Game Camera pics via text!

[ggreg02]

No they are coming out with some 3 g ones but most of the ones out now are GSM.

[BradBryant1000]

it'll cost you alot of sleep too! coons were wearing me out with pics all night long so chris and went out last night with the bows and wrecked em. only getting deer pic's (for now).

May have already been asked:

Can you set it up to where you dont get the text messages at a certain time. Like maybe you could get the "overnite" pictures sent to you at say 8:00 a.m. instead of 2:00 a.m.???? I have close family members with health problems so I like to keep my phone on at all times but would hate to get a bunch of texts with pictures of coons all night (keeping me awake).

I like the ideal and will look into it further.

[ggreg02]

May have already been asked:

Can you set it up to where you dont get the text messages at a certain time. Like maybe you could get the "overnite" pictures sent to you at say 8:00 a.m. instead of 2:00 a.m.???? I have close family memebers with health problems so I like to keep my phome on at all times but would hate to get a bunch of texts with pictures of coons all night.

I have the um562. It has a feature that lets you set it to come on at a certain time and then go off at a certain time. You could also just setup a gmail account and check it that way. I setup an email specifically for the camera. It will send pics to that address. I can give the password to the others on our lease. I also don't have to worry about it clogging up my regular email address either.

[TexaswBOWhunter]

AM I to assume this will also send video's to your phone or e-mail if that is what you have the camera set up to do?

[ggreg02]

Mine will send either pics or video. I've only had it send me pics so I'm not sure how well the videos work. I'm sure it would be fine but just take a little longer.

[TexaswBOWhunter]

Mine will send either pics or video. I've only had it send me pics so I'm not sure how well the videos work. I'm sure it would be fine but just take a little longer.

Gotcha, thanks for the info...

[TexaswBOWhunter]

Those are awesome Brandon! Thanks a lot for costing me A LOT of money in tw very near future!

You need to go ahead and buy me a couple as well...

[PBUCKSHOT]

First of all, thanks to all who are contributing to this thread. This is awesome. I watched the video (10times ) and want to make sure i understand it.
1)Buy Camera
2)Open a go pro account for 20 bucks a month and they give me a sim card ....not a phone
3) I use the sim card to "program" the camera to send emails and texts or basically turn it into a phone

Q. So, once Ive set up the cam using the ATT sim card..... I can have the texts sent to my Sprint phone number and any email?

[Archery1st]

Did you find a good deal ? Im like the guy in the post below yours, Sprint costumer.

I looked but did not find any repredable dealers offering the camera for less than $350. I had some VISA gift cards burning a hole in my pocket so I went to Amazon and bought abunch of amazon points credit whatever. The I bought the cam from Macks Praire Wings off Amazon. The Co is out of Arkansas. I order 2 DAY air and it was delivered next day fedex. :-)

Time to switch. I switched from Sprint to ATT years ago because Sprint coverage blows. To add the line for the Sim card is costing me $10 per month.

[ggreg02]

First of all, thanks to all who are contributing to this thread. This is awesome. I watched the video (10times ) and want to make sure i understand it.
1)Buy Camera
2)Open a go pro account for 20 bucks a month and they give me a sim card ....not a phone
3) I use the sim card to "program" the camera to send emails and texts or basically turn it into a phone

Q. So, once Ive set up the cam using the ATT sim card..... I can have the texts sent to my Sprint phone number and any email?

Here is how mine works. Insert an SD card in the camera and download the setup program to the sd card. Insert the SD card in to a sd card reader hooked up to your computer. Open the program on the SD card and add your email addresses or phone numbers. It is pretty self explanatory. Save Program back to the sd card and insert it back in the camera. It will upload the info to the camera and store it to the camera's internal memory. The sim card stays in the camera and is not used to program it.

You can send the pics to any cell number the can receive texts.

Hope this helps.

[Peyton]

Those of you that are worried about the texts disturbing you all night, you can silence the text from that number if you have an iPhone. Save the number as a contact, then select none on the text tone for that contact.

[PBUCKSHOT]

Here is how mine works. Insert an SD card in the camera and download the setup program to the sd card. Insert the SD card in to a sd card reader hooked up to your computer. Open the program on the SD card and add your email addresses or phone numbers. It is pretty self explanatory. Save Program back to the sd card and insert it back in the camera. It will upload the info to the camera and store it to the camera's internal memory. The sim card stays in the camera and is not used to program it.

You can send the pics to any cell number the can receive texts.

Hope this helps.

Cool. So, the SD card is the "link" to ATT. I was worried that I needed a ATT phone to rec the pics. I will call ATT to confirm the plan details for just the card and if all sounds good .......im in. THANKS 1M

[ggreg02]

It is my understanding that AT&T has a 1000 txt go phone plan for 9.99 a month. The camera I have has a feature that will limit the number of texts it can send in a day. You can set it so it does not go over the 1000 per month. The thing you have to keep in mind is when it sends a pic to multiple numbers or email addresses it counts as text. E.g. You have 4 cell numbers and 4 email addresses setup to receive pics = 8 texts per picture. You could setup a single email address specifically for the camera to decrease the amount of texts sent each day.

[shiner78]

i better stop asking questions and stop looking at this thread, or it's about to cost me a lot of money. Lol

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[PBUCKSHOT]

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I Wasnt as strong. i just ordered the ATT card. Should be here in 2 to 3 days. Set up for the $19.99 unlimited text plan. Now comes the expensive part.......someone please tell me where is the cheapest place to get this 580. Im gettin it tonight. I just couldnt resist. Settin my feeder back to 3 seconds and gonna make it up on corn J/K haaha