Sending Our Recipe Cards Wirelessly: What to Check First

Published 2026-10-04·6 min read

Cable at home, camera up on a tripod, and a recipe card you want to try right now? 📡 Good news: you no longer have to type it in or dig for a USB cable. Here is the recipe-card reader’s guide to going wireless.

Four ways in, one result

Whichever path you pick, you get the same things: recipe import, Camera Monitor and Recipe Lab all work on every path.

Before you start

• An iPhone on iOS 15 or later and AlphaLuma 1.1.3 or later (China edition 1.1.5 or later); Camera Monitor and Recipe Lab need iOS 16 or later.
• A Sony body with Creative Look in its menu.
• Creators’ App and Imaging Edge closed — the camera accepts only one remote connection at a time.
• When iOS asks for Local Network access the first time, allow it, or no wireless path will work.

First connection over Wi-Fi, in four steps

1. Turn on remote shooting. On the α7 V: MENU → Network → Connect/Remote Shooting → Remote Shooting Function → turn on Remote Shooting, then open Wi-Fi Direct Info. Menu names vary a little between bodies; the guide in the app shows yours.
2. Show the QR code. Wi-Fi Direct Info shows the hotspot name and password first — press the camera’s delete (trash) button to bring up the QR code, then tap Scan Camera QR Code in the app. You can also pick a photo of the code or type the details by hand.
3. Access authentication, once. Enter the user name and password from Network → Access Authen. Settings. They are not “admin”, they are case-sensitive, and they stay on your phone.
4. Connected. You see the camera model and battery level, with shortcuts to import a recipe or open Camera Monitor.

The other paths, one line each

• Bluetooth: on the camera open Network → Connection/Remote Shooting → Smartphone Connection and leave it on the waiting screen; confirm pairing on the phone and press OK on the camera. Don’t pair with a USB cable plugged in.
• Same network: join the camera to your Wi-Fi, turn on remote shooting and access authentication, then tap your camera in the list — or type its IP address from Network → View Network Settings.
• USB: set USB Connection Mode to Remote Shooting and use a data cable. See the USB checklist.

From card to camera

Once connected, open a recipe and import it. The whole recipe is written in one go — onto your current settings or into a Custom Look slot — and every change is listed before anything is written. Wireless and USB share exactly the same write flow.

Which cameras (last checked 2026-09-19)

The α7R V splits PC Remote and Smartphone Connect into separate menus, and its smartphone hotspot doesn’t accept remote control (likely the same on the α7C II and α7CR) — on these bodies, start with LAN or USB. Untested isn’t unsafe: the app checks the camera before writing and writes nothing to a body it doesn’t support.

Won’t connect? Check these first

• Turn off any VPN or proxy — they intercept traffic meant for the camera.
• Quit Creators’ App and Imaging Edge, and keep a memory card in the camera.
• Bluetooth stuck? In iPhone Settings → Bluetooth, forget the camera and pair again.
• Camera missing on LAN? Make sure the phone isn’t still on a camera hotspot, or type the IP address.
• Drops after a while? Keep AlphaLuma in the foreground — iOS suspends apps left in the background.

Need a card to send? Browse free recipe cards — every value listed — save it in AlphaLuma once, then send it over any of the four paths. Comparing all the options, typing included? See Manual vs USB vs wireless.