Device Firmware Updater only works first time

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I have a C-8 hub running 2.4.0.151 with about 60 z-wave devices associated with it, most are S2 auth. I am having a problem with the "Device Firmware Updater" app. It seems to work once, then I try and update a second device and it stalls here:

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If I reboot the hub and try again, it usually goes through.

I've been updating my Zooz Zen76 device, which are powered and should not be "sleepy", but I have tried to disable the device first, with no success.

Has anyone else seen this?
Other than rebooting the hub, any work arounds?

thanks!

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Yes, I've mentioned it in every updater-related post I see.

A hub reboot in beween each update is necessary, or any subsequant update takes 12+ hours and may or may not complete.

@bcopeland - can this issue be fixed? If not, should @bertabcd1234 perhaps update the documentation accordingly?

ETA - but I should mention that the Updater does work like a champ overall -- all of my devices are S2, but aside from my unfortunate discovery the hard way about subsequent updates, all of my updates have gone quickly and smoothly. I just did my first one on JS yesterday, and it went great.

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@hydro311 - Thanks!

I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one. Would really love to get this fixed!

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I've experienced the same in the past...first update, usually works. Second w/out reboot, not so much. Reboot, and then things are better again. Frankly I can't remember if I was just doing a regular reboot or doing the power cycle reboot.

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I'm pretty sure I've had good luck with a plain reboot - I don't recall pulling power too.

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cc: @hydro311 @danabw

I wanted to report back on this….

I upgraded to a C-8 Pro and then switched to the ZwaveJS stack. Now I can do firmware updates without having to reset the hub, works as it should.

In general, my experience with the new zwave stack has been very positive!

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