Audiomoth GPS Sync SETTINGS.TXT sunRecordingMode

Mode 3 should be recording during the day, however if I put the following in SETTINGS.TXT

sunRecording: {

sunRecordingMode: 3,

sunRoundingMinutes: 5,

sunriseInterval: {beforeMinutes: 30, afterMinutes: 30},

sunsetInterval: {beforeMinutes: 30, afterMinutes: 30}

}

I get the following result (from LOG.TXT):

Calculated sunrise time is 06:49 UTC and sunset time is 16:58 UTC.

Time of first recording is 19/02/2023 16:30:00 UTC and duration is 890 minutes.

so this this will be a recording during the whole night (plus 30 minutes before sunset and 30 minutes after sunrise)

Mode 4 should be recording during the night, this seem to give a revers result as well:

sunRecording: {

sunRecordingMode: 4,

sunRoundingMinutes: 5,

sunriseInterval: {beforeMinutes: 30, afterMinutes: 30},

sunsetInterval: {beforeMinutes: 30, afterMinutes: 30}

}

Gives:

Calculated sunrise time is 06:49 UTC and sunset time is 16:58 UTC.

Time of first recording is 19/02/2023 06:20:00 UTC and duration is 670 minutes.

For some cases one would like to record a limited period somewhere during the night relative to either sunset or sunrise. In my case for example a period from 3 hours before sunrise until 1 hour before sunrise would be best (balancing the activity of the species of interest and the total amount of Gb's recorded over several weeks).

Mode 0 with a negative number for afterMinutes would make this possible i suppose , did not try that yet since negatives are banned.

Cheers,

Eric