Game Cameras

Here you'll learn how to view photos from the team's trail cameras, add a new camera, and configure the camera to send photos to Jaktli automatically.

How does it work?

Each camera in Jaktli gets a unique email address. When the trail camera sends an email with a photo to that address, the photo lands in the app automatically.

The latest 50 photos per camera are kept. When a new photo arrives, the oldest is removed. Messages in Jaktli's inbox are also cleaned up after import so the same photo isn't fetched twice.

Add a camera

All members can add cameras:

1. Tap Add camera at the top of the page
2. Enter a name (e.g., "North feeding place") and an optional description
3. A unique email address is generated and shown under Send photos to this address
4. Tap Copy address and paste it into the camera's settings (see the next section)

Configure the camera to send photos

Most trail cameras can send photos by email. The setting is usually called SMTP, Send by email, or similar; check the camera manual for the exact name.

Fill in:

• Recipient address: the email address you got from Jaktli (paste from clipboard)
• Sender address: the camera's own email address or any text (some cameras require this)
• Server (SMTP): usually from the camera's mobile operator, e.g., smtp.gmail.com
• Port: 587 or 465 (the camera usually suggests the right one)

No SMTP password from Jaktli

You don't need a username or password from Jaktli. The email address from Jaktli is all you need. Enter it as the recipient. The SMTP username and password are the camera's own email login.

Send a test photo

Send a test photo from the camera before you leave it out in the field. If the photo doesn't appear in Jaktli within 15 minutes, check the recipient address and the camera's signal.

Share a camera from Molnus

If your cameras are in the Molnus service, you do not need to change anything inside the camera itself. You share the camera to the Jaktli address instead.

1. Add the camera in Jaktli and copy the email address (see the section above)
2. Sign in to Molnus
3. Select the camera and share it by email to the address you copied
4. Wait a few minutes

Molnus first sends an email asking for the sharing to be approved. Jaktli approves it for you automatically. You do not have to find that email and press any button. Once it is approved, every new photo from the camera arrives in Jaktli, just like from a camera that sends email itself.

Check back after a while

Approval can take up to 15 minutes. The first photo arrives when the camera takes its next picture. If nothing has arrived after a day, check that you shared to the right address.

Other services

Right now Molnus is the only service approved automatically. If you use another service that asks for approval before it forwards photos, get in touch and we will add it.

Photos from 30-06 Hunter Camera

If your team's cameras are in the 30-06 Hunter Camera system, you do not need to change anything inside the camera itself. Instead, set the photo report (the "Hunter Photo Report" email) to be sent to the Jaktli address.

1. Add the camera in Jaktli and copy the email address (see the section above)
2. Sign in to the 30-06 service
3. Add the Jaktli address as a recipient of the photo report
4. Wait for the next report

The report contains links to the photos instead of ordinary attachments. Jaktli fetches the photos for you automatically. Each photo gets its date and time from the report, so the order in the app is correct even when one report covers a whole day. The same photo is never fetched twice, even if it appears in several reports.

Several cameras in one report

A report can contain photos from several of the team's 30-06 cameras. All photos end up on the Jaktli camera whose address receives the report.

Edit camera

You can change the name and description of a camera you created. Tap the pencil icon next to the camera name. Administrators can edit all cameras.

View photos

At the top of the Game Cameras page there is a Latest row showing the newest photos across every team camera at a glance. Scroll sideways to browse. A small orange dot on a photo or camera means the photo has arrived since you last visited the page.

When a new photo arrives, the whole team gets a notification on their phone. If you'd rather not get it, turn off Game cameras under notifications in your profile. See Profile.

1. Open a camera to see the latest photos in a grid
2. Tap a photo to view it full-screen
3. Swipe left or right to browse
4. Pinch to zoom in
5. Tap Save to photos to save the photo to your phone's photo library

Photos are shown with the newest first. The order follows when the photo was taken, according to the camera's email, rather than when it arrived in Jaktli. In full-screen, each photo shows the date and time it was taken.

Delete a single photo

The person who created the camera, or an administrator, can delete a single photo. Open the photo full-screen and tap the trash icon in the top right. The photo is removed for the whole team and cannot be restored. Save it to your phone's photo library first if you want to keep it.

Link to a map marker

A camera can be linked to a map marker of type Trail Camera. The latest photo then appears on the marker, and you can tap View on map in the camera detail screen to jump there.

Linking is done when creating or editing a map marker. See Map.

Delete a camera

The person who created the camera, or an administrator, can delete it. If the camera is linked to a map marker, you can choose:

• Remove camera, keep marker: the marker stays without a camera link
• Remove camera and marker: both go

Deletion can't be undone

All saved photos from the camera are permanently removed. Save important photos to your phone's photo library first.

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See also: Map, Gallery, FAQ