- Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:12 am
#352246
My buddies and I had cameras that would work flawlessly in the "big city" (Dallas/Fort Worth), but 3 hours away at our remote deer lease (SanSaba, TX), we had problems with some of the cameras. These were cameras that we had used at the exact same location a year ago with no problems. There is an ATT cell tower on the ranch, so we have always have great cell signal. Some of the cameras worked perfect at the deer lease. Some of the cameras would not acquire a wireless signal. Some would eventually acquire a signal, but not send a picture. Some would initially work properly, sending pictures, then would quit after a day or so...we'd go back to check those cameras and find that they would no longer acquire a signal. I was maddening to bring the cameras back home and find that they would work fine...we'd go back to the ranch and they again wouldn't work.
This video shows the most common issue we would encounter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EPXsKrVfQ4&t=7s" target="_blank
Back at the ranch we found that we could swap SIM cards between an operational camera and a non-operational camera; the non -operational camera would then acquire a signal...some of the cameras would send a test picture with the different SIM card, others would acquire a signal, but get stuck at a screen that says "setting" when trying to send a test picture.
I'm not sure what the common denominators are between our cameras that had no issues verse those that did have issues....My guess is it's either the age of the camera, or the age of when the SIM card was activated.
It appears to me that between last hunting season and now, ATT changed some sort of protocol that it uses when connecting with the cameras. The beta firmware update appears to fix this issue.
This video shows the most common issue we would encounter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EPXsKrVfQ4&t=7s" target="_blank
Back at the ranch we found that we could swap SIM cards between an operational camera and a non-operational camera; the non -operational camera would then acquire a signal...some of the cameras would send a test picture with the different SIM card, others would acquire a signal, but get stuck at a screen that says "setting" when trying to send a test picture.
I'm not sure what the common denominators are between our cameras that had no issues verse those that did have issues....My guess is it's either the age of the camera, or the age of when the SIM card was activated.
It appears to me that between last hunting season and now, ATT changed some sort of protocol that it uses when connecting with the cameras. The beta firmware update appears to fix this issue.
Pat Murphy
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