Sunly Tech Alpha CAM User manual

Alpha CAM
Quick Start Guide
V1.0

Learn about Your Alpha CAM
The Alpha CAM is SUNLY TECH’s portable smart mini drone that has been specially designed
for selfie-lovers. It is equipped with a high-definition camera for 4K/@30fps and 1080P/@30fps
video recording and 13 million pixels photo shooting. Download SUNLYFLY App (Android
/iOS) to control Alpha CAM with your smart phone.
The following is the body structure of Alpha CAM:
Heat Vent
Micro-USB
LED Indicator
Visual Positioning Module
Charging Port
Camera
Power Switch
Motor
Propeller A
Propeller A
Battery
Propeller B
Propeller B
Bracket
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SUNLYFLY App Control Interface
Back
GPS
Battery Power
Camera Mode
Camera Settings
Landing
Altitude Status Bar
Shooting Mode
Visual Sensor
Wi-Fi
Settings
Shutter/Delay
Cancel Return/Landing
Take Off
Positioning Mode
Altitude Sensor
Memory Status
Help
Video Recording
Return
Full Screen
Learn about Your App
SUNLYFLY is a smartphone application developed for Alpha CAM. Users can use the SUNLY
FLY App to control the flight and shooting instead of remote controller, and share the
pictures directly to the social network.
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Propellers Forced to
Stop
For the specific use and meaning of the icons in SUNLYFLY App, please refer to “Alpha CAM User Manual”
or the “Help” button on the flight interface of APP .
Visual positioning system is only as the auxiliary system. Bad environment or flying too fast will cause(the
visual positioning system)unable tolocate, plesse fly carefully.
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Reading tips: Warning
SUNLYFLY App requires Android 4.3 or above；iOS 8.0 or above.
2、Watch The Tutor Video
Please visit the official website of SUNLY
TECH: www.sunlytech.com and click Video
Center to view.
3、Charging
Insert the original charging cable into the charging port of the battery. The LED indicator
keeps on red when charging. It will turn to green when charging is completed. Unplug the
cable when the LED turns to green.
4、Install Battery
Please note the front and back side of the battery to ensure that the battery is correctly
inserted into the fuselage.
About how to use the battery in a safe way ,please see "Alpha CAM Disclaimer and Safety Guidelines".
The Logo font on the battery tail up shows battery installed correctly.
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Instruction
Use Your Alpha CAM
1、Download SUNLYFLY App
Before using this product, please go to APP
store to download and install SUNLYFLY
App.
5、Preparing to Take Off
The working propellers may cause serious
damage to the approaching objects, please
keep more than 2 meters distance from the
drone to ensure safety.
To avoid any danger, please set up the
protection ring before the flight.
LED Indicator
Before the flight, please place the drone
horizontally on the ground and turn the tail
of drone to yourself.
Scenery Mode(default): the head of drone is
camera direction; Selfie Mode: the tail of the
drone is camera direction. Click button in
the "Shooting Mode" to adjust.

Long press the power button until the
power indicator light flashes to blue . After
15 seconds, the “beep” sound comes out.
The drone is switched on successfully.
Long press the power button until
the power indicator light goes out.
The drone turns off.
A、Swith on/off The Drone
B、Ready to Fly
Launch the App, click “Enter Device“ button,
follow the instructions into settings and
connect Wi-Fi between the mobile device and
the drone, then back to the homepage of App
and enter control interface.
C、Compass Calibration
The drone is already calibrated in factory, Before the first flight, suggest to calibrate the
compass again; otherwise the drone may not work properly and affect flight safety.
Frequent calibration of the compass can improve the reliability of drone.
6、Fly
Take Off
Click on the "Take Off" button at the buttom of the screen, slide to the right end,
the drone will take off and rise to 0.6m altitude and hover.
Landing
During the flight, click on the "Landing" button and slide to the right end. The
drone will land in the place.
Return
During the flight in GPS mode，click the "Return" button, slide to the right end,
the drone will return to the point of departure.
Propellers Forced to Stop
During the flight, such as in an emergency, you can click on the “Propellers Forced
to Stop” button, the drone will force the propeller to stop working. With a certain
risk and destructive, please use caution.
In the implementation of take off or landing or return operation, if the button does not slide to the end,
the slider will be automatically hidden, the corresponding operation will be not executed.
The returning drone will rise to the defaut return altitude of SUNLY FLY App (default return altitude is
10meters), please ensure no obstacle in returning route.
Default SSID: AlphaCAM-XXXX, password: sunlytech, it can be changed in Settings.
You can reset the password by click the power button 5 times after the drone is turnd on.
How to calibrate: Select "Calibration - Compass Calibration" in Settings of the upper right corner of the
flight interface, you can start to calibrate referring to the prompts.
The default Wi-Fi Frequency is 5.8GHz. You can swith it to 2.4 GHz by clicking the power button 3times
after the drone is turnd on.
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In joystick mode, user can adjust the joystick function button in “Settings-Custom joystick” interface
according to the user’s needs.
7、Control Mode
Touch Mode
Control the drone by clicking the operating button on the screen.
Motion Mode
Use the gravity sensing system of mobile device to control the drone flying.
Keep pressing on any point on the right
side of the screen while tilting the mobile
device forwards/backwards/rightwards/
leftwards, to control the drone flying to
the corresponding direction.
Click the up/down button of operating
lever on the left, to control the drone
rising/falling, and the left/right button to
control the left/right rotation of the drone
to adjust the flight course.
The up/down button of the left side to
control the drone rising/falling. The left/
right button to control left/right rotation
of the drone to adjust the flight course.
The up/down button of the right side to
control the drone forwards/backwards,
and the left/right button to control
left/right movement of the drone.
Joystick mode
Control the drone by dragging the two joysticks on the screen.
Drag the left joystick up/down, to control
the drone rising/falling, and drag the
joystick leftwards/rightwards, to control
the left and right rotation of the drone to
adjust the flight course.
Drag the right joystick up/down, to
control the drone forwards /backwards,
and drag the joystick leftwards/
rightwards, to control the left/right
movement of drone .
The operation sensitivity is different according to different mobile devices .
Touch mode is default operating mode, user can adjust the control mode in settings.
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Delayed Shooting: Long press the "delay" button in the upper right corner of the flight
interface to select the delay time.
Shooting：Click the "Shutter” button at the flight interface. Each time you click will take
one photo for default. User can modify the photo amount of continuous shooting in “Camera
Settings” .
Video recording：Click the "Video Recording" button to start recording. Click the "Stop
Video Recording" button to stop recording.
Aircraft
Size:
Weight:
Max. Flight duration:
Max. Using Altitude:
Max. Control Distance:
Wind Resistance Level:
Positioning System:
Hover Accuracy:
Wi-Fi Frequency:
Operating temperature:
128x128x43mm (Excluding the propellers)
220g
20 minutes
3000m
100m (In the open area without interference)
28km/h
GPS: GPS & GLONASS dual-mode satellite positioning
Visual Mode: optical flow + Infrared (illumination>15lux)
Vertical: +/-0.1m (Visual positioning); +/-0.5m (GPS)
Horizontal: +/-0.3m (Visual positioning); +/-1.0m (GPS)
2.4GHz; 5GHz (Default frequency)
0-45℃
Camera
Image sensor:
Effective pixels:
Camera lens:
Photo Size:
Video recording:
ISO range:
EV range:
Storage format:
Storage capacity:
USB interface type:
SONY1/3.06 inch CMOS
13 Mega Pixels
FOV90°; F/2.2
4K
1080p@30fps after EIS on 4K@30fps
100-3200
-12; -8; -4; 0; 4; 8; 12
JPEG/MP4
16GB (including system file)
Micro-USB
Battery
Rated capacity:
Rated energy:
Nominal voltage:
Battery type:
Operating temperature
(charge & discharge):
Max. limited voltage:
2000mAh
15.2Wh
7.6V
LiPo 2S
5-40℃
8.7V
App
App name:
Image Transmission Resolution:
Delay:
Supported mobile device OS:
SUNLYFLY
VGA
160ms (Depends on actual environment and mobile device)
Android 4.3 or above; iOS 8.0 or above
7、Control Mode
Touch Mode
Control the drone by clicking the operating button on the screen.
9、Appendix Specifications
8、Shooting / Video Recording
Click the "Camera Mode" button at the flight interface, to switch shooting or video
recording.
“Alpha CAM Quick Start Guide”only contains
basic operations. More functions please see
“Alpha CAM User Manual” in the official
website.
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In the Selfie-Mode, the default delay time is 3 seconds.
To ensure the shooting quality,the rotation speed of the drone will be automatically reduced.

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The instruction would be periodically updated.
The latest information please see official website.