Content Instruction.......... .1 General Description........ .2 Application.......... .3 Camera Overview........ .4 Shooting Information Display...... .5 Two Way Communication......... Cautions............ Quick Start Guide.......... .1 Power Supply.......... .2 Insert SD card and SIM card....... .3 Do the Camera Settings........
MG983G-30M 1 Instruction 1.1 General Description This camera, a digital scouting camera with 3G communication function, is a digital infrared surveillance camera, triggered by any movement of human or animal monitored by a high sensitive Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor, and then automatically captures high quality pictures (up to 30M pixels) or records video clips (1080 FHD).
MG983G-30M 1.3 Camera Overview Take a few moments to familiarize with the camera controls and displays. It is helpful to bookmark this section and refer to it when reading through the rest of the manual. Figure 1 Diagram of camera functional indicators...
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MG983G-30M Figure 2 Inner panel view Figure 3 Diagram of camera interfaces ...
MG983G-30M 1.4 Shooting Information Display When the camera is turned on (the power switch is slid to SETUP position), the current settings will be displayed on screen. Figure 4 Shooting information display is the correct SIM card status and the available space of SD card should be a none zero value.
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MG983G-30M your service provider. It supports following bands :GSM with 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and 1900MHz ; WCDMA with 850MHz, 900MHz, 1900MHz and 2100MHz. ...
MG983G-30M 2 Cautions The working voltage of the camera is 6V. The camera is supplied by the power adapter or 8 AA batteries. Please install batteries according to shown polarity. Please insert the SD card before power on camera. The camera has no internal memory for saving images or videos.
MG983G-30M 3 Quick Start Guide 3.1 Power Supply Use 8 AA batteries. High-density and high-performance alkaline or lithium batteries are recommended. Also 6V external power supply and solar panel are supported. The battery can be just a backup for emergency use support).
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MG983G-30M 2) Set the camera parameters First, select your country and carriers (step1) according to your SIM card and input your receiving phone number in “administrator number” and receiving e-mail address in “Receive Email 1” (step3). For first time use, we suggest you to use default settings (step2), any settings you want to change, please click “Change Setting”.
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MG983G-30M After finish above settings, click “Check WAP/Internet Parameters” to check whether you have all parameters filled in. Then save the GSM folder to the root directory of your SD card (step4). If your country or SIM card operator is not in the list, try to find “Others”, then ask the SIM card operator for the...
MG983G-30M and fill in. Also you need to fill in some parameters(send email server, port, email address and password) of an email account as sending email. We suggest you use a gmail. Note, only SMTP is supported by the camera when sending email.
MG983G-30M phone or Email in your mailbox. 3.5 SMS Control When the camera is working, you can send a text message “#T#” to your camera’s SIM card number to get an on spot image or use our Android application tools. Note you need to set SMS control as ON when using SMS command.
MG983G-30M 4 Advanced Operations This chapter explains the advanced operations for customizing the camera settings. Work Mode Setup mode: to program camera or to playback the photos or video clips. Hunting mode: when animal or human intrudes into the monitoring...
MG983G-30M or “◄” to change different item pages or select the different options. Press “OK” to save the settings. 4.2.1 Setting Items Setting Description Items There are three camera modes: Photo, Video and Pic+Video. You can enter the main Camera menu to set the camera mode.
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MG983G-30M Time lapse means the camera can capture images or videos at a preset time interval regardless of whether motions are detected. The default parameter is Off, which means the time lapse function is disabled. Changing this...
MG983G-30M setting time duration in a day. In the rest of the time the camera is sleeping. Set Work Hour as off means the camera works all day. There are 2 Send to modes: 1 Phone MMS: send images to mobile phone.
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MG983G-30M on Video mode, the camera will send a SMS or video at the preset time. The SMS will show you how many video clips the camera has taken within 24 hours. If you choose “Daily”, you need to set the daily report time: xxH, xxM.
MG983G-30M preset time clock for preset times. The audio file must be saved in the directory of \DCIM\BMCIM\ with a name of AUDIxxxx(from 0000 to 9999).WAV after format the SD card and setting the game call as on mode, or choose the audio file(format of WAV, AVI,MP3) in Windows APP.
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MG983G-30M 4.2.2 Default Set Setting Items Default Options Description Camera Photo Video, Mode Pic+Video Security Mode Photo Size 30MP 20MP 14MP Video Size 1920x1080 1280x720 640x480 Photo Burst 1 Photo 2-3 Photos Video Length 10 Sec. 5-180 Sec.
MG983G-30M Instant, SMS Control Two way communication Game Call Set the time and frequency of audio playback Study Code Enter Language English Suomi, Deutsch, Svenskt, Dansk Norsk, čeština Italiano, Pусский Beep Sound Camera Posit A to Z...
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MG983G-30M 4.3 Use the Remote Control When it’s in Security Mode, you can use the remote control to easily arm (button A) or disarm (button D). Also you can dial the emergency numbers via button C in case of emergency.
MG983G-30M press OK button, then press button A of the remote control . When it's successful, there will be a "√” before RCH. Note, it has not entered Security mode even you set security mode as on, you need to press the left key to enter security mode quickly or wait for about two minutes till there is an “A”...
MG983G-30M 4.5 Change the Settings via Android APP or SMS When you are far away from your house, you can get spot photos or change camera settings via our android application tools or SMS. 4.6 User Level There are two user levels: administrator and normal users.
MG983G-30M Set normal user administrator Receive emergency calling administrator, normal user Send SMS for on spot picture administrator Receive MMS when triggered administrator, normal user Check camera status administrator, normal user Get help information administrator, normal user 4.7 Use Android APP...
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MG983G-30M No Function SMS Command Set Normal #n#13800138001#13800138002#1380 Users Phone 0138003# Number Set MMS #m#http://mmsc.monternet.com#10.0.0. Parameters 172#80#cmwap# name#password# (The example parameters are for the carrier of China Mobile) Set Email #s#bmctest123@sina.com#bmc123#25 Parameters #cmnet#smtp.sina.com#name#passwor d#SSL# Set Receive #r#mail1@163.com # E-mail mail2@163.com#mail3@163.com #...
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MG983G-30M Change Photo #e#b1# (1~6 photos) Burst Change Video #e#fh#(720p) or #E#fl#(VGA) Size Change Video #e#v5# or #E#v30# (the number after V Length is seconds) Change Date #e#t# (adjustment the time) Time Change Time #e#l1h# (1 hour) or #e#l5m# (5 min)
Ⅰ: MG983G-30M Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone Figure 5 shows Bolymedia’s 5 kinds of detection range at different detection angles. This camera is super long range with 60 degree. Figure 5 PIR Detection Zone The PIR detection angle (α) is just smaller than the field of view (FOV) angle (β).
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Ⅰ: MG983G-30M patented. The new patented PIR’s detection range can reach to 100ft (in good environments). Figure 7 shows the compared detection zone between normal PIR and the new patented PIR. Figure 7 Comparison of Detection Zones of new and existing PIRs ...
MG983G-30M Ⅱ Appendix : Error Code Appendix II: Error Code Code Meaning Description Possible cause: 1. The user forgets to input the receiving cellphone number. Non-existent 2. The user forgets to input the receiving address E-mail address. Suggestion: 1. Check the MMS settings, input all the necessary parameters.
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MG983G-30M Ⅱ Appendix : Error Code If it always shows 3926,3927 or 3928, maybe there is a hardware defect. Please send camera back for repair (very small probability). Possible cause: 1. The GSM network is not good or not well covered with the GPRS network.
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MG983G-30M Ⅱ Appendix : Error Code setting error; 1.Please check to make sure your SIM card has enough balance. 2. Please check the MMS settings. Many codes in the list are used for debugging in the product design phase. Other error code...
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MG983G-30M Appendix Ⅲ: Technical Specifications Appendix Ⅲ: Technical Specifications 14MP Color CMOS, Image Sensor 20MP , 30MP Interpolation F/NO=2.2; Lens FOV (Field of View)=60° PIR Detection Range 30m/100ft Display Screen 3’’ LCD Memory Card From 8 MB to 32 GB 30MP=6400×4800...
Appendix Ⅳ: Parts List Appendix Ⅳ: Parts List Part Name Quantity Digital Camera Wireless Remote Control USB Cable Belt User’s Manual Antenna Warranty Card 433MHz Wireless option Sensor Website Information: Down load the APP software from here: http://www.bolyguard.com/download.html (Version 1.0) ...
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