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HELP: CameraWindow DC "Failed To Connect To The Server"

mcquillian
Apprentice

Just purchased a Powershot SX280 HS.  It is fantastic little camera.  I have been a Nikon guy for years, but this camera really has changed my mind.  I am having a challenge however.  I am unable to complete the camera setup through CameraWindow DC, as every time I try to "Set Up Web Services," and Log In, I get the message "Failed To Connect To The Server."  I am completely registered, and can log in and access Canon Image Gateway, as well as upload content.  WIFi tests out good, and I am able to connect from camera to both my iPhone and iPod.  Do you think the CIG server may be down on their end?  I am simply trying to complete setup so that I can get the Fscebook and Twitter interface on the Powershot.  Thanks.

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I had the same problem with my ELPH 330 HS and called customer service yesterday. Here's what needed to happen to fix it:

 

1) In the "Canon" folder under "Program Files" that is created when you install the software, there is a subfolder called "WirelessCameraConnectionSetting". Within that folder is an exe file called "WirelessCameraConnectionSetting.exe".  Double click it and go through prompts, if any.

 

2) Make sure you've already created a user account on Canon's site.

 

3) Double-check that your camera is listed as registered under your user profile. I had registered my camera before creating my user account, and so even though I had received an email congratulating me on registering it, the camera was not associated with my user account and it needs to be in order for the "setup web access" through CameraWindow to work.  In fact, there's an "additional features" selection called something like "use Canon iMAGE Gateway" that needs to be checked on while registering so that you have established the camera and the ability to use it via the web with your user profile.

 

 

Once I'd done all that, it worked just fine. I responded about all this in my customer service feedback survey that they emailed me last night. So hopefully, they'll provide a packaging blow-in or a link on their site. But since I found this forum post by searching CameraWindow Failed To Connect To Server, I'm hoping that if nothing else, others will find this before needing to call themselves.

 

Hope it helped!

 

 

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What I posted was a transcript, if you will, of what the customer service person I spoke to on the phone had me do. And since the only response from a Canon representative on the forum thread here has been "call us", I recommend the same thing if what worked for me didn't work for you or if you're using a different operating system, etc.

 

Call them and they will go through it with you step-by-step specifically based on your machine and your operating system and help you get it up and running.

 

I posted my phone support experience just in case my solution proved to be the solution for anybody else.

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