[DOCUMENTATION] Links to how-to upgrade firmware on Telegesis ETRX357USB adapters?

[Hedda]

Does someone have links to step-by-step information on exactly how-to upgrade firmware on Telegesis ETRX357USB adapters?

Would be good to add links to step-by-step in bellows README.md file https://github.com/zigpy/bellows/blob/master/README.md

• Telegesis ETRX357USB (Note! This first have to be flashed with other EmberZNet firmware)
• Telegesis ETRX357USB-LRS (Note! This first have to be flashed with other EmberZNet firmware)
• Telegesis ETRX357USB-LRS+8M (Note! This first have to be flashed with other EmberZNet firmware)

Plus links in the guides to publicly available firmware images with newer EmberZNet NCP application FW image files for them?

From the info that I could find these are based on Ember EM357 (EM357x series in EM35x family) chip + has a CP210x USB-to-Serial/UART chip? These "Telegesis Legacy Modules" are effectively an RS232 to USB bridge connected to a SiLabs ETRX3 Series ZigBee module.

https://silabs-prod.adobecqms.net/support/resources.p-wireless_zigbee-and-thread_em357x-wireless-zigbee-socs

https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/reference-manuals/TG-PM-0509-ETRX358x.pdf

https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/telegesis-legacy-modules

https://www.silabs.com/support/resources.p-wireless_zigbee-and-thread_telegesis-legacy-modules

That probably means users preferably want later version of EmberZNet 6.6 / 6.6.x / 6.6.x.x if possible for EZSP v5/v6/v7 support?

@walthowd has for example posted great instructions on upgrading HUSBZB-1 https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware

PS: Submitted a PR to update bellows README.md with a general recommendation to upgrade EmberZNet firmware in #346

PPS: I am only asking this on behalf of the community as I do not actually own any Telegesis ETRX357 USB dongles myself.

[Hedda]

Telegesis ETRX357 procedure for reference (with unknown firmware image):

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/eu-usb-sticks-for-the-new-zigbee-component/16718/10

I can confirm that the ETRX357USB-LRS+8M can be flashed with an appropriate EZSP firmware without the use of any programming hardware.

So, without any guarantees (you might -but probably won’t- brick your device), here’s how:

Download the firmware. I used some random blob someone put on github that at least seemed to have the right name. What could possibly go wrong, right? 😄 https://github.com/yqyunjie/Zigbee-Project/blob/master/firmware/EmberZNet/EM35x-EZSP/build/em35x-ezsp-images/EM357/em357-ncp-uart-xon-xoff-use-with-serial-uart-bl-500.ebl?raw=true 311

(Install USB-to-serial drivers for the device. Linux will load the driver automatically when you plug in; not sure about other OSes.)

Install a serial port communication app that supports X-MODEM. (debian/ubuntu: sudo apt-get install minicom) Run it and configure it (sudo minicom -s) to use the fake serial port (/dev/ttyUSB0) at 19200 baud 8N1. Disable both hardware (RTS/CTS) and software (XON/XOFF) flow control.

Type ‘AT’ , you should get OK in response. Now type ‘AT+BLOAD’ . The device will reboot into the bootloader.

Change the baud rate in the serial port communication app setting to 115200 baud. (exit minicom using CTRL-A Q, run ‘sudo minicom -s’ again)

Pressing enter in the terminal should now show you a three-option boot loader menu. Choose option 1.

‘C’ characters will start showing. Don’t wait for this to finish, but start an X-MODEM upload of the firmware you downloaded earlier (use CTRL-A S in minicom). You have 60 seconds to start the upload.

After the upload finished, you should return to the menu. Now select option 2, to reboot into the new firmware. You’re done.

Enjoy!

[Hedda]

References on how-to upgrade EmberZNet NCP application firmware an some other Silicon Labs EM35x series Zigbee SOCs:

https://github.com/Elelabs/elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility

FYI, both Elelabs Zigbee USB Adapter EZBUSBA & Elelabs Zigbee Raspberry Pi Shield EZBPIS has EM357 Silicon Labs MCU inside.

https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware/

@walthowd has instructions on upgrading Linear / Nortek HUSBZB-1 which has an EM3581 / EM358x series (also EM35x family).

[macfly92]

Hi, this is my report on my recent experience :

My first shot was to follow the HowTo you've quoted in your second post (with unknown firmware image). It worked well and led me on EmberZNet version: 5.0.0.0 build 95 on the dongle.

@Adminiuga gave me a link to an updater for HUSBZB-1 to try to find a newer firmware for my dongle ( https://www.github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware/tree/master/Dockerfile) and I've found it :
Download http://developer.silabs.com/studio/v4/control/stacks/PrivateGA/updates/binary/com.silabs.stack.znet.v6.4.feature_root_6.4.1.0 and extract the file :
developer/sdks/gecko_sdk_suite/v2.4/protocol/zigbee/ncp-images/em357/ncp-uart-xon-xoff-use-with-serial-uart-btl-6.4.1.ebl

Use this file in place of the older one in the HowTo.

With this file the EmberZNet version is : 6.4.1.0 build 408

For me, after the first flash, I couldn't manage to get Serial AT command anymore, so I've adapted the Dockerfile to perform the firmware update of the ETRX357. This is what I've done :

Dockerfile :

FROM ubuntu:18.04

WORKDIR /tmp/silabs

RUN apt-get update \
  && apt-get install -y git wget python-pip python3-pip unzip jq qemu-user-static

RUN pip install xmodem pyserial

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/silabs

# Get firmware
RUN wget http://developer.silabs.com/studio/v4/control/stacks/PrivateGA/updates/binary/com.silabs.stack.znet.v6.4.feature_root_6.4.1.0
RUN unzip -p com.silabs.stack.znet.v6.4.feature_root_6.4.1.0 developer/sdks/gecko_sdk_suite/v2.4/protocol/zigbee/ncp-images/em357/ncp-uart-xon-xoff-use-with-serial-uart-btl-6.4.1.ebl > ncp-uart-xon-xoff-use-with-serial-uart-btl-6.4.1.ebl
RUN rm -f /tmp/silabs/com.silabs.stack.znet.v6.4.feature_root_6.4.1.0

# Get ncp.py
RUN wget http://devtools.silabs.com/solutions/apt/pool/main/s/silabs-zigbee-gateway/silabs-zigbee-gateway_2.5.0-3_armhf.deb
RUN ar x /tmp/silabs/silabs-zigbee-gateway_2.5.0-3_armhf.deb
RUN tar -xvf data.tar.gz ./opt/siliconlabs/zigbeegateway/tools/ncp-updater/ncp.py --strip-components 6 -C /tmp/silabs/
RUN rm -f silabs-zigbee-gateway_2.5.0-3_armhf.deb
RUN rm -f *.gz
RUN rm -f /tmp/silabs/debian-binary

CMD /bin/bash

Build the Docker image with :

docker build -t updatetelegesis .

Then run the container with the appropriate /dev path :

docker run --rm -it device=/dev/ttyUSB0 updatetelegesis

and, finally, perform the flash :

python ncp.py flash -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -f ncp-uart-xon-xoff-use-with-serial-uart-btl-6.4.1.ebl

If someone have a newer firmware, please provide it !
Thanks you.

[walthowd]

@macfly92 Nice job! If you look around on Github, you can find some of the newer releases:

https://github.com/search?q=em357+ncp-uart-xon-xoff-use-with-serial-uart-btl+ncp-images+in%3Apath&type=Code

But flash with caution, I locked myself out of my EM3581 this way by flashing random firmware.

EDIT: Dug around a bit more on Github and didn't turn anything up newer then the 6.4 you already had actually!

[Adminiuga]

@macfly92 send me a message on HA discord server

[macfly92]

Thanks you @walthowd for your dockerfile :) your commented lines were very helpfull.

@Adminiuga I've sent you a message on Discord.

[walthowd]

Did some testing with @macfly92 and added support for the ETRX357USB to be flashed with the docker image. Modified ncp.py to talk to these sticks and added the 6.6.5 (EZSP7 NCP firmeware)

https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware