Rxich
March 2, 2023, 1:33am
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but peanut plugs have proven troublesome. Also Aqara devices that are not Zigbee 3.0 certified will cause mesh issues, especially when used with non-compatible repeaters(peanut plug & ST Outlet).
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Ok. I'm just going to throw this out there because I've been reading mixed comments on this topic. Some are not convinced that peanuts are problematic. I'm not sure. I have two. They're in the drawer until I get my answers. Can someone tell me what information there is to justify this? I hope I'm not sounding like a jerk. I just want to understand what's happening with it and why I have retired them to the drawer of shame. I wasn't using them for any devices, so they aren't missed.
NOTE: Although many users have had great success using them, Xiaomi / Aqara ZigBee devices are NOT officially supported or guaranteed to work on the Hubitat Elevation platform.
Because of their small size, simple design, and relatively low price, the Chinese home automation (HA) market ZigBee mesh network-based devices from Xiaomi / Aqara have seen an increasing level of popularity in other countries, where users are attempting to integrate them with their HA hub platform of choice, instead of t…
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