The ember firmware is only needed for the Sonoff Dongle E. There's no Ember firmware needed for the Sonoff Dongle-P. If you experience issues starting Zigbee2MQTT after updating the firmware, then delete the Zigbee2MQTT backup file and try starting it again.
You're an absolute life saver sir. I'm running HASS OS in Virtualbox, and everything that could have gone wrong absolutely did. I spent about 3 hours today trying to get Z2MQTT setup today and you saved me. The only thing that wasn't in your video that I had to do, was open the dongle up and hold the boot button before I plugged it into my PC. Other than that, you got me up and running, and I'm a little to excited about being able to add Zigbee devices locally 🤣
Thank you for your kind words. It's actually strange that you had to open the case. This shouldn't be necessary these days. But anyway, great that you got it to work. 👍🏻
@@SmartHomeJunkie I thought it was odd as well. I plugged and unplugged that dongle so many times, and even connected to an old USB hub because I didn't have a USB extension cable. Once I held the boot button, it connected immediately 🤷♂️
Finally! Success! I have tried the hardware method opening the dongle and trying to set it into the bootloader mode, but it succeeded only once and when I had the upload file ready, I couldn't repeat the dongles mode change. Then I tried the Python methods without success, lot of software installings but no success after all. Even with this method I had to change the PC's port driver from universal to VCP in order to make the connection. Conclusion: Even if the device seems to connect to the PC COM port normally, it doesn't guarantee anything.
I've went through this process some weeks ago. For me the firmware flash webpage didn't seem to work. It started connecting to the device, hung for a couple of minutes and stopped with the message that it couldn't connect. The console logs in the browser where vague and I tried a couple of things to fix it. In the end I used an old guide of yours on how to flash the dongle and that worked like a charm!
@@toxiccurare9511 Hello. Did you manage to go pass the "pressin 1" step on the Secure CRT software? I can't connect eventhough the driver on windows seem to be ok
Thanks for your interesting video as always. I don't have the E version but the "SONOFF ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, TI CC2652P" (based on SONOFF ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, TI CC2652P) Where can i find the good firmware please ? Thanks a a lot.
I know how. Edit: my comments with the link are being deleted. I just flashed my SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus. You can write to me on Dd ii ss cc oo rr dd s3rv, if you know what I mean xD
Tried installing the latest firmware a few times a few weeks ago and the update kept putting the dongle into a "bricked" state. I followed every step exactly as you explained except I didn't use my usb extension, I plugged it straight into my Win11 PC. This time, using the usb extension, it worked perfectly. Thanks!
This video showed up in my recommended video list, and I'm glad it did. I did update my Dongle-E to Ember, but then decided to switch it over to RCP to use it as a Thread Border Router instead. I don't use HA for my zigbee network, so I figured I may as well put my otherwise unused dongle to use as a TBR.
Remember to check the z2m startup logs that you are running ember driver, I have seen a few cases where it still is loading ezsp ever we have ember in the config file.
Thanks for the info. Do you have any suggestions for people who are using the MultiPAN firmware? Is there any way to keep the Matter functionality if we update the firmware?
Thanks, not quite a monkey manual yet; I didn't realize at first that i have to press after I edited the config file. I learned something again; that I can also think for myself
I'm running HA and Zigbee2mqtt in the docker container. With new ember firmware the Zigbee2mqtt did not started. After deleting the backup file from the Zigbee2mqtt folder all started to work.
Thnx a lot for this clear instruction! I have one question. At 2m:40s in the video, you talk about the line that needs to be in the Serial field. I added 'adapter: ember' but in your example you have also content in line 1 and 2 of the serial field. These are empty at mine. Is that a problem?
Upgrade of the stick works lika a charm. However, zigbee2mqtt will not recognise the new ember adapter. It defaults to ezsp, could not even see ember. I upgraded z2mqtt to 1.38.0 from 1.37.1.1, and now I actually see the ember adapter in settings/serial. I selected it, submitted - but it changes back to ezsp and still wants to restart. After restart - ezsp. I'm going crazy. :) Big thanks to the master junkie! Love this channel!
Today I was able to change from ezsp to ember manually in the configuration for some reason. However, it stuck after saving th econfiguration - got a lengthy error message first - so now I'm on ember. :)
Same here, it all works great now so I'm kind of hesitant to tinker with it. But if it gives me some advantages like better device support I might give it a go.
@@metekorkmaz2129 Hello, I have the same problem : "The running firmware could not be detected. Make sure the USB port works ..." . I tried on several ports and also updated the driver which is already up to date (Windows11). Have you found a solution?
Thanks a lot for your video! I've been able to update my SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 to ember. I also have 2 other dongles that work in router mode and have version of firmware 6.10.3. It seems there's no newer router firmware available? Do I need to update the routers too in order to make them compatible with Ember?
Hi Ed! What about zigbee dongles other than Sonoff? I have SkyConnect dongle, but I don't see it on the list from your link. Should I also update its firmware to Ember?
Thank you, this is really usefull, as usual ! :-) Just 2 small details : 1. You have to stop the Z2M service before removing the dongle 2. You have to delete the zigbee2mqtt/coordinator_backup.json file before restarting the service (it will be re-created), else you will have some error messages and Z2M won't start I'm now using the ember firmware, and I didn't loose any of my 40 devices, thanks to you !
I can confirm, Z2M didn't start for me either after setting the adapter to ember. This is because your son off dongle was still running an older firmware before. An other fix is to first start Z2M with adapter still set to ezsp with the sonoff dongle e at the newly installed firmware from this guide. This will update your backup. After starting Z2M and confirming everything works, change the adapter to ember and restart Z2M
Can I ask, besides EZSP being depreciated, what are the benefits of Ember? Happy that I watched your video to update (which worked perfectly.. thank you :) ) but are there any advantages besides it being supported?
Theoretically, as well as being supported, performance is supposed to be increased and latency reduced by being, as I understand it, directly connected rather than via an interface.
Hello, a new version of the firmware you recommend for Sonoff-E has been released: version 7.4.3. I've been facing many error messages since I migrated to ember, such as "zh:ember: Delivery of BROADCAST failed for '65533' [apsFrame={"profileId":0,"clusterId":19,"sourceEndpoint":0,"destinationEndpoint":0,"options":0,"groupId":0,"sequence":131} messageTag=255]". Do you think updating the firmware can improve things?
Dongle E is based of ezsp firmware that is not supported anymore and therefor must be updated to ember firmware, the older Dongle P is based of Z-stack firmware and is still supported
Hi, discovered your chanel some time ago and it really helped me with home assistant! Thank you for that! I have a question, I'm trying to start with z2m things, but have problems I think with ezsp. I have the sonoff dongle P. Do I also need to upgrade the firmware? Is your links working also for the P version (with the right firmware I mean)?
Hi Mr Junkie, thanks for the tutorial, unfortunately I've tried uncessfully to flash the ember fw in my brand new sonnof dongle E. When I connect it to the PC it's reconignzed but never arrives to the window to select the new fw. Always stops in a windows saying Connection failed, RETRY. Any lead?
Have you tried the driver version 6.7.0 it's old but the only one working for me. after installing it you need to tell windows in the device manager to use it
hello, I had a problem when switching from an EZSP to Ember because I had lights that required an ADEOS external converter, I solved the problem by uninstalling zigbe2mqtt and reinstalling it, if that helps the Frenchies ADEOS = Leroy merlin light
Thanks, this was useful. It turns out I didnt even have to download the firmware, the web flasher is able to download the latest version for you. Very cool Do you know what would would support the 230400 versions? It looks like it refers to baud rate
Thank you for this, it is very useful information. Is Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-E not supported either? Where can I find the firmware for this device?
I am getting this warning in the logs. Is it something I should concern with? My Aqara Water sensors have been recognized though. zh:ember: [ZDO] Device '64594' is only compliant to revision 'pre-21' of the ZigBee specification (current revision: 22)
it took me half a day to go trough this update, not fun at all. First for some reason this flashing web page did not work for me, dongle was visible but could not connect. Thanks to this I found some other way, there is an add-on that you can flash the dongle, and you don't need to even touch it, directly in HA, it is called "ZigStar Silicon Labs FW Flasher". However this add on was allowing me to flash only the actually recommended by z2m version, which is 7.4.1. ... and z2m didn't start after this. I tried many things, with removing the backup file from z2m folder, rebooting the VM and so on. Finally I have rebooted the machine and re-plug the dongle to different USB port. From this moment it is working.
Perfecte uitleg zoals altijd. Maar heb een P versie van deze dongle. Moet deze ook naar de nieuwe firmware worden geflashed? En zo ja, hoe doe ik dat dan? Alvast bedankt!
I put latest zigbee firmware on my E because my P started playing up (incoming sensors perfect. Nothing outgoing.) so I thought I’d try reinstalling the firmware on the P but the bootloader button didn’t work. Had an E with thread firmware on it but as thread hasn’t taken off I didn’t mind too much converting it to zigbee. Get lots of network connection errors in Zigbee2MQTT about too many hops, but in blue not red and it functions fine. My question is do you think it’s worth trying the python script to put the P in bootloader mode and trying to resurrect it or shall I just bin (recycle) it? Going to see now if Zigbee2MQTT still has the E in developer mode.
There are some issues with adding new devices for some users running the ember firmware. If you see the error: zh:ember: Delivery of BROADCAST failed for "65533" You'll need to switch back to ezsp
geweldige video, erg leerzaam. maar heb toch een error.. Error while starting zigbee-herdsman ..is deze configuratie ook geschikt voor een HA Yellow? mssh is dat het probleem?
Word of caution when updating to the new ember firmware. I spent hours trying to get Z2M to load after updating my Dongle E. Turns out that for whatever reason if you have an old Z2M coordinator backup lying around that for whatever reason Z2M will continue to try to load the old firmware preventing it from starting. I solved this issue by simply deleting the old backup after which all was well.
@@NPAB1066 To be clear it is actually the coordinator backup that I deleted. This is found in the Zigbee2MQTT folder in the Home Assistant directory. You can easily get to it using the file editor integration if you have it installed.
Thanks for the video! I had the configuration of zigbee2mqtt set to adapter: ezsp. Right after plugging the dongle back into my Homeassistant server I changed it to adapter: ember and restarted the Z2M-Integration. I got this following error: "Error: [BACKUP] Current backup file is from an unsupported EZSP version" after trying different things for a while I found the solution: Start Zigbee2MQTT with the EZSP-driver (adapter: ezsp) and let it run a few minutes. After ~ 10 minutes I changed adapter: ember and restarted. Then it worked. Maybe this helps someone else too :) I was wondering though: Why did you chose the "...zbdonglee-115200.gbl" not the "...zbdongle-230400.gbl" file? Both have the same version number 7.4.2.0. What's the difference between those?
Thanks for this video. Do you still have time to play the guitar? I imagine nearly all your time goes into the preparation, recording and editing of videos.
Helaas lukt het mij niet. Ik heb in chrome de driver geïnstalleerd en op connect geklikt. De dongle wordt wel gevonden. Maar na klikken op "verbinding maken" duurt een ongeveer een minuut en krijg ik steeds foutmelding dat er geen verbinding kan worden gemaakt. Het zelfde geprobeerd onder Edge en tevens op een andere pc. De dongle werkt wel op Home Assistant voor IKEA afstandsbedieningen. Maar kan ook niet goed verbinden met thermostaat kranen voor de CV. Waarschijnlijk iets mis met mijn dongle. :( Alsnog bedankt voor je instructie video.
The flash page doesn't find the device serial port. I get this message after searching: If you are using Windows or macOS, install the Silicon Labs CP2102 driver. I try to download the drivers, but I get error that I do not have access to the downloads. I'm kind of stuck at the moment. (Update: Opened this page from the flash page on Edge instead of Chrome, and it showed the correct downloads.)
So I am using the Sonoff ZBDongle-E but everything works fine within HA. I guess I did mod it with the Silicon Labs Thread for the multibroadcast. Is that why it still works fine? Anything I need to do here?
As far as I understand ezsp is deprecated. That means, it will not work in the (near) future, but until now it still works. You (and I) have to updrade the dongle before this day.
Hello, just followed the instructions updated firmware all ok rebooted my x86 updated the config to ember but when I go to Z2MQTT all 35 devices have gone......had to go back to older firmware and ezsp any idea what I have done wrong ...please
I have a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus running ZHA. I have been 100% happy for a couple of years now. I don't want anything to change and I don;t want MQTT. Do I have to upgrade any firmware? If so what do I do?
I wanted to update my Sonoff (starting from scratch with Home Assistant btw) and it looks like the latest FW is: ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.3.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl. Is that one good to go? :)
Dennis Did you use the ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.3.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl version? And did it work just like the ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.2.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl version? Louis
I'm interested to know if this works with the P version as well. I've been having real issues recently with Z2M. Devices just stop responding after a couple of hours from a restart. Have tried updating and downgrading but it makes no difference
The P version has a different Zigbee chip than the E so they won’t use the same firmware. I’m pretty sure there is a video on this channel about updating the P-firmware.
I'm like you in that my coordinator is a Dongle P and I have a couple of Dongle Es as routers. Also interested to know if this can be done on the P and do my E routers need to run the new Ember firmware?
Very unlikely it died because of the warning now. Old version will work as well for a good time. Either you auto update to latest beta or something else is wrong with your zigbee network.
Thanks for the video. I am trying to update a new Sonoff Dongle E I just purchased but the online firmware flasher can't seem to recognise the dongle. I keep getting the same error message : Connection failed The running firmware could not be detected. Make sure the USB port works and if you are using a USB extension cable, make sure the cable can transfer data. Unplug the Sonoff ZBDongle-E and plug it back in to reset and try again. I see a few others seem to have the issue but can't seem to find a solution. Can anyone help ? Thanks
Hi - I did the update - but did not work - i tryed different versiones of the firmware - but nothing helped - UNTIL i tryed to wirte adapter: ezsp - Now one can think that somthing vent wrong with the flash with new firmware - but it went ok - how can that be ?
Hi, Very interesting video, the flashing worked easily, but... Z2M don't want to start correctly :( I have the message : [06:14:13] INFO: Preparing to start... [06:14:15] INFO: Socat not enabled [06:14:22] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT... Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog. [2024-10-22 06:14:43] error: zh:ember:uart:ash: Received frame with CRC error [2024-10-22 06:14:43] error: zh:ember:uart:ash: Received ERROR from adapter while connecting, with code=ERROR_EXCEEDED_MAXIMUM_ACK_TIMEOUT_COUNT. Any idea ?
does it show sth. like zStack3xo? As far as i understood you don't have to do anything if you have sth lik TI CC2652P + CP2102N. EZSP to EMBER is only required for chips like Silicon Labs with EFR32MG21 + CH9102F Chip
After updating, all of my previous devices are gone. I restored the database file and it shows them there again, but they don't actually work. How am I supposed to get my previous devices to work?
Hallo, danke für deine tollen Videos. Ist das Protokoll so richtig? [ 20:33:13] INFO: Vorbereitungen zum Start... [ 20:33:13] INFO: Socat nicht aktiviert [20:33:13] INFO: Starten von Zigbee2MQTT... [ 20:39:45] INFO: Vorbereitung zum Start... [ 20:39:46] INFO: Socat nicht aktiviert [ 20:39:49 ] INFO: Zigbee2MQTT wird gestartet. und bei Über in Zigbee2mqtt steht dies. Koordinator-Typ EZSP v13 Koordinator-Version 7.4.2.0 build 0 Serial habe ich auf ember geändert. Was ist da falsch?
Hi ED, i get a Message the hole time if i trieb to Connect to the Firmware builder. „ The Running Firmware could not be detected“. I used every USB Port, drivers are installed, i opened the dongle and pressed reset, nothing works. Do you have any idea?
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The ember firmware is only needed for the Sonoff Dongle E. There's no Ember firmware needed for the Sonoff Dongle-P. If you experience issues starting Zigbee2MQTT after updating the firmware, then delete the Zigbee2MQTT backup file and try starting it again.
Sorry voor de noob-reactie...
waar vind ik die z2m backup file locatie?
@@PaLammy In the /config/zigbee2mqtt folder on your HA server.
specifically the coordinator_backup.json
You're an absolute life saver sir. I'm running HASS OS in Virtualbox, and everything that could have gone wrong absolutely did. I spent about 3 hours today trying to get Z2MQTT setup today and you saved me. The only thing that wasn't in your video that I had to do, was open the dongle up and hold the boot button before I plugged it into my PC. Other than that, you got me up and running, and I'm a little to excited about being able to add Zigbee devices locally 🤣
Thank you for your kind words. It's actually strange that you had to open the case. This shouldn't be necessary these days. But anyway, great that you got it to work. 👍🏻
@@SmartHomeJunkie I thought it was odd as well. I plugged and unplugged that dongle so many times, and even connected to an old USB hub because I didn't have a USB extension cable. Once I held the boot button, it connected immediately 🤷♂️
thanks for showing, how about the ZB dongle P do you have a guide for that as well?
Finally! Success!
I have tried the hardware method opening the dongle and trying to set it into the bootloader mode, but it succeeded only once and when I had the upload file ready, I couldn't repeat the dongles mode change.
Then I tried the Python methods without success, lot of software installings but no success after all.
Even with this method I had to change the PC's port driver from universal to VCP in order to make the connection.
Conclusion: Even if the device seems to connect to the PC COM port normally, it doesn't guarantee anything.
Try what's in my comment on GitHub. There's a thread about not being able to install from the website.
Very good! Is it now possible to change the Sonoff Dongle E to the router?
Great video - worked exactly as described!
You've saved me hours of work and frustration!
Thank You!
I'm glad to hear that!
Tks, really clear.
I am installing a lixee on my electrical box (in france it is name linky) and i need to upload my sonoff key.
I've went through this process some weeks ago. For me the firmware flash webpage didn't seem to work. It started connecting to the device, hung for a couple of minutes and stopped with the message that it couldn't connect. The console logs in the browser where vague and I tried a couple of things to fix it. In the end I used an old guide of yours on how to flash the dongle and that worked like a charm!
have you the link to the old Guide? i have the same issue. in the secureCRT Method i press on „1“ and Nothing Happens.
@@toxiccurare9511 Hello. Did you manage to go pass the "pressin 1" step on the Secure CRT software? I can't connect eventhough the driver on windows seem to be ok
Thanks for your interesting video as always. I don't have the E version but the "SONOFF ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, TI CC2652P" (based on SONOFF ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus, TI CC2652P) Where can i find the good firmware please ? Thanks a a lot.
I also wanna know 😁
Same here 😊
I know how.
Edit: my comments with the link are being deleted. I just flashed my SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus. You can write to me on Dd ii ss cc oo rr dd s3rv, if you know what I mean xD
Tried installing the latest firmware a few times a few weeks ago and the update kept putting the dongle into a "bricked" state. I followed every step exactly as you explained except I didn't use my usb extension, I plugged it straight into my Win11 PC. This time, using the usb extension, it worked perfectly. Thanks!
This video showed up in my recommended video list, and I'm glad it did.
I did update my Dongle-E to Ember, but then decided to switch it over to RCP to use it as a Thread Border Router instead.
I don't use HA for my zigbee network, so I figured I may as well put my otherwise unused dongle to use as a TBR.
Great video. Fixed my issue with crashing home assistant constantly due to the old EZSP adapter.
Remember to check the z2m startup logs that you are running ember driver, I have seen a few cases where it still is loading ezsp ever we have ember in the config file.
Thank you for this straight to the point tutorial!
Thanks!
Many thanks Mr Junkie got it all up n running after your excellent instruction :)
Awesome!
Thanks for the info. Do you have any suggestions for people who are using the MultiPAN firmware? Is there any way to keep the Matter functionality if we update the firmware?
Awesome! how about a video about on the SLZB-06 coordinators?
Das hat sehr gut funktioniert. Durch Zufall bin ich auf dieser Seite gelandet. Das war eine große Hilfe. Vielen Dank.
Vielen Dank für dein tolles Feedback! Es bedeutet mir viel zu wissen, dass ich dir helfen konnte. Bleib dran!
Thanks for this very helpful guide. Everything worked as easily as you described. Excellent!
Thanks, not quite a monkey manual yet; I didn't realize at first that i have to press after I edited the config file. I learned something again; that I can also think for myself
I'm running HA and Zigbee2mqtt in the docker container. With new ember firmware the Zigbee2mqtt did not started. After deleting the backup file from the Zigbee2mqtt folder all started to work.
Thnx a lot for this clear instruction!
I have one question. At 2m:40s in the video, you talk about the line that needs to be in the Serial field.
I added 'adapter: ember' but in your example you have also content in line 1 and 2 of the serial field. These are empty at mine. Is that a problem?
I think I got it. port: /dev/ttyACMo needs to be added of course.
great tutorial thanx. Just a question, i'm using the sonoff as a router. Is the uprade process the same?
Upgrade of the stick works lika a charm. However, zigbee2mqtt will not recognise the new ember adapter. It defaults to ezsp, could not even see ember. I upgraded z2mqtt to 1.38.0 from 1.37.1.1, and now I actually see the ember adapter in settings/serial. I selected it, submitted - but it changes back to ezsp and still wants to restart. After restart - ezsp. I'm going crazy. :)
Big thanks to the master junkie! Love this channel!
Today I was able to change from ezsp to ember manually in the configuration for some reason. However, it stuck after saving th econfiguration - got a lengthy error message first - so now I'm on ember. :)
Is this necessary for ZHA as well? Does Ember firmware bring anything else besides support for z2m?
Yes I run ZHA. I would like to know this as well.
Same here, it all works great now so I'm kind of hesitant to tinker with it. But if it gives me some advantages like better device support I might give it a go.
Same here.
same here, is there any difference?
Thanks for this - to the point and helpful as ever
Thanks!
@@SmartHomeJunkie hello, the firmware was not found during the flashing process, please insert it into another port gave a warning, do you know why?
@@metekorkmaz2129 Hello, I have the same problem : "The running firmware could not be detected. Make sure the USB port works ..." . I tried on several ports and also updated the driver which is already up to date (Windows11). Have you found a solution?
@@marcopolo4169 She tried it a few times and saw
Fantastic guide! Worked first time.
Awesome to hear!
Thanks a lot for your video! I've been able to update my SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 to ember. I also have 2 other dongles that work in router mode and have version of firmware 6.10.3. It seems there's no newer router firmware available? Do I need to update the routers too in order to make them compatible with Ember?
where did you get that latest router firmware for E dongle?
Z2M started, but first I had to delete the coordinator backup json file from the zigbee2mqtt folder.
This comment saved my day!
Thanks!
that was a great help!
Thanks that helped for me too!
Hello Sir, how long to upgrade the firmware? for me until now still upgrading with zero progress. And its almost 30mins.
Hi Ed! What about zigbee dongles other than Sonoff? I have SkyConnect dongle, but I don't see it on the list from your link. Should I also update its firmware to Ember?
Thank you, this is really usefull, as usual ! :-)
Just 2 small details :
1. You have to stop the Z2M service before removing the dongle
2. You have to delete the zigbee2mqtt/coordinator_backup.json file before restarting the service (it will be re-created), else you will have some error messages and Z2M won't start
I'm now using the ember firmware, and I didn't loose any of my 40 devices, thanks to you !
Interesting. I didn't have to do any of that.
Indeed, you need to delete zigbee2mqtt/coordinator_backup.json first or it'll complain
Thank You for second advice .. before deleting file I was having problems with starting add-on.
I can confirm, Z2M didn't start for me either after setting the adapter to ember. This is because your son off dongle was still running an older firmware before. An other fix is to first start Z2M with adapter still set to ezsp with the sonoff dongle e at the newly installed firmware from this guide. This will update your backup. After starting Z2M and confirming everything works, change the adapter to ember and restart Z2M
@@breinstein519 Thank you this one helped big time
hi. i have ZBDongle-P is it also good for this model?? Thank you
Can I ask, besides EZSP being depreciated, what are the benefits of Ember? Happy that I watched your video to update (which worked perfectly.. thank you :) ) but are there any advantages besides it being supported?
Theoretically, as well as being supported, performance is supposed to be increased and latency reduced by being, as I understand it, directly connected rather than via an interface.
Zeer goede tutorials! Keep it going
can i use SecureCRT like in official sonoff tutorial to upgrade to amber firmware ? (always error when using web flasher)
didnt work for me on either of my 2 adapters (even after full reboot)
z2m kept fdailing to start, changed ember back to ezsp, and it starterd fine
Hello, a new version of the firmware you recommend for Sonoff-E has been released: version 7.4.3. I've been facing many error messages since I migrated to ember, such as
"zh:ember: Delivery of BROADCAST failed for '65533' [apsFrame={"profileId":0,"clusterId":19,"sourceEndpoint":0,"destinationEndpoint":0,"options":0,"groupId":0,"sequence":131} messageTag=255]".
Do you think updating the firmware can improve things?
I find it difficult to answer that question. I am using the Dongle-P for my production environment.
Dongle E is based of ezsp firmware that is not supported anymore and therefor must be updated to ember firmware,
the older Dongle P is based of Z-stack firmware and is still supported
Hi, discovered your chanel some time ago and it really helped me with home assistant! Thank you for that! I have a question, I'm trying to start with z2m things, but have problems I think with ezsp. I have the sonoff dongle P. Do I also need to upgrade the firmware? Is your links working also for the P version (with the right firmware I mean)?
The P is not an ezsp stick.
Hi Mr Junkie, thanks for the tutorial, unfortunately I've tried uncessfully to flash the ember fw in my brand new sonnof dongle E. When I connect it to the PC it's reconignzed but never arrives to the window to select the new fw. Always stops in a windows saying Connection failed, RETRY. Any lead?
Have you tried the driver version 6.7.0 it's old but the only one working for me. after installing it you need to tell windows in the device manager to use it
@@Bartlebyxx Thank you for the lead. At the end, I decided to use native ZHA, the coordinator and devices were integrated smoothly
This worked great, thanks for the video guide! :)
I'm glad it helped!
Thanks ! Great tutorial and everything working properly !
hello, I had a problem when switching from an EZSP to Ember because I had lights that required an ADEOS external converter, I solved the problem by uninstalling zigbe2mqtt and reinstalling it, if that helps the Frenchies
ADEOS = Leroy merlin light
Thanks, this was useful. It turns out I didnt even have to download the firmware, the web flasher is able to download the latest version for you. Very cool
Do you know what would would support the 230400 versions? It looks like it refers to baud rate
Web flasher only had the older ezsp for me
What about router software?
Thank you for this, it is very useful information. Is Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-E not supported either? Where can I find the firmware for this device?
Hello, thank you very much for all these videos about home assistants. Very useful
Thanks, worked really well.
That is great
I am getting this warning in the logs. Is it something I should concern with? My Aqara Water sensors have been recognized though.
zh:ember: [ZDO] Device '64594' is only compliant to revision 'pre-21' of the ZigBee specification (current revision: 22)
it took me half a day to go trough this update, not fun at all. First for some reason this flashing web page did not work for me, dongle was visible but could not connect. Thanks to this I found some other way, there is an add-on that you can flash the dongle, and you don't need to even touch it, directly in HA, it is called "ZigStar Silicon Labs FW Flasher". However this add on was allowing me to flash only the actually recommended by z2m version, which is 7.4.1. ... and z2m didn't start after this. I tried many things, with removing the backup file from z2m folder, rebooting the VM and so on. Finally I have rebooted the machine and re-plug the dongle to different USB port. From this moment it is working.
Great tutorial like always!
Perfecte uitleg zoals altijd. Maar heb een P versie van deze dongle. Moet deze ook naar de nieuwe firmware worden geflashed? En zo ja, hoe doe ik dat dan? Alvast bedankt!
I put latest zigbee firmware on my E because my P started playing up (incoming sensors perfect. Nothing outgoing.) so I thought I’d try reinstalling the firmware on the P but the bootloader button didn’t work. Had an E with thread firmware on it but as thread hasn’t taken off I didn’t mind too much converting it to zigbee. Get lots of network connection errors in Zigbee2MQTT about too many hops, but in blue not red and it functions fine. My question is do you think it’s worth trying the python script to put the P in bootloader mode and trying to resurrect it or shall I just bin (recycle) it? Going to see now if Zigbee2MQTT still has the E in developer mode.
There are some issues with adding new devices for some users running the ember firmware. If you see the error:
zh:ember: Delivery of BROADCAST failed for "65533"
You'll need to switch back to ezsp
Hello, I'm currently using Firmware: 7.3.1.0 build 0 working with Matter and ZHA and it works well. Are you suggest to update to v 7.4.2.0 anyway?
Bonjour 👋 Merci pour vos explications 👍😉
Is it safe/wise to use the latest version
ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.3.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl
?
Or stick to the one you use in the video?
Louis
geweldige video, erg leerzaam. maar heb toch een error.. Error while starting zigbee-herdsman ..is deze configuratie ook geschikt voor een HA Yellow? mssh is dat het probleem?
Delete the z2m backup file and try starting it again.
Word of caution when updating to the new ember firmware. I spent hours trying to get Z2M to load after updating my Dongle E. Turns out that for whatever reason if you have an old Z2M coordinator backup lying around that for whatever reason Z2M will continue to try to load the old firmware preventing it from starting. I solved this issue by simply deleting the old backup after which all was well.
Hello please advise where this back up is stored so I can delete it, thanks
@@NPAB1066 To be clear it is actually the coordinator backup that I deleted. This is found in the Zigbee2MQTT folder in the Home Assistant directory. You can easily get to it using the file editor integration if you have it installed.
@@NPAB1066 same , how to fix it
@@NPAB1066 ok very simple , just delete coordinator_backup.json in your /zigbee2mqtt/data folder
do a backup just in case , worked first try for me
Found the backup in the zigbee2mqtt config file, deleted all devices came back but were not connected gave up and reinterview 35 devices😢
are there any benefits after updating? I cant sense any difference until now.
I don't know. I only know that this firmware will be supported in the future and the old ezsp firmware will not be supported anymore.
@@SmartHomeJunkie okay.. for me it still worked
Weer een mooie video, ik de Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 zonder E, welke firmware heb ik dan nodig
Dat is geen ezsp stick
Does this also work for the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-P?
Thanks for the video! I had the configuration of zigbee2mqtt set to adapter: ezsp. Right after plugging the dongle back into my Homeassistant server I changed it to adapter: ember and restarted the Z2M-Integration. I got this following error: "Error: [BACKUP] Current backup file is from an unsupported EZSP version" after trying different things for a while I found the solution: Start Zigbee2MQTT with the EZSP-driver (adapter: ezsp) and let it run a few minutes. After ~ 10 minutes I changed adapter: ember and restarted. Then it worked. Maybe this helps someone else too :)
I was wondering though: Why did you chose the "...zbdonglee-115200.gbl" not the "...zbdongle-230400.gbl" file? Both have the same version number 7.4.2.0. What's the difference between those?
Thanks for this video.
Do you still have time to play the guitar? I imagine nearly all your time goes into the preparation, recording and editing of videos.
You are correct. Every video costs me at least 24 hours to create.
Helaas lukt het mij niet. Ik heb in chrome de driver geïnstalleerd en op connect geklikt. De dongle wordt wel gevonden. Maar na klikken op "verbinding maken" duurt een ongeveer een minuut en krijg ik steeds foutmelding dat er geen verbinding kan worden gemaakt. Het zelfde geprobeerd onder Edge en tevens op een andere pc. De dongle werkt wel op Home Assistant voor IKEA afstandsbedieningen. Maar kan ook niet goed verbinden met thermostaat kranen voor de CV. Waarschijnlijk iets mis met mijn dongle. :( Alsnog bedankt voor je instructie video.
Bedankt voor de tip, ik heb dan maar onmiddellijk de update gedaan voor het niet meer werkt :)
Good choice!
Hello my man. I want to go back to EZSP firmware. How can I do this? Can you give me a link please? Thanks
Why do you want to go back? It's no longer supported by Zigbee2MQTT.
How can I check the firmware version currently installed?
Thank you for this 👏
The flash page doesn't find the device serial port. I get this message after searching:
If you are using Windows or macOS, install the Silicon Labs CP2102 driver.
I try to download the drivers, but I get error that I do not have access to the downloads. I'm kind of stuck at the moment. (Update: Opened this page from the flash page on Edge instead of Chrome, and it showed the correct downloads.)
Thanks. Worked just fine.
So I am using the Sonoff ZBDongle-E but everything works fine within HA. I guess I did mod it with the Silicon Labs Thread for the multibroadcast. Is that why it still works fine? Anything I need to do here?
As far as I understand ezsp is deprecated. That means, it will not work in the (near) future, but until now it still works. You (and I) have to updrade the dongle before this day.
Hello, just followed the instructions updated firmware all ok rebooted my x86 updated the config to ember but when I go to Z2MQTT all 35 devices have gone......had to go back to older firmware and ezsp any idea what I have done wrong ...please
I have a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus running ZHA. I have been 100% happy for a couple of years now. I don't want anything to change and I don;t want MQTT. Do I have to upgrade any firmware? If so what do I do?
Im also interested in this. Please write what you come up with.
thanks! very helpfull and easy to do!
I wanted to update my Sonoff (starting from scratch with Home Assistant btw) and it looks like the latest FW is: ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.3.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl. Is that one good to go? :)
Dennis
Did you use the ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.3.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl version?
And did it work just like the ncp-uart-hw-v7.4.2.0-zbdonglee-115200.gbl
version?
Louis
He Ed, I have the P and the E version. Does this also apply for the P version? And what to do if you use the E version as a router?
I'm interested to know if this works with the P version as well. I've been having real issues recently with Z2M. Devices just stop responding after a couple of hours from a restart. Have tried updating and downgrading but it makes no difference
The P version has a different Zigbee chip than the E so they won’t use the same firmware. I’m pretty sure there is a video on this channel about updating the P-firmware.
I'm like you in that my coordinator is a Dongle P and I have a couple of Dongle Es as routers. Also interested to know if this can be done on the P and do my E routers need to run the new Ember firmware?
@@daveforrester61 any update if it can be used as a router?
How do you know what .gbl file to get? What is the difference between 115200 and 230400?
So that’s why my Zigbee2MQTT died. I’ve been through a proper faff switching it all to ZHA.
come back to the dark side
Very unlikely it died because of the warning now. Old version will work as well for a good time. Either you auto update to latest beta or something else is wrong with your zigbee network.
Thanks for the video. I am trying to update a new Sonoff Dongle E I just purchased but the online firmware flasher can't seem to recognise the dongle. I keep getting the same error message :
Connection failed
The running firmware could not be detected.
Make sure the USB port works and if you are using a USB extension cable, make sure the cable can transfer data. Unplug the Sonoff ZBDongle-E and plug it back in to reset and try again.
I see a few others seem to have the issue but can't seem to find a solution.
Can anyone help ? Thanks
Have you tried the ZigStar Silicon Labs firmware flasher add-on in HA ?!
I'm having the same issue. Did you end up finding a solution? I've been working at this for days now and starting to give up
@@TheSweMusicMan Not sure about the OP but this isn't suitable for my dongle, since it doesnt support the EFR32MG21 chip
@@nunyabiznes80085 What dongle do you use ?
Flashing the Sonoff Dongle E with the ZigStar Silicon Labs firmware flasher, works fine here.
@@nunyabiznes80085 What dongle do you use ?
Flashing the Sonoff Dongle E with the ZigStar Silicon Labs firmware flasher, works fine here.
Will ZHA also start requiring EMBER?
Hi - I did the update - but did not work - i tryed different versiones of the firmware - but nothing helped - UNTIL i tryed to wirte adapter: ezsp - Now one can think that somthing vent wrong with the flash with new firmware - but it went ok - how can that be ?
Danke!
Wow, thank you so much for your support!🙏🏻
Hi, Very interesting video, the flashing worked easily, but... Z2M don't want to start correctly :(
I have the message :
[06:14:13] INFO: Preparing to start...
[06:14:15] INFO: Socat not enabled
[06:14:22] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT...
Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
[2024-10-22 06:14:43] error: zh:ember:uart:ash: Received frame with CRC error
[2024-10-22 06:14:43] error: zh:ember:uart:ash: Received ERROR from adapter while connecting, with code=ERROR_EXCEEDED_MAXIMUM_ACK_TIMEOUT_COUNT.
Any idea ?
Is this only for die E-Dongle? What about the P one?
It's only for the E dongle. The P dongle is not ezsp.
Will all previous automations still work after the upload?
Yes
Is this als needed for the dongle-p?
does it show sth. like zStack3xo? As far as i understood you don't have to do anything if you have sth lik TI CC2652P + CP2102N. EZSP to EMBER is only required for chips like Silicon Labs with EFR32MG21 + CH9102F Chip
Changing the config to EMBER didn’t do anything, changing back to EZSP did the job. How can we solve this HomeJunkie 😊
Remove any backup in the Zigbee2MQTT folder and reboot the Host. So not only HA.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Ik had de naam eerst nog eens gewijzigd en nu werkte het wel. Grts uit België 🇧🇪
Is there ember firmware also if used as router?
I am also running one E as router and one as coordinator. Looking for some clarity on the same
After updating, all of my previous devices are gone. I restored the database file and it shows them there again, but they don't actually work. How am I supposed to get my previous devices to work?
I'm not sure what happened at your side. In my tests, the devices just kept working.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I tried everything, had to just reset and re-pair everything.
Спасибо большое!!!
NOTE:. In version 1.3, Sonoff's google didn't work, the web flash doesn't find the dongle.
i used to use one of those sonoff things but then it crapped out on me. now i use a conbee 2.
Hallo, danke für deine tollen Videos. Ist das Protokoll so richtig?
[ 20:33:13] INFO: Vorbereitungen zum Start... [ 20:33:13] INFO: Socat nicht aktiviert [20:33:13] INFO: Starten von Zigbee2MQTT... [ 20:39:45] INFO: Vorbereitung zum Start...
[ 20:39:46] INFO: Socat nicht aktiviert
[ 20:39:49 ] INFO: Zigbee2MQTT wird gestartet.
und bei Über in Zigbee2mqtt steht dies. Koordinator-Typ
EZSP v13
Koordinator-Version 7.4.2.0 build 0
Serial habe ich auf ember geändert. Was ist da falsch?
Thanks i did this change :)
Hi ED, i get a Message the hole time if i trieb to Connect to the Firmware builder. „ The Running Firmware could not be detected“. I used every USB Port, drivers are installed, i opened the dongle and pressed reset, nothing works. Do you have any idea?
Is it the Dongle-E or the P?
@@SmartHomeJunkie its the dongle-p
@@toxiccurare9511 So there's your reason...
@@SmartHomeJunkie what i have to Do with dongle p? Only delete the coordinator_backup.json?
Same problem here and AFAIK I'm using the dongle E. =/
I did the update last week. All devices are still present, but the custom naming in z2m is gone.
I believe this was a bug, and resolved in the latest Z2M update.
thanks. Nice video
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