Hello I unpacked an Electron an the 22th of december and checked it with the tinker app.
I could set an LED.
Today the electron does not connect to the cloud. After blinking green it blinks quick blue (listening mode).
I updated the firmware from 0.48 to 0.64.
After I checked https://docs.particle.io/support/troubleshooting/common-issues/electron/ sussessless, I run particle flash --usb tinker
and later “particle device doctor”. It finished without errors.
But the Electron still can not connect to the cloud and goes to listing mode.
In the Particle console I can see that the last handshake was on the 22th of december.
Blinking dark blue, listening mode, typically occurs if there is a problem with the SIM card or a loose connection to the Electron.
Unplug the USB power and battery from the Electron. If it’s installed in a breadboard, carefully remove it. Be sure to lift it from both sides; if you pull up from one side only you can bend the pins on the other side.
Flip the Electron over and remove the SIM card. Gently push down on the metal band to make sure it’s tight. In rare cases you may want to use a pin to lift up the tiny metal prongs on the Electron, but this is not typically necessary.
Put the SIM card back in. The metal contacts on the card face the Electron, and the cut corner goes on the inside. Make sure it’s pushed all the way in.
If that doesn’t resolve the problem, create a support ticket and we can continue troubleshooting.
Hello rickkas7,
Thanks for the answer. I tried what you said, but without sucess.
I am not sure about the listening mode.
When I look to this side https://docs.particle.io/guide/getting-started/modes/electron/ the color looks like cyan, but the blink frequency is faster, more like the frequency of the green (Looking for Internet). But my combination of frequency and color is not described there, so I thought it is listening mode. It changes from blinking green to blinking cyan and backwards.
When I try to set in in DFU Mode the LED is partly red on the side with the u-blox
module. at first cyan and read and than green and red.
Any suggestions?
That's the expected colour as R+G = yellow which will follows after a short R+B = magenta (aka Safe Mode).
Are you seeing any other colours during cyan (B+G) blinking? (fast blinking indicates the cloud "negotiation" process which should be done in no time usually)
Can you post a video?
I have noticed that particle doctor sometimes doesn't do the same thing as executing the respective steps manually, so try this
// in Listening Mode (blinking dark blue - B only)
particle identify
// in DFU Mode
particle keys server
particle keys doctor <deviceID_from_identify>
If that does not work give this a try and post the output
So it is definaly not “Listing Mode” I compared it. Cloud negotiation process? Ok. It takes more than 10 s before it return to blinking green. Are you seeing any other colours during cyan (B+G) blinking? No, there is only cyan. Can you post a video? I tried to upload a video, but that is not supported, I can only upload pictures.
If you give me your Email, I will send them.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
C:\Users\tbartels>particle identify
Your device id is 48003b000b51343136333035
Your IMEI is 352253061173984
Your ICCID is 8934076500002711380
Your system firmware version is 0.6.4
C:\Users\tbartels>cd..
C:\Users>cd..
C:\>cd OpenSSL-Win32\bin
C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>particle keys server
Found DFU device 2b04:d00a
spawning dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 1 -i 0 -s 3298 -D C:\Users\tbartels\AppData\Lo
cal\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\keys\ec.pub.der
dfu-util 0.8
Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org
Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 2b04:d00a
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 4096
DfuSe interface name: "DCT Flash "
Downloading to address = 0x00000ce2, size = 320
Download [=========================] 100% 320 bytes
Download done.
File downloaded successfully
Invalid DFU suffix signature
A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Okay! New keys in place, your device will not restart.
C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>particle keys doctor 48003b000b51343136333035
Found DFU device 2b04:d00a
Found DFU device 2b04:d00a
New Key Created!
Found DFU device 2b04:d00a
**This file already exists, please specify a different file, or use the --force fl**
**ag.**
Continuing...
spawning dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 1 -i 0 -s 3106:leave -D 48003b000b513431363330
35_ec_new.der
dfu-util 0.8
Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org
Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 2b04:d00a
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 4096
DfuSe interface name: "DCT Flash "
Downloading to address = 0x00000c22, size = 121
Download [=========================] 100% 121 bytes
Download done.
File downloaded successfully
Invalid DFU suffix signature
A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Saved!
attempting to add a new public key for device 48003b000b51343136333035
submitting public key succeeded!
Okay! New keys in place, your device should restart.
C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>
This was the result from the doctor from Yesterday:
_C:\>cd openssl-win32/bin_
_C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>particle device doctor_
_The Device Doctor will put your device back into a healthy state_
_It will:_
_ - Upgrade system firmware_
_ - Flash the default Tinker app_
_ - Reset the device and server keys_
_ - Clear the Wi-Fi settings_
_The Doctor will operate on your Electron connected over USB_
_You'll be asked to put your device in DFU mode several times to reset different_
_settings._
_Updating system firmware_
_Put the device in DFU mode_
_Tap RESET/RST while holding MODE/SETUP until the device blinks yellow._
_? Select Continue when ready Continue_
_> Your device is ready for a system update._
_> This process should take about 30 seconds. Here it goes!_
_! System firmware update successfully completed!_
_> Your device should now restart automatically._
_Flashing the Device Doctor app_
_This app allows changing more settings on your device_
_Put the device in DFU mode_
_Tap RESET/RST while holding MODE/SETUP until the device blinks yellow._
_? Select Continue when ready Continue_
_Flash success!_
_Clear all data in EEPROM storage_
_? Select Continue when ready Continue_
_Cleared EEPROM data_
_Resetting server and device keys_
_Put the device in DFU mode_
_Tap RESET/RST while holding MODE/SETUP until the device blinks yellow._
_? Select Continue when ready Continue_
_Okay! New keys in place, your device will not restart._
_New Key Created!_
_Saved!_
_Saved!_
_attempting to add a new public key for device 48003b000b51343136333035_
_submitting public key succeeded!_
_Okay! New keys in place, your device should restart._
_Flashing the default Particle Tinker app_
_Put the device in DFU mode_
_Tap RESET/RST while holding MODE/SETUP until the device blinks yellow._
_? Select Continue when ready Continue_
_Flash success!_
_The Doctor has restored your device!_
_> Please visit our community forums if your device still can't connect to the Pa_
_rticle cloud_
_https://community.particle.io/_
_C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>_
Hi tbartels71,
I’m running in your exactly same issue, after running the command “particle device doctor” without any errors.
It constantly blinking cyan , seems like a Particle cloud logging error.
Have you solved the issue in some way?