Cam Floodlight V2 Setup - No "floodlight_ap" SSID available

Anyone have issues with initial setup to start the process? In short, when I get to the setup step to join the “floodlight_ap”. When accepted, the join fails. When through a manual WiFi connection but the SSID “floodlight_ap” is not broadcasting. Power cycled and factory reset multiple times. Still no go. Acting like the WiFi radio is having an issue. Just checking to see if anyone has had similar issues.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Is your phone near the floodlight when doing the setup? You basically have to be near both the floodlight and your normal wifi as it will switch back and forth during setup. Some have created a temporary wire to be able to set it up inside before mounting it, though only do that if you have the knowledge to do it safely.

Sometimes with these devices that require switching to a temporary wifi, your phone/device may not like it, in some cases I’ve been able to manually change the phone’s wifi to the other SSID and it works, in others using a different phone/tablet to do it has solved it. My Pixel works fine doing it, but I remember an old Samsung was more problematic.

After powering up the floodlight, you should be able to view available networks (while near it) and if you don’t see the floodlight_ap SSID, then maybe the wifi radio in it is no good. But I’d suspect more than it is one of the issues above.

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