After updating to deCONZ v2.33.2 I checked out the OTA update feature after consolidating Zigbee OTA Updates and GitHub - dresden-elektronik/deconz-ota-plugin: Server side implementation of the standard Zigbee OTA protocol. · GitHub.
Good experience:
- Philips Hue based smart plugs worked without any issue
- IKEA Tradfri remote worked without any issue (besided the fact it took 100 minutes for the update to upload)
- One Aqara light bulb seems to have been updated, but firmware/version information is completely unchanged
All other smart plugs which seem to be Tuya based usually don’t finish: after 100 % upload they don’t switch to “Done” but to “Queued” and retry the update process until one aborts it.
For two such devices the update worked:
- BlitzWolf BW-SHP13 (_TZ3000_g5xawfcq, TS0121) with 0x00000041 (v1.0.1) updating to 0x00000041 (v?)
- Lidl SilverCrest Smart Plug EU (_TZ3000_j1v25l17, TS011F) with 0x00000044 (v1.0.4) updating to 0x00000046 (v1.0.4)
After the update plus many minutes of waiting, I discovered
- the plugs got switched off
- they can not be switched on again, neither remotely nor by using the physical buttons, the relais is completely dead
- but they can be paired and are reachable via ZigBee
So in general they are bricked. Waste of electronics. The bad thing is: after the BW-SHP13 got bricked, I replaced that smart plug by the Lidl SilverCrest one - completely new, never used, just unpacked. After pairing I thought well give it a try and updated it too. Well. What a waste of time and money.
No idea why deCONZ updates break certain rather likely Tuya based smart plugs. But I’ll return to my “If it ain’t broken, never ever update ZigBee devices using deCONZ” philosophy for now.
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