Lighthouse WiFi is not broadcasting

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 4:50pm

Hello.

I’m about the set up my Lighthouse tuner but it is not broadcasting a WiFi signal. How can I resolve this?

Thanks.

branko · January 17, 2016, 5:04pm

Hi @JoeUMCom, how do you test whether LH is transmitting the WiFi signal?

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 5:12pm

Through my laptop’s list of WiFi signals available and my smartphone’s WiFi. Sadly, Outernet does not appear on any of these devices.

branko · January 17, 2016, 5:14pm

How close are you to the device?

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 5:20pm

Very close, less than 2m away. The “power” light is on. The 2nd light blinks and goes off, then starts blinking again. The 3rd light does not blink at all

branko · January 17, 2016, 5:25pm

Do you have a LAN cable and a router you can use to access the device?

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 5:30pm

Yes I have. Should the devices be turned off first or plugin directly is ok?

branko · January 17, 2016, 5:31pm

You should be able to just plug it in.

EDIT: you will also need a network scanner such as Fing to find the device on the network, or through your router’s control panel if it supports it.

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 5:50pm

Now connected to the router and scanned…

branko · January 17, 2016, 6:06pm

Do you see the GUI? If so, complete the setup and reboot the device. Then log in, go to settings, and click the “Download system logs” button to get the system log and post it somewhere online.

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 6:33pm

@branko I don’t think I followed your track. I have connected the Lighthouse to my router with LAN cable, Scanned the network using Advanced IP Scanner. I guess I recognize the IP of the Lighthouse but can’t access it.

I have disconnected and reconnected the power cord but the result is the same.

branko · January 17, 2016, 6:40pm

Ok, so just in case, let’s try reflashing it with a 2.4 image.

Grab the boot.img file from here, and the 2.4.000 image from here. Copy both to a microSD card, rename the .pkg file to outernet-rx.pkg. Next, power off the device, put the SD card in, and power it back up. When the middle LED stops blinking, remove the SD card and power cycle the device. Let me know if that makes any difference.

JoeUMCom · January 17, 2016, 8:43pm

Ok @branko, I’ll download the files and follow the instructions. I’ll keep you updated.

JoeUMCom · January 21, 2016, 1:24pm

Hi @branko The result “Bad gateway” The WiFi signal is back but bag gateway. and I don’t have access to the Outernet.

branko · January 21, 2016, 3:12pm

What are you trying to connect to WiFi? I know some devices may complain if there’s no Internet on the connection. We try to fix things for devices we know about, but we haven’t been able to test everything.

pradeeka · January 21, 2016, 3:32pm

Yes, that is correct. Windows 10 complains same but not for every time. Restarting the computer will solve the issue temporarily. But I only experienced this with my ORxPi’s WiFi hot spot.

JoeUMCom · January 21, 2016, 4:09pm

Resolved! WiFi is back and now I am proceeding with the challenging task of tuning to the satellite.

So I confirm that the reset process worked after a second trial.

Grab the boot.img file from here2, and the 2.4.000 image from here2. Copy both to a microSD card, rename the .pkg file to outernet-rx.pkg. Next, power off the device, put the SD card in, and power it back up. When the middle LED stops blinking, remove the SD card and power cycle the device. Let me know if that makes any difference.

branko · January 21, 2016, 4:12pm

I’m glad it worked.