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BlinkUp

You can connect your Kisi hardware to the Wifi by using Electric Imp's BlinkUp™ technology. This allows you to transmit wired or wireless network credentials to the controller and readers via a series of light flashes to a photo-optical sensor on the Kisi device.

When connecting your hardware to the internet, you need to consider the following two features:

  • a receiver that receives network credentials
  • a status indicator that visualizes the controllers connectivity status.

The status indicator will blink in different color patterns based on its status condition. Use the table below to identify the color patterns your device’s BlinkUp status LED may signal.

BlinkUp codes

note

To identify the root cause of a failure, you need to look at the pattern being flashed at the point of failure, ie. the last pattern to flash before the LED is powered down.


Pre-BlinkUp and BlinkUp Patterns
No network settings or  
enrollment credentials  
500ms500msRepeat
imp005 waiting for Ethernet  500ms500ms250ms250msRepeat
BlinkUp Successful  For three seconds
WiFi-only Connection Patterns
WPS in progress 
(press WPS button on router)  
500ms250ms250ms250msRepeat
Searching for WiFi network  500ms500ms500ms250ms250ms250msRepeat
Joining WiFi network  500ms500ms500ms250ms250ms250ms250ms250msRepeat
WiFi and Ethernet Connection Patterns
Getting IP address  500ms250ms250msRepeat
Resolving server name  500ms250ms250msRepeat
Connecting to server  500ms500ms500ms250msRepeat
Connected to server  500ms500msRepeat
Proxy address or port incorrect  500ms500ms250ms250ms250ms250msRepeat
Proxy credentials rejected  500ms500ms250ms250ms250ms250ms250msRepeat
Cellular Connection Patterns
Waiting for modem  500ms500ms500ms250msRepeat
Waiting for SIM  500ms500ms500ms250ms500ms250ms500ms250msRepeat
Registering with a cell  500ms500ms500ms250ms250ms250ms500msRepeat
Cell Registration Denied  500ms500ms500ms500ms500ms500msRepeat
Connecting via PPP  500ms500ms500ms250msRepeat
Checking PPP connection  500ms500ms500ms250ms250ms250ms250ms250ms500msRepeat
Generic Connection Patterns
Device lost connection  500ms500msRepeat
Device deliberately offline  500ms250ms250ms250msRepeat
Updating impOS™  Continuous for duration of update
Normal operation LED not illuminated

A solid red or rapidly flashing red LED indicates a power supply issue.