Overview
Let's move to the Sharing Station app and begin sharing. The Sharing Station is the device your guests would use to view their images, videos, and GIFs at your event. It's an easy-to-use application to view and share their moments quickly!
Required Steps
Go to the iOS App Store on your iPad to download and install the PicPic Social Sharing Station app. You can find it here.
While downloading the sharing station, access the Settings app on your iPad and go to the WiFi settings.
Please ensure that your iPad is on the same WiFi network as your Device Server. You will not establish a connection if both devices are not on the same network.
It is a requirement that you use a personal hotspot for events to avoid internet and network issues. Using a venue-provided network will introduce connection problems.
Read more about why you should never rely on venue WiFi here.
Open the PicPic Social - Sharing Station app on your iPad.
If both devices are on the same WiFi network, you should see the server's (your photo booth PC) display name appear on the iPad sharing station.
Click the name assigned to your desired server and enter the Server Password you had set up in the previous guide.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your Server Password is not your PicPic Social account password. After successfully logging in and configuring the PicPic Social Device Server application, this is the password you entered by pressing the Set Server Password button.
After entering your server password, the sharing station will connect with your Device Server. Any images currently in the watch folder will display on the iPad to be shared!
Feel free to add more images to the watch folder on your Device Server to start sharing. Now it's time to start sharing and choose your sharing station layout in Step 5!
Things That You Need To Know
If you are experiencing issues connecting the device server to the iPad, please review this article Why Can't My Sharing Station Find The Device Server?
We highly recommend using a personal hotspot instead of the venue's WiFi at your event. If you don't have access to a hotspot, a great alternative is Connectify!
Connectify will turn your photo booth PC into one. Check out this guide on how to set up Connectify here!