I recently installed Z-Wave JS UI and now I’m getting this message:
New version available: v9.5.1
but I can’t figure out where to go or what to do to get the update.
I’m running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 4 using the downloadable Home Assistant MicroSD image.
Can someone enlighten me?
-Wes
Just a guess: Within the actual ZwaveJS UI add on, you have “notify new versions” enabled:
You probably want to turn that off, and instead do updates from within HA’s own add-on manager.
@garyd9 You are right. The default is “Notify new versions” enabled. I have now disabled this.
But now I am wondering why I have been getting this notification and yet HA’s own add-on manager hasn’t indicated that this upgrade is available? Will the Z-Wave JS UI update eventually appear as a Home Assistant update? Why the lag?
There’s certainly a lot to learn with Home Assistant.
-Wes
I can’t remember how the experts explained it but if I recall correctly the home assistant addon is a alternative method of installing Z-Wave JS UI. When the developer releases a new version you have to wait for the addon to get updated before you can use it. This means that the version you get through the addon is older then what you would get if you use the other direct install methods.
This is why I switched to the windows version. You simply download the .exe file from here Releases · zwave-js/zwave-js-ui · GitHub and double click on it to run the program. These files come directly from the developer.
If you go to the addon and click on changelog you will see that the addon is on v9.3.2 while the latest version is 9.5.1 which is 4 versions behind.
Technically, the add-on is a product that includes Z-Wave JS UI as well as other dependencies (such as docker stuff.) Looking at the github repo for the add-on, there was an automated PR for updating the UI, but it failed automated checks, so likely won’t be brought into the add-on until either the failed checks are resolved or the repo owner pushes things through manually.
