Z2M with Sonoff Dongle E stopped working after OS upgrade to 13.2

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Hi,

today I upgraded the Raspberry Pi HA OS to 13.2.

Afterwards, Z2M with the Sonoff Dongle E stopped working and I have no idea how to make it work again.

Configuration as follows:

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The firmware for the dongle is on the latest current version (I think it’s 7.4.4). That firmware worked fine for a few weeks now, but the whole thing stopped working after upgrading HA OS to 13.2.

I reflashed the most current firmware, rebootet my Pi4, removed the USB extension cable to connect the Sonoff directly to the Pi, also used a different USB slot… Nothing works. I always get this:

[18:58:27] INFO: Preparing to start...
[18:58:27] INFO: Socat not enabled
[18:58:30] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT...
Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
[2024-10-23 18:58:36] info: 	z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2024-10-23 18:58:36] info: 	z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.40.2 (commit #unknown)
[2024-10-23 18:58:36] info: 	z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (2.1.3)
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember: Using default stack config.
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember: ======== Ember Adapter Starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember:ezsp: ======== EZSP starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: RTS/CTS config is off, enabling software flow control.
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: Serial port opened
[2024-10-23 18:58:37] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:40] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:40] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:42] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:42] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:45] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:45] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:47] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:47] info: 	zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2024-10-23 18:58:50] error: 	z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
[2024-10-23 18:58:50] error: 	z2m: Failed to start zigbee
[2024-10-23 18:58:50] error: 	z2m: Check https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions
[2024-10-23 18:58:50] error: 	z2m: Exiting...
[2024-10-23 18:58:50] error: 	z2m: Error: Failed to start EZSP layer with status=HOST_FATAL_ERROR.
    at EmberAdapter.initEzsp (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:684:19)
    at EmberAdapter.start (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:1583:24)
    at Controller.start (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:137:29)
    at Zigbee.start (/app/lib/zigbee.ts:69:27)
    at Controller.start (/app/lib/controller.ts:161:27)
    at start (/app/index.js:154:5)

Any ideas? I am out of ideas…

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I reverted back to OS Version 13.1, but the problem persists… :frowning:

I have tried everything I can think of, the damn Sonoff stick stopped working somehow.

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

I’m thinking about setting up a thin client and replace my Pi 4 (which is still working without any issues, performance is completely fine)… but I don’t know how to get Zigbee back to work, and quick.

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Today I installed an HP T630 with Proxmox and Home Assistant. I restored the backup from my Pi4 setup.

The Sonoff Dongle-E is pushed to the Home Assistant VM and can be found there.

Same issue. Same error messages.

I’m out of ideas. This is so sad. No ideas from anyone? :smiley:

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I have the same problem, but each restart of Z2M i have some different errors.
i add the baudrate: 115200 to Z2M and sometimes z2m start without problem sometimes not. Random

Zigbee2MQTT version 1.41.0 (commit #unknown)
bee-herdsman (2.1.7)
dongle software version 7.4.4

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I ended up moving Z2M from the HA addon to its own LCX container in Proxmox (which has the advantage that it keeps running even if HA is down (for updates or for other reasons).

Somehow I was able to get it all working there, even with the same Dongle E. I did have to set up the whole network from scratch though…