# Photon Initial Setup

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/photon-initial-setup/25093>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [August 13, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/photon-initial-setup/25093 "2016-08-13T01:29:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![akhil393](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@akhil393](https://community.particle.io/u/akhil393)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/photon-initial-setup/25093/1 "2016-08-13T01:29:33Z")

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I had recently bought the particle photon, based on the documentation I plugged it started blinking, I had installed the Particle photon app on android and once I logged into the app and select add photon, it shows there are no photon devices found, I am I missing something.

Update:

When I tried connecting using USB with nodejs I received below message. [particle setup]

No nearby Photons detected. Try the `particle.js help` command for more inform

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**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/photon-initial-setup/25093/2 "2016-08-13T09:22:08Z")

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Can you also provide the color the thing starts blinking?  
Color codes are the things to state when you have questions 😉

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**Author:** ![Moors7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/moors7/32/588_2.png) [@Moors7](https://community.particle.io/u/Moors7)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/photon-initial-setup/25093/3 "2016-08-13T10:16:35Z")

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If it’s blinking blue, try ‘particle serial wifi’ on the CLI, that might help.