Can a Godox XPro trigger fire an Olympus FL-700WR without a receiver?
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I want to use a Godox XPro trigger with an Olympus FL-700WR flash. Can the flash be fired directly over its built-in wireless system, without adding a receiver to the flash foot? If not, what functionality would I get by adding a receiver, and is there a compatible setup for Olympus/OM System users?
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No you cannot. Though both systems use the 2.4 GHz radio band, their communication protocols are completely incompatible with each other.
In addition, while Godox does make X1R receivers for Canon, Nikon, and Sony, at this time, they do not make a four-thirds compatible receiver, so if you were to add a Godox receiver to the foot of the FL7600WR, you would only have sync: no TTL, no HSS, no remote power control.
The flash has to be in the same system as the transmitter, if you don't want to be stacking triggers or using add-on receivers (Olympus FR-WR or Godox X1R). You either need to bite the bullet and get the Olympus FC-WR transmitter to use with the FL600WR, or add a Godox 2.4 GHz speedlight to your bag to use with an XPro-O/X2T-O, or Flashpoint R2 Pro II-O.
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No. A Godox XPro trigger cannot directly fire an Olympus FL-700WR over radio without a receiver. Even though both use 2.4 GHz wireless, Godox and Olympus use different, incompatible communication protocols.
If you add a separate receiver under the FL-700WR, it may let the flash fire, but based on the answers you should expect basic sync only—not full TTL, HSS, or remote power control in a Four Thirds setup.
So your practical options are:
- use the Olympus-compatible transmitter for the FL-700WR system, or
- use a Godox flash that is part of the Godox X radio system with the XPro trigger, or
- use an add-on receiver only if simple manual triggering is enough.
In short: direct compatibility, no; receiver-based basic triggering, possibly; full feature integration, only within the same wireless system.
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