Operational settings

Operational settings#

Configuration and customization Now that you have your AutoPollS device assembled and software installed, you can move on to modifying and customizing your device. On your Desktop will be a file called “configs”, you can open this file with a basic text editor or code editing software.

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The settings and descriptions that you can change using this file are:

  1. Hostname

    1. Change the identity of the autopolls unit which will modify the first part of images saved so they can be traced back to a specific unit. Ideally make the name one word, it can contain “_” instead of spaces: ie. 'autopolls_unit1'

  2. Model_inference

    1. Turn on 1 or off 0 the on-edge model. Turning off the model will turn the autopolls into taking time lapse images set at the interval defined by periodic still frequency. Turning on the model will run the selected detection model with the settings provided

  3. Inference classes

    1. Change the type of model running either

      1. single

      2. multi still being debugged

  4. Coral

    1. Turn ON 1 or OFF 0 the coral accelerator. The coral accelerator must be attached for this option to function

  5. Threshold

    1. The threshold at which to save a detected insect. By default it is at 0.2, and can be anything from 0 - 1. Adding a threshold of 0.2 is a decent place to begin if you want to be more selective for saving images, but should still be on the more permissive side. Lower values will be more permissive (i.e., more false positives close to zero)

  6. Periodic still

    1. The periodic still frequency is how often to save an image even if no insect is detected. For example: if the frequency is set to 5 seconds, every 5 seconds an image will be saved even if the threshold is not met.

  7. Autofocus

    1. Turn ON 1 or OFF 0

  8. Focus

    a. This value adjusts the focus of all cameras, it accepts values from 0 - 999, with 0 being focused at infinity and 999 focused a few mm from the camera. For example, a value of 325 gives an in-focus image when the subject is 3.5” away from the camera. Around 305 for around 8” away from the camera.

Note

Once all settings are as desired, reboot the pi for them to take effect. Can power cycle the pi, or type “reboot” in the terminal.