Bulk Fibaro device firmware updates from HC2, or just working individual updates as a start.

[V33man 0]

I have 2 HCs and over 70 modules and each of these systems are driving me up the wall. Firmware updates appear to not be possible on modules at all. Firstly I should say that I am confused as to why there's no bulk update feature in HC2 - it just doesn't make any sense for you to udpate each of these modules manually.

 

In addition I am running 4.550 which I believe is the latest HC2 firmware, and it takes me on average 7-8 times to get one success with a module firmware update. It's not module specific. It's not module firmware specific either - all over the place, it appears to be just not working most of the time. I randomly get the following possible errors - Incorrect Checksum, Frame request error, Device unable to receive data, Update Interrupted - device connection lost, and the most annoying one of all - update failed - update aborted by user... when I'm sitting there waiting patiently for it.

 

As an additional note: All the modules are Fibaro. I don't have non-fibaro-based devices in the system (yet).

 

At this stage I feel like ripping it all out. The most annoying part is the biggest install is at a friend of mine's house - he's disabled so living independently without the system is going to be a challenge.

 

I had a hell of a time the last couple of months before the 4.550 update to add Fibaro modules to the same system as well... it looks like the latest update resolved that now.

 

If you read this and have any advice that could help resolve the update issues permanently that would be great.

[akatar 208]

@V33man When someone needs the system and he has a working system, don't update

 

never update a working system, only if you need the update, else don't

[V33man 0]

1 minute ago, akatar said:

@V33man When someone needs the system and he has a working system, don't update

 

never update a working system, only if you need the update, else don't

 

Thanks @akatar but I have found specifically for the RGBW modules sometimes when you turn them on for some reason on firmware 25.x it doesn't always start at the same brightness/colour they were on prior when you next turn them on (without any power disruption/scenes causing this) which is why I started the task of updating. The 26.x firmware resolved that as far as I could see but again, due to the steep amount of time i never got to update a bunch of the ones running 25.x

 

Also, working in IT means I can only imagine having an issue with a system that's running out of date firmware and contacting Fibaro support with them advising that I should go through the process of updating, before they triage it. The point is not me trying to update the devices - rather that the update process doesn't appear to be working most of the time.

 

Does anyone else have similar issues with updates?

[Stiven 53]

Hello,

 

I had a similar issue where I had more than 80 uptades shown in the natification panel and when I tried to uptade the devices, they would all fail. It appears that the device needs to be really close to the controller so I ended up moving my HC2 in every room to uptade every single device, which took me like a full day.