Dranetz PQ+Sentry User Instructions

1000 New Durham Road, Edison, New Jersey 08818

Telephone [phone] or 732-287-3680

[e-mail]  www.dranetz.com

with GoPro Hero3+

User Instructions

Dranetz

Published by Dranetz
1000 New Durham Road
Edison, NJ 08818-4019 USA
Telephone: [phone] or 732-287-3680
Fax: [phone]
Web site: www.dranetz.com
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publisher, Dranetz, Edison, NJ 08818-4019.

Printed in the United States of America.
P/N 899250 Rev A 06.30.15

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Introduction

PQ+ Sentry Add On
The Dranetz

HDPQ

®

family is capable of integrating with a GoPro
Hero3+ camera. With this option, the HDPQ can trigger on rms
(including sags / swells) or impulse type events and control the
GoPro camera in two modes, either loop mode or record time
period. While the Dranetz HDPQ is monitoring power parameters,
the GoPro can be synchronized to record the visual / audio
environmental surroundings of your installation. The Dranetz
HDPQ triggers the camera to save video at the time of a
disturbance.

Note: This Add On feature is only available for use with the WiFi

capable Dranetz HDPQ Xplorer, Xplorer 400, and Guide
instruments.

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The available options are described as follows.

Part Number Description
GOPROH3+HDPQ GoPro Hero3+ Silver camera

HDPQ camera driver (factory installed)
16 Gb, microSD memory card
USB Data/Charge adapter

(converts a USB port to charge only)

GOPROH3+HDPQ­UG

GoPro Hero3+ Silver camera
HDPQ camera driver (user installed)

Note: This driver is ordered through the
Dranetz Customer Service Department but
delivered by Dranetz Technical Support
Department.

16 Gb, microSD memory card
USB Data/Charge adapter

(converts a USB port to charge only)
GOPROHDPQ HDPQ camera driver only (factory installed)
GOPROHDPQ-UG HDPQ camera driver only (user installed)

Note: This driver is ordered through the

Dranetz Customer Service Department but

delivered by Dranetz Technical Support

Department.
GOPROH3+ GoPro Hero3+ Silver camera

16 Gb, microSD memory card

USB Data/Charge adapter

(converts a USB port to charge only)

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Getting Started

Activation Key

The PQ+ Sentry feature is an option that requires an activation
key. If your HDPQ Series instrument was ordered with this option,
then the activation key was factory installed. To verify that Camera
Control driver has been installed, go to the setup instrument menu
and press the “Add On” button and the “Camera Control” button
will appear if its installed.

If you are upgrading an existing HDPQ instrument then you need
to contact customer support to purchase the option, have your
instrument serial number available.

For pricing and availability, contact Dranetz Customer Service
Department at [phone] or 1-800-372-6832.

Update HDPQ firmware

HDPQ Instrument Requirements

The following HDPQ minimum requirements are necessary to
utilize the Add On, camera, GoPro option.

 HDPQ instrument Xplorer, Xplorer 400, or Guide
 HDPQ Instrument Firmware version 1.2.5 (or greater)

must be installed before installing the Add On, camera,
GoPro option firmware.

For the latest Dranetz HDPQ instrument firmware version
available for download, log onto the website www.dranetz.com
for details.

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Install “Add Ons” to HDPQ

Upon receiving the applicable “ngcamera_HDPXXXXXXX.hpk”
firmware file from Dranetz Technical Support Department,
proceed with installing the firmware as follows:

Copy the applicable “ngcamera_HDPXXXXXXX.hpk” to the root
folder of a USB flash drive. Insert the USB drive only into the
instrument bearing the serial number produced by the generated
file.

Example: The filename “ngcamera_HDPXAJA001.hpk” will only
load into instrument HDPQ serial number HDPXAJA001 and no
other HDPQ instrument.

Note: Do not have any other HDPQ firmware files, such as
“firmware.crc” or “firmware.hpk” on the drive in the root folder.
If so delete them from the USB drive or create a new folder
and move them into that folder.

Insert the USB flash drive into the instrument that you are
upgrading and from the setup menu go to update firmware.

Select “update firmware”. The update firmware message will
appear and then press “Yes”.

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Once the firmware has been updated go back to the “setup
instrument menu” and the “Add Ons” should appear in the menu.

Click on the “Add Ons” button and the following screen will
appear.
The addition of the “Camera Control” button indicates that the
GoPro camera control firmware has been successfully
installed on the instrument.

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GoPro Hero3+ Camera Settings

Follow these steps to setup the wireless and capture
settings of the GoPro camera.

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There are two main buttons to toggle through and /or
select specific settings of the GoPro camera.

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 Shutter/Selectbutton

locatedonthetopsideofthecamera



Power/Modebutton
locatedonthefrontsideofthecamera.

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GoPro Hero3+ Setup WiFi

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Hold the camera so that the lens is facing you and the top
of the camera is facing up. Upon power ON of the camera
the display will provide user feedback with icons or text
while programming the camera.

From a powered OFF state, single press the front
Power /Mode button and wait for the camera to

start up.

Press the front Mode button repeatedly until the
wrench icon appears on the camera

display.

Press the top select button once.

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