Q: How to take a picture (using the camera) on an alarm or a fixed time.
A: Information about the camera can be found at https://ydoc.biz/data-logger-accessoires/data-logger-camera/.
C: How to trigger the camera to take a picture can be found in the Data Logger Manual, chapter “Camera”. Pictures can be taken once a day (on a specific time), round the clock or during the day or at night.
T: The camera has a warm-up time 7 – 10 seconds. Taking and processing the picture, will take a few seconds.
(The picture is taken twice: The first picture is used for automatic calibrating the IR led’s on the camera.
The second picture is send to the Server.
To avoid missing the picture during sending, add a delay time of 30 seconds to the start of the FTP driver.
On activation, it will wait 30 seconds before connecting, grabbing the data from the SD card and send it.
To confirm that the parameter settings “works-as-designed”, check in running mode when the camera is scheduled. From main menu, choose “Processing Status”. (Press <Ctrl>A<Shift>S<Ctrl>D).
Note: it can take to the next day the camera will operate according to the configured one-shot fixed time.
E: Example taking a picture on a fixed time.
In this example, the camara will take a picture on a fixed time (10:00AM) and FTP is used for transfer and another protocol is used for sending data.
To get things to work
(1) Goto the “Modem output” menu
– Enable FTP
– Set the send interval to 24:00
– If the picture must be send, directly after taking it on 10:00, set the send delay to 10:00:30. (36030 seconds).
– Modify “Output type” to Heartbeat. (This will prevent sending the data records thru FTP)
– Test FTP
(2) Goto the Accessory port selection.
Choose the Camera and set:
– Picture taking “Log interval”
– Independent log interval to 24:00
– Interval shift to 10:00
– Choose a picture size matching your needs. (In this example: Medium)
– Select the “Picture sending” protocol: FTP
– Test the camera
