WiFi setup: I enter my network and password but the Pylon-Monitor never connects
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Set it up at least 5 m from the router, make sure it can join a 2.4 GHz network (a separate 2.4 GHz or guest network helps; avoid "WPA3 only"), re-check the password character by character, and power it from a 5 V / 2 A wall charger. As a last resort, reinstall it over USB at pylon-monitor.com/reset.
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Klant A.🇦🇺 AustraliëVraag
Hello, I purchased one of your Pylon-Monitors. I went through the instructions and always get to the same point: step 4, choose your home WiFi. I select my WiFi (which shows on my phone), write the name and password, it seems to go through, but the Pylon-Monitor can't connect to the WiFi.
Other devices connect to the WiFi. I even changed the WiFi name to a shorter one, as the screen cut off the last letter. I did the reset (2 clicks) a number of times — I have probably tried 40 or 50 times with no success. At some point it was talking to the batteries on the screen. The WiFi is both 2.4 and 5 GHz. Is there something I am missing?
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Thank you for your detailed message. You have done everything right, and the good news is that the device reads your batteries: the battery side works. Only the WiFi connection needs sorting out. Here is what usually solves it, from the simplest step to the most thorough:
1. Distance to the router. Some units have trouble connecting when they are very close to the router. For the setup, place the device in another room or at least 5 metres away, then run step 4 again.
2. Your router's 2.4 GHz band. The device only uses 2.4 GHz. With a router that shares one name for 2.4 and 5 GHz it usually works, but some routers refuse or steer it away. If yours allows it, create a separate 2.4 GHz network (a guest network is fine) and connect the device to that one. If the security setting is "WPA3 only", switch it to "WPA2/WPA3" or "WPA2".
3. Password. Check it letter by letter, including capitals: a single wrong character gives exactly the result you describe.
4. Power supply. Power the device from a USB wall charger (5 V, 2 A) rather than from a computer port or a weak adapter.
5. Full reinstall over USB. If it still won't connect, reinstall the latest version from a computer at pylon-monitor.com/reset (Chrome or Edge, USB data cable). This erases the device and starts from scratch, which a normal reset does not do. Then set up your WiFi again.
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