Instruction manual

Motion detection
Motion detection was introduced in v0.49 and additional parameters for adjusting the
sensitivity and timeout were introduced in v0.58. If motion detection is enabled, Auto
Record, Auto-shutoff, Time-lapse Photos and TV Video-Out must be disabled. Motion
detection starts automatically after a 5 sec. delay after the camera is powered on.
During the delay period, the camera can be:
• Toggled into normal video mode by pressing the shutter button. The camera will
revert back to normal Motion Detect mode when normal video is stopped with
Shutter Button.
• Toggled to Photo Mode with the power button.
• Placed into position to prevent the motion from turning on the camera and
starting the first motion-triggered clip.
Recording will continue as long as there is movement detected. If no more movement is
detected, the camera will enter a timeout loop and check for more motion. If no new
motion is detected during the timeout loop the camera will stop recording and wait for
further movement when it will start recording again. This procedure will be repeated ad
infinitum.
Once motion is detected, it will take a second or two until the firmware starts recording.
This delay can't be avoided because of technical limitations.
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Time Lapse
Time Lapse was introduced in v0.43 and further refined in v0.50. If Time Lapse is
enabled, Auto Record and Motion detect must be disabled. Photo delay settings also
include 0.50 and 0.25 secs. If these two low settings are used, Photo Frame size must
be set to 1280x720 and the Time stamp must be disabled. The Auto-shutdown setting
can remain active with Time lapse turned on because it will only function when the
camera is toggled out of photo mode back into standby mode. The 0.25 sec. delay
between images, when joined into a movie at 30 fps, will equate to a 7.5x time lapse
speed up.
Video Frame Rate
This parameter was added in v0.50 and allows recording video with frames rates of 5,
10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 fps. These can give additional time lapse video modes::
• The 5 fps mode is special, and will automatically play back at 30 fps. This means
the NATIVE video in this mode will give a 6X speed-up with NO editing!
• The other frame rates play back at the same frame rate as the capture rate (e.g.,
10 fps capture will play back at 10 fps - no speed up, but jerky motion).
Editing the special frame rates to play back faster can produce slower "time lapse"
motion than the Time-lapse Photo settings, e.g.:
• 5 fps video at 30 fps = 6x speed up
• 10 fps video at 30 fps = 3x speed up
• 15 fps video at 30 fps = 2x speed up
• 20 fps video at 30 fps = 1.5x speed up
• The 25 fps mode is currently not available due to incompatibility with new library
code from the chip vendor. When a fix id released it will be added. If this value is
set, 30fps will be used instead.