I guess we’re stuck - unless we have the will and the nerve to ‘migrate’ from ZWaveJS to ZWaveJSMQTT. The threads on that subject are a mixture of “it should go ok if you do all these steps correctly” and the occasional horror story of losing all the device/entity names and having to pound them all in again by hand. My Zwave setup is currently working and I’m not going to mess with it.
The US is experiencing massive job turnover and developers are in short supply. So, many volunteer projects are probably all but dead and for now. HA is what it is and its future progress may be a lot slower than the recent past.
HA is working well for me but at this point I won’t invest further in ZWave devices because of the lack of diagnostics and utilties in ZWaveJS.
One alternative would be to run HA on a Windows system where the Silicon Graphics ZWave utilities are available.
Another alternative would be if a knowledgeable person wrote a solid and clear guide for migrating to ZWaveJS MQTT .
Which kind of brings up a pet peeve of mine, Commenters making claims like zwavejs2mqtt supports OTA update (Over the Air) of other nodes but not explaining how. We’re here to learn, not to be lectured. Another pet peeve is Software Updates without documentation … No job is done until the paperwork is finished.
From the picture, looks like you are under the advanced menu of the controller.
Use the green advanced button under nodes instead. You likely will see a different menu.
BTW how did you manage to get the hex file for this MultiSensor 6?
Maybe Qubino is different, but I got mostly Fibaro and they refuse to supply firmware files. So although I’m on zwavejs2mqtt i’m dead in the water as well. Fibaro requires you to use their Homecenter (lite) to do the update. Some shops will also do it for you, but that means you have to physically and logically take it out.
@petro
In regard to your comment Home Assistant is a volunteer based system. This could be argued as a yes and no comment. It is open source and a lot of people voluntarily contribute to it, but there is a significant core staff of paid employees in Nabu Case now that work on Home Assistamt.
I know, I am being pedantic
That said, I agree with your sentiments on it. I am looking forward to OTA Firmware becoming a part of the core Zwave JS integration. @Edwin_D
There are a few manufacturers who refuse to give out their firmware files. In that case we are a little bit stuck. For people with devices from companies that will not supply firmware files, maybe we should name these companies so people can be aware. Maybe enough noise about it will make them change their mind and release the files.
That is a lot sooner than I expected to be honest. That is quite amazing news because it is one of the few features still missing from what is otherwise a very well implemented Z-Wave integration.
Ok, I’ll repeat it then For those making choices on what equipment to buy, it is relevant to know that Fibaro refuses to hand out firmware update files. They force you to use their Smart Home controller to update devices OTA. So if you want to update the firmware, you are forced to exclude the device from HA and find some one with a Homecenter (lite) to do it for you. There’s also no way that I’m aware of to find out if newer firmware exists and why. Release notes seem to revolve around Homecenter itself.
But one of the main reason for firmware updates, besides stability, is security. If you were aiming for stability alone, you’d never update any your devices because unexpected things may break. But wise people still do. I’ve got a lot of stable Fibaro stuff too, but I’m not so confident they are secure. And I didn’t see Fibaro retrofitting S2 security either.
Fibaro dual switches have a bug where Australian (and maybe others) switches sometimes don’t register and you have to turn them off and on again. They denied this was even possible originally, but then issued a fix. But you need a Home Centre to get the fix…
Don’t buy. I have some modules that I can throw in the bin, because I can’t update.
I strongly advice anyone NOT to buy from Fibaro, unless there is no choice/alternative. Their modules are also cheap quality. For example the screws are simply too weak and often break. I also had many modules fail because of small inductive loads. Even Aqara modules are better built.
Sorry for the rant but this did cost me too much time and money.
For those making choices on what equipment to buy, it is relevant to know that Fibaro refuses to hand out firmware update files. They force you to use their Smart Home controller to update devices OTA. So if you want to update the firmware, you are forced to exclude the device from HA and find some one with a Homecenter (lite) to do it for you. There’s also no way that I’m aware of to find out if newer firmware exists and why. Release notes seem to revolve around Homecenter itself.