Setting up the Bobcat 300 for the first time, I always get to the last step with the Bobber App and always receive the “Hotspot miner is waiting to start. Maybe caused by OTA update or a miner restart. Please try again in a few minutes.”
I had the same issue.Mine was doing an OTA update. Are you on wifi or Ethernet? If you’re on Ethernet I rebooted after an hour then put the device in pairing mode when the light turned yellow and was able to complete the setup.
i do know that the recent OTA updates from bobcat has had some issues, and the helium network is having a bunch of issues right now. i wouldn’t worry about it for a few more days.
Be patient! A bunch of recent Bobcat miners got released with firmware V1.0.2.79 which has a very hard time receiving OTA updates.
I got 4 bobcat miners from batch 50, all of them had V1.0.2.79. I’ve had all of them hooked to the internet since basically Saturday. Today they all finally were able to update to v1.0.2.80. The most current firmware version is 1.0.2.92. So, I still have a few more firmware versions to go through before I’m all set. But it will now go much quicker now.
Access your bobcat diagnostic page and look at the very bottom. You will be able to see what firmware version you have. If it is V1.0.2.79, be prepared to just let them sit while connected to the internet and leave them alone.
You do not have to have any specific port open for your bobcat Miner to receive OTA updates. You simply have to connect it to ethernet or WIFI and let them do their thing.
Eventually you will need to make sure Port 44158 is open. But do not worry about that yet.
You can access you bobcat diagnostic page the same way you access a Goldshell box miner. Find the IP address your bobcat is using on your router and type that into your browser.