I just go through the above steps and bingo - I'm connected.
#Cubify com Pc
I've never had to address "internet access" and scrolling through any lists on my PC at all, as mentioned in the user's manual. The two minute window is your protection from someone parking outside your house and getting into your system that way.Īnyhow, that process has worked for me every single time. During that two minutes if you have the Cube start trying to create a connection the router will accept it without needing any passwords, etc. After two minutes it'll stop trying if it hasn't found one. Now that I understand the WPS process, it makes sense: The general protocol is that you press the blue router button and that starts the router looking for a connection to make. Within a few seconds you get a "connected!" message.Ĩ) Now you can "print" the file in the Cubify client directly to the printer.īTW, once you have the connection you should navigate the Cube back to its basic menu showing the choices of "Print" and "Setup." If you're sitting at that screen it's ready to accept a remote print command from the Cubify client. It can take 30 seconds or so.ħ) Highlight that one and click "Connect". You now have two minutes to make a WPS connection.Ĥ) Press the WPS choice on the Cube screen.ĥ) In about 30 seconds or so the Cube will say "WPS connection established" or some similar message.Ħ) Go to the Cubify client and check every 15 seconds or so in the "Configure" box until you see an entry for "Cubes currently on LAN via WiFI". Don't select either yet.ģ) Press and hold the blue button on your router until its front panel light starts flashing.
#Cubify com windows
One "trick" is that you must have a router new enough (2007 or newer, said an article I read) to have the "blue button" on the front which means it supports WPS.īTW I'm running Windows 7, which I think is also necessary.Ģ) Go to the WiFi Setup menu on the Cube.
So that's why I reluctantly decided to try the WPS connection.įor me, it turned out to be very easy to set up. As I'm sure you know, all connectors have a finite number of connect/disconnect cycles in them before they become unreliable.
But the frequent plugging and unplugging of the USB stick began to bother me, from the standpoint of wearing out the connector contacts in the Cube. I started out, like you, using a USB memory stick to transfer files from the PC to the Cube. The good news is that in the end I still had a working unit and a successful firmware update. But, in any case, I am hoping that they work on refining this process or the description of the process. It's unclear to me if the fault lies with Windows or the Cube. Nothing is scarier for me than uploading new firmware to a device since, in most cases, a failure can mean you've turned a useful device into a brick. While it worked, it was a bit disconcerting. It was only after another minute or so that all seemed to connect correctly, find the loader and begin working. More importantly, when I opened Cubify to upload a firmware update, following the directions in the manual, Cubify, at first, could not find the firmware loader. it did not happen quickly and there was no evdence that it had connected OK. Once this was done, the failure message went away and the USB connected OK. So, be sure to remove the memory stick before plugging in the USB cable. Only 1 USB connection can be made at a time.
The USB memory stick was still in the machine. This had been reported by another user and it concerned me. When I first tried to connect the Cube to the computer, a USB FAILURE message popped up. Since I print in an outside studio, it's just as convenient to use the USB memory option. In addition, the Ad-Hoc option appears to require me to choose between the my normal network wireless connection and a wireless connection to the Cube.
#Cubify com manual
The manual actually points this out but, I thought it important to re-confirm the order.įrankly, since the Cube requires a response via the touch screen before beginning the print job sent to it wirelessly, I fail to see that there is much benefit by the wireless option. The trick is to turn on the Cube and search for the Cube on the computer's available wireless choices BEFORE starting the Cubify Client. I have not been able to connect via WPS as yet.īut, I was able to connect via the "Ad-Hoc" connection option. Because I prefer to use the Cube with the memory stick, I had not tested the WiFi connection.
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