The Hawk may be used in forward facing mode or ground facing mode. To
switch it to ground facing mode, grasp the sensor housing and gently rotate it
down until the sensor is facing down instead of forward. This is useful for
unmanned or calibration purposes, and allows the ILS sensor to be oriented
with a clear view of the sky while capturing images of objects or vegetation on
the ground.
Clicking on Review takes you to the image review page. In the review page,
you may view any picture by clicking on the top left drop down menu and
selecting a picture from the drop down list. Once a picture has been opened,
the raw image is displayed on the camera LCD screen. When Index
Extractions are enabled, you will also be able to access an NIR/R/G color
processed image, NDVI, or other index extractions as defined in the Edit Veg.
Index page by clicking on the second drop down menu at the top of the
screen and selecting the desired display format. Press the M button on the
right of the screen to view the metadata of the picture. Return to Live View by
clicking the Done button on the bottom right of the screen.
Clicking on Tools button gives you access to the following buttons: Set Date/
Time, Erase Pictures, Advanced, Shutdown, and Format Disk. Clicking Done
takes you back to Live View. By clicking the Advanced button in the Tools
page, you can change the camera operation. A status screen is visible in the
Advanced page. You may edit vegetation index definitions by clicking on the
Edit Veg. Index button. Edit Settings lets you have access to useful functions
that include Capture Mode, Auto Capture Delay, ILS Adjustments, Index
Extractions, and Disable Raw Data options. See help details by pressing the
Help button next to each item. Save changes to the settings by clicking the
Save Changes button. Click Tools to return to the previous page. Click Done
to go back to Live View.
For wireless access to the camera's web browser interface, you can connect
it to a Wi-Fi enabled device, such as a PC, tablet, or smartphone. Open the
Wi-Fi network settings on your device and search for the Hawk camera's Wi-
Fi hotspot, indicated by the following hostname: HAWKXXXX, where XXXX
represents the last four digits of your camera serial number. Once you have
successfully connected to the Hawk Wi-Fi hotspot, open up a web browser on
your device. In the web browser URL navigation field enter 192.16 .1XX.1,
where XX is the last two digits of your camera serial number. You should now
see the Hawk Live View appear in your browser. Only Google Chrome and
Mozilla Firefox browsers are currently supported.
Using a Windows 10 PC, you can directly access the files in the Hawk by
connecting with the Samba file sharing service that runs in the camera. Open
the Windows File Explorer and type \\192.16 .1XX.1 where XX represents
the last two digits of your camera serial number. TTCHAWK should come up
as a network folder. Opening TTCHAWK will provide access to images,
settings, log files, extractions, and the DOCS folder.
In order to be processed and analyzed, the original images saved by the
camera in the HAWKJPGS folder must be converted to RAW format using
PixelWrench2. Under the PW2 File menu, use the Convert Auk Jpeg to RAW
