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ALETA S2C

 

     

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

User Guide 

 

Version 0.4 

 
 
 
 
 

Introduction

 

This manual  is for the users who  attempt  to  use  ALETA S2C 360  degree  camera  and 

the Aleta Viewer on mobile device.  

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for ALETA S2C

Page 1: ...1 ALETA S2C User Guide Version 0 4 Introduction This manual is for the users who attempt to use ALETA S2C 360 degree camera and the Aleta Viewer on mobile device ...

Page 2: ...wer on Camera 5 2 3 Status OLED 5 2 4 Connect to Wi Fi 5 2 5 Run ALETA S2 Viewer 5 Chapter 3 Live View Function 6 3 1 Live View 6 3 2 Shot button 6 3 3 View angle mode 6 3 4 Live display view 7 3 5 Shooting mode 7 3 6 Status 8 3 7 Storage 8 Chapter 4 Setup 9 4 1 EV 9 4 2 Stitching 9 4 3 ISO 10 4 4 Shutter Speed 10 4 5 Sharpness 10 4 6 White Balance 10 4 7 Setting 11 Appendix 1 Aleta S2C Network st...

Page 3: ...mera Press power button to enter sleep mode when camera is on Press power button again to exit sleep mode Hold power button for 2 seconds to turn off camera 1 2 Shot Button Press shot button to take picture in Photo mode Press shot button to start stop recording in Record mode Hold shot button to switch Photo Record mode 1 3 Status Screen The icons on the OLED screen would show camera information ...

Page 4: ...12V DC is for long term power supply It does not charge the battery MIC Line in Connect to an external microphone for audio in The external audio in function is not ready yet For now it only supports audio from cell phone through APP 1 5 Installing Battery Open the Battery cover and follow the direction to insert batteries The camera is built in with antenna and must be installed to provide a sepa...

Page 5: ...p on the OLED screen 2 3 Status OLED The status OLED will show camera information after booting up successfully 2 4 Connect to Wi Fi Connect to the Wi Fi SSID and input the password shown on camera by your mobile device Default SSID US_XXXX XXXX 4 random digits Default Password 88888888 2 5 Run ALETA S2 Viewer System time sync with cell phone Battery life Image Resolution Storage Number of picture...

Page 6: ...e recorded file is 1GB and the maximum time is 25 minutes Once one of the thresholds is reached camera will save current file and start a new file automatically For audio recording if the APP is running during recording audio will be recorded by the cell phone If the camera has connected a external microphone audio will be recorded by the microphone no matter APP is running or not Without APP or m...

Page 7: ...n be freely controlled Little planet view Display 360 image in a circle VR view Display side by side image Please use a cardboard to view the immersive 360 degree image View angle control Rotate head to change view angle Note The live display view is used for preview in different modes The image recorded will be standard global format 3 5 Shooting mode Photo mode Take pictures Recording mode Recor...

Page 8: ... All Photo Video Select the type of file to be shown Change the amount of displayed files Switch to Atelta SD card Mobile device storage View file folders Android Album iOS in the cell phone Play selected file Only downloaded files can be played To play a file in SD card will trigger download first Files recorded in 360 or Global mode can be displayed in different formats Click the button on lower...

Page 9: ...ag means different file location Green In camera SD card Blue In cell phone local storage Yellow In cell phone SD card Chapter 4 Setup Click the bottom left button for Aleta S2C setup 4 1 EV Change image target brightness by selecting the EV value Note that the target is adjusted by ISO and shutter speed If both ISO and shutter speed are set to fixed values this function would not work 4 2 Stitchi...

Page 10: ... to auto camera will adjust it based on EV 4 4 Shutter Speed Change the shutter speed Fast short shutter speed can get clear image for moving objects but the brightness would become low If shutter speed is set to auto camera will adjust it based on EV EV target adjustment is based on ISO and shutter speed so it only works when at least one of them is set to Auto 4 5 Sharpness Change the sharpness ...

Page 11: ...1 sec it would actually 0 1 for 4K 0 3 for 6K 0 5 for 8K and 1 for 12K Image Quality Higher quality brings larger file size Select the proper quality for the application Shooting Delay Setup the countdown time for shooting HDR Mode Select the EV increment between HDR pictures Camera Format SD Format the SD card in camera all files will be erased Sleep Set the idle time that triggers sleep mode Cli...

Page 12: ...stance brightness and color You can turn them on off during video recording Advanced Wi Fi Channel Select the Wi Fi channel to avoid interference SSID Password Change the SSID and password of the camera Wi Fi Live Stream Codec H 264 is more compressed but need more CPU power to decode MJPEG is easier to decode but need more bandwidth so that the frame rate is lower Note that if your cell phone doe...

Page 13: ... may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient o...

Page 14: ...ewer and go to Ethernet Settings 2 Connect camera to network For wire connection connect Aleta S2C to the Hub through a USB to RJ45 adaptor For wireless connection use the Connect camera to Wi Fi function see 5 7 Setting of Aleta Viewer After connection the OLED screen will show the IP 3 Play by VLC player 3 1 Connect your PC to the hub and run VLC Player and click open Network Streaming ...

Page 15: ...r on a mobile device 4 1 Connect your mobile device to the same network of the camera and run the Aleta Viewer 4 2 Click the Wi Fi icon on upper right and select remote connection For iOS version run the APP without connecting to an Aleta S2C Wi Fi the remote connection window will show up The default remote port is 8555 4 3 Input the IP and port to connect to the camera in the network ...

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