Updater causes kernel panic on macOS 10.12 Sierra

[skyynet]

Just joined the OpenSprinkler folks today and wanted to update firmware of my DC 2.3 model to 2.1.6(2) as there are quite some wrong German language strings in 2.1.6(1) which I hope may be fixed. Also I’d like to update before plugging the device in the garden in a waterproof box. Unfortunately the Firmware Updater’s drivers crash my macOS 10.12 Sierra as soon as I plug in the usb cable.

Is this a known issue? I also filed an issue at the updater’s Github repository.

As I didn’t read any hint about network update in the mentioned 2.1.7 changes I’d also like to ask when this might be added as updating via usb isn’t that comfortable for a device which usually is located a long distance from your computer.

Except for this I really like the device and regret having stuck so long with my Gardena 4040.

[skyynet]

Ok, this was amazingly fast solved by ray.
Delete the usbserial.kext from the extensions dir and reinstall the new drivers from https://tzapu.com/ch340-ch341-serial-adapters-macos-sierra/

[Ray]

Thanks for reporting this problem and testing the solution. We will be refreshing the bundled driver in the updater program shortly.

[Author]

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