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# Requirements and getting connected
In general, you need two things: An Orca Core running on your boat's network, and an Android device. It will typically be the same device you use to run the Orca app.
The Orca app will typically connect to your Orca Core using Wi-Fi, however it can fall back to Bluetooth if Wi-Fi does not work. Proximity on the other hand *requires* Wi-Fi - bluetooth does *not* work.
So, your first check in case of issues should be to open the Orca app, and check that it's connected to your Orca Core, and that "Connection Type" is Wi-Fi.
When you start Proximity, you can see how it attempts to connect to the Core using several different methods. The standard one is autodiscovery, which will look like this (click "Connection" in the "Status" view)\
### Advanced
If autodiscovery for some reason fails, you can also type in the address of the Orca Core unit. In the Settings you can disable autodiscovery and instead set "manual host" to the address of your Orca Core.
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