Razberry board appears to have failed

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e-nando
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Razberry board appears to have failed

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I've been using the Razberry now for a number of months controlling lighting and heating (CT100) without problems, and are thankful for the great improvements including automation engine.

But yesterday the system stopped working and on restarting the Z-Way server it looks like the firmware in the Sigma Z-Wave chip is no longer functioning correctly:

[2013-11-30 03:34:33.789] Adding job: Get controller info and supported function classes
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.791] SENDING (cb 0x07): ( 01 03 00 07 FB )
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.802] RECEIVED ACK
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.813] RECEIVED: ( 01 2B 01 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9E CB 87 )
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.813] SENT ACK
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.813] SETDATA controller.data.APIVersion = "00.00"
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.814] SETDATA controller.data.manufacturerId = 0 (0x00000000)
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.814] SETDATA controller.data.manufacturerProductType = 0 (0x00000000)
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.814] SETDATA controller.data.manufacturerProductId = 0 (0x00000000)
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.817] SETDATA controller.data.vendor = "Sigma Designs"
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.817] Supported Function Classes:
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.817] ---------------------------
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.817] 0xf2 ZMEFreqChange
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xf3 ZMERestore
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xf4 UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xf5 UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xf8 UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xf9 UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xfa UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xfc UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.818] 0xff UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] 0x00 UNKNOWN
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] SETDATA controller.data.capabilities = int[10]
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] [00] 242
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] [01] 243
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] [02] 244
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] [03] 245
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.819] [04] 248
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] [05] 249
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] [06] 250
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] [07] 252
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] [08] 255
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] [09] 0
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] ---------------------------
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] Job 0x07 (Get controller info and supported function classes): success
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.820] Device is not compatible. Terminating...
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.821] Removing job: Get controller info and supported function classes
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.831] Worker thread exit point
[2013-11-30 03:34:33.831] Worker thread successfully finished

Is this a known (or new) problem with the board? The Razberry is on a UPS and is kept at around 18C, and the Raspberry Pi itself is operating without problem.

Is there anyway to reset the Z-Wave chip by directly writing to the ttyAMA0 device (although presumably I've lost all the network setup anyway) or do I need to RMA the device.

It's concerning that there are a number of what appear to be other reports of manufacturing issues with the daughter board and it would have been great to use an off-the-shelf Z-Wave stick in the Pi.

Please help as the Razberry is controlling most of the house!

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PoltoS
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Wow! This seems to be a big

Post by PoltoS »

Wow! This seems to be a big problem... EEPROM data is lost.

You can reset it using this:
echo -ne "x01x04x00x42x01xB8" > /dev/AMA0

If you still have your files intact, you can recover your network back.
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