Camera Suddenly Stopped Communicating

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bradley olson
1 of 8 cams suddenly stopped sending pics last night. Gc-a4gb quit sending scheduled or motion pics last night. Nothing on the app or the web portal.. The other 7 are working fine. This one doesn't get much more action than any other but I haven't cleaned the card in a while. It says 25G used and 7G free. Could it be that +/-20% remaining on the card is the issue?
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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Can you post a screen shot of the status report from the app, including the battery/signal indicators down through the SD card info? 

    https://support.spartancamera.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041970993-How-to-post-pictures-screen-shots-from-your-phone-to-the-Support-Forum

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Any chance you can post from the app rather than the portal?

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Did you get a picture at 4:37 yesterday afternoon? That was the last time the camera contacted the server. It should have touched base just after midnight today and it didn’t so that’s not good news. Is this on a Spartan data plan? Is there any chance that the antenna could have gotten damaged (animal, branch) or the camera could have been tampered with?

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  • bradley olson

    I did get a picture around that time yesterday (10/19).  Looks like the camera timestamped it at 4:33.

    You can see the day before (10/18) I changed the times of the scheduled photos - because it is getting darker earlier.

    Looks like that took almost 24hrs to take affect?

    Yesterday, based on the 4:33 photo I requested the associated video....which looks like it executed.....but I have never received to the app.

    Tonight I asked for a Status and made a minor change to Settings to see if I can kickstart communications.

    I do get data from Spartan and attached most recent receipt.

    Chance of damage/tampering is highly unlikely given location although anything is possible.

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  • Max Melvin

    For what it’s worth I’ve had my 2 Spartans for 3 months and one of mine is doing the same thing!🤷🏼‍♂️

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  • John Lockburner

    Max, can you start a new thread and we'll get to helping you, don't want to get the issues mixed up, it can get confusing. If you could post a screen shot of your last status report that would be great too.

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  • John Lockburner

    Bradley, did your camera check in with a midnight status report or any communication since yesterday?

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  • bradley olson

    Unfortunately, John, no check-in from this camera.
    The other 7 all sent a Status Report this morning.
    Of all the weeks in the year, based in what I bought these for, the timing couldn't be worse.
    Not sure what else can be done remotely but I won't be able to physically check it for 3 weeks.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    There’s seldom a reason to request a status report because the camera sends one every time it contacts the server. Hopefully your camera will come back up. 

    what kind of batteries are you using? Do you have any night pics with anything other than P5 on the info strip?

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  • bradley olson

    Batteries are all Energizer Lithiums, replace 10/11 in all cams. Last night photo I received was 10/16 and that shows P5.
    In a last ditch effort, I cancelled last two requests, checked all setting and made a minor time tweak, then attempted to update again. Will give it 24hrs before considering it dead.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    This is a possibility, not a probability. I had a couple of cameras going up and down at random and solved the problem by replacing SIMs in them. If yours comes back up on its own, I would consider that.

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  • bradley olson

    How would a guy go about getting a new SIM?

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    If you're using a Spartan data plan, you'll need to contact sales, 770-582-0004 or sales@spartancamera.com. Then when you get the SIM, you'll need to get in touch with support and have them swap out the ICCID that's on the data plan for the ICCID on the new SIM.

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  • bradley olson

    Good news is, camera started talking again.

    Bad news, maybe it is the SIM.  Will look into changing that.

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  • John Lockburner

    Look at the online portal and see if there's any gaps in the picture number sequence.

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  • bradley olson

    Missed 20 pics it seems

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