I am sorry if this has come up before but is it possible to link audiomoth to something else that can transmit what audiomoth hears in real time to a central computer? Where I would need to do this is remote but has 3G and I would be focussing solely on a single sound of interest - a rifle shot. This is early in my thinking...I know that this has been done to detect shotgun fire, but not as far as I can tell in realtime. In essence, I would like to use this as a realtime antipoaching measure. I am very open to collaboration here and have access to a field site that is perfect for developing this.
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Hello, Wondering whether anyone has any experience using Audiomoths in very hot climates, please? I am planning on using Audiomoths in north east Brazil where the temperature will easily get to 40-45 deg C and we've experienced trail cams not coping well. I'm planning on placing the devices in shades but can anyone recommend anything else? Many thanks in advance! Nat :-)
Hi, It's possible to use AudioMoth as the sensor for this. You would need to develop the sensor platform with the 3G modem as a standalone device, and then AudioMoth could communicate with this using the GPIO pins on the top surface of current PCB. The firmware would also need to be extended to implement this functionality. We've done this in Belize in a few trials using LoRa radio. Our development plan for AudioMoth 2 includes the idea of developing a 'dev board' version of AudioMoth that can easily be added onto another sensor platform to implement this type of functionality. Alex
Thanks Alex. I'm not too tech-savvy but I think I get how this could work. I don't know much about LoRa but if could handle the data in real time then it sounds ideal. I also think it should be possible to use the timing of spearated devices in in detecting the shot to triangulate the position of the shooter reasonably accurately, which would be very useful. I guess my problem is that I know what the sysyem woulld need to do and I have a load of ideas about what would be great, but I don't have the knoweldge to know what is possible or how to get it to work! I do however have a perfect test site to determine whether it is possible to set up a simple, cheap and effective real-time monitoring network for firearms-based poaching, in this case rhino poaching in South Africa. So...if anyone is out there who could help please drop me an email :) ahart@glos.ac.uk