#ZBDongle-E firmware problems

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cloud garnet
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Hi all, I've asked this question in the Zigbee2MQTT Discord, but I thought I'd try my luck here as well.

I'm having a hell of a time with my ZBDongle-E and I'm hoping someone can help. I've had it running for a couple of years on 7.1.x firmware with z2m on Home Assistant. I always keep all the HA software up to date, but I haven't updated the dongle for a while so I thought I'd have a try. I followed the docs and used the web utility to update to 7.4.4, but HA refused to recognise the adapter any longer. I've since spent two days flashing a dozen different images from github and other websites, using the command line flasher, the web flasher and the Silicon Labs Flasher in HA, with versions ranging from 7.2.x to 8.0.2, but the only ones I can get to work are the older 7.1.x versions, or the multiprotocol versions using the Silicon Labs Multiprotocol addon in HA. None of the later ncp versions will work. In fact as soon as I flash any of those newer images I can't even reflash new images unless I remove the cover and force the dongle into bootloader mode.

This is my current serial config in HA:

port: /dev/ttyACM0
adapter: ezsp
baudrate: 115200
rtscts: false

I've played around with every combination of those settings, trying ember instead of ezsp, different baudrates (obviously trying the baudrate specified in the filename first). No luck.

Does anyone have a known working image for 7.4.5 or 8.0.2 for the ZBDongle-E that works correctly with Z2M?

cloud garnet
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Just to add some more info, if I use the official sonoff web flasher (https://dongle.sonoff.tech/sonoff-dongle-flasher/), and I try any of their later versions of Zigbee firmware, the official flasher is no longer able to detect what the current FW is and says Unknown Firmware. As soon as I change to MultiPAN, it can detect the firmware version correctly. If I use their Zigbee 7.4.4, 7.4.3, 7.4.1 or even 6.10.3 it's no longer recognised.

Sonoff Dongle Flasher is a official Dongle firmware flashing tool for ZBDongle-E & ZBDongle-P. Supports Zigbee NCP, OpenThread and MultiPAN firmware.