Spy Tec Mobius Instruction Manual - page 8
In-Camera Formatting
The Camera contains a built-in formatter which may be used to format the SD card. In-
Camera formatting is best done using mSetup.exe (see below) but can also be done as
follows:
•
Connect the camera to an External USB power supply or to a PC as a Removable
disk (see above).
•
Press and hold down the Mode button.
DO NOT RELEASE the button until after
the next steps are completed.
•
Disconnect the camera from the power supply or the computer.
•
The yellow LED will blink for a few seconds followed by three blinks of the red LED,
after which the camera will turn off. You must wait until you see the red LED blink
three times.
•
Release the Mode button.
►In firmware versions up to v2.03 cards with a capacity greater than 32GB will be
formatted with exFAT. All other cards will be formatted as FAT32. See the note about using
exFAT in older operating systems in the Description.
Camera Setup (Configuration)
On Windows it is recommended to always use the program mSetup.exe to modify the
camera's configuration. mSetup communicates directly with the camera and makes
configuring the camera a very simple task.
It is, however, also possible to manually change the configuration settings by editing the
"SYSCFG.TXT" file which must be placed in the root folder of the card for the camera to
find and load the new settings. You can use any ASCII editor, for example Notepad, to
modify the parameters. The "SYSCFG.TXT" must be in plain ASCII, it must not be in
Unicode. If you don't know what a root folder is, or you don't know what ASCII is or don't
know how to manually edit ASCII files please only use mSetup.exe.
A "SYSCFG.TXT" file must first be generated by the Camera. The camera's parameters are
self explanatory. It is important not to change the sequence of the square brackets and not
configure invalid combinations. For example, never combine a clip longer than 5 minutes
with the continuous loop. If you enter invalid combinations or values, the Camera will not
perform as expected. It is much safer to use the setup program which will always configure
the camera correctly. If you want to keep the camera's current date and time, replace all the
numeric characters withing the square brackets by ?.
The "SYSCFG.TXT" file can be automatically generated as follows:
1. Disconnect the camera from the PC and turn it off.
2. Press and Hold Down the Mode button.
DO NOT RELEASE the button until
step 4
.
3. Press and Hold Down the Power button until the RED LED blinks 3 times and the
camera turns off. This will take about 5 seconds. During the process, the blue and
yellow LEDs may blink.
4. Release the Mode and Power buttons.
The SYSCFG.TXT file showing the camera's current settings should now be in the memory
card root folder. Now you can edit the SYSCFG.TXT file as indicated above, and load the
new settings back into the camera by using exactly the same method as outlined in steps 1
through 4, above. Once completed, the "SYSCFG.TXT" file will be automatically deleted
from the card's root folder.
►Some parameter settings are not allowed in combination with other parameter settings.
For example, only clip lengths of 5 minutes and less are allowed when loop recording is
enabled. The Windows configuration setup program mSetup.exe (see below) guarantees
the settings are valid. Use the tool tips to show you which parameter combinations are