Connecting controller to wifi network initially

I am never able to go beyond the yellow light blinking.

The caveat is that I am trying it using iphone 12 pro. I can also see it with my macbook M1.

This may have to do with this issue:

The build date on my device is Nov 2019. It is very likely it has the old firmware.

The settings in the app is not showing the firmware number.

So I need the instructions on how to update firmware.

I could also try with an older iPad (3rd gen) running 14.2.

And there needs to be a physically connectable control port (ethernet/usb). From a systems design point of view, wifi cant the only way to connect a device especially something which is so dependent on a connection.