Set up Beam

Beam sends photos straight from the camera to the event while you shoot. Each camera gets its own login. You type it into the camera once, and it stays the same from event to event. Before each event, you link the camera to that event and pick the folder.

Before you start

• The event exists. See Create an event.
• The camera can send photos over FTPS or SFTP.
• You have a phone with a hotspot for the camera to join. Crowded venue Wi-Fi drops connections.
• The camera saves JPEG, or RAW + JPEG. Beam takes JPEG only.

How a camera login works

• Each camera has its own Username and Password. The password has 8 characters, letters and digits only, so it is easy to type on a camera keypad.
• The login belongs to your studio, not to one event. It stays the same from event to event.
• A camera sends to one event at a time. To move it to the next event, you re-link it in Ohanvi. Nothing changes on the camera.
• New photos land in the camera's current folder. You change the folder from Ohanvi during the shoot, for example from Haldi to Mehendi.

Server details

Use these values on every camera.

Setting	Value
Server (host)	beam.ohanvi.com
Port	21 for FTPS, on every brand. 22 for SFTP, on cameras that offer it, such as the Nikon Z8 and Z9.
Secure protocol	On (FTPS)
Passive mode	On (FTP and FTPS only)
Username and password	The camera's own login from Ohanvi
File type to send	JPEG only

Steps

Add a camera

1. Open the event and go to the Beam tab. Or click Photos on the left rail and select Cameras.
2. Click Add camera.
3. In Label, type who shoots with it, for example Rahul's Z6. The login username is made from this.
4. Pick a Role: Main camera, Second shooter or Candid.
5. Pick the Brand: Sony, Canon or Nikon. It picks the setup steps to show.
6. Click Add camera. The login opens with Server, Port, Username and Password.
7. Click Copy all to copy the login, or keep the window open while you set up the camera. Click Done.

To see the login again, open the camera's menu on Cameras and click Show login. The Setup card on the Beam tab shows the same values with menu steps for the brand.

Link a camera to the event

A camera you added from an event's Beam tab is already linked to it. Link a camera you set up before like this.

1. Open the event and go to the Beam tab.
2. Click Link a camera.
3. Pick the camera. Its current event shows next to it.
4. Click Link camera. The message Rahul's Z6 now sends to Aarav & Diya Wedding appears.

The camera leaves its old event. Photos it already sent stay there.

Pick the folder

1. On the Beam tab, find the camera under Cameras on this event.
2. In the Folder column, pick the folder, for example Sangeet. On Cameras, open the camera's menu and click Change folder, type the folder and click Save folder.
3. Read the message, for example New photos go to Sangeet.

New photos from this camera land there from the next frame. Change the folder as the event moves from one moment to the next.

Connect the camera to a phone hotspot

1. Turn on the hotspot on your phone, and keep mobile data on.
2. On the camera, join the hotspot's Wi-Fi network.
3. Keep the phone near the camera during the shoot.

Tip

A phone hotspot is steadier than venue Wi-Fi shared by hundreds of guests. Keep the phone charged, or plug it into a power bank.

Set up a Sony camera

These steps are for the Sony A7 IV. Other Sony bodies use similar menus.

1. Press MENU, then go to Network → Wi-Fi.
2. Set Wi-Fi Connect to On.
3. Open Access Point Set. and join your phone's hotspot.
4. Go to Network → FTP Transfer → FTP Transfer Func.
5. Set FTP Function to On.
6. Open Server Setting → Server 1 → Destination Settings.
7. Enter the host beam.ohanvi.com, set Secure Protocol to On, and set the port to 21.
8. Open User Info Settings. Enter the camera's username and password, and turn passive mode on.
9. Go back and check that the server shows Connected.
10. Set Auto FTP Transfer to On.
11. Set the transfer target to JPEG.

Take a test shot. It appears on the event's Photos tab, in the folder you picked.

Set up a Canon camera

Canon menu names vary by model and firmware. Look for the FTP transfer settings in the network menu, for example Network → Connection option settings → FTP transfer settings. Then enter these values:

• FTP mode: FTPS
• Address: beam.ohanvi.com
• Port: 21
• Passive mode: Enable
• Login: the camera's username and password
• Target folder: Root
• Auto transfer: Enable
• Transfer type: JPEG only

Set up a Nikon camera

Nikon menu names vary by model and firmware. Look for Connect to FTP server in the Network menu, then Network settings → Create profile. Both options below work. The Setup card in Ohanvi shows FTPS.

FTPS on port 21 (the Setup card's values):

• Server type: FTPS
• Address: beam.ohanvi.com
• Port: 21
• PASV mode: On
• Login: the camera's username and password
• Auto send: On
• Send file as: JPEG only

SFTP on port 22 (Nikon Z8 and Z9):

• Server type: SFTP
• Address: beam.ohanvi.com
• Port: 22
• Login: the camera's username and password
• Auto send: On
• Send file as: JPEG only

SFTP has no passive mode setting.

Check that photos arrive

1. Take a test shot.
2. On the Beam tab, check the camera's Photos count and Last photo time.
3. Open the Photos tab. The test shot shows in the folder you picked.

Move a camera to the next event

1. Open the next event and go to the Beam tab.
2. Click Link a camera, pick the camera, and click Link camera.
3. Pick the folder.

You don't touch the camera's settings. Its login stays the same.

Manage a camera

Open the camera's menu on the Beam tab or on Cameras.

• Reset password — the old password stops working at once. Type the new one into the camera. A locked camera is unlocked.
• Unlink from this event — the camera stops sending to this event at its next login. It cannot log in until you link it to an event again. Photos it already sent stay.
• Allow plain FTP — only for older cameras that cannot use FTPS. Photos travel unencrypted. Click Require FTPS to turn it off.
• Delete camera — its next login is refused. Photos it already sent stay in their events.

Video walkthrough

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Troubleshooting

Issue	Cause	Fix
The camera doesn't connect	The Wi-Fi is weak or crowded.	Join your phone's hotspot and keep the phone near the camera.
The camera connects but no photos arrive	Passive mode is off.	Turn passive mode on in the camera's FTP settings.
A Nikon doesn't connect	The server type and port don't match.	Use FTPS with port 21 and PASV mode on, or SFTP with port 22.
The camera shows a certificate error	Secure Protocol is off, or the host is typed wrong.	Set Secure Protocol to On, and type the host exactly as beam.ohanvi.com, not an IP address.
The login is refused	The password is mistyped, or the camera is unlinked or locked. 10 wrong passwords in a row lock it for 15 minutes.	Check the login with Show login. Link the camera to the event. If it is locked, click Reset password and type the new one.
Photos go to the wrong folder	The camera's folder is from an earlier moment.	Pick the folder on the Beam tab. New frames go there.
RAW files don't arrive	Beam takes JPEG only.	Set the camera to send JPEG.

More fixes: Fix Event Photos problems.

Related

• Upload and organise photos
• Create an event
• Fix Event Photos problems
• Event Photos

Screenshots to add

After Add a camera step 6 — the camera login with Server, Port, Username and Password; after Pick the folder step 2 — Cameras on this event with the Folder column; the Setup card for Sony; after Set up a Sony camera step 7 — the camera's Destination Settings screen.