[Nikon] Apple Phone FTP Wireless Upload

Connect your camera to your phone's personal hotspot, and use the camera's FTP function to transfer photos from the camera to the UPHOTO cloud.

Supported cameras: Z8, Z9

I. Phone Settings

1. Check and modify phone name

In Phone Settings -> General -> About, change the "Name" to use simple letters and numbers, and do not include "Chinese", "spaces", and "special characters" (this name is the name of the phone's "Personal Hotspot"). As shown below:

2. Turn on phone personal hotspot

In Phone Settings -> Personal Hotspot, turn on "Allow Others to Join". As shown below:

If a "Wi-Fi is Off" prompt pops up when turning on, please select "Turn on Wi-Fi". As shown below:

Note: The password of the personal hotspot must use simple letters and numbers, and do not include "spaces" and "special characters". If you are using an Apple 5G phone model, you need to turn on "Maximize Compatibility". As shown below:

II. Obtain FTP Service Information

1. Open the "UPHOTO Live APP" and log in successfully.

2. In the APP album list, select the album you want to shoot, and click the "Upload Now" button.

3. Select "Wireless FTP Transmission" in the shoot and upload or local upload page.

   

4. After selecting the photo upload group, enter the "Shoot and Upload" interface.

   Note: If it is the first time using the "UPHOTO Live APP", an authorization request of [Allow "UPHOTO Live" to find and connect to devices on your local network?] will pop up, please click "Allow". As shown below:

   

   The first time you enter the upload interface, "FTP Service Information" will pop up (this information will be used in subsequent camera settings); after that, click the "FTP Transfer" button again, and "FTP Service Information" will be displayed directly. As shown below:

   

   Note: If the "IP Address" shows "Failed to obtain, please check Wi-Fi or hotspot settings", it means the "IP Address" failed to be obtained. First turn off the phone's "Personal Hotspot" and then turn it on again, and then return to the "Album List" in the APP before re-entering the "FTP Upload" interface.

III. Camera Settings

1. Set the camera power to the maximum time to keep the camera always on. As shown below:

   

2. Set the photo format to JPEG or JPEG+RAW format.

3. Set the camera date and time to the current date and time.

4. Set "Wireless Network".

   • 4.1 Find "Connect to FTP server" in the "Network Menu" -> "Network settings" -> "Create profile" -> Select "Manual setup" -> "Wireless LAN" -> Select "Wireless". As shown below:

     

   • 4.2 After entering the "Wireless" setup interface,

     • Enter the name of the "Phone Personal Hotspot" in "SSID",
     • Enter the password of the "Phone Personal Hotspot" in "Password".

5. Set "FTP Server".

   • 5.1 Return to the "Manual setup" -> "Wireless LAN" interface, select "FTP" and enter. As shown below:

     

   • 5.2 After entering the "FTP" setup interface,

     • Set the "Server type" to "FTP",
     • Set the "Address" and "Port" to the "IP Address" and "Port" in the FTP information displayed in the UPHOTO APP respectively. As shown below:
     
     • Set "PASV mode" to "OFF",
     • Set "Anonymous login" to "OFF",
     • Set the "User ID" and "Password" to the "Username" and "Password" in the FTP information displayed in the UPHOTO APP respectively. As shown below:
     

   • 5.3 Return to the "Connect to FTP server" interface, if the network profile name is displayed with a green background, it means the connection is successful. As shown below:

     

6. Set "FTP Settings".

   • 6.1 Return to the "Connect to FTP server" interface, select "Options" and enter.

   • 6.2 Set "Auto send" to "ON",

   • 6.3 Set "Delete after send" to "OFF",

   • 6.4 Set "Send RAW + JPEG as" to "JPEG only". As shown below:

     

IV. Shoot and Upload

Half-press the camera shutter to enter Live View mode, and after taking a photo, the photo will automatically be transferred to the photo list of the "UPHOTO Live APP".

Common Problem Solving

1. Manually select photos to upload via FTP.

   • 1.1 Find "Connect to FTP server" in the "Network Menu" -> "Options" -> "Send folder" and enter. As shown below:

     

   • 1.2 In the "Send folder" interface, select the slot where JPEG photos are stored and enter. As shown below:

     

   • 1.3 Click OK to upload all images on the memory card. As shown below:

     

2. The camera is connected successfully, but the APP cannot recognize the photos in the camera.

   • Check if the camera's photo format is set to JPEG or JPEG+RAW format.
   • Format the memory card, take a new photo and try again.