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SenseCam v2.3 User Guide Page 4 of 31 10/03/2009

disconnect it, turn it on and reconnect as usual. When plugged in, a flashing green light

indicates that the battery is charging; solid green indicates fully charged.

It takes around 3 hours to charge the battery from flat. It is not possible to „over-charge‟ the

battery, and it is safe to leave plugged in overnight. It is also OK to „top up‟ the battery by

re-charging it before it is fully exhausted. A fully-charged battery should allow up to 36

hours of operation although this varies with frequency of image capture and may be as low

as 12 hours.

Connecting it to a PC or charger while it is switched off may result in the unit appearing not

to respond as expected (for example, the charging light may not come on). If this happens, it

is recommended that you disconnect the camera, switch it on, and then re-connect.

2.4. Transferring data

Photographs and sensor data may be transferred from the camera to a computer using the

USB cable supplied. No special USB drivers are required; the camera will simply appear as

an external flash drive under Windows. It is possible to browse SenseCam images (which

will be recorded as a sequence of .JPG image files in various folders on the camera) directly

from Windows, and to load the sensor data into Microsoft Excel. However, it is

recommended to use the SenseCam Image Viewer software supplied to move the images

from the SenseCam onto the PC because this software performs additional operations, such

as tagging files and synchronising the SenseCam real-time clock. Transferring the images

may take many minutes; a status bar indicates progress.

2.5. SenseCam Image Viewer software

One way of copying and viewing SenseCam images and sensor data is to use the SenseCam

Image Viewer software supplied with the camera. This may be installed directly from the

camera – simply connect it to the PC via USB, and run setup.exe from the folder within the

\PCVIEWER folder. The software will also install the .NET framework 2.0 if required.

During installation select „Advanced Operation‟ if you want to be able to view sensor data.

Following installation, whenever the camera is subsequently connected to the PC the

„Import photos from SenseCam using SenseCam Import‟ option should be selected. Section

3 gives a lot more detail about the installation, use and configuration of the MSRC viewer

software.

Note that currently the software requires that the user is a local administrator of the machine

to run properly.

2.6. General

The SenseCam is a research prototype. Please bear in mind that it is not as robust as a

typical commercial product. It is not particularly waterproof so please be careful in the rain.

Documentation is supplied on the camera itself, in the \DOCS folder.

Please note the terms and conditions of the Limited Licence Agreement associated with the

use of the SenseCam hardware and software before you attempt to install or use the PC

software. This agreement has to be signed by all SenseCam recipients external to Microsoft

before they are supplied with the SenseCam hardware and MSRC Viewer/Importer

Software.