Cuddeback Attack series User manual
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About batteries
A. Cuddeback recommends Rayovac, Duracell,
and Energizer alkaline batteries only. Lesser
batteries may not perform as required, especially
in cold temperatures.
I. Change all batteries at the same time.
Never mix old and new batteries.
II. Do not mix standard, alkaline,
or rechargeable batteries.
III. Remove all batteries when the camera will
not be used for an extended period of time.
Please get the latest camera firmware
Before using this camera we recommend you visit
www.cuddeback.com to get the latest firmware.
Latest firmware can improve camera performance.
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Care and treatment
A. Don’t abuse your camera.Treatitlikethe
sophisticated piece of electronics that it is.
I. Treatitgently–donotabuseordrop
II. Keep SD card dry and never insert wet
SD cards into the camera
III. Avoid letting water enter the camera
IV.Removebatteriesattheendoftheseason
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Attack®Series
Operating Instructions
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all references
in this manual to “Attack” also apply to the
Attack IR and Attack Black Flash.
What You Need
1) OneormoreSecureDigital(SD)cards.
(SeeAppendixAforrecommendations).
2) FourDcellbatteries(werecommend
Rayovac®or Duracell®brandbatteries).
3)
When Attack is working it displays an electronic
“worm”
ontheLCD.Thiswormscrollsaroundthe
LCD to indicate that you must not remove the SD
card, must not turn the rotary knob, or must not
press any button. Please be patient and wait for the
worm to go away before removing the SD card.
“worm”
Step 1 – Familiarize yourself with Attack®
TakeamomenttofamiliarizeyourselfwithAttack’sparts.
Front Back
Back Back
Test
LED
USB
Connector
SD Card Socket
Manufacturing
Test Point
Mount
Bracket
Strap &
Slots
LCD
Screen
Video
Switch
Rotary
Knob
A/B
Buttons
User
Interface
LED
Camera
Lens
Motion-
Heat
Sensor
User Interface
Door
Battery Door
Flash
(Attack)
Infrared
LEDs
(Attack IR,
Attack Black
Flash)
NOTE: After the bracket has been mounted to a tree, slide
Attack’s two thumb screws down into the bracket.
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Step 2 – Installing Batteries and SD Card
1) TurntherotaryknobtotheOFF position.
2) Loosenthebatterythumbscrewandopenthe
battery compartment door. Install four brand new
alkaline D cell batteries. Make sure to observe
correct polarity. Close the door and tighten the
thumb screw completely.
3)
Aseriesofnumbersaredisplayed.TheseareAttack’s
hardware and software version numbers.
4) WaituntiltheLCDdisplaygoesblankandthe
greenandredLEDsareoff.
5) InstallyourSDcard.Besuretoobservethecorrect
polarity with clipped corner on the card to the right.
Bottom View
Battery Install SD Card Install
Step 3 – Setting up the Attack®
1) TurntherotaryknobtoTime position,
pressAandBtoset.TimeisAM/PMformat.
2) TurntherotaryknobtoDate position,
press A and B to set.
3) TurntherotaryknobtoYear position,
press A and B to set.
4) LateryouwillreadStep 8 – More Features
forinformationontheUSBandMENUpositions.
Step 4 – Attaching Attack®to a Tree
1) WerecommendyoursttryyourAttackathome.
2) Foroptimumdetectionofdeer-sizedanimals
werecommendmountingAttackabout30to36
inchesofftheground(thisisaboutwaisthighto
slightlyhigher).
3) Forbestimagequality,installAttackabout
10to15feetfromwhereanimalsareexpected.
Attack will detect animals at distances from
directlyinfrontofthecameratoabout50feet.
Note that detection distance varies greatly with
airtemperature,animalsize,andthespeedthe
animal is moving.
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4) AttackfeaturesourGenius
MountingSystem.Thissystem
allows you to attach the bracket
to a tree and then slide Attack on
and off the bracket as needed.
5) Oncethetreebracketisattached
to the tree, make sure both thumb
screws on the back of Attack are
tightenedcompletely.Thenslide
Attack onto the bracket.
6) Itisbesttoremoveanyvegetationandobstructions
fromAttack’seld-of-viewthatmayinterferewith
Attack’ssensororcamera.
7) Aim/alignAttacktomakesureitispointedwhere
you expect the animals to be. Aim Attack level
withthegroundtomaximizedetectionrange
andperformance.YoucanuseAttack’stestfeature
(explainednext)tohelpyoudeterminethe
detection area.
8) Cuddebackhasoptionalmountingmethods
available,suchastilt-brackets,bear-resistant
boxes, and mounting posts. See your retailer
or www.cuddeback.com for details.
Step 5 – Checking Attack®’s Detection Zone
1) TurntherotaryknobtotheTest position. Close the
cover and tighten the thumb screw. Put Attack
backontothetreebracket.(Note:thereisamore
convenient method to enable test mode, see Step 7
- Checking your Attack for details).
2) WalkbackandforthinfrontofAttack.Thered
LEDwillilluminatewhenAttack’ssensorhas
detected you. Using this method you can accurately
position your Attack as desired.
Step 6 – Arming the Attack®
TurntherotaryknobtooneoftheArmed delay settings.
ThesesettingsrepresenttheamountoftimeAttackwill
waitbeforeitwilltakeanotherimage.Thisdwelltime
prevents multiple images of the same animal. Here is our
recommendation for the various Armedsettings:
a. Under30seconds–gametrails
b. 1and3minutes–scrapes
c 5to30minutes–foodplotsorfeeders
When first armed, Attack will display the indicated delay
for5secondsandthenbegincountingdownfrom45to0.
Whenthecounterreaches0,Attackwillarmandbeready
to record images.
When Attack detects a subject and takes a picture a
“worm”willbedisplayedandtheLEDwillashredand
green–donotremovetheSDcarduntiltheLEDisOFF.
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After the image is saved to the SD card the LCD will
displaythedelaysettingandbegincountingdown.Once
thecounterreaches0,Attackisreadytorecordthenext
image.
Step 7 – Checking Attack®
When you check Attack it is not necessary to turn the
rotary knob. Instead, press the A or B button to temporarily
suspend Armed mode and view pertinent information,
such as the number of images on the SD card and battery
level.EachtimeyoupresstheAorBbuttonnewinformation
will be displayed. Here is the sequence of information
that is displayed each time the A or B button is pressed.
1) ImagesonSDcard.NotetheARMED,DWELL,
andIMAGESiconsaredisplayed.
2) FreeSpaceonSDcardinMB.NotethatARMED
andDWELLiconsaredisplayed.
3) BatteryLevelasapercentage.Forexample,
bt:99meansthereis99%batterypowerleft.
4) Time
5) Date
6) Year
7) TestindicatesAttackisinTestmodeandwill
illuminatetheredTestLEDwhenactivityissensed.
8) PressingAorBagainwillArmthecameraand
the current delay setting will be displayed.
YoucanleaveAttackinanyofthestates1thru7and
Attackwillautomaticallyre-arminabout5minutes.
Thisallowsyoutoclosethecoverandleavethearea
without triggering an image
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Step 8 – More Features
Video Mode
Attack can be set to record video. Attack records video
dayonly.AttackIRandAttackBlackFlashrecordvideo
dayandnight.Videorecordingisenabledbymovingthe
VideoSwitchtoON.Todisablevideorecordingmove
theswitchtoOFF.Attack
will
take an image before it
begins recording the video, thus you do not give up im-
ages to get video.
Note–videolengthcanbesetto10,20,or30seconds.
Seepage12fordetails.
Menu Position
TurntherotaryknobtotheMENUpositiontoperform
various activities. Press A to advance to the next menu
item, press B to activate the displayed menu action.
1) Battery Level–thebatterylevelisdisplayedinthe
format bt:99, which is a percentage of remaining
battery power. Press the A button to advance to the
next menu item.
2) CLr(ClearSDcard)–Thismenuallowsyouto
clear all images and content on the SD card. Press
and hold B to clear
thecard.Theworm will
appearandtheLEDswillashRED.
When finished,
the LCD will display the amount of space on the SD
card in MBs. Press A to advance to the next menu item.
3) Pic–Letsyoutakeatestpicture.PressBtotake
a picture. Press A to advance to the next menu item.
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4) Attack:FLSH–Thismenuallowsyoutotest
Attack’s
ash.PressBtochargetheashcircuit.
TheLCD
willbegincountingdownfrom45.After
the45secondcountdowntheLEDwillashgreen
toindicatethattheashischarged.PressBagainto
retheash
(CAUTION – light output from the flash
is very bright!).
AttackIR/AttackBlackFlash:
LEd
(IRLEDs)–
ThismenuallowsyoutotestAttackIR’sIRLEDs
and measure the battery strength. Press B to test
theinfraredLEDs.TheLEDswillbedrivenfrom
33%maximumpowerto99%maximumpower.
Thetestwillstopwhenthebatteriesdonothave
sufcientpowertodrivetheLEDsorat99%.
Ifthebatteriesaredepleted,FAILwillbedisplayed.
Ifthereadingisbelow99%youmaywanttochange
thebatteriestomaximizetheilluminationrange.
5)
PO:O
(ParameterProgramming)–Thissetting
allows you to change the setting for the camera.
See the next section for details.
6)
StAt(StatisticalData)–PressBtodisplayActivation
Date, Armed Days, and Image Counter. Activation
Date is the first day you used the camera. Armed
Days is how many days that camera has been used.
Image Counter is the total number of images taken
with the camera.
7) LOAd–Letsyouinstallnewrmware.Wemay
updatetheAttackrmwaretoimproveitsperfor-
mance. If a firmware update is required you will
need to download a firmware file from our website.
Instructions will be provided with the firmware.
Please see www.cuddeback.com for details. We
recommend you check our website for updates at
the beginning of your scouting season.
8) FirmwareVersion–4numberswillbedisplayed,
suchas0200.Thisisthermwareversion.
TurntherotaryknobtoanewsettingorpressAto
return to the battery level display.
Setting Attack Parameters
Some Attack features can be changed by the user. Attack
can also be programmed to become a time lapse camera.
(Note - In the text that follows the underlined items are
default settings. For most users these settings are not
required and you can leave PO set to 0).
Step 0: Enable or disable parameters OR select
Time Lapse Operation
Firstyoumustenableparameters.Thisisdoneby:
1. RotateknobtoMENU
2. PressAuntilP0:0isdisplayed.P0indicates
Parameter Zero,whichistheparameteron/offcontrol.
3. WhenP0:0isdisplayed,presstheBkeytoselect
fromthese3options:
P0:0=parametersareOFFandsettodefaults
(recommendedformostusers)
P0:1=parametersareONandcanbechanged
as desired
P0:tL = time lapse mode. Attack is put into time
lapse mode as explained later.
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Step 1:
Press the A key to display P1 (strobe flash power)
P1controlstheAttackashpower.(This setting is ignored
on the Attack IR/Black Flash and will be displayed as P1:--)
TheavailablesettingsareselectedbypressingtheBkey:
P1:1 =
10footashrange(bestsettingforindooruse)
P1:2=20footashrange
P1:3 =
30footashrange(bestsettingforgeneraluse)
P1:4=40+footashrange(bestsettingforelds)
Step 2:
Press the A key to display P2 (video length)
P2controlstheAttackvideolength.
TheavailablesettingsareselectedbypressingtheBkey:
P2:1=10secondvideo
P2:2=20secondvideo
P2:3=30secondvideo
Step 3:
Press the A key to display P3 (video operating time)
P3controlstheAttackIR/BlackFlashvideooperatingtime
(This setting is ignored on the Attack and will be displayed as P3:--)
TheavailablesettingsareselectedbypressingtheBkey:
P3:1 = record videos only at night
P3:2 = record videos only during the day
P3:3 = record videos during day & night
Step 4:
Press the A key to display P4 (operating time)
P4controlsthetimeAttackwilltakepictures.
TheavailablesettingsareselectedbypressingtheBkey:
P4:1 = operate only at night
P4:2 = operate only during the day
P4:3 = operate during day & night
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Step 5:
Press the A key to display P5 (quality)
P5 controls the Attack image and video quality.
TheavailablesettingsareselectedbypressingtheBkey:
P5:1 = standard resolution 5MP (smallle)images/video
P5:2 = high quality 5MP (largele)images/video
Note–imagequalityisimprovedbyoptimizingthe
JPGandVIDEOcompressionalgorithm.Imageswill
beclearerwhenzooming,butlesizeissignicantly
increased. Most users will not benefit from this feature,
which is mainly intended for research professionals that
require the best image quality possible.
Step 6:
Press the A key to display P6 (camera ID)
P6isacameraidenticationnumberthatisprintedonto
theimage.UsetheBkeytosetavaluefrom0thru99.
If0isselectedtheIDnumberwillnotbeprinted.
Step 7:
Press the A key to display P7 (FAP Mode)
P7enablesordisablesasuperfastcameradelay,called
Fast-as-Possible,orFAP.WhenP7ison,thecamerawill
rearm immediately after the image or video is saved to the
SDcard.Thiscanresultinacameradelayinthe1to2
secondrange.WhenP7ison,the5secondcameradelay
positionbecomesFAP.Theremainingdialpositionsare
not affected. Note – using FAP mode can result in blank
images.
PressBtoenableordisableFAP:
P7:0=FAPmodedisabled
P7:1=FAPmodeenabled
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