Enable CCAPI on your Canon Camera
- Make sure your camera is in the List of supported cameras
- Update your camera’s firmware.
- Eg. Canon Support
- Download the CCAPI Activation Tool as provided to you by PicThrive Support. We will need to know what Computer OS you are using.
- Plug your camera into your computer via USB, and turn on the camera
- Run the “Activation Tool”. It will popup and run a few instructions.
- Once completed, unplug the camera, and go to Wireless settings
- Go Wi-Fi settings sub menu
- Go to “Camera Control API”
- Go to “Add with wizard”
- Connect to the wifi network of your choice
- Write down the URL it shows
- Eg. http://192.168.137.40:8080/ccapi
- Put that into PicThrive Instant
- Once put into PicThrive the camera will show an new menu optoin
- Select “Confirm Set.”
- Return to the main menu on the camera
- Go to “Camera Control API” settings again
- Set “Auto connect” to “Enabled”. This will make the camera automatically rejoin the wifi whenever it is turned on.
