Wireless technology isnt always perfect, thats why aeotec makes range extender 7 a simple plug and play device that works to perfect your home automation system. That said, i personally wouldnt rely on a zigbee lightbulb as a repeater for a lock for the reasons referred to in my previous post. As for the z wave lock, the issue is probably that it needs a beaming repeater within one hop. Unfortunately, i do not have a light switch or light near the garage to get another type of zwave device to extend the.
The extender was used back in the third generation of the wave. Billed as a gamers range extender, this bit of tech offers some of the best specs on the market, including blazing fast speeds of up to 1900mbps thats 1. At this point, any mainspowered zwave device except a smoke sensor will act as a repeater. Aeotec range extender is a zwave mesh network repeater which can extend the range of communication between zwave products and assist other devices to reach each other in your zwave network. Hi folks so it looks like i need a zwave repeater as i have some battery operated devices that cant reliably see the st hub. This smart home repeater supports zwave explorer frames which allows for network wide inclusion nwi and dynamic route discovery for other zwave products that support explorer frames.
In fact, it will have a shorter range then a zwave plus device. Aeotecs zwave range are compatible with the broadest range of gateways, are backwards compatible with other zwave device whether 300 or 400 series, and arent susceptible to the wireless interface that plagues other standards such as zigbee. It receives zwave signals, amplifies them and then rebroadcasts them to your zwave network, boosting its range and quality. I know that zwave has a range of 60 feet so i would need something to bridge the signal.
Anyone have experience with the aeotec range extender zwave repeater. We are now in the fifth generation and a single purpose extender is no longer needed. How install aeon labs zwave range extender smartthings. I have a detached garage that is 150 feet from my hub and i would like to connect a couple of devices in it. On a clear dry day, z wave plus would have the longest range, but the problem is weather variability. I placed this in my garage and in my case, up high near the roof.
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