[SOLVED]Make Photon run code without being necessarily connected to the Particle cloud

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Never mind guys, just found this code in another thread and it did the job:

SYSTEM_MODE(SEMI_AUTOMATIC)
SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED)

const uint32_t msRetryDelay = 5*60000; // retry every 5min
const uint32_t msRetryTime  =   30000; // stop trying after 30sec

bool   retryRunning = false;
Timer retryTimer(msRetryDelay, retryConnect);  // timer to retry connecting
Timer stopTimer(msRetryTime, stopConnect);     // timer to stop a long running try

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  pinMode(D7, OUTPUT);
  Particle.connect();
  if (!waitFor(Particle.connected, msRetryTime))
    WiFi.off();                // no luck, no need for WiFi
}

void loop()
{
  // do your stuff
  digitalWrite(D7, !digitalRead(D7));
  
  if (!retryRunning && !Particle.connected())
  { // if we have not already scheduled a retry and are not connected
    Serial.println("schedule");
    stopTimer.start();         // set timeout for auto-retry by system
    retryRunning = true;
    retryTimer.start();        // schedula a retry
  }
  delay(500);
}

void retryConnect()
{
  if (!Particle.connected())   // if not connected to cloud
  {
    Serial.println("reconnect");
    stopTimer.start();         // set of the timout time
    WiFi.on();
    Particle.connect();        // start a reconnectino attempt
  }
  else                         // if already connected
  {
    Serial.println("connected");
    retryTimer.stop();         // no further attempts required
    retryRunning = false;
  }
}

void stopConnect()
{
    Serial.println("stopped");

    if (!Particle.connected()) // if after retryTime no connection
      WiFi.off();              // stop trying and swith off WiFi
    stopTimer.stop();
}
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