Inovelli Firmware Updater Driver Brickfest

FYI I would advise people who want to update their Inovelli devices DO NOT use this driver. It will brick your device if using the incorrect firmware or may also brick if something goes wrong.

I would use a Z-Wave stick with the Silicon Devices application to do it. Supposedly the new C-7 hub has it built in but I can't verify if it works properly. There is no way to restore these devices other than to re-flash the firmware which cannot be done by users.

I'm sorry that your devices got bricked, but there's been a multitude of devices, including many iNovelli devices, which have been updated using @bcopeland's z-wave firmware updater on C-5, C-4, and C-3 hubs. So, device bricking would not appear to be a consistently common observation.

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There are also some that have been bricked. Perhaps there is a hash verification on the new firmware but if a user inadvertently uses the wrong firmware it will happen. I believe that may have been in my case but it started to flash then hung-up after waiting over an hour and never completed updating and destroyed my dimmer.

Then surely it's user error?

I've bricked my aeotec dimmer, using a aeotec stick, but the wrong aeotec software, no bodies fault except mine.

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Negative.. There are safeguards built into the firmware update process that prevent this..

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Do as you wish.. but the process is the same.. Nothing different from the way PC Controller and stick does it vs the software..

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I just accidentally flashed an Inovelli On/Off with a Dimmer firmware.....Bricked :frowning:

Damn that sucks sorry man, Are you sure it's bricked? I found it hard to brick them. Pull the Air-gap on the switch, should bring it back.

Nope, pulled it a few time. Even shut off the breaker for 10 minutes. Just dead.

I’m REALLY surprised there’s no safeguard for how expensive they are. I opened a ticket with them to see if there's anything to do.

I submitted a ticket to inovelli about this but they wont replace the device or do anything for me. They said their warranty doesn't cover bad firmware flashes.

Pretty crappy that these arguably over-price devices (ie Zooz with an added LED) dont have simple protection from flashing the wrong firmware.

Zwave doesn't have a method for identifying a "correct" firmware for a device during the OTA process. It can check manufacturer and the firmware ID but those don't prevent you from flashing another device's firmware from the same manufacturer. It also has checksum verification to make sure the data isn't corrupt. It would be nice if there were additional checks in the Zwave specification, but there aren't. Its on you to make sure you're choosing the correct firmware image to flash for each particular device.

I also wouldn't expect Inovelli to replace a device that you damaged. Warranties are to cover manufacturing defects, not accidents.

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All I'm saying is, if I try to flash a Zooz Zen23 firmware to a Zooz Zen71 device...it wont let me.

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