How to check dongle firmware version

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My dongle froze up yesterday. I’m wondering if I need to upgrade the firmware. I see on this thread http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=2857.0 that there is a new firmware, but my system is pretty new.

Is there a way to find out the current version of the dongle firmware? I don’t want to go through this procedure if I’m using the latest firmware already…

Thanks!

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I don’t know, if you are using UI3 but when using UI2 go to:
Setup/devices/z-wave press the button “more z-wave options”

There you can see the version of the dongle.
The newest one is 2.78 L:1

Hope this helps

Umtauscher

3

Thanks! Looks like I have the latest firmware.

Hope it doesn’t get wedged too often. :slight_smile:

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I’m not sure if that’s the whole story, my dongle reported that same number before and after I flashed it with the new firmware even though the dongle lights have behaved differently so I know there was a change, can anyone say if the reported firmware number is supposed to change with the dongle update?

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I just can say, that my version changed from 2.20 to 2.78 after flashing.

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I can confirm pgrover516’s observation:

Flashing my dongle didn’t change the version reported by Vera (IIRC: 2.78 L:1),
but did change the behaviour of my dongle (blinking dongle light →
dongle light almost always on).

BTW, firmware upgrades for the Aeon Labs stick are available from:
http://www.aeon-labs.com/ → Support → Update → Update - Z-Stick Series 2 / Update - Z-Stick Lite

Please note that there is an US and an EU firmware version!

As of 2010-03-02 11:00 UTC:
The files from the Aeon Labs site for “Z-Stick Series 2” and “Z-Stick Lite” are the same,
but the US and EU files differ.

The official MCV recommendation (US firmware) is:
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=2857.0

This firmware file (http://www.aeon-labs.com/Z-Stick_US_502P3_091124.exe)
is different from the official version available from the Aeon Labs site - but all firmware
files are labeled “5.02 P3” …

EU firmware thread: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=2859.0
(Z-Stick_EU_502P3_091124.exe and Z-Stick_EU_502P3_091214.exe are the same)

Wiki page: http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/ZWave_Dongle

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Well my dongle got wedged again. Since the light is almost always flashing, maybe I should try to upgrade it even though Vera reports 2.78 L1.

Just woke up at 2:30am to find the furnace going full blast as the Vera missed the “night temp” scene. Joy.

Thanks for all the great feedback.