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Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

Last post 05-06-2008 11:21 PM by Chris Walker (CT). 30 replies.
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  • 03-31-2008 12:17 AM

    Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    The ControlThink Z-Wave USB Adapter currently ships with Z-Wave v4.22 "installer" firmware.

    Today, we have the first update available: Z-Wave v4.25.

    What's new in Z-Wave v4.25 (since v4.22):

    • New Z-Wave "Silent Acknowledgment" improves relay speed by almost 2x (when routing through devices with this feature)
    • Improved reverse-routing reliability when responding to incoming requests
    • Network rediscovery tweak (for optimize and repair network feature)
    • Misc. Z-Wave bug fixes

    Thanks!

    Chris
    ControlThink

    NOTE: The feature list is largely provided by Zensys and is provided here for convenience only.  ControlThink cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided here.

  • 04-03-2008 8:41 PM In reply to

    • jbray2
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    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    No problem... I'll take a crack at it.

    John

  • 04-03-2008 8:54 PM In reply to

    • mdiehl
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    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Still waiting:)
  • 04-03-2008 11:43 PM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    What are the differences in versions?

  • 04-04-2008 6:35 PM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    You know I am always in. :)

    visit: www.zwaveworld.com
  • 04-05-2008 5:16 AM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Sorry to keep you all waiting. 

    Here's the download link:
    http://www.controlthink.com/downloads/thinkstick/update/setup.exe

    Please report on your success/failure here.  This is our v1.0 release candidate (build 8).

    The file includes the Z-Wave v4.25 (installer) firmware update.  This is a highly-recommended update for all ThinkStick owners.

    Chris

  • 04-05-2008 8:55 AM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

     Sucess!

  • 04-05-2008 9:29 AM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Can you guys who are doing the firmware upgrade try and Join an existing network and run the Disaster recovery? I tried this and I am having lots of problems.

    visit: www.zwaveworld.com
  • 04-05-2008 10:48 AM In reply to

    • mdiehl
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    • Joined on 07-26-2006
    • Chillicothe, Ohio
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    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Trouble connecting and will not "join existing network". Having lots of trouble connecting to the Stick with Thinkessentials(Pro), re-plugging helped once or twice, but lots of problems there. When trying to join another network and download, the Stick/software would not "see" the stick. Re-flashed the stick with the 4.25 updater, and it said the firmware was corrupted or missing, but re-flashed OK according to the Updater.
  • 04-05-2008 10:52 AM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    That's exactly what I am experiencing as well.

    visit: www.zwaveworld.com
  • 04-05-2008 11:14 AM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Thank you guys for your excellent sleuthing skills.  There's a small bug in the build 8 software which we've corrected.

    We're re-doing the setup image and reposting.  I'll post a message when the update is live.

    [BTW, you all are great beta testers.  If everything works for you with the new build, we'll go ahead and release it publicly.]

    Chris

  • 04-05-2008 11:50 AM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Okay, the update is live, and it will automatically upgrade your current installation.

    Here's the download link:
    http://www.controlthink.com/downloads/thinkstick/update/setup.exe

    You will want to reflash any ThinkSticks you flashed with the old tool; this new build should flash them properly.

    Please report on your success/failure here.  This is our v1.0.1 release candidate (build 9).

    Chris

  • 04-05-2008 12:15 PM In reply to

    • mdiehl
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    • Joined on 07-26-2006
    • Chillicothe, Ohio
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    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    All better now:) re-flashed the Stick and seems to be working fine now. Tried an "optimize" and "join network", worked OK. Operation seems normal on everything else.
  • 04-05-2008 2:25 PM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    It's still not working for me. :(

    visit: www.zwaveworld.com
  • 04-05-2008 7:12 PM In reply to

    Re: Upgrade your USB stick to Z-Wave v4.25...

    Townshend:

    What are the differences in versions?

    Enhanced routing speed with Z-Wave v4.25+ devices is the big one.  The traffic during routing is cut down almost in half--which means that everything just happens "faster."

    Chris

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