Contents Introduction ............................1 General Description ......................1 Key Features ........................1 Application ........................... 1 Two Way Communication ....................1 Cautions ..........................2 Camera Overview and Details ....................... 3 Camera Overview ....................... 3 Mode Switch Introduction: ....................5 Camera General Operations ......................6 Power Supply ........................
1 Introduction 1.1 General Description Thank you for choosing Boskoncam high qualified products. This camera is a digital scouting camera with 3G or 4G communication function. It is an infrared surveillance camera, triggered by any movement of human or animal monitored by a high sensitive Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor, and then automatically captures high quality pictures (up to 36M pixels) or records video clips (1080 Full HD).
BG8303&BG8304 1 Introduction 1.5 Cautions The working voltage of the camera is 5-12V. The camera is supplied by the power adapter or 8AA&12 AA batteries. Please install batteries according to shown polarity. Please insert the SD card before powering on camera. The camera has no internal memory for saving images or videos.
BG8303&BG8304 2 Camera Overview and Details 2 Camera Overview and Details Camera Overview Take a few moments to familiarize with the camera controls and displays. It is helpful to bookmark this section and refer to it when reading through the rest of the manual. Figure 1 Diagram of camera functional indicators Figure 2 Inner panel view Page 3...
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BG8303&BG8304 2 Camera Overview and Details Figure 3 Diagram of Input Keys Figure 4 Diagram of camera interfaces Page 4...
BG8303&BG8304 2 Camera Overview and Details Mode Switch Introduction: Setup Mode: Slide the Mode Switch to “SET UP”, then the Camera will enter Set up mode. In this mode, you can program the camera or to playback the photos or video clips. Hunting Mode: Slide the Mode Switch to “ON”, then the Camera will enter hunting mode.
BG8303&BG8304 3 Camera General Operations 3 Camera General Operations This chapter explains the general operations for camera settings. 3.1 Power Supply Use 12 AA batteries. High-density and high-performance alkaline or lithium batteries are recommended. Also 5-12V external power supply and solar panel are supported. The battery can be just a backup for emergency use (5V support).
BG8303&BG8304 3 Camera General Operations 3.4.1 Setting Items Description Setting Items Basic Settings There are three camera modes: Photo, Video and Pic +Video. If you Camera Mode choose Pic +Video mode, the camera takes a picture with a video clip. Default: Photo Choose the image size: 8MP (3264x2448), 14MP (4320x3240) or Photo Size...
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BG8303&BG8304 3 Camera General Operations 1. Phone MMS: send images to a mobile phone. 2. Email GPRS: send images to an e-mail address via GPRS use SMTP. 3. FTP: send images to ftp. You should set your receiving phone numbers (Max 4 numbers) and your receiving e-mail address (Max 4 Mails) from profile or in the APP program.
4 Quick Set Network Parameters use profile 4 Quick Set Network Parameters Use profile 4.1 Do the Camera Settings Get the camera set-up profile “BG8304.txt” form Boskoncam. 1) Open the profile “BG8304.txt”,then you can change the parameters as following (China Unicom as sample): Step1:Set MMS parameters:...
APP (Chapter 5). Note: you need to set SMS control as ON when using SMS command. Down load the Android control software from our website. The specified website is written in the last page of the manual. For iPhone, just download it from the App Store by searching Boskoncam. Page 10...
BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands 5 APP and SMS Commands 5.1 Change Settings via Android/iOS APP or SMS If you find it inconvenient to use PC Settings, we provide an android /iOS APP to set up the camera. When you are far away from your house, your camera position, you can get spot photos or change camera settings via our android/iOS APP or SMS.
BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands camera. Step3: Click the “ ” to enter the setting page. 5.3.1 Firstly, set administrator number. 1: Click “Advanced setting” the Advanced setting list will be shown. 2: Click “Set Master’s Number”, the Set Master’s Number list will be shown. 3: Enter your master number and password in the Set Master Number page(The initial password is 6868), 4: Then click Send.
BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands 5.3.2 Set MMS Parameters: Click “Set MMS parameters” to enter the MMS parameters setting page. Choose your Country and SIM card Operator. You can setting MMS parameters automatically. Then click Send, you will receive one message from the camera like “URL= http://******, IP=******, port=**, APN=******, Account=******, Password=******”...
BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands 5.3.4 Set receive numbers and email-address: Enter your received numbers and received email address pages. 5.3.5 Set GPS Info: Click “Set GPS” to set the current GPS info to the camera. It is the real position when you put your camera on a tree or some place.
BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands 5.3.6 Get one spot picture from the camera : After you set parameters from 5.3.1~5.3.4 or use “BG8304.txt” to set the parameters. You can get a picture by MMS or by Email to verify the parameters. If the parameters are correct, you can receive one picture from the camera after 20s~40s.
BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands 5.3.8 Other commands: Click “Advanced setting”, then you can change password, format SD/TF card, check all camera settings 5.4 SMS Command List The list below shows all the SMS commands for you. You can control your camera via SMS.
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BG8303&BG8304 5 APP and SMS Commands Settings Format SD Card Set Administrator’s #P#0000# (It’s suggested that the administrators Password password be changed at the beginning) Set GPS Info #g# Latitude# Longitude# Altitude# Help C. Set Menu Parameter Functions SMS Commands Change Camera Mode #e#cp# (photo mode) or #e#cv# (video mode) or #e#ct#(pic+video)
BG8303&BG8304 6 Normal Questions and Advice 6 Normal Questions and Advice 6.1 The camera can’t capture the target 1. Please check the protective film of the PIR Fresnel lens is removed or not. 2. Check the “PIR Trigger” (PIR sensitivity) parameter setting. For warm environmental conditions, set the Sensor Level to “High”...
Appendix II: Parts List Appendix II: Parts List Part Name Quantity Trail Camera USB Cable Belt User’s Manual Antenna Warranty Card SIM Card Adapter Website Information: Download the APP software from here: Android APP Download address: http://www.boskoncam.com/download.html (Version 1.0) Page 20...
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FCC ID:2ATLL-BG8304 FCC WARNING: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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