Cyclapse Classic
Product Guide - Revision B
Overview
The Cyclapse Classic is a fully integrated long term time-lapse camera system. Typical uses are for documenting construction
projects, environmental changes, crop growth, and an amazing variety of other long-term outdoor photographic tasks.
This equipment will yield significantly higher quality images than can be achieved with 'Web', 'Trail', 'Garden', 'Smartphone', or
'Action' camera equipment, and is designed to be completely autonomous—no connection to AC power, computers, networks, or
video recorders are required. You own the equipment, and there are no monthly charges! The system will support a great range of
cameras, from compact digital cameras to SLR and even medium format!
The 'Classic' version of the Cyclapse incorporates the DigiSnap 2700 controller, a tried-and-true intervalometer developed for long
term time-lapse operations. The DigiSnap 2000 series of controllers have been in continuous production since 1999.
A variety of mounts are available to suit your particular application, and the system can be installed in as little as as 15 minutes.
Quick Start
1. Turn the camera's power switch ON. You may leave this switch on at all times.
2. Flip the Power Module toggle switch to the ON (up) position. This will apply power to the camera and the controller.
3. The DigiSnap should immediately blink amber once, followed by a long green flash, and then a few moments later will
quickly blink four times green.
4. Press the * button on the DigiSnap, and the camera should take a picture. This verifies that everything is connected and
working properly. Each time you press the * button, it should take a picture.
5. The DigiSnap controller is already configured at the factory to take pictures on a daily schedule. The following
configuration was used for testing, and you may want to reconfigure the settings for your application.
The DigiSnap is preset to take pictures starting at 7AM (Mountain Time Zone / GMT-7), and every day afterward at the
same starting time. Ten pictures will be taken per day, at an interval of 1 hour between shots.
Configuring the DigiSnap
Now that you’ve verified that things are working, you may want to configure the DigiSnap for your particular application. The first
time you do this can be trying, but once you’ve gone through the process once, it’ll be easy the next time. If you get stuck, give
Harbortronics a call!
The DigiSnap is already configured properly for the camera. All you should need to configure are the time-lapse settings within the
DigiSnap, and adjust the camera lens zoom and focus for your site.
Please review the DigiSnap 2700 manual, which is on the CD Rom supplied with the equipment. This should help you to understand
how the DigiSnap works with a terminal window, and what sort of operations the DigiSnap can perform.
Connecting to a terminal
Each order will be supplied with a USB to Serial converter which includes the Null-Modem connections to connect directly to the
DigiSnap 2700 controller. You may need to install the drivers for this cable on your computer. This is a commonly overlooked
problem.
If you are using a standard USB/Serial converter, or a desktop PC with a built-in serial port, please use a null-modem cable or adapter
between your serial port and the DigiSnap. We are happy to provide this cable if needed.
You now need to run a program to open up a 'terminal' window. If you are running Linux, you already know how to do this! If you
have a windows PC you can use the DigiSnap_Terminal.exe program supplied on the CD Rom. If you are using a Mac we also have
an application on the CD-Rom that you may install. If you don't have a CD-Drive on your computer, you can download any of the
drivers and software from our website.
Once you have your terminal program running, and ‘connected’, cycle the power on the system (flip the toggle switch on the
Cyclapse Power Module off and on again), and you should see it present a menu on the screen. You can select the different menus
and particular commands. Once you have configured the DigiSnap via a terminal, the settings are saved forever, or until the next time
you change them using this same procedure.
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