Easy-Radio modules monitor cat movement

The programme was commissioned to study the psychology of cats and was made on location at a farm in Scotland.

The filming of wild cats required 'cat cam' cameras to be set up and left unattended for many hours.

With only one hour of filming time available on the cameras, a system was required to only turn the cameras on when cats were present.

An infrared beam detector was used at the entrance to a barn that, when triggered by a cat entering the doorway, activated the camera using Easy-Radio modules.

A wireless solution was chosen as the locations of both camera and detector were difficult to access, a great distance apart and running a cable around the barn would have been difficult and caused health and safety issues.

The module used in this project was the ER400TRS-02 transceiver from LPRS.