SelfSync

Camera event message

Camera event messages record the actions of an action camera connected to the device: video start, split and end, photos taken…

FIT name
camera_event
Global message number
161
JavaScript SDK key
cameraEventMesgs
Fields
6

Fields

  • timestampDateTimes

    Moment the message refers to, in UTC. FIT stores it as seconds since the FIT epoch (December 31, 1989, 00:00:00 UTC); decoders usually expose it as a regular date.

  • timestampMsUint16ms

    Millisecond part of the timestamp, for sub-second precision.

  • What the camera did: video started, split, ended, photo taken…

    13 possible values
    • videoStart
    • videoSplit
    • videoEnd
    • photoTaken
    • videoSecondStreamStart
    • videoSecondStreamSplit
    • videoSecondStreamEnd
    • videoSplitStart
    • videoSecondStreamSplitStart
    • videoPause
    • videoSecondStreamPause
    • videoResume
    • videoSecondStreamResume
  • Unique identifier of the file recorded by the camera.

  • Orientation of the camera: 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees.

    4 possible values
    • cameraOrientation0
    • cameraOrientation90
    • cameraOrientation180
    • cameraOrientation270
  • mesgNumString

    Global message number identifying the kind of message. Decoders use it to know which profile to apply to the data.

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