4 Polar Cloud

With your printer connected to your network, you are ready to connect it to the Polar Cloud. On the Settings screen, Figure 5, select the “Polar Cloud” item. This will produce the screen seen in Figure 9.

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Figure 9: Polar Cloud controls

Begin by selecting “Setup Cloud Connection” which presents the screen of Figure 10.

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Figure 10: Polar Cloud account information

First select “Account” and input the e-mail address associated with your Polar Cloud account. The result of entering an e-mail address is shown in Figure 11.

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Figure 11: Account e-mail address

The at-sign, @, is had by touching the key with the two chevrons on the keypad (bottom row, second from the left; next to the “go back” key).

Once the e-mail address is entered, press the “OK” button and next enter the PIN number. An example of entering a PIN is shown in Figure 12.

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Figure 12: Account PIN number

When both the e-mail address and PIN have been entered, press the “SAVE” button as seen in Figure 13.

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Figure 13: Save your Polar Cloud account settings

Finally, slide the white circle of Figure 14 to the left to enable the Polar Cloud connection.

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Figure 14: Enable the Polar Cloud connection

If you have mistyped your e-mail address or PIN number, the printer will be unable to connect to the cloud. Figure 15 shows the resulting error screen.

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Figure 15: Polar Cloud connection error

If you encounter such an error, just click the “OK” button and go back and check the e-mail address and PIN number, correcting any mistakes. Once any mistakes are corrected, as in Figure 16, again try enabling the connection by sliding the white circle to the left.

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Figure 16: Corrected account settings

When a successful connection is made, a cloud icon as seen in Figures 17 and 18 will appear.

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Figure 17: Successfully connected

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Figure 18: Main menu with WiFi and Polar Cloud connections indicated

The printer will remember the connection settings and connect to the Polar Cloud each time you power it on