Could someone advised on ssh to the Tachyon from a local PC? First I get timed out. Ping is unreachable. Using command particle serial wifi, I get the following error: Invalid version. Must be a string. Got type “object”. AI is telling me to delete the profile.json file. I am not sure about this. I just want to ssh in from my laptop in order to do some small programming. The board is online and connected to Particle Console. I am able to use the Console Terminal. I checked the router. It is not connected. The cyan LED indicates it is only cellular. How can I switch to wifi only? I would like to be able to ssh from local terminal.
Thank you so much for your time and help, in advanced.
How did you initially set up your device? That would normally set up Wi-Fi during the process. To check or set up Wi-Fi, see checking wireless interface.
The particle serialcommands are only for use with IoT devices, not the Tachyon, so that's normal.
Once you have set up Wi-Fi and know your local IP address, you should be able to set up ssh to connect over Wi-Fi. See ssh over local network.
It was setup in headless mode. Particle CLI is installed as 3.39.0 (particle –version, in Windows). None of the commands to check the wifi is recognizable by PowerShell/Command Prompt. I can see an IPv4 address via the Console. Should I reinstall setup? I would like to get this setup correctly before trying Tailscale VPN.
The “checking for wireless interface” commands need to be run on the Tachyon. You can use the console remote shell to do this.
Most of the Particle CLI commands that you run on your computer are only for IoT devices, with the exception of particle tachyon setup for setting up a Tachyon connected by USB.
SSH works now. I didn’t change any settings, it just works.
The only difference is that I installed adb shell. After accessing using adb shell, I was able to ssh in from another laptop (adb shell does not have to be connected).
I have used Tailscale VPN on other projects, and found that it was already installed on the tachyon. It’s a really nice service and allows you to SSH in from outside your local network.