ratos vanished

after much complication i finaly got my set up to work and then i could not connect or find ratos.local , can't find the pi on my router and the ratos hotspot asn't pop backup. any clues?
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blacksmithforlife
blacksmithforlife•13mo ago
What do you have connected to the pi? I have seen some people have issues where extra devices kept it from booting properly.
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
plugged to the pi : 1 the power cable from buck converter. 2 the sd card. 3the usb to usb c cable . i have unplugged and replug everything at least once also tried different cables i will try to remake an sd card as maybe the one in it is corrupted so i tried another sd card and still no luck on either getting a ratos hotspot popping or connecting to the ratos.local , this kind of look bad for the pi no? i also run on a defect on the btt octopus maybe the both of them got damaged on shipping ?
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
it does look bad yes. Does the green light flicker when you turn it on? (that indicates activity)
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
Yes, Tho it is not as bright as before and now it is blinking faster and it never stop
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
So it's doing something, it's not completely dead. 🤔
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
Is there a way to check the wifi capacity of the card?
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
the card?
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
The board*
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
you mean the pi?
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
Yes
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
Not really, if the hotspot doesn't show up something is borked. You can try an ethernet cable.
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
Ethernet to the pc, ok does that change anything on the procedure ?
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
ethernet to a switch / your router No, you'd be able to see it in your routers admin interface, and go to ratos.local/configure
maraissalant
maraissalant•13mo ago
Yeah ok i get the idea, do i need to do something to the pi for it to connect via the switch (like giving some overide in the supplicant file for it to use ethernet) or the original config will connect by itself?
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•13mo ago
Nope should just work 🙂
maraissalant
maraissalant•12mo ago
Ok big thanks will try hi i am back for an update and not a good one after getting a switch set up close to the printer and it wirring it to the pi i still get no luck of having a ratos.local to connect or anything.... could i try soething else or the pi is done ?
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•12mo ago
Can't see the IP in your routers admin interface either?
maraissalant
maraissalant•12mo ago
i can't see the pi or any id matching the one of the pi tho i got a new id with the same ref as my switch is the pi because it is plugged on the switch ? anyway it is not responsive
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maraissalant
maraissalant•12mo ago
the new is the 1st one and the switch the 3rd
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•12mo ago
Can you see any wired devices here? Those are all wifi If you plug a PC into the switch, does it show up?
maraissalant
maraissalant•12mo ago
The pi is wired to a wifi switch so i suppose it would appear here
maraissalant
maraissalant•12mo ago
as you can se no trace of ratos online in the window of the online devices
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maraissalant
maraissalant•12mo ago
after some reserch the green led code (flashing sequence) is not a classic error code it could only come from: faulty power supply / faulty pi / wrong hdmi cable type / screen not compatile with the pi .... so it realy look like a faulty pi as my alim is with a buck converter with enought voltage and amperage and no hdmi or screen.... i think this is due to shipping as my octopus was also broken
miklschmidt
miklschmidt•12mo ago
That sucks!