Comments on: Timelapse with GoPro Camera

By: Voltaic Systems

Voltaic Systems — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:02:18 +0000

In reply to MR P A RUSH.

Cam-do does have a remote monitoring option, see: https://cam-do.com/pages/construction-time-lapse-packs

There is a company that specializes in retrieving remote images and data, see: https://www.missionmule.com/

By: MR P A RUSH

MR P A RUSH — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 14:50:58 +0000

Can the images be accessed through wifi/gps for remote monitoring?

By: Richie

Richie — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:02:22 +0000

In reply to volta. Thanks for the feed back. Yeah we would shoot a lot of video. Maybe we set it up with the motion sensor to save battery life and amount of footage.

By: volta

volta — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:49:39 +0000

In reply to Richie. We were shooting 2 seconds of video in this case, but you could change the parameters so that you should longer stretches of video. If you just want to shoot video for a long time, you need enough battery and solar to recharge the GoPro 12X per day which starts to get to be a lot of solar panels and battery power.

By: Richie

Richie — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:43:14 +0000

Can I use this same setup to shoot video instead of a time lapse?

By: volta

volta — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:28:11 +0000

In reply to Dave.

Hi Dave,

Yes, you don’t need the solar charger for the system to work. You’ll have to swap out and recharge the battery every once in a while as you suggest here.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:20:51 +0000

Can I use this set-up without the solar charger? I am aware this means I will have to charge the Voltaic battery once in a while, but will it still support the Cam-Do scheduler and time-lapse program (set up for M-S, 7am-6pm, every 20 minutes).

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:54:04 +0000

Hello,

I’ve had the same issue mentioned above. I’m using the Cam-Do solar box with program scheduler and the V39 battery. The camera is a GoPro Hero 3 Black with the latest firmware and a 64gb SanDisk card.

Most of the time the V39 batter will work with no issues when I plug it into the camera using the GoPro usb – mini usb cord. However, sometimes when I plug in the battery the back LED will light up, but will not turn off. The camera becomes unresponsive to the buttons and the cam-do program scheduler.

Is this a bug in the H3B… if so, is this solved in the H3B+

By: admin

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:37:20 +0000

In reply to Aaron.

Hi Aaron,

We haven’t seen this behavior on our end. Which GoPro model are you using? Which cable are you using to connect from the Voltaic battery to the GoPro? Do you see the same behavior if you try different USB cables? With the Voltaic battery, we include a “curly cable” and a MiniUSB adapter that we suggest you try in addition to any other MiniUSB cables you might have. I’ll also check with Cam-do to see if they have any suggestions as they have more experience on the GoPro side.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:24:40 +0000

I am using the Cam-do solor powered gopro rig and when I plug my gopro into the voltaic charger the gopro locks up. I have the latest firmware on it and everything works fine sometimes, yet the other times it gives me a red light and after i unplug it the light remains lit. the only way for me to then turn on the camera is removing the gopro internal battery. Why is this?