Programming Electron without SIM card

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I would like to experiment with the Electron to gain understanding with projects that don’t do any cellular communication.

However, when I try to set up the Electron, it seems it wants to register a billing account for the 3G module.

Isn’t there some way to just run code on the Electron that reads sensors, blinks leds, etc?

2

I’d have to test if the device can skip listening mode without SIM, but once you got code with SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL) on your device, you won’t need any cellular connection.

3

Thanks – I don’t know about SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL) yet, where should I look for that?

4

Hmm, if I’m not sure where to find something like that I’d use the search feature in the docu section.
It features incremental search which would come up with this, while typing system_mo
https://docs.particle.io/support/troubleshooting/mode-switching/electron/#semi-automatic-mode

Or with manu
https://docs.particle.io/reference/firmware/electron/#manual-mode

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Thanks, search could find it. Somehow I missed the search box, so much to get familiar with.