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Connecting your Data Collector to a Wi-Fi Hotspot
iPhone / iOS Wi-Fi Hotspot Notes
If you are connecting your data collector to an iPhone or iOS device, you may need to change the name of the device
which controls the SSID to NOT include spaces or ‘’’ (the possessive apostrophe). From the main menu click on ‘Settings:
General: About’. Change the device name from:
“Mark’s iPhone” to “MarksiPhone”
Or some other simple ID that does not contain multi-byte characters. Most Windows Mobile Devices will not support
multi-byte special characters, like “’”, in the SSID. The data collector will connect once, but fail to connect on subsequent
attempts.
Verizon JetPack Issues
Windows Mobile devices have a hard time connecting to some Verizon Jet Packs (with specific firmware updates).
If you cannot see or log into a JetPack, log into the JetPack from a computer attached to the JetPack (typically the address
is 192.168.1.1 from a browser, the admin account name and password can be obtained from one of the display screens.)
Find the ‘Security:’ drop down. It will be set to WPA2. Change it to WPA/WPA2. (None works great too, but …). Click on
Save Changes.
Item #2: Make sure the SSID is simple. An SSID like “Mark’s JetPack-#01” is not OK. Keep the SSID really simple like
“MARKJP” using all upper case letters and numbers with no punctuation marks
Bonding your Data Collector to a Wi-Fi Hotspot
The first time your data collector is connected to a Wi-Fi Hotspot you will need to configure data collector to connect to
the Wi-Fi access point and password.
If your data collector is the Nautix X8 the procedure for connecting to Wi-Fi is slightly different, please follow
the instructions in section ‘
Typical Data Collector Wi-Fi Setup
The following general instructions should work for most other data collector devices.
NOTE: Disconnect the USB cable from your PC to the data collector before setting up Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi will not coexist with a
USB connection. When you plug the USB connection into your computer, the Wi-Fi connection is disabled.