Apps CatchAlive App User Guide

: June 11, 2024
: APPs

Table of Contents

Installing the App
Setup in App
References
Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
Download This Manual (PDF format)

Apps CatchAlive App
User Guide

Installing the App

Apple iOS Devices:
Go to the Apple App Store and search the CatchAlive App. Click download.
Android Devices:
Go to the Google Play Store and search the CatchAlive App. Click download.
Manual:
The full manual and various mounting manuals can be found on www.catchalive.com, or by tapping the small question icon in the app.

Setup in App

Setting up trap alarms in the app is the same regardless of the type of trap/equipment. Just remember to select your detection principle in the App in the trap alarm settings (Points 23-26). See the section “Trap type detection principles in the app”.

Install the CatchAliveOne trap alarm on the trap/ equipment with the assembly kit.
Download the CatchAlive App on your phone or tablet.
Select your preferred language – this will be remembered on your phone/tablet for future logins.
Log in with your email address and the password that you received on email when creating your CatchAlive account.
Click the setting symbol and the edit symbols to fill in your name and address details.
Remember to update.
Change your password. Select “Change Password”, “Update”.
Return to the home page click “Home”
Select your name/company at the “Service Company” list.
Select “Add New Site”.
Fill in the “Site Description”- e.g., the address of the site, where the trap is setup.
Click “Create Site”.
Select the site that you just created in the “Site” list.
Click the symbol and the symbols to fill in the name and address details of the site. Remember to update
Select the site you created in the “Site” list.
Click “Add Trap”.
You now see the list of unused traps listed by their ID-numbers. These are the trap alarms connected to your name/company.
Click on the ID-number belonging to the CatchAliveOne trap alarm you want to place on the site. Click “Add Trap”.
The trap appears by its ID-number in the “Trap”-list at the “Site” page.
Go to your Site/Customer and set up your trap
Login App.
Select your name/Company.
Click on the site.
Click on the trap ID-number in the “Trap”-list.
Click the symbol and the symbol at “Details” and fill in “Trap Description”. You can overwrite the ID-number, the trap will regain it, if you remove the trap from the site.
Choose your trap type/detection principle, for example “Magnet detection live catch”. See section “Trap type – detection principles in the app” and select the detection method you want to use. “Update Trap”
Click “Find Position”. You will see a map of your location. To adjust the location of the trap, move the map with one finger (the red location mark will stay in center of the map) to zoom in/out use two fingers. When you are satisfied with the location of the red location mark, click “Update Trap”.

Trap type – detection principles in the app:
For more information on assembly etc. go to www.catchalive.com
Magnet detection live catch: Catch Alive One is mounted on the trap, magnet is mounted on the trap door or as a tear-off magnet.
Trap door detection live catch: Catch Alive One is installed directly on the trap door and measures the angle of the trap door.
Drop trap live catch: Catch Alive One is mounted upright on the side of the trap and measures the angle of the trap.
Snap trap: Catch Alive One is mounted on the trap and measures the forces from triggering the trap.
Snap trap: (magnet detection): Catch Alive One is mounted on the trap with a special bracket and magnet.
Detects open/closed.
Mole trap: Catch Alive One is mounted on the trap and measures the forces from triggering the trap.
Mole trap (V-trap): Catch Alive One is mounted on the trap with special fittings. Detects open/closed.
Good Nature: Catch Alive One is clicked onto the trap with the Good Nature bracket and measures the force from triggering the trap.
Boar detector: Catch Alive One is mounted in/on the feed drum. Detects when the feed drum is activated and changes direction.
Feeder monitor: Catch Alive One is installed in the feeder barrel with the “Catch Alive One mounting kit for feeder monitor”. Detects the feed level in the feeder barrel.

Please note the following when operating CatchAliveOne:

Do not immerse CatchAliveOne Device in water or any form of liquid.
(Device complies to IP63.)
Do not drop, throw or kick CatchAliveOne Device as this may damage mechanical functions.
We recommend using 2 x Energizer Ultimate Lithium AA 1.5V/VARTA Ultra Lithium AA batteries in the Catch Alive One Device. Same battery type as supplied with the Catch Alive One Device. (These batteries last longer, do not leak battery acid, and work optimal below freezing temperatures.)