Insta360 Pro provides a variety of camera connection modes, which can be divided into three types, namely, Farsight, wired connection, and Wi-Fi connection. It can be connected to a computer, iPad or mobile phone, for the remote control of the camera. Among them, the wired connection is achieved through a network cable or local area network (LAN). It is strongly recommended that the camera be remotely controlled through Farsight, which enjoys the most stable signal and the farthest communication distance.
If there is no Farsight device, Wi-Fi connection is more convenient and commonly used. The mobile app provides two ways of camera connectivity: LAN connection and AP hotspot connection of camera. Each of these two ways has its own characteristics. Hotspot connection is convenient and fast, and the connection distance is usually 5m ~ 10m, which is suitable for outdoor and quick preview; however, if the LAN is stable enough and the signal coverage area is large, the LAN connection can be preferentially selected, for the safety range of the connection between the person and the camera is larger in theory.
These different connections are described in more details below:
Farsight connection
(1) Install antennas onto the Farsight’s transmitter and receiver respectively.
(2) Go to the Pro camera Settings, set Ethernet to DHCP.
Please also turn off AP (Wi-Fi) on the camera.
(3) Turn on the camera and Farsight transmitter. It takes 15 seconds to start after the transmitter is on.
(4) Connect the transmitter with the Pro camera via network cable. Waiting for the display of IP address of 192.168.100.XXX on top of the camera screen, which represents a successful connection between camera and Farsight transmitter. If no required IP shows after waiting for a long time, please replug the cable until the displayed IP address meets the requirement. The transmitter can be fixed on a tripod with a clip given by the factory.
(5) Turn on the receiver, and connect the phone / iPad to the receiver through USB cable. Take iOS as an example. Wait about 15 seconds or so, the phone / iPad settings (generally in the system settings menu) will show "Ethernet" option, click to enter the interface of Ethernet settings. Set "conFig. IP" to automatic, and confirm whether the IP address is also 192.168.100.XXX. In most Android devices, there is no "Ethernet" option. The set-up is ready after connecting your devices to the receiver via USB cable. (please refer to the Compatibility List below for the supported Android devices)
If there is no required IP available after waiting for a while, replug the USB cable and reconnect until the desired IP address is displayed.
If you want to connect the receiver to your computer, please use a network cable to connect. After connecting, set the computer network to DHCP, which can automatically obtain the IP address assigned by the receiver.
(6) Please ensure the IP address displayed on top of the camera screen and that assigned to the receiver is 192.168.100.XXX. It represents a successful communication of Farsight. At this point, open the control app on the device connected by the receiver, which can be connected by inputting the IP address displayed on top of the camera screen. If the receiver connects to a computer, you can also complete the connection by inputting the IP address displayed at the top of the camera screen in the connection interface of the camera's controlling client Insta360 Pro software.
(7) Compatibility List of Farsight receiver (devices added continuously)
| Device | System |
|---|---|
| Huawei P9 | Android 7.0+ |
| Huawei P10 | Android 7.0+ |
| Huawei Mate9 | Android 8.0+ |
| Huawei Mate10 | Android 8.0+ |
| Huawei Honor V10 | Android 8.0+ |
| Samsung Galaxy S8 | Android 8.0+ |
| Samsung Galaxy S9 | Android 8.1.0+ |
| Google Pixel 2 | Android 8.1.0+ |
| Moto X Pro | Android 5.0.2+ |
| iPhone & iPad | iOS 10.3+ |
Wired connection -- DHCP mode
(1)Adjust the Ethernet connection mode of Pro to be the DHCP, connect the Pro to the router through the Ethernet cable, and the PC and the Pro need to be in the same LAN, so the PC can be connected to the router through the Wi-Fi or the Ethernet cable.
(2) Open the Pro app at the client terminal, input to the IP address displayed on the camera OLED screen to connect the app to the camera.
Wired connection -- Direct mode
(1) Adjust the Ethernet connection on the Pro to be “Direct”, connect the Pro directly to the computer through an Ethernet cable.
(2) In this mode, the login address of Pro is 192.168.1.188. The static / solid IP address of computer needs to be set to 192.168.1 network segment. It is recommended to set as 192.168.1.100 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
(IP configuration Interface for Windows)
(IP configuration Interface for Mac OS)
(3) Open the client's app, input 192.168.1.188 to connect the app to the camera.
Wireless connection -- Wi-Fi connection
(1) First, please make sure that the Wi-Fi mode is “Wi-Fi”.
(2) Open app, find the entry to "QR code generator" entry in the top left corner of the homepage, click enter, and find the Wi-Fi content interface at the rightmost, and fill in the same LAN SSID and password with LAN (Note: for LAN name, the camera temporally only supports the recognition of half-angled English letters, numbers and common symbols), and then generates and obtains the QR code.
(3) On the camera navigation menu, after selecting the Wi-Fi icon, click the "set" button, the camera will prompt you to provide the QR code, into the "waiting to scan the code state".
(4) Lens on both sides of the camera screen have the code scanning function. Please put the QR code you just get towards any one of the lens, about 5cm~ 10cm, when you hear the successful prompt sound of the camera, it means QR code scanning completed, and the camera screen will display the corresponding IP address.
(5) Select connection method one on the app, fill in the IP address displayed on the camera screen, and then click on the connection, then it will turn to the functional menu.
Wireless connection -- AP connection
(1) First, change the Wi-Fi mode as “AP”;
(2) Open your client device to search nearby Wi-Fi hotspots, and find the Wi-Fi AP hotspots named “Insta360-Pro-XXXXXX”. Click to input 88888888 (repeat eight for 8 times) to connect.
(3) When the connection completes, open Pro app, and select "Connection Method B". Click "Connect".
