# Wireless Plasma Kit - Skully Edition - wireless examples

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/wireless-plasma-kit-skully-edition-wireless-examples/23325>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/wireless-plasma-kit-skully-edition-wireless-examples/23325 "2023-11-21T23:03:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![dr\_noel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@dr\_noel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/dr_noel)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/wireless-plasma-kit-skully-edition-wireless-examples/23325/1 "2023-11-21T23:03:43Z")

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I’m new to Plasma Stick/Pico W and MicroPython.

I am playing with the examples onboard, and am having issues with the wireless connectivity.

I have populated WIFI\_CONFIG.py appropriately. But it crashes out, and I keep seeing errors in Thonny:

```auto
PROBLEM IN THONNY'S BACK-END: Exception while handling 'Run' (ConnectionError: device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected or multiple access on port?)).
See Thonny's backend.log for more info.
You may need to press "Stop/Restart" or hard-reset your MicroPython device and try again.

Process ended with exit code 1.
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Connection lost -- device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected or multiple access on port?)

Use Stop/Restart to reconnect.

Process ended with exit code 1.
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Unable to connect to /dev/ttyACM0:

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(I’ve looked in the backend.log, can’t really make much sense of it yet!)

Using some Pico W documentation I’ve managed to write my own script to connect to the network, so the basic functionality is there.

So what is wrong with the network\_manager/uasyncio approach that is failing?

And what is the issue with Thonny?

Any tips, pointers, advice appreciated…  
N.

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**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/wireless-plasma-kit-skully-edition-wireless-examples/23325/2 "2023-11-22T10:40:39Z")

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Hmm, I’ve not seen that one before - are you using the most recent version of MicroPython?

Do the non-wireless examples work?

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**Author:** ![dr\_noel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@dr\_noel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/dr_noel)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/wireless-plasma-kit-skully-edition-wireless-examples/23325/3 "2023-11-24T17:07:46Z")

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Yes, the non-network examples work.

In fact, on a hunch I tried powering it from a powerpack, and it connects to the network, and clearly gets data from CheerLights.

This suggests the issue is to do with it being connected to the Raspberry Pi I was using.

I haven’t had any chance to experiment further yet, but I will report back if I can work out what’s going on. At least at the moment I have a CheerLights active Skully sat in the living room!