About Wi-Fi

Doxie Go gains wireless capabilities when equipped with an optional wireless SD card. Wireless SD cards fit in your Doxie’s SD card slot, and doubles as a memory card and Wi-Fi access point.

Doxie Go works with Eye-Fi X2 series and SanDisk wireless SD cards. Eye-Fi lets you transfer scans directly from your scanner to your Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPad. You can transfer scans over any Wi-Fi network, or, if you’re out and about, Eye-Fi creates its own Wi-Fi hotspot you can join from your mobile device. You can also configure your Eye-Fi card to send scans directly to cloud services like Evernote, FTP, and Flickr.

Eye-Fi works by adding wireless capabilities to digital cameras, and devices that act like digital cameras like Doxie Go – we built Doxie with Eye-Fi in mind, so it’ll transfer your scans to your computer or mobile device just as easily as it will photos from a digital camera.

Doxie is compatible with all Eye-Fi™ X2 series and SanDisk™ wireless SD cards. For advanced uses, or if you need help beyond documented use with Doxie, refer to Eye-Fi Technical Support.

Use of a third-party wireless SD card is optional. If you plan to use Doxie with a wireless SD card, it's important that you use Doxie the “regular” way first, via USB, before setting up your wireless accessory.

Wi-Fi Setup for iPhone / iPad

First, if you haven’t set up and used Doxie yet, please do so first before setting up the wireless SD card. It’s important that you’ve used Doxie the “regular” way first, via USB, before setting up Eye-Fi.

Setup

1. Install Eye-Fi

The Eye-Fi software is on the card itself. To install:

Insert your Eye-Fi card into the supplied Eye-Fi card reader (not into Doxie Go). Plug the reader into any free USB port on your computer, then wait for the card to mount.
For Mac users: Open the Eye-Fi removable volume from a new window in the Finder. Go to the START HERE folder, select Mac OS X, then open Eye-Fi to start.
For PC users: Choose the “Open folder to view files” option when prompted, or navigate to the card under My Computer. Go to the START HERE folder, then select the Windows folder. Double click the Setup.exe file to start.
Eye-Fi Center should launch after installation – it can also be launched from the Eye-Fi menu on the menu bar (Mac) or taskbar tray (Windows). There’s two parts of the Eye-Fi software: Eye-Fi Helper, which appears in the menu bar (Mac) or task tray (Windows) and downloads your scans; and Eye-Fi Center, which allows you to set up Eye-Fi. Once you’re done setting up, you can quit Eye-Fi Center – the helper will do all of the work.
Follow the steps to set up Eye-Fi. Remember, it might take a few minutes for your first images to show up. Once you’ve finished, proceed to follow the final setup steps for integrating with Doxie.

2. Link to Doxie Go

Once you’ve gone through Eye-Fi’s setup process, there’s just a few more steps to set up your Eye-Fi card for use with Doxie Go:

Re-insert the Eye-Fi card, open the Eye-Fi Center software, then click the “gear” icon that appears next to the card (on the left) to open the settings
Networks > Private Networks tab: Add your Wi-Fi network here if it’s not listed already. This will ensure that Eye-Fi uses your existing network if available, instead of creating its own by default.
Networks > Direct Mode tab: Turn this on so Eye-Fi can create its own Wi-Fi network when a configured private network isn’t available. This is particularly helpful when you’re away from your home or office. Turn on Direct Mode, then set both timeouts to 1 minute.
Transfer Mode > Endless Memory tab: Enable Endless Memory, and set the limit to 10%. This ensures that you card doesn’t fill up with images you’ve already transferred, which slows down scanning over time.

Now You're Ready to Sync

Now that you’re set up, it’s easy to scan wirelessly to your iPhone or iPad. Eye-Fi’s app for iOS finds your Eye-Fi on the network when you open the app, either via your private Wi-Fi network, or the direct Wi-Fi network that Eye-Fi creates when no other networks are around.

To connect and sync scans:

Turn on Doxie Go, insert your Eye-Fi card, then connect your iOS device to the same network as your Eye-Fi card.
Open the Eye-Fi app on your device. Wait a few seconds, and transfers will start automatically.

The Eye-Fi app downloads scans to your iPhone’s camera roll. Once the transfer is complete, you’re done in the Eye-Fi app. Any app that can access your photo roll can then access your scans downloaded from Doxie.

Consider one of these recommended apps to manage, edit, and share your scans:

Photos (included with iOS 5) is the easiest way to organize and manage your scans. Just open Photos, then navigate to your Camera Roll to view your scans. From here, you can create new albums, edit your scans with built-in cropping and rotation tools, and send one or more pages via e-mail, text message, or to a printer.

Dropbox (App Store link) is a great way to store and syncs files between all of your devices. Simply add images from your photo roll from within the Dropbox app, and your selections will immediately sync to Dropbox’s online storage and to your computers.

Evernote (App Store link) stores your notes, documents, and more, then makes them available everywhere. Simply log in, then create a new Note from Camera Roll.

Facebook (App Store link) lets you share your scans with all of your friends.

Flickr (App Store link) is the popular place to store your photos. Just upload a new image from your Camera Roll, and select your scans.

Wi-Fi Setup for Mac / PC

Eye-Fi is a third-party product that adds wireless capabilities to digital cameras (and devices that act like digital cameras, like Doxie Go). Expect the setup process to take 5-10 minutes -- perhaps a bit longer than it took to set up Doxie itself. You’ll be up and running in no time.

Setup

1. Install Eye-Fi

The Eye-Fi software is on the card itself. To install:

Insert your Eye-Fi card into the supplied Eye-Fi card reader (not into Doxie Go). Plug the reader into any free USB port on your computer, then wait for the card to mount.
For Mac users: Open the Eye-Fi removable volume from a new window in the Finder. Go to the START HERE folder, select Mac OS X, then open Eye-Fi to start.
For PC users: Choose the “Open folder to view files” option when prompted, or navigate to the card under My Computer. Go to the START HERE folder, then select the Windows folder. Double click the Setup.exe file to start.

2. Link to Doxie Go

Once you’ve gone through Eye-Fi’s setup process, there’s just a few more steps to set up your Eye-Fi card for use with Doxie’s software:

Re-insert the Eye-Fi card, open the Eye-Fi Center software, then click the “gear” icon that appears next to the card (on the left) to open the settings.
Transfer Mode > Endless Memory tab: Enable Endless Memory, and set the limit to 10%. This ensures that you card doesn’t fill up with images you’ve already transferred, which slows down scanning over time.
Photos > Computer tab: You need to change the folder where images are written so the Doxie software can find them. By default, pictures are written to a folder called “Eye-Fi” in your Pictures folder. Click “Change folder”, then select the “Doxie Eye-Fi” folder, also in your pictures folder.

Doxie automatically creates the “Doxie Eye-Fi” folder in your Pictures folder the first time it’s launched – but if you’ve moved computers or since deleted that folder, you’ll need to recreate it before selecting it in the dialog:

On a Mac:
Macintosh HD/Users/yourname/Pictures/Doxie Eye-Fi

On Windows XP:
c:\Documents & Settings\yourname\My Documents\My Pictures\Doxie Eye-Fi

On Windows 7:
c:\Users\yourname\Pictures\Doxie Eye-Fi

Now You’re Ready To Sync

There’s no need to access this folder directly – instead, simply launch the Doxie software on your computer, and it’ll automatically “pick up” new scans from this folder and import them into your Doxie scan library, just as if you’d physically connected Doxie or an SD card with scans on it to your computer.

Wi-Fi Setup For Android

Setup

1. Install Eye-Fi

The Eye-Fi software is on the card itself. To install:

Insert your Eye-Fi card into the supplied Eye-Fi card reader (not into Doxie Go). Plug the reader into any free USB port on your computer, then wait for the card to mount.
For Mac users: Open the Eye-Fi removable volume from a new window in the Finder. Go to the START HERE folder, select Mac OS X, then open Eye-Fi to start.
For PC users: Choose the “Open folder to view files” option when prompted, or navigate to the card under My Computer. Go to the START HERE folder, then select the Windows folder. Double click the Setup.exe file to start.
Eye-Fi Center should launch after installation – it can also be launched from the Eye-Fi menu on the menu bar (Mac) or taskbar tray (Windows). There’s two parts of the Eye-Fi software: Eye-Fi Helper, which appears in the menu bar (Mac) or task tray (Windows) and downloads your scans; and Eye-Fi Center, which allows you to set up Eye-Fi. Once you’re done setting up, you can quit Eye-Fi Center – the helper will do all of the work.
Follow the steps to set up Eye-Fi. Remember, it might take a few minutes for your first images to show up. Once you’ve finished, proceed to follow the final setup steps for integrating with Doxie.

2. Link to Doxie Go

Once you’ve gone through Eye-Fi’s setup process, there’s just a few more steps to set up your Eye-Fi card for use with Doxie Go:

Re-insert the Eye-Fi card, open the Eye-Fi Center software, then click the “gear” icon that appears next to the card (on the left) to open the settings
Networks > Private Networks tab: Add your Wi-Fi network here if it’s not listed already. This will ensure that Eye-Fi uses your existing network if available, instead of creating its own by default.
Networks > Direct Mode tab: Turn this on so Eye-Fi can create its own Wi-Fi network when a configured private network isn’t available. This is particularly helpful when you’re away from your home or office. Turn on Direct Mode, then set both timeouts to 1 minute.
Transfer Mode > Endless Memory tab: Enable Endless Memory, and set the limit to 10%. This ensures that you card doesn’t fill up with images you’ve already transferred, which slows down scanning over time.

Now You're Ready to Sync

Now that you’re set up, it’s easy to scan wirelessly to your Android device. Download the Android Eye-Fi app from Google Play and follow the steps to set up your device. Eye-Fi’s app for Android finds your Eye-Fi card on the network when you open the app, either via your private Wi-Fi network, or the direct Wi-Fi network that Eye-Fi creates when no other networks are around.

To connect and sync scans:

Turn on Doxie Go, insert your Eye-Fi card, then connect your Android device to the same network as your Eye-Fi card.
Open the Eye-Fi app on your device, and follow the on-screen prompts.

For a detailed overview of Eye-Fi setup on Android, see Eye-Fi's web site.

Wi-Fi Direct To Cloud

Your wireless SD card can transmit scans wirelessly to the cloud, straight to services like Evernote, Flickr, or an FTP server.

Direct To Cloud is an optional way to use your wireless SD card with Doxie. We generally recommend sending scans to your Mac or PC, then sending them to the cloud via the Doxie software. This gives you full access to the Doxie software’s features like automatic adjustment of your scans and OCR.

When you send direct to cloud, you’re uploading raw images with no cleanup or adjustment – keep this in mind when setting up direct cloud functionality.

1. Set Up Eye-Fi

Set up your Eye-Fi card according to the previous sections (For Mac/PC, or iPhone/iPad) first.

2. Add your cloud services

Open the Eye-Fi Center software, then click the “gear” icon that appears next to the card (on the left) to open the settings.
Photos > Online tab: Add the online services you want to use here. Check the “Share photos online” checkbox, click the “More Sites” button, then select “Online Service Category: All” in the popup menu at the top of the dialog. All of Eye-Fi’s wireless destinations will be displayed.
Select and add the services you want: You can add one or more services like Evernote, FTP, and Flickr.

Close everything, and you’re done. Remember, the wireless card will still follow your original setup instructions and send scans to your Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPad, in addition to the cloud services. We suggest leaving it this way to allow you to also manage your scans on a device.

That's it!

Insert your wireless SD card into Doxie and start scanning directly to the cloud!

Wi-Fi Tips & Tricks

Here’s some advanced tips and tricks for using your Eye-Fi card with Doxie Go.

Connection & Pairing Tips

As far as your Eye-Fi card is concerned, Doxie is a digital camera, taking and uploading JPEG images to your paired device. Doxie’s software automatically imports images that are transmitted to your computer wirelessly. Doxie’s software creates PDFs, helps you create stacks of documents, and offers a variety of other tools.
If your scanner isn’t on the same Wi-Fi network as the device you’ve paired it with while you scan, scans will be stored on the Eye-Fi card, then transmitted the next time Doxie is turned on within range of your device. So, there’s no need to worry if your scans are being “received”, as they’ll always be stored on the card until they’re safely on another device.
Your Eye-Fi card can only be paired with one device at a time. If you switch devices, Eye-Fi’s servers may take 5-10 minutes to switch the pairing. Be sure to follow the Final Setup Steps if you switch devices.
You can join multiple Wi-Fi networks with your Eye-Fi card, and Direct Mode lets the device make its own network when there’s no other networks around. Remember, if a Wi-Fi network the Eye-Fi card knows about is nearby, Direct Mode won’t be turned on. Both your device (computer, phone, etc.) and the Eye-Fi card need to be on the same network to communicate with each other.
If you're having trouble, first check for software and firmware updates for Eye-Fi – select "Check for Updates" from the Eye-Fi menu, allow the software to update, then insert your card to apply any firmware updates.

Mobile Device Tips

Your Eye-Fi card can only be paired with one device at a time. You can switch it back to your computer in Eye-Fi Center, but the Eye-Fi card can only be paired to one device at a time.
Scans from Doxie via the Eye-Fi mobile device app are JPEG images that have not been processed by the Doxie software, so you miss out on Doxie’s processing features, like automatic contrast boost, straightening, and OCR. Import your scans into Doxie’s app later if you want these additional enhancements.
Your Eye-Fi card and your mobile device need to be on the same network to interact with each other. Insert your Eye-Fi card into your computer, then add your local Wi-Fi network to the Eye-Fi card.
Direct Mode is an ad-hoc network that your Eye-Fi card network creates when no configured Wi-Fi networks are available. However, needing to join this network can be annoying if you often scan at a place where a Wi-Fi connection is available. If possible, add the network at your home or office to your Eye-Fi card to save a step.

Cloud Tips

Eye-Fi can post scans directly to cloud services like Evernote, FTP, and Flickr via Wi-Fi, without needing your computer or mobile device as a middleman. Note, however, that if you “skip” the Doxie software on your Mac or PC, you lose out on features like automatic contrast boost, OCR, PDF creation, and scan optimization. Instead, consider allowing Doxie’s software to upload to the cloud for you.
That said, if you want to scan directly to cloud services without a computer or mobile device, and are okay with the limitations of this approach, open Eye-Fi settings, then select the Photos > Online tab.

Mac / PC Software Tips

Doxie Go creates JPEG images, just like a digital camera, and Eye-Fi transmits them wirelessly to your computer. By following the setup instructions in this document, these JPEG images can be automatically imported by the Doxie software – just as if they’d been imported via a USB cable or SD card.

Doxie Go Hardware Tips

Doxie Go turns itself off automatically after 5 minutes without a scan to save power. Uploading scans only takes seconds, however, if you have a very large number of scans to transfer, or a poor Wi-Fi signal, you may need to turn on Doxie again if it turns itself off while transmitting. Alternatively, tap Doxie’s button to reset the sleep timer.
When the wireless SD card is inserted, scans are saved to the card, instead of Doxie’s internal memory. If you want to scan to Doxie directly, take out the card.
Remember, even though the wireless SD card makes Doxie wireless, your scanner still needs to be recharged when power is running low.

Support Tips

Eye-Fi can be set up to transmit your scans many ways -- for example, it can send scans wirelessly to your computer, your mobile device, or even directly to a cloud service like Evernote or Flickr with a wide range of options and services.
This guide covers the basics of setting up your Eye-Fi for use with your computer or mobile device. For advanced uses, or if you need help setting up beyond the Doxie product, refer to Eye-Fi’s support site.
Your Eye-Fi card is a third-party product from Eye-Fi, Inc. If you need help setting up or using your Eye-Fi card or software, be sure you’ve followed the steps in this document. If you need help with your Eye-Fi card specifically, visit: http://support.eye.fi
Doxie Go meets DCIM camera specifications. Since Doxie works just like a digital camera, the same answers provided for using Eye-Fi with a camera will apply to using Eye-Fi with your Doxie scanner.