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Make!sure!CamRanger!is!fully!powered!on!and!initialized!(it!should!take!approximately!
30?45!seconds).!The!power!light!and!WiFi!light!should!both!be!on.!
The!password!to!connect!to!the!CamRanger!WiFi!is!the!CamRanger!serial!number!in!all!
CAPS.!If!there!are!still!issues!connecting,!turning!the!Android!devices!WiFi!off!and!on!
may!help.!
If!the!CamRanger!application!is!connected!to!the!CamRanger!device,!but!no!camera!is!
connected,!it!will!attempt!to!connect!to!a!camera!approximately!every!5!seconds.!
If!the!Android!device!is!outside!of!or!near!the!edge!of!the!range!of!the!CamRanger!
hardware!there!will!be!connection!problems.!
Power!cycling!the!camera!and!CamRanger!as!well!as!restarting!the!app!will!completely!
refresh!the!connection.!Note!that!it!is!necessary!to!press!the!devices!back!button!to!
actually!exit!the!application!and!not!just!put!it!in!the!background.!
When!the!camera!battery!begins!to!get!low,!certain!commands!may!start!to!fail!or!a!
connection!may!be!refused.!
The!CamRanger!hardware!can!only!be!connected!to!a!single!Android!device!at!a!time.!
If!there!is!an!inconsistent!or!intermittent!connection,!the!issue!is!likely!related!to!the!
USB!connection!and!different!USB!cable!will!often!fix!the!problem.!
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The!CamRanger!has!all!the!same!distance!and!interference!limitations!as!WiFi.!Long!
distances!and!solid!objects!will!slow!the!connection!speed.!
The!CamRanger!app!can!handle!very!large!image!files.!However,!waiting!for!those!files!
to!transfer!from!the!camera!and!then!over!WiFi!can!be!time!consuming.!A!common!
operating!mode!is!to!shoot!RAW!along!with!a!small!or!medium!sized!JPG.!
Newer!and!faster!Android!devices!do!perform!better!overall,!particularly!for!intensive!
tasks!such!as!showing!the!100%!resolution!images.!
Image!files!can!be!very!large!and!memory!intensive.!If!the!CamRanger!app!is!having!
stability!issues,!closing!other!apps!running!in!the!background!or!even!power!cycling!the!
Android!device!will!improve!performance.!
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Depending!on!the!camera!and!the!mode,!capture!can!fail!if!the!camera!fails!to!acquire!
focus.!
Intervalometer,!Bulb,!and!Advanced!Bracketing!sequence!commands!are!stored!on!the!
CamRanger!hardware!such!that!the!Android!device!does!not!need!to!remain!on!and!
connected.!However,!this!also!means!that!any!changes!or!actions!with!the!Android!
device!during!one!of!those!advanced!operations!could!result!in!failure!or!unexpected!
outcomes.!
When!an!operation,!command,!or!setting!is!not!available!or!not!working!the!issue!is!
often!related!to!the!camera!setup.!For!example:!
o Toggling!to!AF!is!disabled!if!the!camera!lens!switch!is!set!to!MF.!
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