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## [Feature request: one click to see events for a device](https://discuss.blues.com/t/feature-request-one-click-to-see-events-for-a-device/3529)

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**Author:** [@daterdots](https://discuss.blues.com/u/daterdots)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/feature-request-one-click-to-see-events-for-a-device/3529 "2026-05-15T05:07:10Z")

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Dozens of times per day, I find myself doing this pattern: Go to a device’s detailed view Press the “copy” button next to the Device UID section Click on “Events” page Paste the device\_id into the search bar See the ev…

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## [Pi Zero 2W + Notecarrier-Pi HAT — Failed to reset Notecard on Raspbian Trixie](https://discuss.blues.com/t/pi-zero-2w-notecarrier-pi-hat-failed-to-reset-notecard-on-raspbian-trixie/3549)

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**Author:** [@marcus\_nerdicus](https://discuss.blues.com/u/marcus_nerdicus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/pi-zero-2w-notecarrier-pi-hat-failed-to-reset-notecard-on-raspbian-trixie/3549 "2026-05-12T16:08:31Z")

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SKU: NOTE-WBNAN OS: Raspbian Trixie 32-bit here are the All settings in our firmware/config.txt based on our debugging searches. \[all\] enable\_uart=0 dtoverlay=imx219 dtoverlay=disable-bt dtparam=i2c\_arm=on,i2c…

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## [We're updating how you log in to the forum to improve security and simplify account management](https://discuss.blues.com/t/were-updating-how-you-log-in-to-the-forum-to-improve-security-and-simplify-account-management/3550)

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**Author:** [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/were-updating-how-you-log-in-to-the-forum-to-improve-security-and-simplify-account-management/3550 "2026-05-12T14:21:11Z")

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Starting on June 15th, all forum logins will be handled through Blues Notehub using single sign-on (SSO). What this means for you: Does your forum email match your Notehub email? No action is required! When you click …

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## [AirNote data not updating](https://discuss.blues.com/t/airnote-data-not-updating/3537)

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**Author:** [@rsmith02](https://discuss.blues.com/u/rsmith02)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/airnote-data-not-updating/3537 "2026-05-08T03:23:37Z")

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My Airnote went offline as it doesn’t seem to be charging properly via solar. I fully charged it via USB (overnight). While it turns on and a number appears on the back screen, I don’t see anything updated on the site: A…

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## [Designing IoT Devices That Degrade Gracefully Instead of Going Dark](https://discuss.blues.com/t/designing-iot-devices-that-degrade-gracefully-instead-of-going-dark/3547)

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**Author:** [@BluesDevRel](https://discuss.blues.com/u/BluesDevRel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/designing-iot-devices-that-degrade-gracefully-instead-of-going-dark/3547 "2026-05-06T18:09:03Z")

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Battery-powered IoT devices rarely just fail, they degrade. Here are six low-power mistakes I see in real Notecard deployments and how to design around them. Read the full blog post at https://blues.dev/blog/designing-…

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## [How to restore gateway funcionality after factory reset?](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-restore-gateway-funcionality-after-factory-reset/3545)

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**Author:** [@Marcelo\_Palma](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Marcelo_Palma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-restore-gateway-funcionality-after-factory-reset/3545 "2026-05-05T20:01:56Z")

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Hi. I had some issues concerning my modules conectivity to my project at the notehub hoping that factory reseting of the gateway would help me fix it. Now, I need to reconfigure the gateway and the LoRaWAN Quickstart gui…

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## [Getting API Key](https://discuss.blues.com/t/getting-api-key/3536)

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**Author:** [@carlosG](https://discuss.blues.com/u/carlosG)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/getting-api-key/3536 "2026-05-05T14:52:25Z")

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In this example (GitHub - tjvantoll/notecard-ack-example: An example web application showing how to do acknowledgments for Notecard- and Notehub-based projects · GitHub) a Notehub API Key is required. I tried to use this…

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## [2 Hour Brownouts during battery test?](https://discuss.blues.com/t/2-hour-brownouts-during-battery-test/3542)

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**Author:** [@bkauf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/bkauf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/2-hour-brownouts-during-battery-test/3542 "2026-05-02T22:12:54Z")

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I’m testing how long a custom board can perform on battery power with hourly syncs to to notehub with an MBIS card on 8.23 firmware. When I’m around ~3.5v of battery power on a Li-Ion cell(4.7v to notecard via a buckboos…

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## [Does Notecard aux.count pulses in attn.sleep mode?](https://discuss.blues.com/t/does-notecard-aux-count-pulses-in-attn-sleep-mode/3540)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_iWell](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Karl_iWell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/does-notecard-aux-count-pulses-in-attn-sleep-mode/3540 "2026-05-01T13:23:18Z")

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Kudos on the blues AI in developer center. It is an easier way to search for info. But the blues AI could give me a definitive answer to my question and referred me here. I would like to count pulses using {"req": "ca…

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## [Building Dashboards With the Notehub API and Grafana Cloud](https://discuss.blues.com/t/building-dashboards-with-the-notehub-api-and-grafana-cloud/3541)

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**Author:** [@BluesDevRel](https://discuss.blues.com/u/BluesDevRel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/building-dashboards-with-the-notehub-api-and-grafana-cloud/3541 "2026-04-29T21:11:38Z")

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Learn how to use Grafana Cloud and the Notehub API to build dashboards that visualize your Notehub data. Read the full blog post at https://blues.dev/blog/building-dashboards-notehub-api-grafana-cloud and continue the …

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## [Wifi Note Card Range](https://discuss.blues.com/t/wifi-note-card-range/3538)

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**Author:** [@Howellj1](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Howellj1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/wifi-note-card-range/3538 "2026-04-29T17:39:06Z")

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I’m not 100% sure if the data is out there, but I’m trying to find data for the wifi range on the WiFi only Note Card. I’m developing a WiFi device that gives the customer the option for one connection type to the netwo…

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## [Notecard (WBNA) won't sync after battery voltage drops below ~3 V then recovers to 3.5+ V](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notecard-wbna-wont-sync-after-battery-voltage-drops-below-3-v-then-recovers-to-3-5-v/3530)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_iWell](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Karl_iWell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notecard-wbna-wont-sync-after-battery-voltage-drops-below-3-v-then-recovers-to-3-5-v/3530 "2026-04-22T19:54:47Z")

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I have 3 units (our custom carrier, solar charged, LiIon battery powered) with Notecards WBNA, running test firmware based on our production firmware (approximately 400 units in the field). After the battery drops below …

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## [I2C Connection Issues with ESP32 MCU and Notecard WiFi](https://discuss.blues.com/t/i2c-connection-issues-with-esp32-mcu-and-notecard-wifi/3487)

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**Author:** [@eddy\_w](https://discuss.blues.com/u/eddy_w)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/i2c-connection-issues-with-esp32-mcu-and-notecard-wifi/3487 "2026-04-16T15:41:01Z")

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Hello, I’m working on my first project using Notecard, and I’m having some trouble with the I2C connection between the Notecard and my microcontroller. I’m using an ESP32-WROOM and the Notecarrier XS with the Notecard W…

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## [A replacement of cellphone to be used with Garmin smart watch](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-replacement-of-cellphone-to-be-used-with-garmin-smart-watch/3527)

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**Author:** [@arabenu](https://discuss.blues.com/u/arabenu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/a-replacement-of-cellphone-to-be-used-with-garmin-smart-watch/3527 "2026-04-15T20:38:37Z")

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Hello Garmin 8 pro needs a nearby cellphone to create LTE calls. Looking for a small replacement to my cellphone to be used with Garmin fenix8 pro smart watch. It needs support LTE and be able to connect using Bluetoo…

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## [Explicit LTE-M configuration for NBGLW Notecards (and carrier registration refusal)](https://discuss.blues.com/t/explicit-lte-m-configuration-for-nbglw-notecards-and-carrier-registration-refusal/3526)

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**Author:** [@Anthony75](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Anthony75)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/explicit-lte-m-configuration-for-nbglw-notecards-and-carrier-registration-refusal/3526 "2026-04-15T15:33:01Z")

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Hi, I am currently testing a Narrowband Cell+WiFi Notecard in France and just found out that one of cards was not able to register to the network anymore. Upon debugging, I’ve found out that it stuck to connect to GSM …

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## [Can ALT\_DFU\_TX/RX be shared with normal UART communication?](https://discuss.blues.com/t/can-alt-dfu-tx-rx-be-shared-with-normal-uart-communication/3525)

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**Author:** [@AA\_NC](https://discuss.blues.com/u/AA_NC)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/can-alt-dfu-tx-rx-be-shared-with-normal-uart-communication/3525 "2026-04-15T14:20:52Z")

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Hi, I am designing a board with a Notecarrier XM with the Notecard Cellular - CAT-M | Global + STM32 and plan to use ODFU. Can ALT\_DFU\_TX and ALT\_DFU\_RX also be used for normal UART communication between the MCU and No…

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## [Tips & Tricks for Managing Devices in Notehub](https://discuss.blues.com/t/tips-tricks-for-managing-devices-in-notehub/3523)

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**Author:** [@BluesDevRel](https://discuss.blues.com/u/BluesDevRel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/tips-tricks-for-managing-devices-in-notehub/3523 "2026-04-14T19:43:45Z")

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Learn tips to help organize and manage devices in Notehub as your projects start to scale Read the full blog post at https://blues.dev/blog/managing-devices-tips-and-tricks and continue the discussion here.

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## [Reliably determine whether note.add will succeed?](https://discuss.blues.com/t/reliably-determine-whether-note-add-will-succeed/3520)

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**Author:** [@gauteh](https://discuss.blues.com/u/gauteh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/reliably-determine-whether-note-add-will-succeed/3520 "2026-04-14T17:42:21Z")

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Hi, it seems like there’s a short period at the start of syncing (after initial connection), when adding notes fail (due to an internal lock). Is there a way to know this in advance? I send large notes, so I think trial…

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## [Notehub routed events successfully, then routed them again 4 days later](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notehub-routed-events-successfully-then-routed-them-again-4-days-later/3522)

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**Author:** [@mark\_pdx](https://discuss.blues.com/u/mark_pdx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notehub-routed-events-successfully-then-routed-them-again-4-days-later/3522 "2026-04-13T20:53:17Z")

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We have a few hundred Notecard devices happily uploading data hourly via Notehub, which then routes the data to our endpoint, which adds them to a Firebase DB. We’ve found that if cellular communications is marginal, the…

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## [Excess Notecards & Carriers](https://discuss.blues.com/t/excess-notecards-carriers/3412)

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**Author:** [@Murrman95](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Murrman95)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/excess-notecards-carriers/3412 "2026-04-13T18:23:17Z")

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Hi all, my startup went under last year and as such I have a bunch of excess Notecarrier-A’s and cellular notecards available. Feel free to reach out to me if you’d like to help me offload them.

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## [Gain from using binary over base64 payload](https://discuss.blues.com/t/gain-from-using-binary-over-base64-payload/3519)

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**Author:** [@gauteh](https://discuss.blues.com/u/gauteh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/gain-from-using-binary-over-base64-payload/3519 "2026-04-13T17:44:12Z")

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Hi, sharing my experience from trying to migrate to the binary method. It seems the size gain is useful, but maybe a little less than I hoped for: ● ┌────────────────┬───────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────…

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## [Satellite (re)connecting](https://discuss.blues.com/t/satellite-re-connecting/3517)

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**Author:** [@richf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/richf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/satellite-re-connecting/3517 "2026-04-13T13:15:08Z")

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Hi, I can successfully push notes to the Notehub while in ‘satellite’ mode. After around 15 minutes, I lose satellite connection .. I then wait for a 'reconnection’ but (after 15 minutes) it never happens. A power cycle…

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## [Current spike during sync exceed 3 amps for NOTE-MBGLN (LTE Cat-1 bis | Global)](https://discuss.blues.com/t/current-spike-during-sync-exceed-3-amps-for-note-mbgln-lte-cat-1-bis-global/3518)

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**Author:** [@daterdots](https://discuss.blues.com/u/daterdots)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/current-spike-during-sync-exceed-3-amps-for-note-mbgln-lte-cat-1-bis-global/3518 "2026-04-12T15:20:11Z")

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Our device is resetting. What looks like is happening is that our 3.25A over-current protection system on our power management IC is being triggered. Any current consumption \>3.25A will cause our power management IC to c…

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## [Dfu.status missing body containing length](https://discuss.blues.com/t/dfu-status-missing-body-containing-length/2748)

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**Author:** [@Thareeq](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Thareeq)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/dfu-status-missing-body-containing-length/2748 "2026-04-07T12:00:47Z")

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Hi, I am working on a host device firmware update. To download the firmware to the host, I have been using the “length” keyword in the body, and it was working well. However, after experimenting with outbound firmware u…

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## [Notecarrier CX and antenna](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notecarrier-cx-and-antenna/3516)

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**Author:** [@iarakis](https://discuss.blues.com/u/iarakis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notecarrier-cx-and-antenna/3516 "2026-04-06T15:11:02Z")

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A couple of questions: Will you open source the Notecarrier CX hardware design files? Second question is: for a product to be placed in remote locations, would you use a flexible antenna or would you go for an on-pcb-b…

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## [Startnote/Cellular "HubSync"](https://discuss.blues.com/t/startnote-cellular-hubsync/3514)

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**Author:** [@richf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/richf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/startnote-cellular-hubsync/3514 "2026-04-06T14:55:42Z")

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Hi, First thing – thanks to TJ & Rob for quick responses to recent topics. I had a question about Starnote startup .. the documentation indicates that a cellular HubSync must be issued successfully before switching to …

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## [Ntn / hub.status() connection](https://discuss.blues.com/t/ntn-hub-status-connection/3510)

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**Author:** [@richf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/richf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/ntn-hub-status-connection/3510 "2026-03-31T14:00:49Z")

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Hi, If our transport source is NTN Only, will hub.status() return a connection status .. even with no Cellular requested? regards, Rich ..

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## [Using Swan Serial2/3](https://discuss.blues.com/t/using-swan-serial2-3/3141)

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**Author:** [@soupdragon](https://discuss.blues.com/u/soupdragon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/using-swan-serial2-3/3141 "2026-03-27T19:37:55Z")

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New to Blues and new to this Forum. But reasonably experienced with Arduino and serial ports. I’m struggling to get spare UARTs (2 and 3) working on my Swan v3.0, which is plugged into Notecarrier F. All brand new. I’ve…

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## [Notecard Error Stability for UID](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notecard-error-stability-for-uid/3509)

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**Author:** [@ozaer777](https://discuss.blues.com/u/ozaer777)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/notecard-error-stability-for-uid/3509 "2026-03-27T09:00:45Z")

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Hi there, I’ve been debugging my Arduino code handling hub.sync.status responses over serial. I noticed that when an invalid Product UID is used, the Notecard returns an “alert”:true flag along with a specific error str…

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## [Refresh card.wireless info once per minute?](https://discuss.blues.com/t/refresh-card-wireless-info-once-per-minute/790)

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**Author:** [@JordanAbacus](https://discuss.blues.com/u/JordanAbacus)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/refresh-card-wireless-info-once-per-minute/790 "2026-03-26T17:14:25Z")

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I want to implement a feature in our product whereby we provide near-real time information about cellular signal strength to customers during the installation process. The device is being installed in an area of a buildi…

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