C.1.1 Wireless direct connection

For this type of connection, you will connect to the printer’s hotspot directly. (Thus this process starts out rather similarly to configuring the printer to connect via WiFi to a local network, as discussed in Section 1.1, but instead of merely using the printer’s own hotspot to configure the printer’s connection to a local network, you will instead stay connected to the printer’s hotspot and communicate directly with the printer, rather than using the Polar Cloud interface.)

1.

Connect to the printer’s hot spot.

The printer should already be plugged in and all its LED lights blue: POLAR3D. From your device (computer, tablet, or phone), select WiFi network. From the list of networks, select the P3D network named after your printer’s serial number, as found on the back of the printer; for example, “P3D00526-WIFI”. You will be prompted for a password, which will be the 8-character serial number consisting of P3D and five digits: in this example, “P3D00526”.

Note: Your device will not allow itself to be connected to two WiFi networks simultaneously. If your device is already connected to a WiFi network, you will need to (temporarily) disconnect from that network and then connect to the printer hotspot.

2.

Connect to the printer.

In your browser (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) enter 192.168.0.1 into the navigation bar. (On the printer’s hotspot, that is, on the private P3D network which is named after your printer’s serial number and which the printer stood up itself, 192.168.0.1 will be the address of the printer.) You are now connected to the printer and should see the printer’s local web interface, as shown in Figure C.1; (the printer local web interface is discussed in detail in Chapter 3).

Figure C.1: Printer local web interface network status

At this stage, in the printer local web interface, note that there is no blue highlighted network shown under Configured Network, meaning that the printer is not connected to any local WiFi, but rather is in HotSpot mode.