Page Watch the set up video on our website at www.dlccovert.com. It’s on our home page! 1 2013 Special Ops‐Code Black Scouting Camera Instruction Manual.
Table of Contents Camera button control diagram: ................................................ 4 Installing the batteries: ............................................................... 5 Purchasing your SIM card: .......................................................... 6 Installing your SIM card: ............................................................. 7 Installing the SD card: ................................................................. 8 Setting up the wireless network: ..................
Congratulations on your purchase of the 2013 Special Ops.‐Code Black Scouting camera! We truly value your business and will strive to provide you top quality customer service should you ever need help with any of our products. Check out our other products on our website at www. Dlccovert.com. Page We know the first big question you are going to have once you purchase your Special Ops‐Code Black is how do I get it set up to work over the cellular network.
Camera button control diagram: Antenna Color LCD SIM card slot Delete Menu Select/OK Play Navigation arrows Selector switch Take photo manually 4 USB SD card slot Page Aux battery jack Figure 1
Installing the batteries: Your Special Ops Code Black can function short term on 4AA batteries. Improved battery life on 8‐AA, but we suggest you use 12AA batteries to get the most out of your cameras battery life. Using Covert rechargeable NiMH, 2300mAh, AA batteries can extend the battery life significantly. Install the batteries by sliding the top battery in to the sleeve first, then depressing the spring with the other battery and snapping down in place.
Purchasing your SIM card: The Spec. Ops.‐Code Black is designed to send the photos it takes via MMS SIM card technology over the cellular network to any phone or email address instantly once the photo is taken. You will have to purchase a texting package from an AT&T corporate store to get set up to do this. Page You will need to travel to your local AT&T corporate store to purchase a prepaid SIM card that you will then install in the card slot on the side of your camera.
Installing your SIM card: Now that you have your SIM card. Open your camera housing to expose the control panel. Make sure your camera mode selector switch is in the OFF position. On the left side of the camera control panel towards the top is a small card slot. See Figures 3 & 4 below. Figure 3 Figure 4 Page To remove the SIM card, simply press in on the card until it clicks and then release it. 7 Press the card in until it bottoms out and then release. It will snap in place.
Installing the SD card: Figure 5 Page NOTE: every photo taken with this . camera will be saved to the SD card even if it is sending the photos wireless. You will always have access to the high resolution photos on the SD card just like with standard game cameras. 8 Now that you have your SIM card and it has been installed in the camera you will need to install a SD card in the bottom of the camera. See figure 5 below for card orientation. The card installs the same way as the SIM card did.
Setting up the wireless network: 1) Slide selector switch to the right to the SETUP position. Press the MENU button You will see the screen shown below (Fig 6):, Figure 6 Page You will need to be patient as the camera does its initial set‐up and looks for cellular service. While finding the network you will see the word searching, Then Searching Network in red on the screen. Once you see a 6 digit number show up at 9 2) Press the ► button 2 times to highlight the GSM tab in yellow.
the top and the service bar indicator show service bars, you are ready to move on. Press the ►button 3 times to highlight the SYS tab. Formatting the SD card: 3) Navigate down by pressing the ▼ button repeatedly until the FORMAT option is highlighted and press OK. You will see the screen shots shown below (Fig 7 & 8). Press the ◄ button to highlight YES and press OK. Your SD card is now formatted.
5) Press the ◄ arrow (1) time to highlight the GSM tab and navigate down to the DOWNLOAD TOOL and press OK. (Figures 9 & 10) Figure 9 Figure 10 Page 11 6) Turn the camera off by sliding the selector switch to the OFF position 7) Remove the SD card from your camera and insert into your personal PC card reader. 8) Locate the SD card in Windows Explorer and double click on it to show it’s contents.
Figure 11 Double click on the GSMSETUP and then double click on the UOV Setup application. Page Figure 12 12 9) You will see a warning box like Fig. 12 below. Choose YES and the UOV set‐up program will launch.
Figure 13 Page 13 10) You will see the following screen for setting up the GSM options for your camera. This is where you add phone numbers and e‐mail addresses and control the number of wireless photos sent from the camera each day.
Page 14 11) Send Mode: a. INSTANT: If you want the camera to send you every photo the instant it’s taken, you want to choose this option. b. Max Num: You can control the numbers of photos that are sent to your device or e‐ mail every day. If you want to limit this, put the maximum number of photos you want the camera to send each day in the box. If you want it to send every photo regardless of the number of photos each day, set this value to 0 (zero) c.
Page 13) Send Via: a. MMS: Choose the MMS option. b. GPRS: 14) Operator Parameter: a. Country: Choose your Country or Origin in the drop down menu. b. Operator: Choose AT&T in the drop down menu. 15) SMS Switch: Choose the ON option if you want to be able to control the basic functions of your camera by texting it codes from your phone. If you do not want to have wireless control, you can leave the option at OFF. 16) Send to: a.
Page 17) Recipients: a. Phone: Enter up to 4 different phone numbers in the phone number field. You will need to start every number with a 1 followed by the area code and phone number with no spaces or dashes. Place a semicolon (;) between each of the phone numbers with no spaces anywhere. You will need to enter a semicolon after the last entry. b. Email: Enter up to 4 different e‐mail addresses in the Email field. You will need to enter a semicolon AFTER the last entry.
Page 17 were made, pick this button. You cannot go back once this button is pressed so make sure you want to re‐set all the settings before you pick this button. 21) Path: The path is the location in which the settings are saved. You will see that the default location is C:\Windows\System32. You will want to change this to point back to your SD card. To do this you will pick the button with the 3 dots on it to the right of the path text bar.
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22) Press the OK button to accept the settings and save them to the SD card. You will see the following box pop up (Fig. 15). Pick OK you can then cancel the UOV Setup. Page 23) Remove the SD card from your computer and replace it in the camera. 24) Slide the SELECTOR switch to the SETUP position. Wait for the camera to go through it’s set up process and find cellular service. Normally 15‐20 seconds to see update success 25) Press the MENU button.
Send a test photo: 27) Press the PLAY button to enter the Play mode and then press the MENU button. You will see the following screen. (Fig16) Figure 16 28) Press the ▼to highlight the SEND option and press OK. (Fig 17) Page 29) The LCD screen will start to count up from step 1 to 10. Once you see Send Successful, you have successfully sent your first photo and your camera is ready to take photos.
Understanding main screen info: Camera/Video icon Mega Pixels chosen Cellular carrier # Cellular service indicator Figure 18 # of photos remaining on card 21 # of photos taken Page Battery life indicator
Customizing the camera settings: Your camera is set to function with the default settings without any further customization. However, you will likely want to at very least set the clock and date. The following information will help you customize your camera settings so you can get the most out of the trail camera experience. To start, Press the MENU button once to open the customization menus. We will start with the CAM system tab. You will see CAM, PIR, GSM, and SYS tabs across the top of the screen.
Setting the camera mode: Press the ▼ button to highlight the Camera Mode option in yellow. Either Photo or Video will show up in a white box to the right. Press the ►button to toggle between Photo or Video until the option you want shows in the white box. Press OK. NOTE: If you do not press OK, your setting will return back to the previous setting. Camera mode settings: PHOTO SIZE: Press the ▼or ▲ button to highlight Photo Size in yellow.
PHOTO BURST: Your camera can take a 1, 2 or 3 shot burst every time the PIR is triggered to take a photo. The camera will only send the first photo of the photo burst to your phone or e‐mail. Press the ▲ or ▼ buttons to highlight the PHOTO BURST option: To set this function, press the ►repeatedly to show the 1 Photo, 2 Photo, or 3 Photo option. Press OK to save the desired setting. Video mode settings: (Fig 20) Figure 20 Page Press the ► button to toggle between the VGA and QVGA options.
VIDEO LENGTH: You can adjust the length of time the camera takes a video from 5‐60 seconds. Press the ▲ or ▼ button to highlight the VIDEO LENGTH option. Press the ► or ◄ buttons repeatedly to change the number of seconds shown in the white box. Long videos fill the SD card up quickly. PIR tab: Press the ▲ or ▼ buttons repeatedly until only the top tab menu is highlighted in yellow. Press the ► or ◄ button to highlight the PIR tab in yellow. Screen should appear like Fig. 21.
NORMAL option will work the best. In high temperatures, the HIGH setting might help differentiate between the outside temps and the body temps of the animal. In cold conditions, you may find that the LOW option is best as the camera can easily differentiate the outside temps from the body temps of the subject. If you are using the time lapse function, you would choose OFF to turn off the PIR. Page TRIGGER INTERVAL: Allows you to customize how often the camera can be allowed to take a photo.
have chosen your desired trigger interval, press the OK button to save the setting. NOTE: We suggest you choose 1minute or greater for the MMS to work properly. Page TIME LAPSE: Press the ▼▲ arrow to highlight the Time‐Lapse option. This option allows your camera to automatically take a photo without being triggered by the PIR. If you already set the Sensitivity to OFF, then the camera will only take photos when the Time‐Lapse option is on.
press OK to save the setting. The camera will continuously take photos in timed increments you set. Remember, this will generate a lot of photos and you may want to limit the number of photos sent via MMS daily. START‐STOP: If you only want your camera to be on during part of the day each day you can set the Start‐Stop function. Press the ▲▼ buttons to highlight the Start‐Stop option. The default setting is OFF. Press the ► button to toggle the setting to ON and press OK.
(military time) and press the ► button to change to minutes and use the ▲▼ to set the minutes. Page 29 Press the ► button to navigate to the Stop settings and repeat the process from above to set the Stop time. You can press the ►◄ buttons to navigate back through the settings if necessary. Once you have the start‐stop times set, press OK to save the settings.
GSM tab: Press the ▼▲ buttons until just the PIR tab is highlighted and then use the ► to highlight the GSM option. Most of the settings under the GSM tab are controlled in the original camera set up. You will not be able to make changes to these settings from the camera. You would have to repeat the steps for setting up the wireless network to make changes to these settings. Page Press the ▼ button repeatedly until you highlight the SMS Switch option.
between ON and OFF. Press the OK button to save the settings. Controlling your camera using SMS: You can control many of the basic functions of your camera from your cell phone by sending it codes via text message. You can control the following functions on your camera via SMS.
Both the “commander phone number” and the subordinates have the rights to edit the SMS command orders to control the camera. See table 1 Table 1 You will text the camera phone number that you were given with the SIM card using the codes listed above for the specific function changes.
ACQUIRE PICTURE: If you send #500# to acquire picture, the camera will capture a single picture immediately and send it to the email addresses and/or phone numbers listed in the GSM settings. Page MMS ON/MMS OFF: If you want the camera to stop sending you photos, you can send the code from Table 1 to shut it OFF and back ON. If set to OFF, you will not receive photos or Daily reports to your phone or e‐mail. Your camera will always still record all the events on the SD card.
Page 34 IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember you need a 1 before each phone number and you can not use any spaces, dashes or hyphens.
SYS tab: The SYS tab controls all the internal system information such as Setting the clock, Time stamp, Flash range, Password, Over Write, and Format. (Fig 24) Figure 24 Page Figure 25 35 SETTING THE CLOCK: Scroll over to the SYS tab using the ►◄ buttons and then press the ▼ button to highlight the Set Clock option. Press OK. You will see the following screen.
Press the ▲▼ button to set the MONTH, the press the ► button to navigate to the DATE and use the ▼▲ buttons to set the date. Press the ► button to navigate to the year and set that using the ▲▼ buttons. Navigate down to the time using the ► button and follow the same process as above to set the time. Once you have the time set, press OK to save the settings. Page FLASH RANGE: You can set the Flash Range depending on your set up. If most of the subjects are going to be inside 20’, use the 6m/20ft setting.
12m/40’ option. Press the ▼ button to highlight the Flash Range option. Use the ► button to navigate between the two different settings. Press OK to save the settings. PASSWORD: Press the ▼ button to highlight the Password option. You can password protect your camera with this setting. The default setting is OFF. Make sure you write down your password or store it in your phone so you don’t lose it. If you set this option to ON, you will not be able to access your camera without the password.
Use the ▲▼ and ► buttons to set the password. Press OK to save the settings. OVER WRITE: The Over Write function will save new photos over the old photos on your SD card if it becomes full. Each time a new photo is taken the oldest photo on the card will be overwritten. The default for this option is OFF. If you want to change this, Press the ▼ button to highlight the Over Write option and then press the ► button to toggle the setting to ON. Press OK to save the setting.
You will see a screen that has Yes and No on it, use the ► button to navigate to YES and press OK. DEFAULT SET: The Default Set option is the last option in the SYS tab. If you want to start clean and re‐set all the settings to the original factory default settings you will choose this option. Press the ▼ button to highlight the Default Set option. Press OK.
press OK. If you do not want to delete, press the DEL button again and to go back. (Fig. 27) Figure 27 Page MINI USB: Your camera comes with a mini USB cable to hook up to your computer or TV to look at the photos. Plug the small jack of the cable into the bottom of the camera. Plug the USB end into the USB port on your home computer or USB capable television. The USB will recognize the new hardware and download the proper driver to view the images or videos.
automatically open, you will need to open it using Windows Explorer to locate the camera. It will appear as a removable disk. Troubleshooting: COMMON ERROR MESSAGES: “LOG IN FAIL” “SEND FAIL” “NETWORK BUSY” Reasons for error: Page 41 1) The service in your area is not sufficient to run the camera. 2) There is an error when setting up the SIM card and it’s locked.
Suggestions to remedy: Page 42 1) Re‐do the UOV Set‐up to make 100% sure there aren’t any mistakes, check to be sure the numbers and e‐mail addresses are correct without paces or mistakes. 2) Contact your GSM provider and make sure your SIM card is a Text Feature Package only and is UNLOCKED. 3) If it’s a cellular service issue you may need to purchase a booster antenna from DLC Covert to help boost the signal. These can be very effective in boosting the signal to your camera in a poor signal area.
“Network Busy:” Reasons for error: 1) There is a problem with the phone number or e‐ mail addresses. 2) There is not enough money on the SIM card plan. Suggestions to remedy: Page 43 1) Re‐do the UOV setup. Make sure there are no typos or spaces. Check to see if there is a 1 in front of the each number. 2) Sometimes you need to go back to just one phone number or e‐mail address at a time to find where the error is. Test with just one and if it works, then add more and test.
Cannot access the SET‐UP menu: Reasons for issue: 1) This only happens if you don’t have a SD card in the card slot or if the SD card is corrupt. 2) Batteries are too low Suggestions to remedy 1) Install a SD card or Install a new SD card 2) Replace the batteries. For best results, mount the camera approximately 4 feet off the ground facing straight forward as level as possible. To enhance the flash, we recommend positioning the camera in an area with a backdrop to reflect the maximum amount of light.
Try to set the camera up so it’s not facing directly into the sun either in the morning or the evening when game movement is at its peak. Use the Covert Tree60 mounting system to mount the camera up higher pointing down on them for a better look. Works great when you don’t have a straight tree to attach to. Www.dlccovert.com.
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Service is available in the United States. Page If telephone support is unsuccessful, Covert or its authorized dealer will instruct the customer on how to receive warranty repaid as provided below. 47 customer and must be paid prior to shipping, if camera is not found to be defective in materials or workmanship. 2. Replace the product with a comparable product which may be new or refurbished. (Warranty is not extended beyond original purchase date.) 3.
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