But if a lamp is plugged into a zwave receptacle the lamp can be off and the receptacle still acts as a repeater. And a device can only be a repeater if it’s drawing power. It’s possible for a company to include a repeater in a battery-operated device, they just don’t usually. But otherwise any plug in or hard wired zwave device should act as a repeater, it’s a mesh network.Īlso, in general only Zwave and zigbee devices that plug in or are hardwired will act as repeaters, battery operated devices usually don’t repeat in order to extend battery life. Moving it literally 6' to the right greatly improved mesh performance.Īeon has a zwave repeater whose main advantage is price. We also have a large metal trashcan which was problematic. I am wheelchair dependent, and in certain positions my wheelchair definitely blocks the signals. Note that you can get interference from some furniture as well as walls.

Typical zwave range is about 60 feet although sometimes the waves bounce to your advantage and you get a longer reach.

Just consider line of sight and try to imagine signals pinging from one zwave device to another. I don’t think there’s a big difference between one device and another if you just want to add another node to the mesh network indoors. I used the zwave plug from that kit as the repeater to my front door, and it greatly improved lock performance. For example, the ST Lighting Kit includes one zigbee plug and one zwave plug. Some ST branded devices are zigbee, some are zwave, you may want to ask support or check the Shop description.

Since the Smart Things powered devices are still Zigbee I assume that they’re not Z-Wave repeaters, right? So what’s the best Z-Wave repeater to use with Smart Things? I’m having problems getting commands and status consistently to my Schlage Century deadbolt, which uses Z-Wave, so I’m looking for a Z-Ware repeater to help with that.

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