Errors during boot on Alarm Panel Pro

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My newly installed device doesn’t see the ethernet, and looking at the error log during boot I see the following:

[21:33:05][D][light:058]:   Color mode: 
[21:33:05][C][light:021]: Running setup for 'Warning Beep'
[21:33:05][D][light:052]: 'Warning Beep' Setting:
[21:33:05][D][light:058]:   Color mode: 
[21:33:05][D][text_sensor:069]: 'ESPHome Version': Sending state '2025.7.5'
[21:33:05][C][ethernet:057]: Running setup
[21:33:06][D][esp-idf:000]: E (1500) eth_phy_802_3: esp_eth_phy_802_3_pwrctl(250): power up timeout
[21:33:06][D][esp-idf:000]: E (1500) eth_phy_802_3: esp_eth_phy_802_3_basic_phy_init(433): power control failed
[21:33:06][D][esp-idf:000]: E (1501) rtl8201: rtl8201_init(167): failed to init PHY
[21:33:06][D][esp-idf:000]: E (1501) esp_eth: esp_eth_driver_install(229): init phy failed
[21:33:06][E][ethernet:230]: ETH driver install error: (-1) ESP_FAIL
[21:33:06][E][component:194]: ethernet was marked as failed
[21:33:06][E][component:286]: ethernet set Error flag: unspecified
[21:33:06][D][binary_sensor:026]: 'Zone 1': New state is ON
[21:33:06][D][binary_sensor:026]: 'Zone 2': New state is ON

Is this a faulty device? Reflashing makes no difference.

Jason

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Earlier versions of the Alarm Panel Pro (hardware revision 1.7 and older) used a different Ethernet controller (LAN8720).

Please verify the hardware revision of your panel. The version number is printed on the front of the board underneath the logo.

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I am getting this same error - “eth driver install error”. Log attached below and my board is a 1.7.

I was finally getting around to upgrading the firmware from legacy to ESPHome. I entered the zones and clicked the reflash button and was never able to get it back on my network.

[17:38:15][I][logger:121]: Log initialized
[17:38:15][C][safe_mode:084]: Unsuccessful boot attempts: 2
[17:38:15][D][esp32.preferences:149]: Writing 1 items: 0 cached, 1 written, 0 failed
[17:38:15][I][app:073]: Running through setup()
[17:38:15][C][component:173]: Setup preferences took 0ms
[17:38:15][D][text_sensor:085]: ‘Device ID’: Sending state ‘94e686c866c4’
[17:38:16][D][text_sensor:085]: ‘Project version’: Sending state ‘1.2.1.1’
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup esphome.coroutine took 1ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup template.text_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup template.text_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup uptime.sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup status_led.light took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup script took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][D][switch:024]: ‘Siren’ Turning OFF.
[17:38:16][D][switch:063]: ‘Siren’: Sending state OFF
[17:38:16][D][switch:024]: ‘Siren’ Turning OFF.
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.switch took 11ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.binary_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.binary_sensor took 1ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup gpio.binary_sensor took 1ms
[17:38:16][D][status_led:039]: ‘blue_status_led’: Setting initial state
[17:38:16][D][status_led:050]: ‘blue_status_led’: Setting state OFF
[17:38:16][D][light:089]: ‘blue_status_led’ Setting:
[17:38:16][D][light:095]: Color mode:
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup light took 20ms
[17:38:16][D][text_sensor:085]: ‘ESPHome Version’: Sending state ‘2025.10.4’
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup version.text_sensor took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup restart.button took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup globals took 0ms
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup web_server_base took 0ms
[17:38:16][D][esp-idf:000]: E (1620) rtl8201: rtl8201_init(165): wrong chip ID
[17:38:16][D][esp-idf:000]: E (1621) esp_eth: esp_eth_driver_install(229): init phy failed
[17:38:16][E][ethernet:045]: ETH driver install error: (-1) ESP_FAIL
[17:38:16][E][component:211]: ethernet was marked as failed
[17:38:16][E][component:314]: ethernet set Error flag: unspecified
[17:38:16][C][component:173]: Setup ethernet took 330ms

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Did you select the correct hardware version?

The message ‘wrong chip ID’ suggests it’s not recognising the rtl8201 on your device.

Make sure it’s not a v1.5-1.7, as that’s different firmware.

Oh, sorry, I see you stated it’s v1.7. Did you accidentally use v1.8? If the device chip itself fails you’ll get an error “E (1501) rtl8201: rtl8201_init(167): failed to init PHY”, so it does look like a version mismatch somewhere.

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Sorry, I forgot to reply to this, as your tech support emailed me.

No, it wasn’t a version mismatch and it was a brand new v1.8. It turns out the ethernet interface had died, so I was sent a replacement device.

Thanks

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No… I made sure I chose the 1.7 option. After trying that a few times I thought about trying the 1.8 just to see, but since I had no clue what that would do I ultimately thought better of it. :slight_smile:

Also, as alluded to above, if I start the flash process over it will come back until I go back into the app and click the reflash firmware button.

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Just figured out the issue… In the settings when buiilding the zones, there is the setting for network version. That defaulted to 1.8 apparently and when I changed it to 1.7 and older and rebuilt it, it worked. Sorry for the false alarm but hopefully this helps someone else along the way.

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