My Nikon D5300 not recognized by BYENikon

[AlexASL]

My Nikon D5300 is not recognized by BYENikon. I tried with and without a card installed and the camera is recognized in Device Manager. The cameras firmware is 1.01. I get the following errors when I try to connect.

12:32:56  Attempting to connect camera...
12:32:56  Nikon/D5300 drivers initialized.
12:33:03  Camera Not Found!  Make sure it's connected to the PC and turned ON
12:33:39  NIKON SDK ERROR: [kNkMAIDResult_CameraNotFound] (kNkMAIDCommand_Open, 1, kNkMAIDDataType_ObjectPtr, 270805408)

Any suggestions please

[AlexASL]

The option to select either SDK didn't come up until I reset BYN to default settings. Then Selected the most recent SDK files and hallelujah it works now!!!!

Thank you Guylain for your help and also everyone who gave me suggestions. This is an excellent piece of software with great support.

[admin]

Which version of BYN?

[AlexASL]

It's V2.0.6

[admin]

The NIKON SDK ERROR means the actual Nikon SDK/Drivers can't even see the camera as a imaging device.  The computer may see it as a storage device hence why Windows sees it and allows you do download images from the card.

Is there a PC Connection option on the D5300?  If yes make sure it is NOT set to PTP.

Other that this you may want to try a factory reset on your camera in case a setting in there is preventing the connection.  Just a hunch though.

[AlexASL]

There is no PC Connection option on my D5300. I did the factory reset and still get the same error message. Very frustrating, seems to have been a recurring problem with the D5300 from reading other threads. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

[admin]

Nope, I have a D5300 and it connects, always did.

[admin]

Change usb cable; try a different usb port.  

Did you try another computer?

Recycle the camera by removing the battery for at least 10 minutes.

 

[AlexASL]

Thx, I will try those suggestions. Could there be an issue with my laptop only having USB2 connection?

[admin]

1 hour ago, AlexASL said:

Thx, I will try those suggestions. Could there be an issue with my laptop only having USB2 connection?

I don't know

[bonz0]

I'm facing the same issue with a D750. Everything was working perfectly fine for an hour or so, and then nothing.

I keep getting the same error message.

NIKON SDK ERROR: [kNkMAIDResult_CameraNotFound] (kNkMAIDCommand_Open, 1, kNkMAIDDataType_ObjectPtr, 270805408) 

I have BYN 2.0.6.

 

There is nothing in my memory card. Battery is almost full. Things were working fine for an hour - I had disconnected and reconnected multiple times without any issues. But after that, while it was connected, the camera disconnected of its own accord, and since then absolutely nothing has helped: restarted laptop, put in new camera battery, turned the camera off and on, replaced the USB cable...

And I used to get the same issue with D5200, and that's when I gave up on DSLR imaging and switched to Mono using SGP. Now I downloaded the latest version of BYN hoping these issues would be fixed, but nope.

 

Also, a bunch of people say that this might be because of corrupt drivers, but I can't seem to find any drivers on the Nikon website.

[AlexASL]

Well I reinstalled BYNikon and upgraded D5300 firmware to 1.02, recycled camera numerous times, bought a new USB cable and tried every port (usb2) on my laptop with no joy. The only thing I haven't done is to buy a new laptop with USB3 ports but I doubt that's the problem as others are using usb2 ports with the D5300 without problems. Totally frustrated ?

[admin]

Did you try rebooting?  If the Nikon SDK has gone bonkers only a reboot will reset it.  This was a common issue last year with the old SDK and seems to have been fixed by Nikon in 2016 but a reboot is worth a try.

[AlexASL]

Yes I have tried multiple reboots with no effect. 

[astroman133]

Well, it seems that the only way to figure out whether it is some corrupted PC configuration or the camera itself is to swap your D5300 with another D5300 that is known to work. If your D5300 works on another system then you know that the problem is in your computer and not the camera. If a D5300 that works on another system does not work on your system then that also points to a problem with your system.

I don't think that we have asked before, but when you plug the camera into the PC and power on the camera, does Windows recognize the camera and load the low-level driver? The camera must show up in the Windows Device Manager in order for BYN and the Nikon SDK to connect to it.

 

[AlexASL]

Thx for the suggestion. I will try BYNikon on my pc and see if it works, if it does then like you say it must be an issue with the laptop. 

And yes Windows 7 does recognize the camera in Device Manager.

[astroman133]

Hmmm, if the camera is showing in the Device Manager, and there is no way to disable PC communication in the camera, then the issue must be with the Nikon SDK. Perhaps Guylain can help, but I believe that the Nikon SDK needs a Microsoft C++ Run-time Library installed. I don't remember the details but if I am remembering correctly, a manual download and install of the correct library fixed the issue.

[admin]

All c++ runtime have been added in the installer 2.0.7.  

However, send me the log file and I should be able to tell if this is the case.

 

 

[AlexASL]

Away for the weekend but will send the log file on Monday. Thx for your continued help.

[admin]

30 minutes ago, AlexASL said:

Away for the weekend but will send the log file on Monday. Thx for your continued help.

okay, have a greate weekend.

[AlexASL]

Well I also installed BYN on my PC and it has the same connection problem as on my laptop. I have sent you the log files from both.

[s3igell]

Since the D5300 is a USB2 Port there would be nothing to gain by considering a USB3 Port or Hub.  However, you might want to make sure that the D5300 Wireless is turned OFF (some BYN Forum Threads have hinted that Wireless in NIKON Cameras causes SDK Connectivity Issues.  And as for all NIKON DSLRs, make sure the SD Card is Removed or Empty (or nearly so), so as to not be caught by the SDK effort to build an Image Library before completing the Connection.

But, having sent Guylain a set of Log Files is the Best Approach...

[AlexASL]

Thx. The WiFi was off and there wasn't an SD card installed. 

[admin]

I see form the log file that you are using the Nikon2015 SDK files in BYN.  Have you tried with the first option Nikon?  Please do and reported back if it connects or not.  If it does not send me that log file as well.

Regards,