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Opera ng Manual
Version 1.0.0
An online manual is available at CuddeLink.com. We
recommend you download and read that manual instead
of this one. It is more detailed and more current than
this manual.
FCC No ce
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Opera on is subject to the following two condi ons: (1)
this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
opera on.
changes or modifica ons not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's
authority to operate the equipment.
Please no ce that if the FCC iden fica on number is
not visible when the module is installed inside another
device, then the outside of the device into which the
module is installed must also display a label referring to
the enclosed module. This exterior label can use
wording such as the following: "Contains FCC ID: 2AJYQ
‐17R1‐0915M‐02" any similar wording that expresses
the same meaning may be used.
This equipment complies with FCC radia on exposure
limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This
equipment should be installed and operated with a
minimum distance of 20cm between the radiator &
your body. This transmi er must not be co‐located or
opera ng in conjunc on with any other antenna or
transmi er.
The module is limited to OEM installa on ONLY.
The OEM integrator is responsible for ensuring that the
end‐user has no manual instruc on to remove or install
module.
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- Page 1 Please no ce that if the FCC iden fica on number is Opera ng Manual not visible when the module is installed inside another device, then the outside of the device into which the module is installed must also display a label referring to Version 1.0.0 the enclosed module. This exterior label can use wording such as the following: “Contains FCC ID: 2AJYQ ‐17R1‐0915M‐02” any similar wording that expresses the same meaning may be used. This equipment complies with FCC radia on exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmi er must not be co‐located or opera ng in conjunc on with any other antenna or transmi er. An online manual is available at CuddeLink.com. We The module is limited to OEM installa on ONLY. recommend you download and read that manual instead The OEM integrator is responsible for ensuring that the of this one. It is more detailed and more current than end‐user has no manual instruc on to remove or install this manual. module. 2 ...
- Page 2 The module is limited to installa on in mobile exterior label can use wording such as the applica on; following: “Contains IC: 22791‐17R10915M02” any similar wording that expresses the same meaning A separate approval is required for all other opera ng configura ons, including portable configura ons with may be used. respect to Part 2.1093 and difference antenna L’é que e d’homologa on d’un module configura ons. d’Innova on, Sciences et Développement There is requirement that the grantee provide guidance économique Canada devra être posée sur le to the host manufacturer for compliance with Part 15B produit hôte à un endroit bien en vue, en tout requirements. temps. En l’absence d’é que e, le produit hôte IC No ce doit porter une é que e sur laquelle figure le This device complies with Industry Canada license‐ numéro d’homologa on du module d’Innova on, exempt RSS standard(s). Opera on is subject to the ...
- Page 3 R E AD T H I S M A N U A L What CuddeLink Does Hunters know the importance and benefits of using mul ple trail cameras. But checking these cameras can The difficulty with explaining CuddeLink concepts is it is be a me consuming task that takes away from hun ng easier to use CuddeLink then it is to explain. We me and pollutes the area with human scent. recommend you read this manual twice. A er which you Cuddeback’s patent pending CuddeLink eliminates will find setup and deployment very easy. checking mul ple cameras and u lizes 1 camera as an Online Videos image depository for up to 15 remote CuddeLink We also recommend you watch our tutorial videos at cameras. CuddeLink.com ...
- Page 4 TERMS Ge ng Started with CuddeLink All CuddeLink cameras must have an SD card installed. CuddeLink is Cuddeback’s trademark name for Cuddeback’s network enabled trail cameras. The HOME camera saves the images it records & images CL is an abbrevia on for CuddeLink. from the Remotes cameras on the SD card. We recommend a 4 or 8GB card. A 4 GB card will hold 10s of Network refers to a collec on of CuddeLink cameras that thousands of CuddeLink images. are in radio contact with each other. The REMOTE cameras saves high resolu on images on the Home refers to the camera or device that collects all SD card and saves a thumbnail image in a TX_QUEUE images. where they are queued for transmission to HOME. A 2GB Remote refers to cameras that transmit images to the card or bigger should be used. HOME. This guide assumes you know how to navigate the Repeater refers to a device that acts as a relay sta on on camera’s user interface. All the se ngs explained in this a CuddeLink network. The REPEATER does not take sec on are in the CL MENU item. To access the CL pictures, it only transmits images from one node to the ...
- Page 5 Skip over CL INFO by pressing MORE Set CL CHAN to any number. You can leave this at 1 but Set CL LOC to 002. IMPORTANT – all cameras should we recommend you change this. Pick any channel, but have a unique CL LOC (loca on) number. We remember what you selected as all cameras must be set recommend you set Home to 1 and set remotes as 2, 3, 4 to the same channel. and so on. Press UP to set CL LOC to Set CL CHAN to any number 002 That is all you need to do. The HOME camera is now Set CL CHAN to the same channel you set on the HOME setup properly. Deploy and ARM the Home camera camera. IMPORTANT – all cameras must be set to the (Press MODE un l ARM is selected). same channel. Note—the Home camera must be armed for the CuddeLink network Set CL CHAN to same to func on. channel as HOME Leave CL DELAY and CL COUNT in the default se ngs of CL DELAY 5 and CL COUNT 250. Leave these set to defaults 9 10 ...
- Page 6 MORE un l CL INFO. The first CL INFO display will show If a signal is not displayed within a few minutes you may CL INFO and the number of cameras on the network. be too far from the HOME camera, or HOME may not be ARMed. These 2 displays will toggle Dashes indicate no signal is received From the main CL INFO display press UP and the status of the first camera will be displayed. Con nue to press UP to display the status of each camera. Signal will be displayed as GOOD or POOR. Note ‐ depending upon how many cameras you deployed it may take several hours for the CL INFO to update. If all Remotes are not shown IMPORTANT – CuddeLink transmission distance varies with terrain you should wait a few hours and check again. If a camera fails to and distance and can be from 2/10 of a mile to over a mile. Typical display see the Troubleshoo ng sec on of this manual. range in a forest is 1/4 mile. You must use RF LEVEL to verify you 1st Screen 2nd Screen Explana on have a signal before you deploy a remote camera. 01 / HOME 001 OK A er a signal is received you must ARM the camera node is HOME with CL before deploying addi onal remote cameras. (Press ...
- Page 7 Checking the HOME camera CL MENU Overview Checking the CuddeLink HOME camera is similar to The CL MENU items will differ depending upon if a checking a conven onal trail camera. camera is configured as a HOME, REPEATER or REMOTE. Press UP to put the camera into Armed‐Info mode. Home Menu Items DO NOT turn off the camera! SETTING RANGE DESCRIPTION If you con nue to press UP status of the Home One camera must be set to HOME. All other OFF, HOME, camera will be displayed. cameras must be REMOTE or REPEATER. CL MODE REMOTE, Remove the SD card and use your normal image REPEATER viewing method. This assigns a LOCATION ID to each camera. On the SD card is folder named \\DCIM\400CUDDY. CL LOC 000 thru 999 ...
- Page 8 CL MODE sets the camera’s CuddeLink mode. Choices Remote Menu Items are OFF, HOME, REMOTE, REPEATER. Press UP or SETTING RANGE DESCRIPTION DOWN to select, then press MORE to con nue One camera must be set to HOME. All OFF, HOME, programming addi onal CuddeLink se ngs. other cameras must be REMOTE or CL MODE REMOTE, OFF – use this if you do not want this camera to be part REPEATER. REPEATER of a CuddeLink network. The CuddeLink radio will be This assigns a LOCATION ID to each camera. disabled. CL LOC 000 thru 999 Assign each camera a unique iden fica on HOME – Set Home on the camera that collects images. number. Only 1 camera can be set to HOME. ...
- Page 9 CHAN is set to the same number on all cameras. radio traffic. If a numerical signal is displayed you must select a different channel. With 16 channels available CL INFO (Home only) displays the status of nodes on the you should be able to find a clear channel. CuddeLink network. This was previously discussed in the More than 16 cameras. A single CuddeLink network is Ge ng Started sec on. limited to 16 cameras. If you require more than 16 cameras you can deploy addi onal networks. Each network must be assigned a unique CL CHANNEL. CL INFO file. A detailed status report is available on the Home camera’s SD card. Click the file Cuddelink.html in CL LEVEL (Remote only). CL LEVEL is a signal strength the DCIM\400CUDDY folder. Your computer’s web ...
- Page 10 We recommend you assign each remote camera a to verify radio recep on. The range is ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ to 99 with unique CL LOC number which will determine where descrip ve words to simplify the meaning. A signal of images are saved on the HOME camera’s SD card. For GOOD is sufficient to assure image transmission. It is ok example: to have a signal of POOR, but we recommend you try to not use POOR unless at the end of a chain. DCIM/400CUDDY/LOC__001 this is the folder where images from camera CL LOC 001 are saved. DCIM/400CUDDY/LOC__002 this is the folder where images from camera CL LOC 002 are saved. DCIM/400CUDDY/LOC__003 this is the folder where images from camera CL LOC 003 are saved. (Visit CuddeLink.com Learn sec on for using CL LOC to iden fy remote cameras when you move them). We recommend using a map based GPS or online aerial photos to help deploy cameras. A map will allow you to CAM ID. With 15 remote cameras it can be difficult to check distance between cameras and observe actual determine where an image was taken. We recommend arrangement of cameras. you use CAM ID to define the loca on of the camera as this will make it easy for you to determine where the Note – Google My Maps is an excellent tool to manage images were taken. Each me you move the camera you camera loca on. My Maps uses aerial photos and allows ...
- Page 11 field deploying cameras. If you discover that your cameras are too far apart to Use a repeater to extend range. A repeater is the connect you will be required to insert another camera or best way to transmit over a hill or ridge. repeater in‐between to connect these cameras. Network Backbone. Deploy REPEATERS on your property to establish a highway‐type network that your CuddeLink cameras connect to. You would place the Repeaters in REPEATER. Throughout this manual we men on using a strategic and permanent loca ons. Then you can move Repeater to extend transmission range. There are 2 the remote cameras without breaking connec ons. products which can be used as a repeater. Use a CuddeLink camera in Repeater Mode. Set CL MODE to REPEATER Use the CuddeLink Home Plus in the Repeater Mode. The advantage of this is that it is lower cost than using a camera. See CuddeLink.com for informa on on the CuddeLink Home Plus. Use cameras or repeaters to create a Network Backbone. A Backbone allows cameras to be moved without breaking links to other remote cameras 21 22 ...
- Page 12 Mul ple networks can be used to localize cameras. For Moving a Remote example, say you have a large piece of property which Moving a REMOTE camera can disrupt or break your would require too many cameras to connect end to end. network. Think of your network as a chain of links and Break the property into smaller areas and deploy a you can see that removing one link may break the chain. network in each area. You will be required to check This means you need to take precau ons when moving mul ple cameras, but far less than if you had to check all cameras to assure your network remains func oning. the cameras. By moving remote R2 the connec on to R3 was broken. On large proper es you can deploy mul ple networks. To move a camera we recommend this process: Disarm the camera you want to move and enable CL LEVEL. Move the camera to the new loca on and verify CL LEVEL is sufficient. Moving the camera may have broken links to other cameras. If you think a link may have been broken you ...
- Page 13 ALTERNATIVE IMAGE COLLECTION METHODS images from the HOME Plus and place them in Microso ’s OneDrive folder to allow you to access the There is 3 methods to get your CuddeLink images without images anywhere with a smart phone, tablet or PC. having to retrieve the SD card from the HOME camera. PC Image Collec on. The CuddeLink Home Plus product connects to a Windows PC running Cuddeback’s Trophy Room PC program. The PC will copy the images from the Home Plus node to the PC. You use your PC to view images. Internet access requires CuddeLink Home Plus (sold separately) Cell Modem. Cuddeback offers the CuddeCell Modem that a aches to the CuddeLink Dual Flash or Home Plus and allows images to be emailed or texted to a cell phone or computer. This method requires a cell phone contract with addi onal cell connec on fees, but only 1 cell phone connec on is required to transmit images from up to 16 cameras. Internet Connected Windows PC. If your CuddeLink ...
- Page 14 These se ngs may only You will want to control how much image traffic you put need to be adjusted if you are taking more than 500 on your CuddeLink network. CuddeLink has 2 se ngs images per day or your images are taking longer than that control the number of images a remote camera send desired to get Home. ...
- Page 15 Network Control ‐ CL DELAY compensate for all the images recorded. CL DELAY is somewhat like Camera Delay except it Experiment. We recommend you monitor the number of controls how o en images are transmi ed. Let’s use a images in the camera’s queue and how quickly the diagram to demonstrate how this feature works: images are ge ng home. Then adjust CL DELAY as required. Use the CL DELAY wisely to get the images you need from each camera without overloading your network. Network Control ‐ CL COUNT (Remote only) CL COUNT allows you to set a maximum number of images that the camera can place in its transmit outbox. Think of this as a safety net to prevent overloading the network and assures you get the most recent images in a mely manner. Available se ngs are ALL, 25, 50, 100, Camera Delay = 1 minute Camera Delay sets how o en an 250. Once this limit is reached the oldest images are ...
- Page 16 There are addi onal troubleshoo ng CL COUNT to 100 on all cameras. An advantage of this ps in the online manual. feature is that you can reduce the CL Delay to as low as 5 seconds and not be concerned that a camera will Learn More overload the network because CL Count will control the number of images queued for transmission and assure You can learn more about CuddeLink online. The the most recent images are priori zed. CuddeLink website contains addi onal documents and videos to help you deploy and troubleshoot CuddeLink Don’t get greedy trying to send all REMOTE images to cameras. the HOME. Doing so can overload the network and limit how fast images get Home.. How to configure remote and home cameras How to deploy and build a CuddeLink network of cameras Moving a remote camera without breaking the ...
- Page 17 Need Help Visit CuddeLink.com for instruc ons on how to send us an email. Your ques ons will be answered by the engineers and technicians who designed CuddeLink. Ge ng Cameras to Operate Longer CuddeLink cameras consume more ba ery power than a conven onal trail cameras. Cuddeback offers various ba ery packs and solar powered ba eries to allow CuddeLink camera to operate longer or indefinitely without changing ba eries. Visit CuddeLink.com for details. www.cuddeback.com Non Typical, Inc. PO Box 10447 Green Bay, WI 54307 (920) 347‐3810 33 34 ...
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