It is finally time.

[kamkar]

So took a look on my trusty old Mobius camera, and it seem it are no longer so trusty and just seem to stop recording in the "middle" of drives.
I have just looked over the memory card and it seem to be just fine, but on a short drive today it did not record the last 7-8 minutes of the drive, but after doing a little shopping it recorded my 1 minute drive home just fine.
Looking at card content it seem to always be in the latter part of drive sessions the error occur.

So seem like i will have to do something in regard to side cameras soon, probably move the K2S test sample to those windows.
I do have the B1W of course but it have a RCT issue so not really something i am willing to bet on.

 

[TonyM]

Failing to record longer drives seems like an unusual error. I can't think of a reason why that would happen, on a Mobius or any other camera.

What do you mean by "RCT issue"?

 

[Dashmellow]

Try re-flashing the firmware. Worth a try just to see what happens even if you decide to take it out of service.

 

[SawMaster]

I was getting the same thing but a different card cured mine. Oddly that card tested 100% and works fine in other cams so I think my issue was partly heat-related as the other cams are better shaded from direct sun. It was one of my oldest cards. I really didn't test for long with the swapped card, about a week later I gave up the "Mad-Max" mount spot to the N2 Pro. Haven't had time to play with Mobius since then I thought it might be my old and extended cabling but that is all running the N2 Pro just fine and that one draws more current than Mobius.

Phil

 

[Dashmellow]

What do you mean by "RCT issue"?

I'll bet it's a Dane thing.

 

[kamkar]

The battery keeping the camera timer going, i can sync to the phone, but next day the B1W are back on default date/time.
Yes for starters i have put another memory card in the mobius, will be keeping a close tap on it in the days to come.

It have served me well and its footage are still excellent.

 

[TonyM]

What do you mean by "RCT issue"?

@kamkar1 Did you mean RTC - real time clock?

 

[kamkar]

Also just gave up on sleeping a little before the race in Australia, "my" boy and his haas teammate seem to have qualified well, so lets hope they can improve on that during the race.

 

[kamkar]

Yeat RTC,,,,, only just saw that,,,,, i am tired alright, but the brain just wont shut up so after 1 hour or so in the bad here i am again in front of the computer with 4 hours to the race kick off.
And i am going to do laundry after than

 

[TonyM]

The battery keeping the camera timer going, i can sync to the phone, but next day the B1W are back on default date/time.

I'm about to re-install a B1W in my car. Thanks for the reminder - mine lose their time memory too.

 

[TonyM]

Yeat RTC,,,,, only just saw that,,,,, i am tired alright, but the brain just wont shut up so after 1 hour or so in the bad here i am again in front of the computer with 4 hours to the race kick off.
And i am going to do laundry after than

I've only just finished watching quali highlights. I'll be up this time tomorrow watching the race. I'm not paying to watch it live.

 

[jokiin]

An RTC battery would have made it a much better product

 

[kamkar]

There are something here called RCT Jutland, its a non politic Rehabilitation Center for Torture victims, RCT could also be Randon Controlled Trial

 

[kamkar]

I have to watch race live, and on German TV, here its pay and i am not able to go there technically or will to pay in general.
But its okay i do fine with German and mostly i have the sound muted as German commenters are as stupid to listen to as Danish motorsport commenters.

 

[kamkar]

I remember once watching F1 on a Danish channel, and some car "wrecked" and had a rear tire almost coming off the rim, and one of the commenters said " i think he are heading for the pit"

 

[TonyM]

An RTC battery would have made it a much better product

So does it have an RTC capacitor?

 

[kamkar]

I just assume so, but the same i figure could also run off the capacitors.
It worked just fine for a long while with my driving every 2 days or so routine, but now it just have to sit overnight like 10 - 12 hours and it is back to default.
Anyway i dont think there are much more i / we can do for the B1W as i think its fair to say it is firmly launched.

 

[jokiin]

So does it have an RTC capacitor?

I've never looked inside one but I suspect they are just using residual power from the capacitors (similar to Mobius 1 when using caps) to keep the clock rather than a dedicated supply, I would think the product was originally designed to use a battery rather than capacitors

 

[TonyM]

Anyway i dont think there are much more i / we can do for the B1W as i think its fair to say it is firmly launched.

B2W on the way!

 

[kamkar]

Yes it seem something new are in the pipeline, will be interesting to see if they can 1 up the B1W which i do think have been a little success story.