DataTables: Server-side processing through EmberJS

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I am attempting to integrate DataTables into an Ember application. I have had success creating a view with hard-coded object data, but I am running into trouble calling the data from a Web Service JSON. Should I be using the built-in "ajaxDT" from dataTables... or should I be getting the JSON through an Ember model and passing it through?

I am attempting a couple things, so I will post examples if they do/don't work.

I am just hoping someone else has already figured it out... google is surprisingly devoid of any examples of it working...