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  • Zach Bollinger

    This set up is what both cameras are running

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Using panel and battery

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  • John Lockburner

    Ok, I'm thinking that battery is getting low, which is why it stops for a few days and then starts back up on it's own, it's charging. Because that box takes a 12v and reduces it to 6v it doesn't always show low on the camera, the volts are there but the amps aren't. Did you charge the battery before putting it out?

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Actually no I didn’t.

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  • John Lockburner

    I'll bet that's the what's causing your intermittent issues

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Ok cameras are 1200 miles from me. I will have my buddy try and charge them if he has time tomorrow and see if that turns them back on. You think even having the batteries in it, the battery back up and the solar panel running it all the time it’s actually losing power that quick and not charging enough durning the day? Just thinking that if I didn’t have solar and battery back up, with what your saying I would be changing batteries every 5 days? That doesn’t seem right?

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  • John Lockburner

    Maybe it used those batteries in the camera already. The camera uses whichever has the higher voltage first.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    So I will have my buddy check the battery and then respond as soon as he has time to go check it. Thanks. I did call him and he checked the battery it was over 13 amps when he set it up.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    He is actually going to run up amd check them now.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Camera # 2 13.3 volts

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  • Zach Bollinger

    6 volts going to the camera and 13.3 on the battery. So battery isn’t dead.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Should I run lithium batteries? At camera it shows batteries are full.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    He just tried to send test photo and it didn’t send.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    So I don’t think it’s a battery issue. Camera is there working fine at the camera. Taking test phots but not sending them

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  • Zach Bollinger

    What do we do now?

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  • John Lockburner

    What error message does he get when trying to send the test photos? 13 volts at the box should definitely be plenty. I would for sure format the SD cards in the camera. A picture of them would be great too. Sorry, I fell asleep last night and didn't reply sooner. Got late here in NJ. lol

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  • Zach Bollinger

    No error code it sends from camera

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  • Zach Bollinger

    But now I got pictures on that camera. It started taking pictures 42 mins after midnight

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Meaning it did not show an error code. It took the picture and sent the picture. I just didn’t get it

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  • John Lockburner

    Can you look at the online portal and see if they are there? If the camera is sending them but your aren't getting them then it sounds like the camera is doing what it should. You use the app to get your pictures correct? Any start/stop times set? Power save is turned on in the camera settings on the app?

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  • John Lockburner

    On the portal you can look at the picture numbers to see if there's any gaps.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    John. When I get to my computer I will log on and see what it says. Yeah I use the app I haven’t logged on to check pictures.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Logged on to computer there is gap between pictures. Exactly what my phone app shows. I do have it on power save mode, I have only one thing scheduled and that is to take a picture at like 4pm. I have it set it picture and video mode. The last picture I got was 4:05am this morning and I am pretty sure it should of had action in front of that camera at daylight.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    so I had requested that both cameras format, those commands are still pending from last night.

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  • John Lockburner

    Do you have the time zone set in the camera settings on the app?

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  • Zach Bollinger

    I believe through the camera set to central time zone

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  • John Lockburner

    Make sure it's set on the camera settings on the app too. That can cause issues if it's not.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    You'll have to choose Chicago since there's no listing for actual time zones.

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  • Zach Bollinger

    Yeah it’s on Chicago on app both of them are. Camera 2 is now sending pics. Camera one is still doing nothing I tried to format card and it’s still pending.

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