Nortek GoControl QuickStick Combo Model HUSBZB-1

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That project is a “Zigbee coordinator firmware updater image”. It upgrades the Zigbee part of the stick. You can’t upgrade the Z-Wave part with Z-Wave JS. It requires a more invasive procedure.

HUSBZB-1 Z-Wave firmware portion update

Just thought I would share a working method to update the Nortek HUSBZB-1 device, at least the Z-Wave side. This device is both a Zigbee and Z-Wave, and doing this upgrades the 2014-2015 based firmware to one updated in 2020. As I understand this is the last update for this Z-Wave chip, as the 500 series of devices has been replaced by newer 700 series devices. Now, there isn’t really a strong reason to do this update, but it does include many years of fixes, and add SmartStart and S2 encrypt…