{"id":3140,"date":"2024-06-14T11:17:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creatingsmarthome.com\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2024-06-14T11:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:17:05","slug":"guide-flashing-sonoff-zigbee-usb-3-0-zbdongle-e-to-use-ember-firmware-with-z2m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creatingsmarthome.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/guide-flashing-sonoff-zigbee-usb-3-0-zbdongle-e-to-use-ember-firmware-with-z2m\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Flashing Sonoff ZigBee USB 3.0 ZBDongle-E to use Ember firmware with Z2M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve used the original EZNet 6.10.3 firmware with the Sonoff ZBDongle-E<\/a> since taking the coordinator in use. Recently I found Frient ZigBee air quality sensor<\/a> for sale on Amazon and decided to give it a try, but while pairing with my ZigBee coordinator I bumped into an issue: the sensor won’t get discovered with my ZigBee dongle using Z2M<\/a>. There reason is that EZNet 6.10.3 is not officially supported by the Z2M<\/a> anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No worries though, there’s a better and newer firmware called ember that can be flashed to ZBDongle-E<\/strong> running on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 chip. This should solve the support problem, in theory at least, so it’s time to give it a go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: this operation won’t clear your paired ZigBee devices and you can use the ember firmware without requiring to pair\/configure every device again!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the firmware<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all a proper firmware needs to be download, obviously. At the time of writing this post the latest NCP Ember FW is v7.4.2.0<\/a>. I’d suggest to check for the GitHub page<\/a> for more recent version if available. What you want’t to look is NCP part for zbdongle-e with 115200 baud rate. Those are named as “ncp-uart-hw-vX.X.X.X-zbdonglee-115200.gbl” at the GitHub page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After downloading the proper (latest) firmware file, continue to the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashing the ZBDongle-E<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Disconnect the ZBDongle-E from the Home Assistant device and connect it to the PC or Mac you downloaded the firmware on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firmware can be flashed directly using web application at https:\/\/darkxst.github.io\/silabs-firmware-builder\/<\/a> by using a compatible browser like Chrome or Edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll down to ZBDongle-E section and press ‘connect<\/em>‘. Select used USB port and press ‘change firmware<\/em>‘ and choose ‘upload your own firmware<\/em>‘. Select the firmware you downloaded and press ‘install<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flashing should now be running. Don’t disconnect the dongle or close the browser until flashing is completed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Re-configure Z2M parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now it’s time to re-connect the ZigBee USB Dongle back to Home Assistant device. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter your Home Assistant instance and go to ‘settings -> add-ons<\/em>‘. Select ZigBee2MQTT<\/em> and enter ‘configuration<\/em>‘ tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to ‘serial<\/em>‘ section and change the adapter from ‘ezsp<\/em>‘ to ‘ember<\/em>‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

adapter: ember<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
That’s it! Just restart your ZigBee2MQTT add-on and enjoy your Z2M supported firmware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The EZNet firmware is few years old already and has issues with some recent ZigBee devices like Frient air quality sensor (AQSZP-110)<\/a>. The Ember firmware did resolve this compatibility issue totally and running very stable without issues what-so-ever at least on my ZigBee mesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suggest everyone to replace the EZNet firmware with the lates Ember without any doubts. It won’t even lose your old ZigBee data and the best thing: no device re-pairing or device re-configuration is needed<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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