I run HA on a Raspberry Pi, on which is installed my Z-wave controller. One of my Z-wave devices needs a firmware update.
I’ve read that the only practical way to do this is to move that controller temporarily to my Windows PC, and use a Windows application. That seems like a real PITA - and wouldn’t I then have to rebuild the whole network after I put the controller back on the RPi?
Have controller updates been verified? Update available for my usb aeotec controller and was curious if update through zwavejs mqtt will more and not brick it
Does this hold true for firmware updates of Fibaro ZWave devices? I thought that the only way these could be upgraded was via the Fibaro HomeCenter controller?
It’s true for any Z-Wave device that supports OTA, as that is part of the Z-Wave standard. The problem with Fibaro is that they won’t give you the firmware files to update yourself.
The device I wanted to update is from HomeSeer. I found out that for updates they only release encrypted .hex files, requiring you to buy their software to install them.
And from what I read on their forum, the update didn’t really solve the problems.
I’ve written off the device as a loss and won’t be buying anything from HomeSeer again.