How to do OTA Wave devices in Home Assistant - Z-Wave JS UI and Z-Wave JS

Starting in April 2024, all firmware updates will be automatically reported by Home Assistant. If you need to perform a manual firmware update, please refer to the guide below.

Guide utilising the Z-Wave JS UI add-on for the Over-The-Air update of Shelly Wave devices through Home Assistant.

• Open the HA Menu by selecting the Menu icon located in the top left corner.

• Within the HA Menu, choose the option "Open Z-Wave JS".

• Once the user interface (UI) has loaded, proceed to select the icon corresponding to the desired Device for the OTA.

• Click on the Advanced button

• Within the Advanced window, locate the Firmware update option and then proceed by pressing BEGIN.

• Choose the line corresponding to the Firmware file, and navigate to the location of the downloaded file on your device. Ensure the Target to update is set to 0 and press OK.

• After completing the previous step, you can navigate back to the Z-Wave JS UI, where you will be able to monitor the update's progress.

• After the update is completed, you will receive a notification.

• Following which HA will conduct the device interview again.

• Upon completion of the interview, the new firmware version will become visible in the widget of the updated device.

Guide utilising Z-Wave JS add-on for the Over-The-Air update of Shelly Wave devices through Home Assistant.

• Home Assistant

• Select Device’s & Services

• Z-wave JS devices overview

• Select your device you want to update 

• If an alternative name was given, copy and save the name on clipboard (needed later after re-adding the device, so automations won’t break)

• Click on the three dots – device firmware update

• Select the OTA file from your drive

• Firmware target - select 0

• Wait until the job is done

• Exclude the device

• Factory reset the device

• Include it again

• If an alternative name was given before, paste it from clipboard

When finished, the device is back. It is updated and works as before, only counters and custom settings are reset