Plotstalker software intro, Advanced setup – Moultrie GAMESPY I40XT User Manual

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Open the camera case cover by unfastening the two cover clips on the right

side of the cover.

Locate the battery compartments on each side of the LCD display. Slide the

battery compartment cover plates in the direction of the arrows and remove

the cover plates.

Install six (6) C size Alkaline batteries with polarities as indicated on battery

compartment (3 per side). Re-install the battery compartment cover plates

securely.

Secure Camera to tree or pole using strap loops on back and provided Strap.

Turn Camera on by sliding ON/OFF/AIM switch to the ON position. Press the

MODE button one time to get to the Camera Setup Menu. Set Time and Date by

pressing OK, using the UP or DOWN buttons to adjust selected field, the LEFT or

RIGHT buttons to move to the next field and OK when done.

Press MODE button until TRAIL CAM is displayed Your Camera will now

automatically take pictures or video whenever an animal is detected in range

-based on the default settings below.

PLOTSTALKER SOFTWARE INTRO

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INTRODUCTION

In time-lapse photography a series

of still photos are taken at regular

time intervals. The PlotStalker

Software allows you to load the

time lapse file that was captured

from your Moultrie Game Camera

and scroll backwards and forwards

through your photos, single step,

search for activity in a designated

area, and save the files.

Computer: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor or above; 1GB

RAM minimum; 100 MB hard disk space minimum.

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 32 bit - XP with Service Pack 2 or

later; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with

Service Pack 1; or Windows 7

Using standard Microsoft utilities (ex. File Explorer – My Computer),

copy the PlotFiles (extension is .MLT) from the PLOT directory on the

SD card to the hard disk drive in your computer. Note the location stored

on the hard disk drive.

Open the PlotStalker software application from the Windows Start Button

menu. Once in the PlotStalker software, click on the File Button

Browse to the location in which you have saved the Plot file(s)

(.MLT) in step 1 above, select the file of interest and click Open.

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LOADING PLOT FILES

Insert the PlotStalker CD into your computer and follow on-screen instructions.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

BEGIN/END

Goes to the first or last photo in the Plot File.

FRAME BY FRAME SEARCH

Individually step forward or backward through each photo.

REWIND/PAUSE/PLAY

Play photos in sequence, pause, or play the photos in reverse order.

These functions simulate a video and are useful for manually searching

for changes in the photos. When a sequence is being played, press

fast-forward or fast-rewind multiple times to increase speed. (1x-5x)

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Menu Option

Setting

Capture Mode

Trail Cam (still)

Photo Quality

High

Photo Delay after each photo is taken

1 minute

Multi Shot Count

1-Shot

Video Resolution

High

Video Length

5 seconds

Camera Name

MYCAMERA

Temperature

Fahrenheit

IR Test

OFF

Info Strip printed on photos

ON

Default Settings

NO

Delete All

NO

Flash

ON

I40XT GameSpy Digital Camera

PlotStalker Software

PlotStalker Software

I40XT GameSpy Digital Camera

SETUP

Enables you to customize the operation of your camera - refer to the

CAMERA SETUP section of this manual. The camera automatically goes

into the mode you have selected, below, after 90 seconds of inactivity.

TRAIL CAM MODE

Still photos taken when an animal is detected. The number of photos taken

when an animal is detected is configurable in Settings. Photos are stored in

the in the DCIM/100_MDGC folder on the SD card.

PLOT CAM MODE

The camera takes photos at a specified interval during the day and combines

them together to create a Plot Video (*.MLT file) which can be viewed on the

supplied Moultrie Plot Stalker software. The camera takes a Plot Video twice

a day; once in the morning and once in the evening. The morning Plot Video

begins 30 min before sunrise. The evening Plot Video ends 30 min after

sunset. See chart below as a reference. The length of each Plot Video is

determined by the Plot Duration setting in the camera menu. The camera will

detect the correct sunrise and sunset times automatically and adjust itself

accordingly. The Plot Videos are stored in :/PLOT folder on the SD card.

IMPORTANT: It will take the camera 24hrs to properly adjust to the correct sunrise

and sunset times. As a default the camera will start the morning Plot Video at 5:30am

and end the evening video at 6:30pm. To reset the sunrise and sunset times back to the

default times, use the Default Settings option in the menu.

The GameSpy offers several modes of operation as described below. The camera

is in Trail Cam Mode by default.

HYBRID CAM MODE

Camera operates in Plot Cam mode during the day and Trail Cam Mode during

the night. Thirty minutes after dusk the camera will enter the Trail Cam mode

and take night photos when the PIR sensor is triggered.

VIDEO MODE

Camera records a user video when an animal is detected during daylight.

The video length is configurable in Settings.

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Morning Plot Video

Evening Plot Video

ADVANCED SETUP

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VIEWING PICTURES ON COMPUTER VIA USB

1. Plug provided USB cable into the USB port on your

Windows 7/Vista/XP computer.

2. Plug other end of USB cable into the camera's USB port.

3. To access JPG pictures and AVI movie files, navigate to "My Computer" and

double click the "Moultrie CAM" drive. Picture files will be stored In the

DCIM directory; video files are located in the DCIM directory.

4. To exit USB mode, follow Window's instructions for properly disconnecting

a removable drive and then unplug

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