Why is photon attempting cloud connection in MANUAL system mode?

Troubleshooting
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Can't say best, but options are

  • in Listening Mode
  • particle identify
  • particle serial inspect
  • any serial terminal with the command v

CLI will by default build against the most recent release version unless told differently via --target
To check what version a binary was built for, you can use

particle binary inspect <your.bin>