Thanks Andy, Sorry not to have re-checked all of the info pages - as you say, the loss of schedule is there plain and simple. As for the frequency of red lights, this makes sense (I am mostly testing at 8kHz, but this more rapid rate was indeed at your configuration default setting. Maybe just a note about this in the instructions would head off a worry that something is strange with different rates of signal?

I have been running various configurations and tests and would like to suggest a few more refinements to the 'getting started' pages: 1. should be made clear that if batteries are removed, the loaded configuration is lost. (this would be a very good thing to change in the firmware, if possible. This behavior requires having a tablet or such to re-configure in the field, instead of the much more efficient change of SD card and power supply to resume recording). 2. the combination green + red LED signal (time not set or no recording schedule): the green LED is very bright compared to 'standby' or 'sleep', and also flashes close to 1/sec (instead of roughly 1/2sec in standby). 3. red recording LED: when in 'default' this LED flashes very rapidly (more than the 1/2sec for recording using a schedule or 'custom' mode). However, I am also finding that at least with recording durations <=60 min, the light also flashes rapidly.

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, default. I was not really paying attention to this option because with the system that I am currently using (produced by my group at Cornell), the 'schedule override' would do the same, but if there is any temporary break in power, it will go into standby forever. In Africa, where I work, primates might sometimes really physically shake up the recorder which might cause a brief power break. So I have always wanted a schedule so that if power is resumed, recording also resumes. Sounds like on the AudioMoth this would not be a problem.

This is helpful and would be great to have as part of the 'quick start' guide. The delay in beginning to record is sort of unfortunate because there is no assurance that everything is OK in the field when turning the unit on, and I miss an hour of recording. Question: when I set sleep=0 and record=3600 the configuration says I will get 23 files each day. Is that really correct and not true only for the first day? Does it wait an hour at the beginning of each day to begin recording?

Hi Andy - thanks for the response. Neither the 'sleep' or the 'recording duration' made much sense to me because I was scheduling to record for 24hrs. At least part of the issue must be the 'sleep' setting, which I left on the default, as I did for 'recording duration'. Setting sleep duration to be Zero seconds would be what I want - continuous recording. But what setting would be correct for 'recording duration'? When I set it for 60 s (with sleep=0) I get the standby green LED for quite a few flashes, then it went into record mode. When I set record time to 3600 (1 hr) it is still flashing green. I am thinking that these parameters are not configured really with continuous recording in mind? Some more detailed info would be great.