HyperFire™ & RapidFire™
Security Cameras
Dual Schedule Camera Manual
Table of Contents
I. Changing Your Camera Schedule ........................................ 1
II. Scheduling Options ............................................................... 2
III. Configuring Your Schedules ................................................. 3
IV. Saving and Transferring Schedules to Your Camera ......... 4
Copyright: May 2011
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Changing Your Camera Schedule
Your HyperFireTM or RapidFireTM camera’s trigger schedules can be adjusted
from your personal computer using the “RECONYX Security Camera
Scheduling” software. The camera’s trigger schedules control when the
camera is “awake” to sense motion triggers and take pictures. The camera
schedules are stored on your memory card and transferred to your camera
when you insert the card in the camera and turn the camera on.
Once your schedules are transferred they are retained by the camera – even
when the camera is off. Therefore you don’t need to use the scheduling
software again unless you want to change the schedules. The schedules are
also retained on your computer for future use, so that the next time you run
the scheduling software, you see the schedules you most recently selected
rather than the factory defaults.
TIP: Your HyperFireTM or RapidFireTM camera will work with cards formatted
either FAT or FAT32. If you are uncertain of the formatting of your card, use
“MapView” to erase the card (see MapViewTM User Guide: Erase Memory
Card); erasing the card will also properly format it for use with your camera.
To change your camera schedules, insert your memory card into the card
reader of your computer, move your mouse cursor over the “RECONYX
Schedule Security Camera” icon on your desktop and double-click your left
mouse button. Or, from the Microsoft Windows Start menu, select
Programs > RECONYX > Schedule Camera.
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Scheduling Options
The schedule software opens the first time with the factory default
schedules. The default schedules have the camera on 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.
There are two schedules available for each day of the week that can be
assigned to either Schedule 1 or Schedule 2.
The most common reason for multiple schedules is to handle weekends
differently than weekdays. For example, you can run a weekend schedule
separate from the rest of the week by setting Monday through Friday to
“Schedule 1” and Saturday and Sunday to “Schedule 2”.
During normal working hours during the week, you may not want to take
pictures of legitimate activity; but want the camera on after everybody
leaves. Likewise, if nobody is around on weekends, you may want it to take
pictures all day. You can do both by setting up Schedule 1 and Schedule 2
like the example below.
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In the example image above, the camera is off during the week from 8am to
6pm (Schedule 1).
is on for triggers all day Saturday and Sunday (Schedule 2), but
Configuring Your Schedules
Click on the circle buttons next to the days of the week to assign them to
Schedule 1 or Schedule 2.
In Schedule 1, click the fifteen-minute blocks to change the setting from
Camera on to Camera off, or vice versa. Repeat for Schedule 2.
To select larger blocks of time, click and hold your left mouse button in the
fifteen-minute block you want to start with. While holding the mouse
button, drag your cursor down until the block of time you want is
highlighted, and then release the mouse button to change the setting from
Camera on to Camera off, or vice versa.
Click All On to quickly change the setting for all time blocks in that
schedule to Camera on.
Click All Off to quickly change the setting of all time blocks in that
schedule to Camera off.
Click Use Factory at any time to reset the schedules back to the factory
defaults.
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Saving and Transferring Schedules to Your Camera
When you have finished setting the trigger schedules for your camera, click
OK to save your changes and close the scheduling software or click Cancel
to close the scheduling software without saving your changes.
Your memory card now contains your camera’s new schedules. The next
time you turn on your camera with this memory card inserted, your camera
will be programmed according to your customized changes and will display
“Saving Schedule” when powered on. After the camera reads the
configuration file and reprograms itself, it will delete the file so that you don’t
inadvertently program another camera with these schedules at some later
date.
TIP: Programming multiple security cameras is made easy with the
scheduling software. Just create one configuration and save it to multiple
memory cards; one for each camera.
Note: Security model cameras and Professional model cameras use
different configurations and different software to program those
cameras. If you use the security configuration software, a professional
model camera will not be able to read the settings on the memory card.
Likewise, if you use the professional configuration software, a security
model camera will not be able to read the settings on the memory card.
Disclaimer
While every effort has been made to ensure that the information
contained in this “User Guide” is accurate and complete, no liability can
be accepted for any errors or omissions.
RECONYX reserves the right to change the specifications of the
hardware and software described herein at any time without prior
notice.
RECONYX makes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted
or lost data due to a mistake in operation or malfunction of the camera,
the software, memory cards, personal computers, or peripheral device.
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