Sonoff dongle-e refuses to start up

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Can anyone tell what causes this problem shown below.
I have installed the latest version 7.4.5 on a Sonoff zbdongle-e and I am trying to use the zigbee2mqtt add on for Home Assistant.

[23:30:56] INFO: Preparing to start...
[23:30:57] INFO: Socat not enabled
[23:30:57] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT...
Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
[2024-12-09 23:31:03] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2024-12-09 23:31:03] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.42.0 (commit #unknown)
[2024-12-09 23:31:03] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (2.1.9)
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember: Using default stack config.
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember: ======== Ember Adapter Starting ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember:ezsp: ======== EZSP starting ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: RTS/CTS config is off, enabling software flow control.
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: Serial port opened
[2024-12-09 23:31:04] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:05] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH connected ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:05] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH started ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:05] info: zh:ember:ezsp: ======== EZSP started ========
[2024-12-09 23:31:05] info: zh:ember: Adapter EZSP protocol version (13) lower than Host. Switched.
[2024-12-09 23:31:05] info: zh:ember: Adapter version info: {"ezsp":13,"revision":"7.4.5 [GA]","build":0,"major":7,"minor":4,"patch":5,"special":0,"type":170}
[2024-12-09 23:31:15] error: z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
[2024-12-09 23:31:15] error: z2m: Failed to start zigbee
[2024-12-09 23:31:15] error: z2m: Check https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions
[2024-12-09 23:31:15] error: z2m: Exiting...
[2024-12-09 23:31:15] error: z2m: Error: [INIT TC] Network init timed out after 10000ms
at Object.start (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/oneWaitress.ts:283:23)
at EmberOneWaitress.startWaitingForEvent (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/oneWaitress.ts:308:63)
at EmberAdapter.initTrustCenter (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:882:36)
at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:60:5)
at processImmediate (node:internal/timers:449:9)
at EmberAdapter.initEzsp (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:726:18)
at EmberAdapter.start (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:1598:24)
at Controller.start (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:137:29)
at Zigbee.start (/app/lib/zigbee.ts:69:27)
at Controller.start (/app/lib/controller.ts:161:27)