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Users Guide | Owners Manual | Operating Instructions | At the heart of any motion sensing camera is a controller board. All TrackSnap cameras use a PixController PIR (Pryoelectric Infra-Red) motion detection sensor. The PixController motion sensor electronics is a unique design. With this design you will get the minimum number of false triggers (blank photos), and the PIR electronics will shut down when the board battery gets low also minimising false photos. It can detect the target in any vector of travel (say up and down target movement), which is very important if you plan to mount your sensor in an elevated position. • Ensure the DSC P41 camera is set up correctly, Camera Mode Selector is in the Still Image position and turned off as per page 11 of this manual. The TrackSnap controller will power the camera when required and will not function correctly without these correct settings.. • Utilise the Auto Walk-Test Mode to confirm settings after positioning the camera as suggested below. See top of page 4 for auto walk-test mode information. • Position the camera correctly • Point the sensor away from the rising or setting sun. In general, North or South works well, but your local site conditions could dictate otherwise. • Keep the sensor aimed at an area that will not have intense, direct sunlight warming all or part of the detection area. Shadows of trees or clouds moving across a sun-warmed area can cause a momentary temperature drop which could cause a false event to be recorded. The warmed air rising from the ground can cause problems too. • Tall, sun-warmed grasses or other vegetation blowing in a breeze can be detected. Point the sensor away from dense, sun-warmed vegetation which can trap heat. • Even in a shaded area, keep the sensor pointed away from dense shrubs or trees that can retain the day’s warmth. A warm evergreen or other dense shrub will hold the day’s heat. If the air temperature drops at night - and the still warm shrub moves in the wind, this movement could be detected. • If the area is known to have many small birds / mammals, you will surely get many empty pictures, as these active, fast animals will often leave the frame before a picture can be taken. Orient your sensor to your target.
File Details: March 30, 2007 603kb (12 pages)
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