Cuddelink L series Q & A

[RGrizzzz]

yes you can, and 2 dedicated cards would be a good policy - you may find that you will save money with a monthly cell plan though running it only during hunting season , the gas and drive time alone unless you live on the property ends up costing more than 1 $15 plan on a network.

Won't a full format aka "clear" of the card wipe all the settings? It happens any time I put a new memory card in an L camera, even if it stays powered on. Maybe if you just copy out the DCIM folder with the pics you can "swap" cards.

 

[john volkman]

Won't a full format aka "clear" of the card wipe all the settings? It happens any time I put a new memory card in an L camera, even if it stays powered on. Maybe if you just copy out the DCIM folder with the pics you can "swap" cards.

clearing the card doesn't change settings, a reset under tests will clear all settings.

 

[Teeder]

Just so I'm clear, dies the "home" cell have a card that I can swap?

 

[john volkman]

Just so I'm clear, dies the "home" cell have a card that I can swap?

yes every camera including the Home unit needs an SD card, 16gb sandisk will work fine in all of them

 

[Mtyhunter]

Every pic that every cam takes saves as a high res pic on that cams card. Since the images are sent from cams to the home unit as low res pics, every pic that comes to the home unit is also saved on that card, just in lo res. The card will have a separate folder for each camera photos.
Lo res, high res, doesn't make any difference. I'm not trying to score a rack from a trail cam photo, lo res works just fine

 

[Teeder]

That's what I'm thinking. If its something special, I can always go get the card from the camera that took the original picture at a later date. Correct?

 

[Mtyhunter]

that is correct. i've never been close to filling up a card.

 

[SD51555]

What is the battery life of the D batteries in a cuddelink camera? Does a guy just go to solar and be done with it? Where my cams would go, sun is a little tough. It could be done, but won't be full sun.

 

[356]

What is the battery life of the D batteries in a cuddelink camera? Does a guy just go to solar and be done with it? Where my cams would go, sun is a little tough. It could be done, but won't be full sun.

I got about five months on the D's here in Missouri. When it got to -20, I often got a low battery notice that would go away when it warmed up.
Go with the solar. I am using the 3600's and have had good service from them. I am just starting to replace the rechargeable batteries after 1100-1200 days in the field. I only have one in "full sun" (the home camera). The rest are in marginal areas and have served me well.

 

[356]

John, I am replacing my G with an L Home. Just to confirm, I'll need to call customer service to make this change to my account. Is there anything else I need to know to make the change? I'll update the firmware before making the swap.

 

[john volkman]

John, I am replacing my G with an L Home. Just to confirm, I'll need to call customer service to make this change to my account. Is there anything else I need to know to make the change? I'll update the firmware before making the swap.

just add the device to your account but dont pick a plan or buy a plan, then pm me your log in email and i can move the plan from your g to the L home, then you will need to make sure its on the same firmware , channel etc and run a cell test- or you can call CS at Cudde and they will do it for you.

 

[john volkman]

What is the battery life of the D batteries in a cuddelink camera? Does a guy just go to solar and be done with it? Where my cams would go, sun is a little tough. It could be done, but won't be full sun.

45-60 days on 4d's alone , they go years on solar, if you can find a sun /shade pw-003 solar that is best in tree cover, we are sold out right now and not many left at dealers , more coming in December.

 

[RGrizzzz]

45-60 days on 4d's alone , they go years on solar, if you can find a sun /shade pw-003 solar that is best in tree cover, we are sold out right now and not many left at dealers , more coming in December.

Time for larger batch orders! These seem to go out of stock too frequently.

 

[Teeder]

I'm in for 4 of them when they are in stock.

 

[Mtyhunter]

i have the 3600 panels, and I've had great use from them, even tho they may only get less than half a day of sun. when we have 3-4 days of rain or bad weather, the panel will get low, but have batteries in the unit for backup.

 

[willy]

I wish I had gone solar years ago. I recommend bit the bullet and go solar. It will pay in long run financially and short term as it will keep one out of the habitat, and stinking up an area.

 

[SD51555]

Like John said above, you can use a camera as a home unit that all your pics get delivered to. But, don't do that, cause the cell unit is not only cheaper than a cam, but you'd lose a camera making it a home unit. You don't have to have a cell subscription for the home unit to work.
My first cuddelink purchase was 4 cam and 1 cell unit. I used it for 2 years without cell service, placed the home unit where I parked my truck.
Then I'd sit in the truck with my laptop, viewing all the pics for along time. No stomping up my area, which is awesome.
Finally got the cell service, and I'm fine with paying for it. Got 10 cams now on the same system, so yeah, it's $40 a month for unlimited, but you could likely get by with a $20/month plan with just a few cams. You can turn the cell service off at any time, no contracts. I've had about 5 different manufacturer cams over the years, and these cuddebacks are as good as any I've ever used so far. There's a little bit of a learning curve, but there is with all cams.

Tell me if I'm understanding this correctly...

If I set one camera as a non-cell home, that camera will not take pictures? It will only collect pictures from the other cameras?

 

[john volkman]

Tell me if I'm understanding this correctly...

If I set one camera as a non-cell home, that camera will not take pictures? It will only collect pictures from the other cameras?

you can set any L series , G series or J series camera as a non cell home and it will take pics and act as a the home unit in link menu by choosing Link mode "home"

 

[SD51555]

you can set any L series , G series or J series camera as a non cell home and it will take pics and act as a the home unit in link menu by choosing Link mode "home"

Oh good. Ok. That helps. I like to have a yard camera.

 

[Mtyhunter]

you can set any L series , G series or J series camera as a non cell home and it will take pics and act as a the home unit in link menu by choosing Link mode "home

i thought if you had a cam set to home, it would not take pics, only function as a home unit. I'm officially schooled. Sorry for the misinfo!