When should I take the steps to perform a firmware update on my boards?
My inclination is to always be running the latest version of software/firmware, but am looking for some guidance here. Thank you!
-peter-
On our newest firmware platform (ESPHome firmware), every time you make changes to the device settings in the app, it’s effectively doing a firmware update. After changing your device settings in the Konnected app and clicking on “Build now”, we generate and build a firmware binary specifically for your device, and then deliver it to the device over the network via the app. This always pulls in the latest firmware framework and project version.
The ESPHome framework is the underlying firmware development framework that we use under-the-hood. The ESPHome project releases framework updates monthly, and the releases are named by the month and year in which they’re released, i.e. 2024.12.1 is the second framework release in December 2024 (the first is 2024.12.0).
The Konnected project version represents the version of Konnected’s device-specific configuration for your hardware. We follow a semantic versioning scheme, for example version 1.1.2 means 1st major release, 1st minor update, and 2nd patch update. When you customize and build your firmware in the app, we append a build digit, for example 1.1.2.5 which would mean the 5th build (specific to this device) running on project version 1.1.2.
When we add features or fixes to our device configuration, they’re published at konnected-esphome/releases and you should see a banner in the app on the device info page telling you that there’s a new version.
So, long story short … if everything is working great, don’t worry too much about updating the firmware. When we have new features or bug fixes, consider updating if you want/need the new functionality. The monthly ESPHome releases are generally not too significant for the specific capabilities of the framework that we’re using, so no need to rush to update every single month.
Thanks for the detailed response - that is helpful.
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