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Tutor

Feb 08, 2021

RBS50Y Outdoor Orbi flashing amber for 30 seconds

I have an outdoor Orbi (RBS50Y) which provides access to my wireless security cameras. Recently the cold weather has arrived and the bottom light has started flashing amber. I have updated the fi...

Blanca_O

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Mar 09, 2021

Hi Furoco

Welcome to NETGEAR Community!

The satellite is warming up because its temperature is less than 41°F (5°C). This might take about 15 minutes if the surrounding temperature is less than 4°F (–20°C)

Reference: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBS50Y/RBS50Y_UM_EN.pdf [page 8]

Would turning off and on the Orbi Satellite make any changes?

Regards,
Blanca
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Furoco

Tutor

Mar 09, 2021

Hello Bianca,

Thanks for trying to help, but I am assuming you are a bot, as you seem to have not read my post :-(

As I stated,

I note that others report that in the the cold weather it can be 'warming up' with a flashing amber light for 15 minutes in extreme cold, but it is no lower than -2 'C outside (so not as extreme as the specificed -20 'C operating temperature) and does not stop this cycle of flashing.

Hence the 'warming up' diagnosis does not fit with what I described above (it is nowhere near -20 'C and 'does not stop this cycle of flashing', meaning it is has not stopped flashing, even after several days, let alone 15 minutes.

Thanks anyway

Furoco