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Identifying Surfsight Camera Power Loss

JoyB-1751
Original Poster

Hey Everybody,

 

I am trying to identify some issues with how MyGeotab identifies power loss in a Surfsight camera for use with Exceptions.

 

For example, I have a camera that has been offline for over a month. I can see a Camera fault: all power removed - device restarted (1. Fault occurred) fault for the day that it went out, but exactly 1 second after the measurement was triggered it goes back to 0.

 

So, I'm beginning to think that this fault is only catching when it happens, but not remaining on for the duration of the time the camera is out.

 

Does anyone know if this is expected behavior?

 

I also have 18 instances of the Road-facing camera status (0. DECALIBRATED, 1. CALIBRATION_IN_PROGRESS, 2. CALIBRATION_COMPLETE, 3. ADJUSTMENT_SUGGESTED, 4. ADJUSTMENT_REQUIRED) fault set to 0 (DECALIBRATED) for the same day the camera went out (which occur both before and after that power-removed fault).

 

So, I guess I'm wondering if anyone knows how to find a measurement that indicates if a Surfsight camera has gone out and, if so, if that measurement will remain in the "yes-this-camera-has-gone-out" state until the camera comes back online.

 

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide! :)

 

Best,

Joy B

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Top Answers

EishiFUN
Geotabber

Hey @JoyB-1751​ ,

 

Thank you for asking your question in our community. I talked to one of our developers about this and they told me what you are looking for is `Media device status (0. Offline, 1. Online, 2. Standby)` Code: 36356

 

They also mentioned that you are correct in that the implementation for Camera Fault... is bad. It should actually be a fault and not a status record but it is sort of stuck that way for now.

 

Let us know if you have any other questions about this. Always happy to help :)

 

Have a good one!

Eishi FUN

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EishiFUN
Geotabber

Hey @JoyB-1751​ ,

 

Thank you for asking your question in our community. I talked to one of our developers about this and they told me what you are looking for is `Media device status (0. Offline, 1. Online, 2. Standby)` Code: 36356

 

They also mentioned that you are correct in that the implementation for Camera Fault... is bad. It should actually be a fault and not a status record but it is sort of stuck that way for now.

 

Let us know if you have any other questions about this. Always happy to help :)

 

Have a good one!

Eishi FUN

JoyB-1751
Original Poster

Thanks, @EishiFUN​!

 

This is exactly what I was looking for. :)

 

Best,

Joy B

EishiFUN
Geotabber

No problem. Glad I could help!

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