Firmware upgrades when using ZWave JS

[DoinitSideways]

Hi All,

I have my pi running zwave JS in docker for my razberry 7 pro.

Currently running 7.28 and want to upgrade to 7.36.

Do i need to install ZWay on my Pi??

If so, do i need to stop the docker container with zwave JS, install ZWay, update the module, remove zway and then restart my docker container?

[seattleneil]

The sequence of steps you listed looks correct. I can think of 2 alternate approaches you might want to consider:

1. Don't remove ZWay, just stop it and don't let it start automatically before you switch to ZWave JS (use systemctl stop z-way-server; systemctl disable z-way-server). If/when you need to use ZWay again, you'll only need to stop the docker container for ZWave JS and start ZWay.

2. If you're using HA, you can use ZWay instead of ZWaveJS. ZWay has a web socket based integration to HA (see: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zwave_me/).

Please reply with your reason(s) for using ZWaveJS instead of ZWay since it could help ZWay developers and forum users.

[DoinitSideways]

Hi Neil,

I tried installing ZWay using the docker method and it fails to install and i gave up.

Im trying to work it out again now.

I went zwave.js as it was the main recommendation form the HA forum, and seemed more widely used and has more users to ask questions of. I even contacted the author Lando diretly with questions and he helped me sort them out.

I had poor experiences when i had ZWay using the homekit plugin and found it a clunky piece of software to use, zwave js is light and i find easier to use.

Anyway, its now just about trying to update the Razberry firmware...

[lanbrown]

Did you try the Z-Way docker add-on for Home Assistant? I have that running on 5 systems.

Go here:
https://z-wave.me/z-way/download-z-way/

Scroll down to the Home Assistant portion and add the add-on. This will be Z-Way in a docker running under Home Assistant OS. Then you can use the integration to have the Z-Wave devices in Z-Way show up in Home Assistant.

[DoinitSideways]

HA is on another device (a NUC). Will it connect to zway running on seperately on a Pi4B with razberry7pro hat?

[lanbrown]

Yes. The integration just needs an API/token key and the IP address and port used for management. I generated a long lived token just for HA.