Seem to have misplaced the SIM card (cats?).
Have CLI installed,
particle list finds the existing two electrons but not the new boron
I am ordering a new SIM card, but I’d like to get something done this weekend.
I have it connected via USB to my desktop and BORON (COM3) is showing on the control panel. But the boron is not coming up with CLI particle list
Can I claim this device and get something done till I get a new SIM card?
What ScruffR said about the SIM is true. It’s soldered on the board on the Boron.
And, no, you can’t claim any Particle device unless it has cloud access. There’s a cryptographic handshake that’s required over the air, and it can’t be done offline.
You can use a Boron connected by USB only mode, programming by USB and running it with cellular disabled, SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL), however.
Thanks for the help. I assumed there was no SIM because it won’t claim and I saw the empty nano. It keeps timing out during the “activating particle sim”.
You can submit a support ticket if the SIM fails to activate. Be sure to include the ICCID and Device ID. You can find them by holding down the MODE button until the status LED blinks dark blue and then using the Particle CLI command:
particle identify
with the Boron connected by USB.
However, in most cases if you wait around 3 hours after the first time you tried to activate it, it will eventually work. But sometimes it takes longer, and support can figure out if there’s something wrong instead of that.
I waited over night. I can handshake using the app on my phone, but it times out during the SIM activation. I think it is flashing BLUE. I have trouble with the Particle colors, I am color blind and honestly, I’m thinking of dropping Particle because of their insistence of using color for troubleshooting. Nobody uses colors exclusively for conveying information.