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Title: No WIFI
Post by: Nigel waller on March 04, 2017, 06:00:05 pm

I have the 2015 software and today updated the sd card as per the on line instruction's. I now have no Wifi connection Help


Nigel

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: Ian Melville on March 04, 2017, 07:10:14 pm

Hi Nigel,
Are you saying that you formatted the SD card and copied the files to it on a PC?

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: Nigel waller on March 04, 2017, 07:12:55 pm

Yes that what I did


Nigel

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: Ian Melville on March 04, 2017, 09:09:21 pm

Doing it that way takes bit longer to get a WiFi hotspot. Can you connect an external monitor? If so what does it display?

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: exfirepro on March 05, 2017, 12:33:13 am

Quote from: Nigel waller on March 04, 2017, 06:00:05 pm

I have the 2015 software and today updated the sd card as per the on line instruction's. I now have no Wifi connection Help

Nigel

Nigel,

Do you have a PilotAware RF Bridge fitted?  Software versions issued from May 2016 won't function without one.

Regards

Peter

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: Paul_Sengupta on March 05, 2017, 12:59:03 am

If you formatted the card, have you put your licence details back in?

Oh and yes, it takes 15 mins or so on first boot to configure itself and write itself to the correct partitions and things.

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: Nigel waller on March 05, 2017, 08:01:07 am

Right sorted I left it running and it booted up after 15 mins. next problem licence expired looked on the licencing section followed the step by step instruction but failed at the serial number.
I have the Mac address the original  licence key  and the web address on the unit but no serial number.

Nigel

Title: Re: No WIFI
Post by: exfirepro on March 05, 2017, 09:25:04 am

Nigel,

See also my reply to your other thread.

You haven't said you have a Bridge fitted, so I'm assuming you are running an original 'home built' as opposed to a PAW 'Classic' - which is the name given to the Kit which was first commercially released in May 2016.

If this is the case, what type of License are you trying to obtain? There is currently no option to renew an expired license as the licenses for pre-registered original home-built PilotAware units were automatically extended to May 2017 when the 'Classic' Kits were first introduced, so no new licences have yet reached their expiry date. Lee can 'extend' or transfer your original license manuallly if there is a valid reason to do so. if this is the case you need to PM him (Admin).

At present, licences are issued with Classic Kits in which case the relevant number is the MAC address of the Raspberry Pi, or on purchase of an RF Bridge, in which case the serial number is supplied with the Bridge.

Regards

Peter