Connecting with Wi-Fi (Manual Setup)

Article ID: ART142200 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 08/17/2015
 

Description

Connecting with Wi-Fi (Manual Setup)

Solution

If your device does not support WPS or if the access point is not detected automatically, please follow the steps below to set up your access point manually.
This section explains the steps involved in connecting to a computer in infrastructure mode.
The steps are the same when connecting to a smartphone using infrastructure mode.
IMPORTANT
  • Connecting a camera to a computer with Wi-Fi requires Windows 8, Windows 7 SP1, Mac OS X v10.6.8, Mac OS X v10.7, Mac OS X v10.8.2 or later.

1. Press the <Playback> () button to turn the camera on.

2. Press the <Wi-Fi> () button.

NOTE
When making the settings for a wireless LAN for the first time, a screen will appear for you to register a nickname for the camera.

Press the <FUNC./SET> () button to access the keyboard, and then enter a nickname. This nickname will appear on other devices on the wireless LAN when connecting from them.

3. Press the <><><><> buttons to choose (), and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.


4.Press the <><> buttons to choose [Add a Device], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.


5. Press the <><> buttons to choose [Manual Settings], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.


6. Press the <FUNC./SET> () button to access the keyboard, and then enter the SSID. Press the <><> buttons to choose [Next], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.


7. Press the <><> to choose the encryption method, and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.


8. Press the <FUNC./SET> (button to access the keyboard, and then enter the encryption key. Choose [Next], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.

NOTE

9. Choose [Auto], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.


10. The following screen appears.


11. If the device you want to connect to is found, a screen like the one below will appear.

Choose the device you want to connect to, and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
NOTE
If a screen like the one below appears, check the settings on the device you want to connect to.
After checking the settings, choose [Search Again] to retry the connection.


12. The following screen appears.

IMPORTANT
  • When connecting the camera to a computer for the first time, it is necessary to follow the steps below to install a driver on the computer (Windows only).
Click [Control Panel] > [Network and Internet] > [View network computers and devices], and then double-click the connected model on the [Other Devices] screen to start the installation of the driver.


13. After the camera and computer connection has been completed, the [AutoPlay] screen will appear on the computer.

When this happens, nothing will appear on the camera's LCD screen. The connection is complete at this point.
NOTE
  • For information on the access points encryption key, refer to the body of the access point or its user manual.
  • Up to 16 access points will be displayed.
  • To add multiple computers, repeat the above procedures starting from step 4.

SIMS Doc Id

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