Neato D7 Connected Vacuum Cleaner

Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre -  
brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -
Hello,

I received a connected vacuum for Christmas, the Neato Botvac Connected D7.

I have a connection problem between the robot and my network, it detects my WIFI but it gets stuck at step 2, which is connecting to the Internet; it cannot find the IP address.

What is going on?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S7, please use simple words if you have any information to give me, I don't know much about computers and other connected things.

Thank you very much!

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brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421
 
Hi,
since you know nothing about computers, you might know about regular vacuum cleaners, without a connection?
So it would be a good idea to use it for what it is meant to do best: picking up dust instead of polluting the internet with irrelevant information, or worse, hacking it.
All this to say that all these objects with useless functions have no means of testing and diagnosing and very little information about the problems they encounter, so, like toys, it is almost impossible to repair them when things don't go well, resulting in, at best, only basic uses, which is already good, and at worst, ending up in the waste disposal site.

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and ... Voila Voilou Voilà!
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Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre 1
 
Thank you for your response, but I don't quite understand... are you criticizing the fact of having a connected device? Of course, it vacuums well; I can indeed use it without connecting it, but if I want to program it, etc., that could be useful?

And at 1000 euros for a vacuum cleaner, I would still like to have an answer to my question in order to use it properly with all the options it offers.

Moreover, it seems that the problem comes from my connection and not necessarily from the vacuum cleaner.
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Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre 1
 
Yes, my connection works well with my other devices...

I was wondering if there is something to change in the Freebox settings for the vacuum cleaner to recognize my IP address? I don't know how it works...

I'll try to check with people around me to see if they have any ideas. I unpacked my robot this evening, maybe I missed a step.
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brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421 > Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre
 
No, nothing to change on the box, unless MAC address filtering is enabled on it, in which case, of course, you need to allow the MAC address of the crumbs collector robot.
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Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre 1
 
No no, I don't have that, so I don't know why it's not finding my IP address..
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brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421 > Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre
 
He doesn't need to find your IP address, but to take the one provided by the router.
Is he visible in the router's interface?
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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483
 
Hello

For specific questions: www.NeatoRobotics.com/Support.

For now, we should start with what is in the manual

COLOR OF LIGHT SIGNIFICATION
Slowly blinking blue
Robot in pairing mode

Quickly blinking blue*
Pairing with the app or Neato account

Quickly blinking red
Error during connection

Solid blue
Successful pairing

Light off
The robot is not connected - please connect it to access

additional functions
BATTERY LIGHT
  • If you have already paired, the quick blue blinking indicates a loss of

connection with the robot. Several explanations are possible: the robot is out of range of the
network, the Wi-Fi network is down, or another Wi-Fi related issue has occurred. If it is out
of range, the robot will automatically reconnect when it detects the network again. If not, check that your router is functioning normally.

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"We swallow the flattering lie whole and we drink the bitter truth drop by drop."
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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483
 
And of course the "troubleshoot" section of the manual.
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Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre 1
 
So, I've read the manual inside out and I can't find the cause of my problem.

My Freebox is properly connected, my other devices connected to it are working fine, I moved my vacuum cleaner to the room where the Freebox is to see if it changed anything, but no.

I plugged the base into my living room and the Freebox is in my office, both on the ground floor of my house. But it's the robot itself that connects, not the base, right? Let me know if I'm wrong...

Then I saw in the comments on the Play Store where you download the app that a lot of people are complaining about the new update that apparently bugs the robot, however, since I just received my robot and I'm having trouble connecting it to the app, I'm not affected by this update, am I? Normally, I should be able to connect to it first and then do the update, right?
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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483 > Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre
 
From what I'm reading above, it's not the robot that doesn't detect the box, but rather it can't access the internet. That's not the same at all.
And so if there's a faulty update, you'll have to wait, since the latest devices probably already have the latest version.
Unless you can access all the network settings of the robot through the app, I don't see what can be done.
All these connected devices use the same thing, namely that the configuration of the device necessarily goes through the app, which itself connects to the internet (initially), and then the "bridge" is made between the device and the internet.

I'm having the same kind of hassle with a connected weather station. Except that in my case, I couldn't care less if it connects to the internet :)
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Potlee Posted messages 23 Status Membre 1
 
So if it comes from the update, does the problem lie with the application or the robot itself? Because if it’s the robot, no matter how long I wait for the update to be fixed, I won’t have a way to update it again since the app can’t recognize the robot?

As I mentioned earlier to "Brupala", I will check in a store if I can test my robot, at least to find out where the problem comes from... the robot, the app, the faulty update, or my box...

I hope to find a solution because even if I can indeed use it only as a regular vacuum, I believe that for this price, if you get a connected vacuum, it should be connected and programmable, among other things... otherwise I would have stuck to my corded vacuum and the cleaning chore...
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tictac
 
Hello,
I have the same issue with my robot since an update. It no longer sends me notifications. I tried a reset and when I search for my Wi-Fi, it doesn't find it anymore... Thank you for letting me know if you found a solution...
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xavier
 
I'm having the same issue since an update.
The only Wi-Fi it detects is the hotspot from my mobile phone.
So the robot only works in programming when I'm at home because that option is managed via the web. Despite already having 2 automatic updates of the robot through the app, the problem remains the same.
It doesn't detect any Wi-Fi from the house, and it's really frustrating.
I have a dual-band box, a dual-band antenna, and a network repeater as well.
In short, 1 network in 2.4GHz found out of 4! (if my phone is activated) otherwise 0/3 > very disappointed!! yes
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jonnie
 
I had tried all the channels, I reset my Freebox settings. It switched back to WPA2 protection instead of WEP, and everything worked on the first try. But now I have to change all my passwords and network names on all my devices.
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brupala Posted messages 111943 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421 > jonnie
 
Hi,
How can someone be using a WEP key wifi network in 2020?
Wasn't there more than that having trouble connecting?
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