CamRanger device User Manual page 18

• The!password!to!connect!to!the!CamRanger!WiFi!is!the!CamRanger!serial!
number!in!all!CAPS.!If!there!are!still!issues!connecting,!turning!the!iOS!
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!iOS!device!is!outside!of!or!near!the!edge!of!the!range!of!the!CamRanger!
hardware!there!will!be!connection!problems.!
• Use!the!"Disconnect"!and!"Connect"!buttons!in!the!Advanced!Settings!to!force!
a!new!session/connection.!
• Power!cycling!the!camera!and!CamRanger!as!well!as!restarting!the!app!will!
completely!refresh!the!connection.!
• 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!iOS!device!at!a!
time.!
Speed&
• 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!iOS!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!iOS!device!will!improve!performance.!
Commands&
• Depending!on!the!camera!and!the!mode,!capture!can!fail!if!the!camera!fails!to!
aquire!focus.!
• Intervalometer,!Bulb,!and!Advanced!Bracketing!sequence!commands!are!
stored!on!the!CamRanger!hardware!such!that!the!iOS!device!does!not!need!to!
remain!on!and!connected.!However,!this!also!means!that!any!changes!or!
actions!with!the!iOS!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.!
o Live!view!will!fail!on!Canon!cameras!if!Live!View!Shooting!is!disabled!
in!the!camera's!menu.!
o Capture!fails!because!the!removable!media!on!the!camera!is!full.!
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