Cuddeback's Cuddelink

[gonzalezeb]

No, we are definitely not the "normal" user, that's for sure. All of that said, I'm interested if you have any ideas or they want to try it again.



I do have several of the broken cell and RF antennas. Would need to find out what coax is used, run a thicker wire as the intermediary, and recreate the male/female mounts. None of it is rocket science except for the last part since I don't have a 3d printer

I think you can definitely do a POC test with the alligator clips. Expect some signal loss....

I grabbed a new camera I will be deploying soon..to get a better idea of the coax size. Maybe try RG-58 or RG-174...too bad Radio Shacks are closed. This would have been a 15 min project...LOL

 

[chad.williams]

Guys,
My college aged son just purchased a 3D printer.
I have one camera that is just over a hill and very sporadic connection and would love to find a way for better connectivity. If I can help, just let me know.


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[wags71]

Hello all,

I recently purchased a G-Series Cell Camera. I normally use J and K. I having an issue where "some" of my night pictures are washed out with the flash. Please see attached picture. Any idea on how I can correct this problem. Thanks

 

[John-W-WI]

The 3dprinter talk reminded me that last year a bear broke the mounting bracket on my home camera. So I modeled a new on in Solidworks and 3dprinted it. Nothing fancy but the camera is back on the tree working just fine.

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I can only attach images on the forum so here is a google drive link to both the Solidworks native file and an STL of the same. Maybe it will prove useful to someone else:

2020 - CuddeBack Mounting Bracket – Google Drive

drive.google.com

-John

 

[Trlblzr3]

I recently purchased a G-Series Cell Camera. I normally use J and K. I having an issue where "some" of my night pictures are washed out with the flash. Please see attached picture. Any idea on how I can correct this problem. Thanks

Change the Led power from Field to Close

 

[gonzalezeb]

Change the Led power from Field to Close

Or adjust the angle a bit...meaning, angle it up slightly.

 

[wags71]

Change the Led power from Field to Close

Thanks. The setting is set to field. I will give it a try.

 

[wags71]

Thanks. The setting is set to field. I will give it a try.

That fixed the problem. Thanks again for your ideas.

 

[Bowhuntr09]

Hi everyone!

I joined this forum mainly for the thread ;-) I have a 4 pack of J cams and a cell cam on order. Has anyone had success running these up high? I typically hang my cams a stick or two high to keep them out of sight of the casual observer. This has worked well with my Browning cams but these are my first Cuddebacks.

 

[gonzalezeb]

Hi everyone!

I joined this forum mainly for the thread ;-) I have a 4 pack of J cams and a cell cam on order. Has anyone had success running these up high? I typically hang my cams a stick or two high to keep them out of sight of the casual observer. This has worked well with my Browning cams but these are my first Cuddebacks.

Yes. I have one camera about 15 feet up pointed at a cabin 50 feet away. It is more for monitoring my cabin than anything...With that in mind, it seems sometimes people/cars in the lower corners (10-15ft from the tree) sometimes don't trigger pics, but I am good with this as my focus is clearly on the cabin. (See pic below: Movement inside those two red arcs don't seem to get trigger the camera)

 

[Bowhuntr09]

Any experience with detection of game animals? I realize I could miss things moving by close to the tree, but would being elevated cause issues with sensitivity or detection provided something was in the FOV?

 

[gonzalezeb]

Any experience with detection of game animals? I realize I could miss things moving by close to the tree, but would being elevated cause issues with sensitivity or detection provided something was in the FOV?

Well- I've never had issues with Deer or Turkey...except with those two corners. In the winter time, I'll see tracks all around those two spots, and never get a pic...anywhere else...I get a pic.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

Hi everyone!

I joined this forum mainly for the thread ;-) I have a 4 pack of J cams and a cell cam on order. Has anyone had success running these up high? I typically hang my cams a stick or two high to keep them out of sight of the casual observer. This has worked well with my Browning cams but these are my first Cuddebacks.

I would do a search in this thread for comments from other people that have tried. In my opinion, one of the biggest setbacks for cuddebacks are that they have a specific detection zone. That said, I completely understand why they are this way. You're going to struggle with getting the angle and distance right If you try and put the cameras up in a tree.

 

[Bowhuntr09]

I would do a search in this thread for comments from other people that have tried. In my opinion, one of the biggest setbacks for cuddebacks are that they have a specific detection zone. That said, I completely understand why they are this way. You're going to struggle with getting the angle and distance right If you try and put the cameras up in a tree.

I’m on private, but it’s hunt club land so I prefer to hide my activity as much as possible. That’s more my motivation to put them high than theft. If I have to put them low I can. I was just curious what people’s results were.

 

[john volkman]

Hi everyone!

I joined this forum mainly for the thread ;-) I have a 4 pack of J cams and a cell cam on order. Has anyone had success running these up high? I typically hang my cams a stick or two high to keep them out of sight of the casual observer. This has worked well with my Browning cams but these are my first Cuddebacks.

you can accomplish what you want to do as long as you do a couple things-
1. Realize this will limit the amount of pics you get because you will be aiming it at a specific spot thus restricting the area of detection.
2. Aim it correctly, which is best done with a ptl mount, with the PTL you can fine tune the spot in which you want to cover it. you can mount the camera and then run it in test mode so you can see where its triggering .
if you just hang it high with the idea that it will detect or take a pic of anything in its field of view you will be disappointed . Try Imagine the detection area as being the middle third of the picture with the best detection being in the exact center as that is what its designed to do to eliminate false images.
You can also replace the fresnel lens with a 9004 lens that will be more sensitive.
I run a few cameras exactty how you describe in certain instances but in most cases when im trying to monitor an area i run them waist high or lower for deer.

 

[Greg Gross]

Been a while since I have been on any update on if cuddielink will get the usb connection working to attach to a pc to making sending pics easier via email and txt message


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[john volkman]

Been a while since I have been on any update on if cuddielink will get the usb connection working to attach to a pc to making sending pics easier via email and txt message


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no plans for this right now , the engineers have their hands full with other projects. Unlike almost all other trail camera manufacturers, Cuddeback uses all US engineers for design etc so they need to prioritize their workload. The intent was to have something along these lines but it proved difficult to accomplish in a way where it was user friendly and easy to operate.

 

[Greg Gross]

John you all should open of the source code of the software so people like me with programming degrees can get this function to work


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[john volkman]

John you all should open of the source code of the software so people like me with programming degrees can get this function to work


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the owner is very protective of any type of thing like that- i can't see that happening, sorry.

 

[Greg Gross]

That’s too bad the usb connection was the only reason I purchased these, may need to look at selling these


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