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jdauncey

Hi,

I have a Z3 compact and a Z3 Compact Tablet. Both have the multi-camera function installed.

However, when I enable it and touch them back-to-back they try to connect for a long time, but nothing happens and eventually a message pops up to say that they cannot connect.

They are obviously recognising each other, but there isn't any multi-camera happening.

I've tried three permutations:

1) Start multi-camera on the Z3 Compact and touch it to the Z3 Compact Table. Result is a long delay and then a pop-up on the Z3 Compact to say 'Connecting to Xperia' and a pop-up on the Z3 Tablet Compact saying 'New tag collected: application/onlineremote' which is repeated over several lines. Eventually the Z3 Compact says that it can't connect.

2) In reverse with the Z3 Compact Tablet first. Same again as (1), just the other way round.

3) Start the camera app on both and select multicamera on both and then touch them back-to-back. They both try to connect and then eventually give up.

Any ideas? I'm not running anything exotic. They are both Sony Z3 models with the default android on them and they haven't been rooted.

Thanks,

Joe

Uliwooly

It'll be wise to contact your local Xperia Care

http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/contactUs/

SergioPL1

I got exactly the same issue between Z2 Tablet and Z3 Compact. Something must be messed up.
I've managed to connect them once, after about 30 seconds but screen was refreshed once each 5 seconds and I wasn't able to catch a picture.

JPN

@SergioPL wrote:
I got exactly the same issue between Z2 Tablet and Z3 Compact. Something must be messed up.
I've managed to connect them once, after about 30 seconds but screen was refreshed once each 5 seconds and I wasn't able to catch a picture.

Seems that app's handshaking doesn't work 100%

Try to turn off & on both units NFC, restart the Multicam apps to the both units and try reconnect. If that doens't help reboot the both units.

SergioPL1

@JPN wrote:
@SergioPL wrote:
I got exactly the same issue between Z2 Tablet and Z3 Compact. Something must be messed up.
I've managed to connect them once, after about 30 seconds but screen was refreshed once each 5 seconds and I wasn't able to catch a picture.
Seems that app's handshaking doesn't work 100%
Try to turn off & on both units NFC, restart the Multicam apps to the both units and try reconnect. If that doens't help reboot the both units.

It helps... once... but it's not a killer feature to fight for it. If it will be stable (as Miracast 1 year later, after initial release in Android 4.2 in Xperia Z1) I will start to use it

dquilon

I just tried this Multi Cam mode with the Z3 Compact of a coworker and my QX100 and it works like a charm...

The resulting video is nothing out of the ordinary... a 1080p 25fps 16mbps and good audio of 150mbps

I set my QX100 on a small tripod and moved around the Z3C and the results were pretty good... I see myself using this mode for my son's parties, piñatas, concerts, etc...

Not a reason to cry about, but definitely welcome.

jdauncey

Hi,

So, a significant update on this.

I called Sony and they told me to delete the cache and data files for the camera application on both devices. I did that and it made no difference.

Then they told me to factory reset both devices, at which point I got quite grumpy because I've spent long enough setting them up and Sony didn't have a specific reason why this would fix the problem. I felt it was a bit of a 'try this because we can't think of anything else to tell you'.

Anyway, I didn't do that. What I did to is happen to restart both devices over the next couple of days.

Then I tried it again, putting both devices into multicamera mode before I tried to open the connection. And it worked.

So, three possible options:

Reset the cache/date for the applications.
Restart the device.
Attempt the connection when both devices are in multi-camera mode.
Or maybe just a combination of all three ... ?

I hope that helps someone!

Joe

jonaguera

Same problem here, resolved after clear camera app cache and restart both devices.

MarkMRL

I stumbled upon this thread after googling for this issue. I tried to pair my Z3 with a z3c to try out this mode but there was no way to get it to work no matter what. The z3c always displayed some weird message about nfc tags when pairing with my phone. And this was in front of other people who were curious on the feature so Sony got some bad publicity right there.