Oh also, @Hootie81, the phone app won’t recognize a core that’s not connected to the same network it’s connected to. And my device is not yet connected to that network.
The way i was suggesting you wont be able to use the phone app to connect the core.
If you turn on the ‘access point’ or ‘wifi hotspot’ on your phone and connect the core to that.
to set the SSID and password on your core you will need to use the usb port and connect with a terminal. or borrow someone elses phone and connect that to your hotspot and use it to setup the core…
@tigoe, you don’t need to have a core claimed to flash your code via USB. However, because the core will not connect to the wifi/cloud, the user code will not run to see the MAC.
I think you could use your phone as an AP and then claim your core via USB using the CLI.
@tigoe, to go about doing this, simply connect with Serial Terminal and hit w
Setup an SSID with security type = OPEN.
Once you have done so, turn on the Hotspot on your mobile phone and setup the same SSID + Open network.
The core should connect and you will be able to see the MAC. 