How to use the Trail Cam App

The following steps will help you set up your Trail Camera App. It’s important to follow these steps when first installing the App, to ensure it works well with your Swift 3C3G or Enduro 4G camera.

Firstly, please note that in MOST circumstances you DO NOT need to use the App. This can save you unnecessary complications. Our Swift cameras are simple enough to operate and function well without relying on an App.

Secondly, it’s important to remember that the TrailCamera App is a way of communicating with your camera. But it is not directly connected to the camera.

Thirdly, you must initially set your camera up directly in the camera’s on-board settings, NOT using the App. You can use the App later to change settings, but not for the camera’s initial setup. View our Enduro 4G Set-up or Swift 3C3G Set-up videos for set-up instructions.

Trail App Setup

Install the TrailCamera App on your phone.

Open the App. In the top right hand corner you will see a plus sign to add a camera. Press this symbol.

You can now Name the Camera, Put in the Camera Phone Number and choose the correct camera type (Swift 3C3G, Enduro 3G or the Enduro 4G).

The camera name will now be displayed in the App.

Select the camera to go to the Setting List menu, which includes General Settings, Get a Picture, Change Camera Name and Delete Camera.

If you are setting up the App for an Enduro 4G camera, you will see an additional menu – Other Settings.

Go to General Settings. You will see the Camera Phone Number automatically entered in red. Now change all these settings in this menu to EXACTLY MATCH the settings you have already entered directly on the Swift camera. This will ensure your original settings are not overwritten.

Once you have made sure the App and camera settings are identical, hit SEND. A screen will appear with a code within an SMS box. Hit SMS to send this code to your camera and save the setting in the App.

For an Enduro 4G Camera, go to General Settings to enter the phone number and email address you want the photos to be sent to. You can enter up to 4 numbers and 4 email addresses. You will need to hit send for each section – phone numbers and email addresses. In this menu, you also need to change the SMTP/FTP Pic Size, Daily Report and Maximum Number of Photos to match the settings you have put in your camera.

You then go to the Other Setting menu to change all the additional settings to match those in your 4G camera.

The updates you made will NOT BE instant. Instead, the next time the camera takes a picture or sends a DAILY REPORT, it will update the settings from the App. If Daily Report has not been set, the camera will also automatically update at 12PM each day.

Or if the SMS Remote Control is set to All The Time or Instant, it will execute immediately. PLEASE NOTE: The All The Time or Instant mode uses 10x the battery power and should only be used when the camera is connected to a Solar Panel or mains power.  Even with a solar panel, on successive days of cloudy weather the camera can have trouble keeping up with the power required by All the Time or Instant mode. Only use the All The Time or Instant mode if you really need it. We find that the Time Lapse mode works better in most cases and uses a lot less power.

Once the camera has received your message, you will receive an SMS reply to your phone saying, “SMS commands executed successfully!”.

Once you receive the success message, you can then go back into General Settings to change individual settings on the camera. The rest of your settings will still match the ones you entered directly on your camera.

In the Setting List menu, you can use the “Get A Picture” to request an instant photo from your camera. However, this will only work in SMS Remote Control: All The Time or Instant mode.

Use the Change Camera Name to change the name of a camera and the Delete Camera to remove a camera from the App.

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