Wifi Setup with CLI failing

Troubleshooting
#1

I’m trying to connect my first photon, gave up on the App as apparently it’s broken in MarshMallow.

I’m connecting using a PC with a hardwired network connection so manual wifi setup. The photon is about 2 feet from the router and I’ve confirmed that it’s 2.4GHz.

I can connect to the device with CLI, particle identify gives me a device ID and firmware version 0.5.3.
Particle setup works as far as sending the wifi details to the device:

Here’s what we’re going to send to the Photon:

Wi-Fi Network: NETGEAR55
Security: WPA2 AES
Password: ******************

? Would you like to continue with the information shown above? Yes

Obtaining device information...
events.js:160
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.0.1:5609
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1045:20)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1087:14)

I don’t understand the error message, can anyone please shed some light on what to try next?

Light stays blinking blue throughout.

Many thanks

#2

Can you place it in Listening mode and use particle serial wifi instead and see if it works?

#3

Brilliant, thanks Kenneth, I now have a pulsing cyan light and I can see that it’s connected to my router but I still need to claim the device and add it to my particle account. Can I do that via CLI?

#4

Yup

particle device add <deviceID>

Or you can do it via Web IDE ( https://build.particle.io )

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#5

Awesome, I’m all set up and good to go, many thanks

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