Connecting the V5 Vision Sensor to a Wireless Device – VEX Library

You can view the Vision Sensor’s field of view in real time by connecting it to a wireless device (i.e. a cell phone or tablet).

A screen showing the VEX V5 Brain's Home interface with six large square icons. The icon in the center labeled Settings is highlighted with a white border, indicating it is selected. Other icons include Drive, Devices, VEX, VEXcode Pro, and Programs.

With a Vision Sensor connected to your V5 Brain, select Settings on the Home menu.

The Settings menu of the VEX V5 Brain, displaying options like Language, Start at, Backlight, Theme, Rotation, and others. The Vision Sensor Wifi setting is toggled On and is highlighted with a white border.

Select the Vision Sensor Wifi setting to change it to On.

An iPad’s Wi-Fi settings screen with the network list visible. Under Other Networks, the option labeled VISION_D1B5 appears and is highlighted with a black border.

On your wireless device, connect to the Vision Sensor WiFi address. This should start with VISION_ and then four characters. In this screenshot, it is VISION_D1B5.

The iPad's Wi-Fi settings after selecting the VISION_D1B5 network. The network is now marked as selected with a blue checkmark and labeled as an Unsecured Network. The side menu shows Wi-Fi selected in blue.

Wait until the device has connected to the Vision Sensor WiFi address.

Note: Only one device can be connected to the Vision Sensor WiFi address at a time.

A browser screen on an iPad with the address 192.168.1.1 typed into the URL bar. The screen shows a no internet page with a dinosaur icon and a message indicating the device is offline, suggesting the local address is being accessed directly.

In a web browser, enter 192.168.1.1.

A live camera feed from the Vision Sensor displayed in a browser window after visiting 192.168.1.1. The feed shows a blue cube and a red cube side by side, with a faint targeting overlay and a framerate indicator showing 19.08 FPS in the corner.

The Vision Sensor's field of view will start showing on the screen.

Note: If your device is unable to connect and it supports mobile data, try disabling Mobile Data before connecting.