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PlotStalker

Timelapse Camera

User Guide

www.moultriefeeders.com

Rev. 11/10

Summary of Contents for PlotStalker

Page 1: ...PlotStalker Timelapse Camera User Guide www moultriefeeders com Rev 11 10...

Page 2: ...he Power Status button to turn the camera ON 5 Important set the date and time before initial use 6 Turn Rotary Dial to AUTO close the door and secure the latches What Happens Then The camera will be...

Page 3: ...Status button until the LCD display goes off To see the status of the camera click the power button quickly warning if camera is within 15 seconds of taking its next photo or video pressing this butto...

Page 4: ...B cable to connect to a computer 6 TV OUT port To connect to TV to review pictures or video clips 7 SD MEMORY CARD port To insert SD card for memory space Note The metal contact of your card should be...

Page 5: ...is turned to AUTO the camera status Fig 2 3 is displayed for 10 seconds then the first photo or video is captured Fig 4 then the camera enters STANDBY mode note the display will turn off and the LCD...

Page 6: ...ry 3 sec to indicate that the camera is powered ON but is in a delay interval To display the camera status when it is in STANDBY mode press the Power Status button Fig 1 It will not affect the delay i...

Page 7: ...ically Please insert an empty SD card Low Battery In the AUTO mode if the LCD shows LOW BATTERY it means that the battery is low The camera will shut down automatically Please replace the batteries PL...

Page 8: ...xtremely versatile with regard to mounting TRIPOD NUTS There are two standard tripod nuts embedded into the camera case which will attach to a standard tripod MOUNTING STRAP The included mounting stra...

Page 9: ...ngs ASAP 10 SEC 30 SEC 1 MIN 5 MIN 10 MIN 15 MIN 30 MIN 1 HOUR 3 HOUR 6 HOUR or 1 DAY This determines the delay interval between each shot Note Battery life will be diminished when using ASAP and 30 s...

Page 10: ...ton to choose between different settings any hour after the WAKEUP time set in the last screen Press the SELECT button to make selection and then the menu go to the next screen to set up the WAKEUP ti...

Page 11: ...default date is 01 01 99 12 00am CAMERA NAME Press the SELECT button the selection will flash Press or button to choose the first character 0 9 space or A Z Press the SELECT button again to make selec...

Page 12: ...alled on your camera set dial to PLAYBACK and hold select button while turning camera ON RESET TO DEFAULT SETUP Press or button to choose betweens YES and NO Choose YES to reset the camera to the defa...

Page 13: ...SD Card LOW 640 x 480 10 994 MEDIUM 1280 x 720 3 206 HIGH 1920 x 1080 1 749 FINE 3264 x 2448 961 VIDEO 640 x 480 274 Estimates Actual capacity will vary based on image properties 10 second video clips...

Page 14: ...return back to the previous screen Press the SELECT button again to make selection USB VIEWING To connect the camera to a Computer the camera must be ON and the rotary dial in the SETUP position Conne...

Page 15: ...mat JPEG Still pictures AVI Video clips External SD Memory Up to 16 GB SDHC Image Output TV OUT USB OUT SD Card USB Output Requires PC with Windows 2000 ME XP Vista 7 Power Supply Standard or recharge...

Page 16: ...3 recommended Windows Vista Home Premium Business Ultimate or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows 7 Hard disk space 100MB or above CPU Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor or above Memory...

Page 17: ...e to view through the Time Lapse Software Note Before opening the time lapse images with the software the images should be copied to a location in your local hard disk first Accessing the images direc...

Page 18: ...egion and Step settings you select The use of all three settings can maximize your results 5 1 Sensitivity Set to High Medium or Low This sets the level of pixel change the program will detect Note a...

Page 19: ...Easy Search to overlook pictures it will lower the accuracy of your search if set above 1 TO TURN PHOTO SEQUENCES INTO TIME LAPSE VIDEO Reasons you may want to create a video with your images Makes it...

Page 20: ...will require more memory VGA 640x480 720p 1080p 6 Chose Dark picture filter to None Low Medium High This will cause the search to skip certain pictures that meet the selected settings 7 Click on Save...

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