Autostart Deconz Headless On Boot; Notes On Custom Firmware; Gcfflasher; Installation - dresden elektronik RaspBee Series User Manual

User Manual
Version 1.6
2017-12-10

6.1.5. Autostart deCONZ headless on boot

Use this to start deCONZ on each boot in a headless environment, without a running X11 or
VNC server.
1. Enable deCONZ systemd headless service
$ sudo systemctl enable deconz
6.2.

Notes on custom firmware

For communication between RPi and Raspberry, set the UART speed to 38400 baud
preferably. To upload the firmware or recover the ZigBee firmware, use GCFFlasher
Notes: When using the JTAG interface, do not touch sensitive EEPROM areas (Bootloader
control section, ZigBee firmware settings, NV-section containing i.e. MAC address)
unless you are absolutely sure what you are doing.
Please also note that dresden elektronik will neither provide firmware images of the
bootloader nor support restoring the bootloader or EEPROM once overwritten.
6.3.

GCFFlasher

GCFFlasher is a command line tool for which can be used to update the RaspBee firmware
without additional programming hardware. It is also used by deCONZ if the ZigBee firmware
needs to be updated.
GCFFlasher accepts firmware files in binary file format and in dresden elektronik proprietary
GCF file format. There is no EEPROM programming support within GCFFlasher. EEPROM
programming must be done within your application code. Please note that modifying the
EEPROM may cause irreversibly damage to your RaspBee board. Use with care.
GCFFlasher also provides the option '-r' to set the target device into reset state.

6.3.1. Installation

1. Download GCFFlasher
$ wget http://www.dresden-
elektronik.de/rpi/gcfflasher/gcfflasher-latest.deb
2. Install GCFFlasher
Important: This step might print some errors due missing dependencies;
that's expected and will be fixed afterwards in the step 3.
$ sudo dpkg -i gcfflasher-latest.deb
3. Install missing dependencies:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install –f

6.3.2. Commands

The GCFFlasher command description is available by start the program:
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Images of the ZigBee Firmware are available in the download section on http://www.dresden-
elektronik.de
www.dresden-elektronik.de
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