I have a photon that I’ve used many times in the past and I’m trying to set up the Wifi credentials on it using the app. I keep getting the error message “Error: Please try running setup again after resetting your Photon and putting it back in blinking blue listen mode if needed” [image] I have …

If you are using SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED) you’ll need to check for WiFi.listening() before running your serial code. The reason is that your code continues to run in that case, and it’s interfering with listening mode using the serial port.

Windows is trying to install a “Microsoft Serial BallPoint” that seems to be tied to my photon… [image]

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Fixing this first may help because if the computer is communicating with the Photon with random serial characters, it will definitely prevent particle serial wifi from working and may even adversely affect phone-based setup.

Restarting the machine got rid of the “USB serial mouse” issue. I have seen it pop up a couple times, but restarting the Photon makes it go away. My user app uses serial to communicate with a chrome app so I may be getting the occasional errant message that causes the serial mouse issue. I was abl…

Connect the Photon by USB to your computer and use the command: particle serial wifi If it’s not already in blinking blue (listening mode), hold down SETUP until it is. When asked if you want to scan for Wi-Fi networks, respond with N and just type in the SSID. This will allow you to set up the P…

Works in “safe mode” but hangs up after replying ‘n’ to “Should I scan for nearby Wi-Fi networks?” when running user code. In my user code, I have the following handler for serialEvent and I am running with the SYSTEM_THREAD enabled, could it be interfering? void serialEvent(){ /* Serial data …

That makes sense. I was able to configure wifi via serial once I added the Wifi.listening() check. Thanks!

Having Trouble Setting up Wifi with my Particle App

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rickkas7 August 29, 2018, 8:18pm 3

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Having Trouble Setting up Wifi with my Particle App

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