[Talk-us-massachusetts] openstreetcam in MA

[Angela Morley]

Thanks for sharing! I should be receiving mine in the next few days now. As
I drive a commercial vehicle, I rack up a lot of mileage in my area, plus
the trips we take on weekends. Unfortunately, my OBD port is already
occupied by a GPS logger. I've thought about running a splitter, but I
don't know if OBD allows that. They confirmed with me you don't have to use
OBD, but you get a reduction in points if you do that. With my
calculations, I should be able to get to that threshold even without OBD
doubled points. I drive a lot.

The controller mount will be useful, because as I make stops with clients,
I can stop the recording in a natural spot instead of with my clients.

I was wondering... Does the camera still work as a regular dashcam, or does
the Telenav software completely change it's functionality?

High speed fiber optic at home. No problem uploading here!

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 18:01 Alan & Ruth Bragg <alan.ruth.bragg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There are at least three participants in MA who have, or will soon have,
> Waylens Horizon cameras provided by Telenav to record streets.
>
> I've had my camera for a couple weeks and learned a few lessons.
>
> The camera doesn't have to be mounted too high on the windshield to get a
> good view of the street. My first mistake was to mount it high where the
> radio antenna built into the windshield  was blocking the gps signal which
> is received by the camera mount.
>
> The camera mount is held to the windshield by a very strong sticky pad. I
> mounted it under the rear view mirror and looped the power cable once
> around the rear view mirror. If the camera mount fails it will just dangle
> from the mirror.
> I have peeled the mount from the windshield several times without a
> problem. I use it in a second vehicle when I take trips.
>
> I didn't realize that their is no need to be conservative when recording.
> I leave the camera on all the time, recording the nearby roads repeatedly.
> I concentrate on driving and not monitoring the camera.
>
> Uploading data from the car over my home WiFi is not practical. One
> problem is that the camera tries to start uploading data as soon as I pull
> into my driveway.  To avoid this I remove it from the mount a block from my
> home and it shuts down in 20 seconds. I upload the data from a location
> close to my router.
>
> I put a black felt cloth from AC Moore to put on the dash to reduce the
> reflection.
>
> It takes a while for the GPS, Bluetooth Button,  OBD2 data connector to
> sync at start up. I don't wait for them to sync before driving.  As soon as
> I see a red dot circling the display I know it is recording images.
>
> The unit comes with a separate bluetooth button that can be used to stop
> recording data. This is not very useful because after whenever you come to
> a stop for more that a couple of seconds the recording will start again.
>
> Here's a link to various screen shots
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/yD7JGH6WWFfgRfz39
>
>
>
> Alan
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