ICamSpy ($4 Android and PC/Mac) is a little different from Presence: Instead of using two mobile devices, it requires an Android device for monitoring and a PC with a webcam and microphone for surveillance. You can also dim the screen to help save battery life, though you should probably keep your camera device plugged in if you’re going to be streaming for a while. In streaming mode, you’ll be able to adjust various options, such as renaming the device, turning on motion detection, switching which of the iPhone’s two cameras to use, and toggle audio streaming, video streaming, and remote control on or off. To start streaming video, just point your camera device at the area you’d like to monitor (People Power suggests purchasing a flexible stand, but you could also MacGyver a makeshift stand if you must), and tap “Use me as a video camera” on the app’s main screen. Each device can be used interchangeably as a camera or monitor, and you can connect as many devices as you like to your account.
Getting started with Presence is ridiculously simple: Just download and install the app on both devices, set up an account, and give it permission to access your device’s camera. Presence has a few customizable settings to give you the level of security you want. Presence has a web portal as well, but it has limited capabilities: It can’t view live streams and can only see videos recorded after the app detects motion (if motion detect is enabled). To use Presence, you’ll need two iOS devices running iOS 5.0 or later: One device to be the camera, and one device to be the monitor. Presence isn’t just a video camera app, though-it has surveillance features, such as motion detection alerts (you can set Presence to alert you when the streaming device picks up motion) and two-way video and audio capabilities. These notifications will not appear on the watch if you’re on the watch screen or another widget screen.Got an old iOS device lying around? Presence (free iOS) can turn it into a Wi-Fi or cellular network-powered live streaming video feed that you can view remotely. For these alerts to show on the watch, you need to be on the Dog Track widget screen. The widget will also alert you when the dog has treed or is on point, just like the transmitting handheld does. Once your dog-tracking handheld is set to Broadcast Mode and tracking a compatible dog tracking collar, the widget on your Instinct or fēnix will show the dogs’ names, status, distance and direction from the handheld. Press “Up” button to populate the menus.Enable the Dog Track widget on your Instinct.
You may be able to skip this step if your gear is fairly new, but if your equipment is older, the update adds Broadcast Mode to your handheld and the Dog Track widget to your watch.
If you are in the market for a good-looking watch that helps you in the woods or out on the bird dog prairie, Instinct is a perfect choice. This technology has been available for a few years with Garmin’s fēnix line of durable smartwatches, but those usually cost hundreds of dollars more than Instinct. To Garmin’s Autumn Oaks table with questions.įor those who hunt alongside dogs, the coolest Instinct feature is the dog-tracking widget, which allows it to “talk” to a variety of Garmin handhelds, including Astro 320, Astro 430 or Alpha 100, via an in-range Bluetooth connection (typically 10 to 15 yards). With an Instinct on their wrist and a tracking-and-training collar bundle on their dog, users can keep their tracker in their coat pocket, backpack or lanyard and still see the distance and direction of up to three dogs at a time by simply looking at their watch.
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