I have observed this problem when PC was connected to the external switch as well as when the PC was connected with Ethernet cable to the switch built into the access point. It seems to be very similar to the Nikon UT-1 with WT-5 – in both cases I observed the same problem. I have checked it on my own – if X-Pro2 is connected to the access point but the PC is connected with Ethernet cable to the switch and then from switch to the access point, the communication will not work. When we use the existing home network, one thing is very important: due to poor Wi-Fi implementation in X-Pro2, both X-Pro2 and the PC must be connected directly to the same access point. For this purpose we can use either a home Wi-Fi or… we can create separate Wi-Fi network, served by the PC instead of home Wi-Fi access point and dedicated just for Fuji data transmission. I know that some people have issues establishing the connectivity with existing network, so here are some instructions, discoveries and thoughts.įirst thing: what network to connect to? This article is limited (by design) to only one option: transmitting the data from the body to the PC. I definitely prefer using Wi-Fi for this task. I use this option all the time as I don’t like removing cards from the body, guessing what is on which card, shuffling them in the reader. X-Pro2 connects to the existing Wi-Fi network and uses it to transmit pictures / movies to the PC.The hot-spot created by X-Pro2 is open access hot-spot, so if there is anybody with Wi-Fi – enabled device close to us, he / she can “hear” what we transmit. While connected, it works quite well, but please remember: the Wi-Fi implementation used in X-Pro2 gives no security at all. This option is suitable if we want to use smartphone or tablet to control the camera and/or to download pictures and movies to the phone or tablet. X-Pro2 enables the Wi-Fi and works as access point.It was a phenomenally fast transfer, but after only so many insertions, the SD slot seemed to wear out and get flaky.Fujifilm X-Pro2 gives us the ability to use Wi-Fi for communication. In my previous cameras, I took out the SD card to transfer to the computer. Once the autosave started working, I really liked it. I wrote it up in Fujiflim PC Autosave Gives “CAN NOT FIND DESTINATION PC” | Small Projects.
That SHOULD have worked, but it appears that something in the Fuji software requires an EXACT match of the network mask. It was somewhat esoteric and likely doesn't apply to you, but in my case, the camera connected to wi-fi through DHCP (of course) with a netmask of 255.255.255.0, and the destination PC had a netmask of 255.255.252.0 (more premissive), assigned along with its static IP. The solution was to separate the networks into two names on the router - Network-2.4G and Network-5G, and DISABLE Smart Connect.Ģ) Camera could connect to the network, but could never find the Destination PC. My camera is apparently only capable of 2.4 GHz, and times out trying to connect after about 50 flashes of its wifi icon, while the router is trying to sort things out. This feature combines both the 2.4 GHz and 5 Ghz wi-fi into a single network name, then sorts things out when the device tries to connect. It turned out to be the Smart Connect feature on my Netgear Nighthawk Router.
I had the wi-fi password correct, and the signal strength was good. It could find the network to register with autosave. I have had two problems with PC Autosave:ġ) The camera (Fuji XP80 in this case) couldn't connect to the network for autosave purposes.