Quite the adventure with my battery-equipped Maxi motorcycle dash cam, one y’all might find amusing…..
Took SuperCaps out and reinstalled battery, took Tony’s advice and changed power off to set time/2 seconds. While I was at it, thought I’d put a tiny graphic file on the card with name/address in case card/camera got lost. File name was something like “_CamID.gif.” Camera went crazy. It had seven copies of clip 1, seven more of clip 2, five copies of next few clips, two or three copies of each following clip - of 73 clips, 20 were originals, 53 were duplicates (names appended with _01, _02, _03, etc.), and 4 were corrupt.
Oops.
I’m blaming the understrike in my .gif file name, but we’ll never know because the next three things I did was: Erase/reformat card (in cam), download/install new firmware v2.26 and reload latest config file. Did the same for my 2nd Maxi cam; one has a battery, the other has SuperCaps. Both are now functioning perfectly with Tony’s suggested 1-min. clips and 2-sec. off delay. Cards now have “EQID.gif” files which are properly being ignored. Had to be he understrike…..
Meanwhile, I put USB ammeter in line between cam and power lead from headlight bucket. I’ve been using a disconnected lead that once went to a “parking lamp” (tiny bulb, about 1 candlepower) and discovered that it does not disconnect during engine start as the headlight does - much to my surprise. Had to double-check wiring schematic, “parking lamp” comes straight from ignition switch.
In any case, both cams seem much more robust and dependable now, thanks to help from the fine folks on this site. Now I need to make time for a ride before winter hits.
Thank you one and all.