NEEDED: 12X AA ALKALINE or 12x AA RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES, SEE MANUAL WHERE TO FIT. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU HAVE TO SELECT THE BATTERY TYPE YOU CHOOSE TO USE IN
THE MENU SETTING. YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO USE A SOLAR PANEL. IF A SOLAR PANEL WILL BE USED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO BATTERIES IN THE UNIT AS THIS WILL
CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE CAMERA!
SIM CARD: STANDARD SIZE SIM CARD IS NEEDED. PLEASE LOAD WITH AIRTIME IF YOU WANT TO USE MMS/ A DATA BUNDLE IF YOU WANT TO USE SMTP (EMAIL TO EMAIL). (NOTE:
MMS BUNDLES WILL NOT WORK. PLEASE ASK THE PROVIDER OF THE SIM CARD (VODACOM, MTN, CELL C.......) TO ACTIVATE THE MMS FUNCTION ON THE SIM CARD BEFORE YOU
LEAVE THE SHOP.
NB! IF THE SIM CARD DOESN'T SLIDE IN EASILY IT IS TOO LARGE AND THE MODULE PINS MAY BREAK. THIS WILL INVALIDATE THE WARRANTY.
CAMERA: YOU HAVE 1X FLIP SWITCH ON THE BACK OF THE CAMERA:
"ON, SETUP AND OFF",
START SETUP AND USE AS INDICATED BELOW:
PLEASE EFFECT THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS AS IT WILL ENSURE THE CORRECT OPPERATION OF THE CAMERA. MAKE SURE THAT THE ANTENNA IS FASTENED.
SWITCH THE CAMERA TO "SETUP", ALLOW 2 SECONDS.
THIS WILL START UP THE DISPLAY LCD SCREEN OF THE CAMERA.
PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGE THE CAMERA IS VIEWING ON THE LCD DISPLAY.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU WILL FIND VERTICAL STRIPES (FROM SHORT TO LONG) INDICATING SIGNAL STRENGTH (IF YOU HAVE A WORKING SIM CARD IN THE CAMERA)
NOW PRESS THE "M" (MENU) BUTTON ONCE. YOU WILL NOW OPEN THE MENU
YOU CAN SELECT WITH THE "OK BUTTON" AND EXIT WITH THE "M" BUTTON. MOVE UP AND DOWN, LEFT AND RIGHT WITH THE ARROW BUTTONS.
SET THE CAMERA TO THE FOLLOWING:
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CAM ID: "ON OR OFF" YOU CAN DECIDE TO NAME IT OR NOT (THIS WILL ALSO SHOW ON THE PHOTO'S)
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CAM MODE: THIS MUST BE ON "PHOTO" TO SEND MMS OR EMAILS (IF YOU WANT TO RECORD VIDEO THE CAMERA WILL NOT SEND A MMS OR EMAIL WHEN VIDEO
IS ON)
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IMAGE SIZE: SELECT 5MP- 12MP (REMEMBER THAT THE PHOTO SENT TO YOUR PHONE IS NOT THE QUALITY SELECTED HERE AND WILL BE A COMPRESSED FILE ONLY,
SO 5MP IS OK)
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NIGHT MODE: CHOOSE THE ONE YOU NEED ("BALANCED" RECOMMENDED)
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MULTI-SHOT: TO 1P – 5P (THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PHOTO'S TAKEN PER MOVEMENT BUT ONLY THE LAST ONE TAKEN WILL BE SENT VIA MMS OR EMAIL. MAKE SURE
YOU SELECT THE CORRECT SETTING. (FOR MOST APPLICATIONS SELECT 1P)
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VIDEO SIZE: DOES NOT MATTER
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VIDEO LENGTH: DOES NOT MATTER
(TO MOVE ACROSS TO THE NEXT COLUMN PIR MAKE SURE THE CAM IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND PRESS THE RIGHT ARROW)
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SENSITIVITY: SET TO "MIDDLE"
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DELAY: MUST BE "ON" AND SET TO MIN 15 SEC (YOU CAN MAKE THE DELAY LONGER IF TO MANY PHOTO'S ARE SENT OR YOU NEED A LONGER TIME BETWEEN
PHOTO'S)
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TIME LAPSE: MUST BE "OFF"
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TIMER: SELECT "OFF" TO WORK 24H (A FULL DAY), "ON" IF ONLY FOR A PART OF A DAY AND SET THE TIME. (PLEASE NOTE: THE CAMERA CAN SEND YOU A FEW
PICTURES DURING THE "OFF TIME" IF TIMER IS ON. THIS IS ONLY TO CONFIRM STANDBY AND BATTERY LIFE IS STILL OK)
(TO HIGHLIGHT PIR TO MOVE ACROSS TO 3G PRESS THE UP ARROW IF NOT IN RED) (IF YOU CAN NOT SELECT THE COUNTRY SET OPTION IN THE MENU YOUR GPRS
SWITCH IS OFF.... PLEASE SWITCH "ON" AND START THE CAMERA UP AGAIN)
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SIM AUTO MATCH: Select AUTO
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# MMS SETUP: CONFIRM IT IS "ON" IF YOU WANT TO USE MMS ONLY. (DO NOT CHANGE ANY OTHER SETTINGS IN HERE) IF YOU WANT TO SEND EMAIL TO EMAIL
THIS MUST BE "OFF"
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# SMTP SETUP: CONFIRM IT IS "ON" IF YOU WANT TO SEND EMAIL TO EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO SEND VIA MMS THIS MUST BE "OFF"
TO SETUP SMTP FOR EMAIL TO EMAIL: OPEN SMTP AND TURN "ON"
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Mail server IP: smtp.gmail.com
SNIPER SN1015 12MP GPRS CAMERA SETUP
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Questions and answers
My camara does not want to take photos, this a new as it worked fine a while ago
The SNIPER SN1015 camera cannot take time-lapse photos and trigger-based photos at the same time due to a limitation in its firmware design. This is a software issue, not a hardware one.
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I have 4 Sniper trailcams. On one of them I can select SIM Auto Match and it works fine, sending photos correctly. The other 3 show 'Country Set' and not Sim Auto Match under the 3G menu. I have set it to South Africa and MTN but they don't want to send photos. It seems to me that I can't select 'Sim Auto Match' on them. Can you please advice?