How to Add a Sharing Station to Other Photo Booths
Salsa’s Sharing Station can be used with other PBSCO booths and any other photo booth that allows for syncing with Dropbox including 360 booths!
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How To
Set up Legacy Booth Sharing Station
Social Booth on Legacy does not have a Dropbox syncing functionality built in, but you can still set up the tablet and event settings to make it work.
To set up a Sharing Station for Legacy:
Install Dropbox onto the Surface tablet
Launch Social Booth
Create your event as usual
Set the Photo Save Folder in the General tab to a location in the Dropbox folder
Tap Save & Exit
Set up Dropbox Watch Folder in Salsa
Select the Social Booth event folder from the Dropbox Watch Folder settings on Salsa
Turn on Sharing Station in Salsa
How To
Set up Queso Booth Sharing Station
QuesOS includes a Dropbox syncing feature built in which will automatically upload captures to Dropbox, however Dropbox is still required to be downloaded and installed onto the booth.
To set up a Sharing Station for Queso
Install Dropbox onto the Queso booth
Launch QuesOS
Tap the three horizontal line in the top left and select Settings
Tap Dropbox
Turn on Save Events to Dropbox
Select an event or create a new event in QuesOS
Set up Dropbox Watch Folder for Salsa
Set the Dropbox Watch Folder to the event folder found in QuesOS Events folder on Dropbox
Turn on Sharing Station for Salsa
How To
Set up Other Photo Booths
Any photo booth can take advantage of Salsa’s Sharing Station so long as the captures are in a support file format and there is a way to add those captures to a Dropbox folder.
Learn more about supported file formats for Sharing Station
While this can also be done manually by uploading captures directly to Dropbox, for the best experience you will want to set the photo booth software to automatically save captures to a Dropbox folder.
What To Know
Hardware Requirements
In order to set up a Sharing Station for any booth, including Salsa, you will need a supported iPad Pro or iPad Air to run the Salsa iOS app. The supported iPad models include:
iPad Pro
12.9” iPad Pro 5th Generation (2021)
11” iPad Pro 3rd Generation (2021)
12.9" iPad Pro 4th Generation (2020)
11" iPad Pro 2nd Generation (2020)
12.9” iPad Pro 3rd Generation (2018)
11” iPad Pro 1st Generation (2018)
12.9" iPad Pro 2nd Generation (2017)
10.5" iPad Pro 1st Generation (2017)
iPad Air
10.9” iPad Air 4th Generation (2020)
Note: Salsa iOS app can be installed onto other iPad models, however you may experience unexpected behaviors when running the Sharing Station.
What To Know
Software Requirements
Aside from the photo booth software used to take the captures at an event, there are a few other requirements when setting up Sharing Station on another booth.
Software Requirements:
Salsa iOS app 1.16.0 or later
iPadOS 14.8 or later
Salsa Pro subscription
One Salsa Pro license for each Sharing Station
Dropbox
Learn more about creating a Salsa account and starting a 30-day free trial.
What To Know
Network Requirements
An internet connection is required for both the photo booth and Sharing Station in order for captures to be uploaded to Dropbox and downloaded to the Salsa Sharing Station.
Network Requirements:
Stable WiFi or cellular internet connectivity
Minimum 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speed
While slower internet connections will still allow Sharing Station to work, captures may not appear for some time.
