Users Manual Part 1

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Starting up the Tikee
The merging of the images is optimized on the first 100 photos of the sequence.
To ensure optimal image fusion, follow these guidelines:
- Do not start shooting until the Tikee has been set up. (The images taken before the set-
up would then be used to calculate the image fusion, causing poor results)
- Do not start shooting in bad conditions (especially at night or with very poor visibility).
It is therefore important, for the first photos, that the weather and lighting conditions are similar
for the rest of the project (place, without rain on the lens, during the day...).
Solar panel set-up
The autonomy of your Tikee through its solar resource is directly related to the installation
location. It depends on:
- shade on the photovoltaic panel during the day (roof, pole, tree,...), the more shade the less
energy is produced;
- the orientation of the solar panel (South in the Northern Hemisphere, North in the Southern
Hemisphere);
- the tilt of the solar panel (flat close to the equator, about 30° in France);
- outside temperature (the hotter it is, the more the performance will degrade);
- the shooting interval;
- the duration of the shooting per day;
- the quality of the network in the case of a connected use (Wifi or 4G).
After choosing the framing (cf. page 10), it is necessary to adjust the solar panel’s position.
Important : To protect the battery, the battery charge is disabled ouside the range 0°C / +45°C.
1. Setting the orientation of the solar panel:
Start by orientating the solar panel to the
south if you are in the northern hemisphere, or
north if you are in the southern hemisphere.
You can use a compass, a watch with a compass
function or a mobile application on
your smartphone
(For example The PV Optimizer application (iOS
only) allows you to easily adjust the rotation and
incline of the panel).
The rotation of Tikee
can be locked here.