bowhunternw
5 year old buck +
Where did you guys order them from, or buy?
Make almost any camera a cell camera
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35-acre
5 year old buck +
Got mine. I set it up on a wild game innovations cam to test it out near the house.
You need to have a micro SD card before you can use it plus 8 AA batteries.
Then you install the phone app.
The first week is unlimited photos. After that they have monthly payments for certain numbers of photos, starting at free, then $5/month/250 photos, $7/1000 photos, $10/unlimited.
You connect a corded SD card inside the camera, close the cord in the camera and connect the other end to the cell-link (this is all one proprietary cable setup).
I've tripped my camera twice and then I can go on the app and see the photos. I can mark some as "favorites" and see the battery level of the cell link device.
So far, seems cool. I hope my areas where I use my cameras have good cell signal.
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You need to have a micro SD card before you can use it plus 8 AA batteries.
Then you install the phone app.
The first week is unlimited photos. After that they have monthly payments for certain numbers of photos, starting at free, then $5/month/250 photos, $7/1000 photos, $10/unlimited.
You connect a corded SD card inside the camera, close the cord in the camera and connect the other end to the cell-link (this is all one proprietary cable setup).
I've tripped my camera twice and then I can go on the app and see the photos. I can mark some as "favorites" and see the battery level of the cell link device.
So far, seems cool. I hope my areas where I use my cameras have good cell signal.
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bowhunternw
5 year old buck +
Well I got one from Scheels, I tested it at home on a old moultrie and it worked good. Took it out to the woods to hook up to a browning, it doesnt fit good in the strike force cameras. Well I think the door on the browning must have cut the cord because it wouldnt get the pics out to the card in the link. I dont totally understand how the system works but it seems to temporarily store them on the card plugged into camera and at some point sends them up to the micro sd card in the link
35-acre
5 year old buck +
In the app, you can tell it how often to send them to you. Maybe yours is working but just needs time (err... Unless you see a broken cable). See pic.
I don't think that it stores them on the SD with the cable embedded - that's likely just a jumper to the cell-link system. Then the cell system send them up to spypoiny at an interval that you set.
I did read that you have to wait a certain amount of time while the lights are flashing to ensure good signal.
I am putting mine in the field tomorrow.
I don't think that it stores them on the SD with the cable embedded - that's likely just a jumper to the cell-link system. Then the cell system send them up to spypoiny at an interval that you set.
I did read that you have to wait a certain amount of time while the lights are flashing to ensure good signal.
I am putting mine in the field tomorrow.
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bowhunternw
5 year old buck +
Well that is what I thought to, but I tried hooking it back up to the moultrie to see if it was getting pics to the micro sd. They didnt show up on the micro sd but they did on the sd card with the plug coming out. This afternoon i was messing with it again and those pics sent out to the app. Then they dont show up on the sd card anymore. Maybe the issue is that it just doesnt work with browning.
bowhunternw
5 year old buck +
Where did you read that they dont work with browning?
ACCMan
5 year old buck +
This is not the thread I read, but this one says it works with Browning. If you read the entire thread its not a confidence booster.
https://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5902429&page=2
https://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5902429&page=2
Rit
5 year old buck +
The Browning Spec Ops Advantage is out. The SD card slot is right where the latch secures the camera. It’s dead center on the latch and nowhere for the cable to go out. Not to mention it will be closing on hard plastic no gasket so the longevity of the cable is questionable at best. I have disliked Spypoint for a long time and that has not changed.
I have moved on to try it with a Reconyx. As I have been waiting for what seems like forever for this micro-sd card to format I think I might be able to make this work. Again the cable is going to be pinched on hard plastic. Spypoint May have gotten me again. While loading the app and getting ready to test this out I realized I will now have 20 batteries out at one site. Let the fun continue. I kinda want to just throw it in the trash.
I have moved on to try it with a Reconyx. As I have been waiting for what seems like forever for this micro-sd card to format I think I might be able to make this work. Again the cable is going to be pinched on hard plastic. Spypoint May have gotten me again. While loading the app and getting ready to test this out I realized I will now have 20 batteries out at one site. Let the fun continue. I kinda want to just throw it in the trash.
Rit
5 year old buck +
So it works sorta in the Reconyx. I sat it on my kitchen table which has a high volume of kid traffic. It took one black and white burst photo in the last 30 minutes. It should have taken at least 10. I have no clue why it’s almost black and white it’s not low light conditions.
35-acre
5 year old buck +
I had 2 "bars" when I left mine in the field on a wild game innovations camera. I haven't heard from it so ce - not a good sign. Now I'm 90 minutes away and am not sure if it's going to work at all (until my next trip for troubleshooting).
That stinks because I know it was working (albeit on a different camera). I did my testing at home in hopes that I wouldn't be in this situation right now... Oh well. I'm still on the free plan. The camera that I put it on had about 1,000 photos in a month so not having heard from it in 6 hours isn't a good sign. I'll remain patiently optimistic (until tomorrow).
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That stinks because I know it was working (albeit on a different camera). I did my testing at home in hopes that I wouldn't be in this situation right now... Oh well. I'm still on the free plan. The camera that I put it on had about 1,000 photos in a month so not having heard from it in 6 hours isn't a good sign. I'll remain patiently optimistic (until tomorrow).
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Peplin Creek
5 year old buck +
In the manual it says delays on the camera need to be set to atleast 1 minute. And time lapse needs to be set to atleast one minute. That would make me think burst mode wouldn’t work great.
Peplin Creek
5 year old buck +
I finally got my 2 delivered. I’ll mess around with it. I have an exodus trail camera that I really like. I wouldn’t mind seeing if it’ll work with that. I got some older cams that probably would do the trick too. I’m bummed about the delay settings. I haven’t had great luck with spypoint products so hopefully the kinks can be worked out.
john volkman
5 year old buck +
i fully anticipate competing manufacturers writing firmware code so that this wont work with their cameras, no manufacturer wants to deal with cs questions about another manufacturers product and that is what will happen with this product.
Peplin Creek
5 year old buck +
Yeah for sure... just won’t update the firmware on the cams. Eventually it’ll get phased out once the cameras breakdown.
Peplin Creek
5 year old buck +
So I hooked mine up with a cuddeback j series cam. Because I had one close by to test out. It does seem like it works. What I noticed... I have mine set to send 6 times a day. I had 15 second delay set on cam and the images seem to have come over. Although the first image was sent right away. I think by default. My settings then were set to transmit at 2:00am. I sent an update to change that to 4:00. That sent over all remaining images. I’d guess that would have happened at 4:00. I think having it set to send x times a day might be better than each detection. Given the time taken to send the images. I’m assuming that though. Maybe it just sends everything available at each detection too.
it’s a neat concept I’ll have uses for. I don’t care for the cable sticking out of the cameras though. And it’s a little more bulky than one would think. I almost couldn’t latch the j series cam. If you could, I would run the cable out the bottom. Otherwise it’ll catch water and an entry point for bugs. I would also consider using electrical tap to try an reseal the camera.
it’s a neat concept I’ll have uses for. I don’t care for the cable sticking out of the cameras though. And it’s a little more bulky than one would think. I almost couldn’t latch the j series cam. If you could, I would run the cable out the bottom. Otherwise it’ll catch water and an entry point for bugs. I would also consider using electrical tap to try an reseal the camera.
