Song Meter SM4BAT FS User Guide
4 Settings
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recording. It is best to experiment with your particular environment to make sure
the increased noise is either undetectable or tolerable.
Wildlife Acoustics’ Kaleidoscope Viewer and Pro software can natively open the
compression formats. The free Kaleidoscope Converter can be used to convert
the files to standard WAV format for use in other software packages.
Additionally, the W4V algorithms are open-source under GPLv3 license. Please
contact us if you are interested in a commercial license.
Values (Hz):
none, W4V-8, W4V-6, or W4V-4
Default
: none
4.7
Setting a Delayed Start
The Delay Start setting waits until a future date to start your schedule. The
recorder delays the start of the schedule until 00:00 of the specified day.
1.
Navigate to
Main Menu
>
Settings
>
Delay Start
.
2.
Set a future start date and set
Enable
to
yes
.
NOTE
: You can use this feature to synchronize the start of two or more recorders.
When you start the schedule, a warning appears reminding you of the delayed
start. If the date is in the past, no warning appears and the schedule starts
without delay.
4.8
Setting the LED Indicator Mode
The LED indicator in the keypad blinks to indicate the recorder status. The LED
blinks red once every two seconds when in an armed state waiting for a trigger
and green once per second when triggered. This light is visible on the front of
the recorder even when the security cover is closed.
1.
Navigate to
Main Menu
>
Settings
>
LED Indicator
.
2.
Choose
always
or
5 minutes only
.
When you choose
5 minutes only
, the LED only appears for approximately
the first five (5) minutes of recording after you press
SCHEDULE START
or
CHECK STATUS
or until the first time the unit sleeps. This setting minimizes
drawing attention to the recorder and allows you to maintain some level of
camouflage when recorder security or visibility is a concern.
4.9
Advanced Settings
The following describes each advanced setting.
Setting a Minimum External Battery Voltage
You can set a minimum voltage cutoff to help prevent damage to external lead
acid batteries from over-discharge. If the external battery voltage falls below this
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