Ubiquiti PBE-5AC-GEN2 Firmware Invalid Version

scp aredn-3.24.6.0-ath79-generic-ubnt_powerbeam-5ac-gen2-squashfs-factory.bin admin@192.168.1.20:/tmp/factory.bin
aredn-3.24.6.0-ath79-generic-ubnt_powerbeam-5ac-gen2-squashfs-factory.bin           100% 5697KB   1.6MB/s   00:03

C:\>ssh admin@192.168.1.20
 ___  ___
|\  \|\  \      Welcome to airOS
\ \  \\\  \
 \ \  \\\  \    PRODUCT: PowerBeam 5AC
  \ \  \\\  \   MAC: E43883ACC6C1
   \ \_______\
    \|_______|  VERSION: WA.v8.7.4.45112

WA# hexdump -Cv /bin/ubntbox | sed 's/14 40 fe 27/00 00 00 00/g' | hexdump -R > /tmp/fwupdate.real
WA# chmod +x /tmp/fwupdate.real
WA# /tmp/fwupdate.real -m /tmp/factory.bin

Invalid version 'WA.ar934x.v8.5.3-42.AREDN-r23809-234f1a2efa'

Will not install the PowerBeam 5AC Gen2 version.


Pull #14622 seems relevant.


scp aredn-3.24.6.0-ath79-generic-ubnt_litebeam-ac-gen2-squashfs-factory.bin admin@192.168.1.20:/tmp/factory.bin
aredn-3.24.6.0-ath79-generic-ubnt_litebeam-ac-gen2-squashfs-factory.bin           100% 5697KB   2.1MB/s   00:02
WA# hexdump -Cv /bin/ubntbox | sed 's/14 40 fe 27/00 00 00 00/g' | hexdump -R > /tmp/fwupdate.real
WA# chmod +x /tmp/fwupdate.real
WA# /tmp/fwupdate.real -m /tmp/factory.bin
Writing 'kernel        ' to /dev/mtd2(kernel        ) ...  [%100]
Writing 'rootfs         ' to /dev/mtd3(rootfs         ) ...  [%100]
Done

Will not boot the LiteBeam 5AC Gen2 version.

This is being resolved with Bug#1360.