RunCam 6 Action Camera User Manual

: June 17, 2024
: RunCam

Table of Contents

RunCam 6 Action Camera
Diagram
Camera Basic Operations
OLED Display
Lens protection hood
Battery holder
Micro SD Card
Computer Connection
Firmware update
Remote Control
Specifications
References
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RunCam 6 Action Camera

Diagram

Lens protection hood
OLED Display
Wi-Fi/Menu button
Power/Shutter button
Power light indicator
Wi-Fi/Menu light indicator
Type-C port
HDMI port
MicroSD card holder
Battery holder

Power indicator light
Red: Recording
Green: charging
Wi-Fi/Menu indicator light
Blue: Wi-Fi/Firmware update
Orange: menu setting

Camera Basic Operations

Power on/Power of

Long press Power/Shutter button buzzer beeps 3 times with power light on and camera icon on an OLED display, the camera is turned on.
Long press the Power/Shutter button buzzer beeps 5 times with power light and OLED display off, camera is turned off.

Video mode

After turning on the camera, short press the Power/ Shutter button buzzer beeps once, power light blinks red slowly, the OLED display shows the recording time, and the camera starts recording.
When the camera records, the short press Power/Shutter button buzzer beeps twice, the power light turns solid red, the OLED display goes to ready mode, and the camera stops recording.

Wi-Fi mode

At standby mode, short press Wi-Fi/Menu button buzzer beeps once, the Wi-Fi/Menu light blinks blue slowly, the OLED display shows the WiFi icon and the camera turns on Wi-Fi and waits for a connection.
When the camera is connected via Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi/Menu light stays solid blue.
At Wi-Fi mode, a short press of the Wi-Fi/Menu button buzzer beeps once with the Wi-Fi/Menu blue light and WiFi icon off, the camera turns off Wi-Fi and stays on standby.

Menu mode

At standby mode, long press the Wi-Fi/Menu button to enter menu setting mode, the buzzer beeps once, the Wi-Fi/Menu light turns solid orange, OLED display shows the menu setting.
Long press the Wi-Fi/Menu button to quit OLED setting mode, the buzzer beeps once with an orange Wi-Fi/Menu light off, OLED display and camera go back to standby mode.

Low power alarm

When the camera is low, the orange light flashes and the buzzer beeps every 3 seconds till the camera powers off.

Forced shutdown

When the camera behaves abnormally and both buttons don’t give any responses, press both buttons simultaneously to shut down the camera.

Abnormal conditions

Card error(no card, card full or low-speed card, etc): Red light blinks quickly Failed Wi-Fi connection: Wi-Fi/Menu light doesn’t blink or always stays solid blue
Abnormal booting: The camera fails to detect the lens module, and blue light blinks quickly with the OLED display on, the camera shuts off in 5 seconds.

OLED Display

Display icons

Menu

Wi-Fi

Camera conditions

Lens protection hood

Rotate the lens protection hood counterclockwise to remove, and rotate it clockwise to install.

Battery holder

Push the battery door outward and flip, remove or install the battery.

Micro SD Card

A MicroSD U3 card is recommended; the Capacity of the card is supported up to 512GB.
Notice
Use carefully when handling memory cards. Avoid liquids, dust, and debris. As a precaution, please power off the camera before inserting or removing the card. Check manufacturer guidelines regarding use in acceptable temperature ranges.
If the camera cannot record, please format the used microSD card via the RunCam App or computer.

Computer Connection

Connect the camera to a computer via a Type-C cable, the camera will be recognized as a U-Disk.
Notice
If the camera cannot be recognized by the computer after connecting, please make sure that a microSD card is inserted well. If you cannot access the files inside the microSD card, please try another Type-C cable or port of the PC.

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Firmware update

For the camera’s best performance, please use the latest firmware.
Camera firmware update status: The light alternates between a quick-blinking blue Wi-Fi/Menu light and a quick-blinking red Power light, and the camera shuts off automatically when the update is finished.
Firmware update method/download and RunCam App: https://www.runcam.com/download/Runcam6.

GyroFlow Support

Turn off stabilization
Use the camera to record, and there will be Runcam6_0001.mp4 and Runcam6_0001.gcsv generated.
Download GyroFlow from https://gyroflow.xyz/, install and run the software.
After stabilizing the recording video via GyroFlow, export the video.
Please refer to an electronic document for more details.

Remote Control

Type-C Control cable instruction

Power wire
It supports external power input of DC5-18V.
Ground
Power ground wire / Remote control signal ground wire
Video
It can be soldered to the VI pad of the Flight Controller or the Video pad of the Video Transmitter to transmit a video signal to VTX.
PWM
It can be soldered to a spare M pad or LED pad of Flight Controller to achieve remote control for the camera.
TX
It can be soldered to an R3 pad or other spare UART of Flight Controller to achieve remote control for the camera.
RX
It can be soldered to a T3 pad or other spare UART of Flight Controller to achieve remote control for camera.

Remote Control via UART (Recommended)

Here we take Flight Controller Speedy Bee-F7 for an example Solder the wires of TypeC control cable to the pads on Speedy Bee F7 V3, with Power wire to 5V pad, GND wire to GND pad, Tx wire to R3 pad and Rx wire to T3 pad.
Use BetaFlight to configure, setting the UART3 of SpeedyBee F7 V3 as a RunCam device.

Configure at Modes

Find the Modes tab at the BetaFlight, and there are three options for the camera. Configure each for the functions of the camera (select AUX by yourself), and the range is 1900-2100.For example:

Assign the channels to the switch of the controller

Please choose your Model on the controller, then access to the MIXER interface and assign the channel to the switches. Here we take Radiomaster TX12 as an example, assigning the channels CH5, CH6 and CH7 to SE, SB and SC positions respectively.

Test
Power on RunCam 6 and the Flight Controller

Set the SE to the bottom, the camera starts/stops recording
Set the SB to the bottom, the camera turns on/off WiFi.
Set the SC to the bottom, the camera switches among the two modes: video and OSD setting mode; At OSD mode, you can use the SA position to select, and use SB to enter a sub-menu or confirm the setting.

PWM Remote Control
Here we take Flight Controller Speedy Bee-F7 as an example

Solder the wires of TypeC control cable to the pads on Speedy Bee F7 V3, with Power wire to 5V pad, GND wire to GND pad, and PWM wire to M6 pad.

Configure M6 at CLI mode

Connect the flight controller to BetaFlight and enter the CLI interface
Type in resource to proceed, and type the command as below

Assign the channels to PWM

Assign the channels to a switch of the controller

Please choose your Model on the controller, then access to the MIXER interface and assign the channel to a switch. Here takes Radiomaster TX12 as an example, assigning CH7 to the SF position.

Test

Set the SF to the bottom, toggle the switch once, the camera starts/stops recording; toggle the switch three times, camera will switch to photo mode.

RunCam App Connection

After turning on the camera, short press the Wi-Fi/Menu button to turn on the Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi light indicator will blink blue slowly, and the camera waits for a connection on a mobile device.
Go to the WLAN/Wi-Fi setting of a mobile phone and find Runcam6_XXXXXXX device to connect, type in the password 1234567890
Turn to the RunCam App, and select RunCam 6 as the camera model to connect.
Preview and configuration will be available after a successful connection.

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