Particle.connected versus Cellular.ready

Troubleshooting
1

I want my electron to publish data only if it is already connected to the cloud and ready to publish. Otherwise I don’t want to publish. In other words

if (Particle is ready to publish) {
Publish
} else {
Do something else (don’t publish)
}

For the if statement I think I can use Particle.connected or Cellular.ready, but what is the difference? What I’m finding is that my electron never enters the else statement for some reason (using Particle.connected)

2

Why not read the docs?
https://docs.particle.io/reference/device-os/firmware/electron/#ready-
vs.
https://docs.particle.io/reference/device-os/firmware/electron/#particle-connected-

3

I have. If the Particle is connected to cellular, does that not mean it is also connected to the cloud?

4

No.

When your computer is connected to the internet, does this mean that you are also connected to any particular server?
The Particle cloud server(s) are just a set of particular machines but the cellular network would allow to connect to any server.

If it was the same, why would we have a dedicated Particle.connect() command?

5

See also the documentation on System Modes. By default, yes, your device will connect to the Particle Cloud. But you can use SYSTEM_MODE(SEMI_AUTOMATIC) or SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL) to change that behavior.

But in addition, you should also look at how SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED) factors in.

These options give you a great deal of control over your device’s connection and how it reacts to connection problems.