and the montior. Expect some lag time in the displays. Do not expect live update to be live. If you have an intel Mac with Leopard (10.5) - install Windozz XP and use bootcamp to boot into windows. To run the two OSs side by side get Parallels desktop, install the free open source MacFuse and NTFS-3G (to format the drive as NTFS and see/use Mac and Windows files), install windozz XP. Allocate at least 30 gb to windozz. I took a well known authors advice and allocated a minimum 12gb. With Windozzz and minimal software, I am out of disk space. On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Howard Schroeder wrote: I have a situation where I need to be able to operate a windows based DVR but I use a MAC laptop. I understand that MAC do not support the Activex control capability needed so I was hoping to be able to use VNC to remotely operate the DVR and view the cameras via a remote session. Is this possible? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list Dale Eshelman eshelm...@gmail.com ShopToEarn (Dist ID 105985) http://www.ShopToEarn.net/DaleEshelman MonaVie (Distr ID 1316953) http://www.monavie.com/Web/US/en/product_overview.dhtml Dale Eshelman eshelm...@gmail.com ShopToEarn (Dist ID 105985) http://www.ShopToEarn.net/DaleEshelman MonaVie (Distr ID 1316953) http://www.monavie.com/Web/US/en/product_overview.dhtml ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
