News

  • Updated Sidekick - with set up Wizard

    by Shaun Ryan
    The new version of Sidekick now has a Wizard to guide you through the initial set up of your thermal camera/bird monitor. This includes a new help section, an easier way of setting up your APN and various bug fixes.
    Posted in Sidekick, Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • Battery, temperature & humidity logging. Bug fixes.

    by Shaun Ryan

    We've released some software updates for the DOC AI Cam

    • Low power mode is now working reliably
    • A short press of the button will now turn the light off 
    • We are now logging battery voltage, humidity and temperature
    • We have reactivated alerts when the camera is off for more than 24 hours.
    • Fixed bug with custom recording windows and other bug fixes
    Posted in Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • Bug with custom recording windows

    by Shaun Ryan
    There is a bug with setting a custom recording window. For now we recommend using the default or 24 hour mode until a fix for this bug is released.
    Posted in Thermal Camera

  • Activity summaries and more animal tags

    by Shaun Ryan
    You can now elect to receive a daily or weekly activity summary, show which animals have been detected by the DOC AI Cam. There is also the option now to tag many Australian animals.
    Posted in Cacophony Portal, Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • Set up alerts for your group/project

    by Shaun Ryan
    You can now set up email alerts at the group/project level. Previously you could only do this for specific locations which was a little painful if you were moving your camera around and wanted an alert.
    Posted in Cacophony Portal, Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • DOC AI Cam update: low power mode, APNs and bug fixes

    by Shaun Ryan
    We've just released an update to the thermal camera software that is mainly minor bug fixes with one new piece of functionality. Setting APN The ne...

  • Updated bird monitor app fixes upload problem

    by Shaun Ryan
    Our old bird monitors have recently stopped uploading recordings. These bird monitors typically use old Android phones which stopped recognising th...
    Posted in Bird Monitor

  • Re-assigning cameras to groups, low power mode

    by Shaun Ryan
    We have made a couple of small releases to our camera software stack: You can now re-assign cameras to a group without creating a new name Sidekic...

  • New version of Sidekick: simplified interface.

    by Shaun Ryan
    A new version of the Sidekick App is available. This is used to configure the thermal camera. The new software simplifies the configuration.
    Posted in Sidekick, Thermal Camera

  • Distinguishing between rats and mice

    by Shaun Ryan
    The Cacophony Project team have come up with a cunning algorithm to automatically distinguish between rats and mice.
    Posted in Cacophony Portal, Thermal Camera

  • Bird monitor identifying hotspots for morepork and feral chickens

    by Shaun Ryan
    Norfolk Island are using The Cacophony Project Bird Monitors to create hotspots of various birds, including Morepork and Feral Chickens. These inform and direct their conservation efforts and will enable them to measure progress over the years.
    Posted in Bird Monitor

  • View your tagging stats

    by Shaun Ryan
    You can now see tagging stats - what has been tagged, who did it and where.
    Posted in Bird Monitor, Cacophony Portal, Software updates, Thermal Camera