Introduction
How to update the firmware of Conbee II Zigbee stick using gcfflasher on Archlinux ARM (Raspberry 4).
Build gcfflasher
Use this AUR package to build gcfflasher
Use yay (recommended)
$ yay -S gcfflasher
Via makepkg
$ mkdir ~/build
$ cd ~/build
$ wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gcfflasher.tar.gz
$ tar xf gcfflasher.tar.gz
$ cd gcfflasher
$ makepkg -i
If the following error occur:
==> ERROR: gcfflasher is not available for the 'aarch64' architecture.
use:
$ makepkg -i --ignorearch
or modify the PKGBUILD:
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 3044731..961f4f0 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pkgname=gcfflasher
pkgver=4.0.3_beta
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Tool to program the firmware of dresden elektronik's Zigbee products."
-arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h')
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
url="https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/gcfflasher"
license=(BSD)
depends=(libgpiod)
Get latest firmware file
Download the latest firmware from https://deconz.dresden-elektronik.de/deconz-firmware/:
[...]
deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF 15-May-2022 23:40 163244
deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF.md5 15-May-2022 23:41 69
[...]
Download (+ the md5 file):
$ wget https://deconz.dresden-elektronik.de/deconz-firmware/deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF{,.md5}
Check the integrity of deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF:
$ md5sum deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF -c deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF.md5
deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF: OK
Flashing
Check if the stick is listed:
$ GCFFlasher -l
1 devices found
DEV [0]: name: ConBee_II (DE2472043),path: /dev/ttyACM0 --> /dev/serial/by-id/usb-dresden_elektronik_ingenieurtechnik_GmbH_ConBee_II_DE2472043-if00
Flash
$ sudo GCFFlasher -d /dev/ttyACM0 -f deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF
read file success: deCONZ_ConBeeII_0x26780700.bin.GCF (163244 bytes)
flash firmware
command reset done
retry connect bootloader /dev/ttyACM0
query bootloader id V1
bootloader detected (60)
100 %ding ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
done, wait validation...
firmware successful written